At the beginning of 2022, global material shortages and rapidly increasing costs havenow become the new reality. The types of materials that have suddenly become difficult to procure are wide-ranging and include computer chips for automotive manufacturing, wood for new construction, and electrical components – just to name a few.
Flexible and modular automation solutions require I/O systems that enable personnel protection directly at the danger zone. The new PDP67 PN with PROFINET/ PROFIsafe interface is the ideal solution for safety outside the control cabinet. Thanks to its robust design with protection class IP67, it can be installed directly at the machine. This saves space in the control cabinet and enables modular plant designs.
Rittal North America, a global manufacturer of industrial and IT enclosures, announces the new RiPanel online enclosure configurator — making it easy for machine and control system design engineers to individually configure industrial enclosures. This saves time, helps to prevent errors, increases flexibility with data saving or exporting, and speeds up processes through integrated interfaces.
AutomationDirect has added LUTZE SILFLEX® FBP control cables, specifically designed to meet all UL and FDA requirements for cabling used in Food and Beverage facilities. The patent-pending food-safe design of these cables has been evaluated by third-party tester Ecolab for resistance to commonly used cleaning agents and reduction of contamination risk.
Littelfuse, Inc. recently announced the new Pxxx0S3N SIDACtor Protection Thyristor Series, which safeguard exposed interfaces in industrial and ICT applications, including RS-485 data interfaces and AC/DC power supplies. Providing equipment in harsh environments with increased protection from severe overvoltage transients assists designers in complying with regulatory requirements.
Bel Power Solutions recently announced its new LRSA Power Supply Subrack System designed and used for operation in railway control centers. The system supplies redundant voltages and power for rugged railway and subway applications, solidifying its reliability and efficiency in harsh environments. Compliant with international railway standards EN 50155, EN 50121-4, and AREMA, this series equips up to six of Bel’s 250W rugged Melcher AC-DC cassettes into one single 19” rack system, allowing for a redundant input and energy output configuration.
Rittal North America recently announced the new RiPanel online enclosure configurator – making it easy for machine and control system design engineers to individually configure industrial enclosures. This saves time, helps to prevent errors, increases flexibility with data saving or exporting, and speeds up processes through integrated interfaces. Machine and control system design engineers need configurators for individual industrial enclosures.
Banner’s new Q2X sensors feature miniaturized enclosures, which allow them to be fit into a wide variety of confined industrial spaces and equipment. Despite their compact size, these sensors deliver reliable, competitive performance, with robust excess gain and sensing precision to detect challenging targets. The next-generation Q2X series complements the available Q12 series of miniature sensors by providing a more expansive range of performance modes.
nVent Electric plc recently introduced the nVent RAYCHEM STS-HV cable, the latest addition to the nVent RAYCHEM STS Skin-effect Tracing System portfolio of longline heating solutions. This new 10 kV system delivers circuit length capabilities up to 50 km (31 miles) with operating temperatures up to 150°C (302°F) for the world’s longest heated pipeline installations.
Allied Electronics & Automation supplies Siemens’ SIRIUS 3SK safety relays, which deliver flexible, consistent, cost-effective and user-friendly solutions for a comprehensive range of autonomous safety applications, as well as simplify the planning, commissioning and expansion of today’s modern industrial plants. Siemens’ SIRIUS 3SK safety relays have a compact, modular design with replaceable terminals for enhanced plant availability, yellow terminal covers that clearly identify the devices as safety components and sensor cables up to 2,000m long.
RTI recently announced a major new update to its award-winning Integration Designer control application software. The new Integration Designer 11 enables technology integrators to achieve faster, more efficient installations with all the advanced customization for which RTI is renowned. It adds time-saving performance tools and features an all-new user interface template, new icons and background libraries, custom sliders, and more to personalize residential and commercial projects.
Suitable for use in a broad range of industry sectors, applications, and operating environments, the 7.0-inch TFT displays are available in variety of resolutions.
Ideal for use as a button to alert of an emergency, call police and lockdown a building, STI’s latching resettable Global ReSet series continues to help evolve their extensive range of access control switches.
OMRON XW4M and XW4N pluggable terminal block PCB connectors available from TTI.
Specialist enclosure manufacturer ROLEC has launched an advanced aluDOOR version – the next generation of hinged-lid housings for harsh outdoor and indoor industrial applications.
Rockwell Automation, Inc. recently announced the release of its new Allen-Bradley Armor PowerFlex AC variable frequency drives for industrial motor control applications. The on-machine drives provide quicker installation, simple commissioning and predictive maintenance. As an on-machine solution, the Armor PowerFlex drives move controls and hardware out of a cabinet and onto the machine, closer to the application.
