TE Connectivity Ltd. announced recently that Chief Executive Officer Terrence Curtin will present virtually at Baird’s 2020 Global Industrial Conference on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020 at 7:55 a.m. ET. The webcast will be live on the company’s investor website at investors.te.com. A replay of the presentation will be archived and available at the same location.
The International Society of Automation (ISA) and the ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance (ISAGCA) have released a new guide to the security lifecycles outlined in the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards and technical reports. ISA/IEC 62443 constitutes the world’s only consensus-based series of automation cybersecurity standards. “Security Lifecycles in the ISA/IEC 62443 Series: Security of Industrial Automation and Control Systems” provides a high-level view of the product security lifecycle and the automation solution security lifecycle.
Schneider Electric has recently announced that REV Engineering (REV) has joined its EcoXpert Partner Program in Canada as a Critical Power EcoXpert specializing in Power Quality. The partnership will bring the latest in IoT-enabled technology for improved power availability, safety and operational efficiency to customers in Western Canada.
The global COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges for workplace wellness and upended the way companies look at protecting employees. As both workplace and personal protective equipment (PPE) evolve, Allied Electronics & Automation is now offering more solutions than ever before to help companies protect their workforce, equipment and facilities.
Electrical planning is one of the essential steps in the development of a new machine or production plant. It ensures that all the electrical devices are supplied with power reliably and in compliance with standards. This is an often very complex process that has to be carried out efficiently and as quickly as possible, because it also involves high cost and time pressure. This means that many electrical planners find themselves in the position that they frequently have to look for and implement possible optimizations when they create their wiring diagrams.
Consumers want variety – and they want it now. A stroll down the aisles of the grocery store is all it takes to realize just how many choices are becoming available, from snacks and beverages to shampoos and medications. With tight competition and a demanding market, the need for manufacturers to provide a wide array of choices is here to stay. Not only is variety the spice of life – but it’s becoming mandatory to stay competitive.
Walmart Inc. and Schneider Electric have recently announced a new collaboration that will provide increased access to renewable energy for Walmart’s US-based suppliers, enabling them to lead on climate action. The groundbreaking initiative, called the Gigaton PPA (GPPA) Program, is designed to educate Walmart suppliers about renewable energy purchases and accelerate renewable energy adoption by participating suppliers through aggregate power purchase agreements (PPA).
HELUKABEL recently announced that select PROFINET and PROFIBUS cable products have earned a Power-Limited Tray Cable – Exposed Run (PLTC-ER) certification to stay ahead of the curve as industry trends change. The product specific cable types being upgraded are: PROFINET Type A, PROFINET Type B, and PROFIBUS DP.The original PLTC certification allowed the products to extend outside of the cable tray 6 ft (1.8 m).
This year the SPS Smart Production Solutions exhibition will be held virtually as SPS Connect. As a specialist for integrated automation concepts, Beckhoff would like to enter into an intensive exchange on this digital platform with you, the customers, business partners and interested parties from a wide range of industries, from November 24 to 26, 2020.
As we inch closer to the upcoming Industrial Control Panel Symposium, an event that we are sure all panel builders are well aware of, Panel Builder US had the opportunity to chat with Mike Burke, Target Market Manager for Siemens Electrical Products, covering all electrical infrastructure products for Industrial Control Panels.
In this edition of Allied’s “Ask The Expert” series, the topic is industrial control panel design with Jim Davis, director of advanced solutions & technical support at Allied Electronics & Automation. Jim leads the technical support and application engineering teams Allied, collaborating with customer support and sales teams to ensure a best-in-class experience for the company’s customers.
For more than a decade, many Fortune 500 companies have been installing permanent electrical safety devices (PESDs) into electrical panels as a safety-by-design practice for both their mechanical and electrical lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures. The voltage indicator (see Figure 1) lies at the center of these PESDs. It can illuminate when voltage (20-750VAC/30-100VDC) is present on any phase or neutral conductor, without the need for a battery or separate power supply.
Excessive inrush currents combined with harmonics triggered by Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) in large motor applications put severe thermal burden on electrical components that are connected in the system. These conditions often lead to unpredictable early failures in key electrical components such as circuit breakers, bus bars and other terminations.
Allied Electronics & Automation continues to grow its list of more than 450 world-class supplier partners with the addition of bearings, linear motion and power transmission components from THK, Ringfeder, Timken, Contitech, Rexnord, INA and FAG. As part of its ongoing effort to deliver even greater selection and service to customers, Allied has expanded the capacity of its Fort Worth distribution center, added more than 10,000 new product lines and debuted nearly 50 new suppliers to date in 2020.
Rising infection rates and travel restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic meant that many of this year’s exhibitions and events were cancelled or postponed. After intense discussions with exhibitors and trade visitors, the automation industry’s international exhibition SPS – Smart Production Solutions – in Nuremberg was cancelled.
Allied Electronics & Automation is recently marking a significant milestone as the company recorded more than one million members on its DesignSpark engineering platform. This impressive number of registrations has been achieved in the same year that the company celebrates 10 years of DesignSpark and signals the platform’s importance and popularity amongst the global engineering community.
