Thermtrol Achieves IATF 16949 Certification
Thermtrol Corporation has achieved IATF 16949:2016 certification, the highest international quality standard for the automotive industry.
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U of M and Digi-Key Work To Design Cheaper Hospital Ventilator
The University of Minnesota and Digi-Key have quickly designed a more cost-effective ventilators for use in the fight against COVID-19.
Panduit and General Cable to Showcase Campus Connectivity Solutions at BICSI
Panduit, a global manufacturer of innovative electrical and network infrastructure solutions, and General Cable, a global manufacturer of aluminum, copper, and fiber optic wire and cable, will introduce new solutions that enable connectivity between campus buildings during BICSI Winter 2020 Feb. 9-13 in Tampa, Fla.
GearSmart? Sales Reps Give Contractors an Edge in Power Distribution Projects
With electrical engineers in short supply as power distribution projects get more complex, Graybar trains GearSmart? sales reps to fill in the gaps. When a major big-box retailer expanded to Nashville a couple years ago, the contractor in charge of the project quickly spotted a missing piece in the plans. While the specifying engineer had started designing the power distribution system for the 1.5-million-square foot facility, they had left it for the contractor to complete.
When the Robot Sorts the Garbage for You
At the international Smart Green Island Makeathon engineering competition, 13 students were given three days to build a machine that uses robots to sort garbage. Austrian automation specialist B&R supported an interdisciplinary team of students from Brno University of Technology (CZ), the Kempten University of Applied Sciences (DE), the Technical University of Ostrava (CZ), the University of Applied Sciences in Bremerhaven (DE) and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (DE).
Dyson Produces Ventilators to Combat COVID-19
Dyson designs new ventilator, will produce 15,000 to fight the coronavirus. The CoVent ventilator can be manufactured quickly, efficiently and at volume.
AutomationDirect Earns “World Class Culture Award” at Atlanta Supply Chain Awards
AutomationDirect was recently honored with the 2020 Atlanta Supply Chain World Class Culture Award. This award honors a company in the Metro Atlanta area that has an empowering culture internally for team members, a leadership approach that engages the entire organization in a forward-thinking way, and a commitment to engaging and giving back to the community and the industry in which they serve.
Control Panel Online Symposium: Knowledge – Technology – Consulting
Optimize all aspects of panel building. Hear directly from industry experts on the latest in control panel standards, tips for more efficient control panel designs, and how to improve your engineering efficiency. Make the most of this opportunity.
WEBINAR SERIES: Expanding to Include PANEL Q&A Sessions
In an effort to continue to share best practices and share their many years of technical knowledge with their customers and sales teams, nVent HOFFMAN has expanded its webinar series to include five additional PANEL Q&A Sessions. These PANEL Q&A sessions are intended to provide a 10 to 15 minute overview on the topic followed by a Q&A session with a panel of nVent HOFFMAN technical experts.
Glossary of PLC Programming Terms
Whether you’re just starting out with industrial automation or you’ve been working in the field for years, this glossary of PLC programming terms will help you understand and communicate complex terms efficiently. The first section is specific programming terms. The second section is general terms surrounding PLC product styles and functionality. We hope you find this list useful as a reference for PLC terminology.
ABB to Make Digital Service Available Free of Charge to Help Customers Maintain Production
During this unprecedented crisis, ABB’s Robotics & Discrete Automation business is working to help customers and partners keep production lines going and to enable businesses to continue to function while many are working from home. From Friday March 27, ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation business has been making key software services available free of charge to their customers until the end of 2020.
Allied Electronics & Automation Names Ken Bradley President of Americas Region Allied Electronics & Automation Names Ken Bradley President of Americas Region
Allied Electronics & Automation has officially appointed Ken Bradley as president of its Americas region, effective March 31, 2020. Bradley had previously served in the role in an interim capacity, beginning in September 2019.
Mike Walker Appointed to Lead Sales at Allied Electronics & Automation
Allied Electronics & Automation has named Mike Walker as vice president and global leader of its sales team. Walker, who will be based in Fort Worth, joins Allied from Lennox International, where he spent more than 18 years in progressively senior sales, marketing and product management roles, most recently as the Vice President of Sales. He will lead a recently expanded sales team of more than 450 serving the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Chile.
Digi-Key Broadens Product Portfolio with Quest Technology International and Quest Manufacturing Partnership Agreements in North America
Digi-Key Electronics, a global electronic components distributor, announced that it has expanded its product portfolio by signing a North American distribution partnership with Quest Technology International and Quest Manufacturing. The new partnership will provide Digi-Key customers with an “all-in-one” shopping experience that includes both industrial enclosures, wall cabinets, server racks, and accessories, as well as ethernet, HDMI and audio products, fiber optics, and installation tools.
A.N. Solutions Joins Digi-Key’s Design & Integration Services Program to Help the Developer Community with Industrial IoT Product Engineering
Digi-Key Electronics, a global electronic components distributor, and A.N. Solutions GmbH, a leading Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) design house, today announced that A.N. Solutions joined Digi-Key’s Design & Integration Service Program. A.N. Solutions will offer its professional engineering services to Digi-Key’s developer community, focusing on complex industrial IoT product development, challenging RF antenna design, monitoring and control wireless networking, sensor data integration, and more.
New eBook From Mouser and Texas Instruments Highlights Technologies at the Heart of Building Automation
Mouser Electronics, Inc. announces a new eBook, in collaboration with Texas Instruments (TI), that explores the products and technologies necessary to meet current and future requirements for building automation. In Building Automation: Technologies at the Foundation of Smart Homes and Buildings, subject matter experts from TI and Mouser provide in-depth analyses on a number of topics and applications relevant to building automation.
