Drives / Loop Controllers / PACs / PLCs

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Siemens: Comprehensive Building Automation and Control with APOGEE

APOGEE offers outstanding scalability and consistent system openness with a wide range of freely programmable PXC Building Controllers and Supervisors for primary plants. The modular concept makes PXC Controllers the perfect match for projects of any size, from the simplest air handlers to the most complex boilers and chillers. Designed with comprehensive management, supervisory and system capabilities, PXC Controllers satisfy all your building automation and control needs, now and into the future.

 

 

 

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Carlo Gavazzi: UWP 3.0 – Universal web platform

UWP 3.0 is a monitoring gateway and controller that allows the monitoring and controlling of installations where Energy Efficiency Management, Building Automation and Car Park Guidance functions are needed. The system monitors and controls connected devices via its local bus management functions; it includes a web server with a powerful and intuitive user interface to display customised dashboards and interact with local devices and remote systems.

 

 

 

Honeywell: Reach New Levels of Functionality and Efficiency
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Honeywell: Reach New Levels of Functionality and Efficiency

Cut energy costs and drive new levels of functionality and efficiency with the Honeywell Spyder® Model 5 family of unitary controllers. Scalable to meet the needs of any application, they deliver flexible, freely programmable, demand-led control. The essence of Spyder Model 5 controllers is speed and flexibility.

 

 

 

B&R Automation: More Space in the Control Cabinet
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B&R Automation: More Space in the Control Cabinet

B&R’s ACOPOS P3 servo drive is now also available with feed-through heat sink or cold plate cooling. The new cooling solutions dissipate up to 60% of generated heat outside of the control cabinet. This makes it possible to use much more compact cabinets, since fans and air conditioners can be reduced or eliminated entirely. Operation and maintenance costs are reduced.

 

 

 

Watlow’s Launches New 1/32 DIN PM LEGACY Controller
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Watlow’s Launches New 1/32 DIN PM LEGACY Controller

Watlow recently introduced its new 1/32 DIN PM LEGACY controllers, which are the first 1/32 DIN controllers on the market to incorporate Bluetooth wireless technology. Bluetooth is used to enable EZ-LINK, Watlow’s mobile app for setting up, monitoring and adjusting PM PLUS and PM LEGACY controllers. Watlow’s PM LEGACY SERIES panel-mount controllers are PID controllers that offer optimal performance utilizing simple control and menu functionality without complex features.

 

 

 

Rockwell Automation Expands Kinetix 5100 Servo Drive and TLP Motor Pairing to 480V
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Rockwell Automation Expands Kinetix 5100 Servo Drive and TLP Motor Pairing to 480V

The Rockwell Automation Kinetix 5100 servo drive and Kinetix TLP servo motor standalone motion solution is now available in 480V for use in a wider range of OEM applications for packaging, converting, print and web, machine and assembly, and life sciences. The Kinetix 5100 servo system meets growing consumer demand for more product variety by providing a market-competitive motion-control offering for flexible, standalone machines.

 

 

 

Contec: Industrial Edge AI Computers DX-U1100 Series with NVIDIA Jetson Nano
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Contec: Industrial Edge AI Computers DX-U1100 Series with NVIDIA Jetson Nano

Contec Co., Ltd. has developed an edge AI computer for industrial use, equipped with NVIDIA Jetson Nano, and will begin receiving orders for the DX-U1100 series on February 1, 2021. There has been an increase in expectations for AI technology due to the significant leaps and bounds that have been made in recent years in deep learning technology, and research and development toward the goal of practical application in a variety of fields has been proceeding.

 

 

 

BRX PLCs Are Do-More Driven: 10 Ways It’s Better With BRX PLCs
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BRX PLCs Are Do-More Driven: 10 Ways It’s Better With BRX PLCs

What would you expect to pay for a PLC with built-in data logging, integrated motion control, customizable communications ports, and expansion capabilities? If you said a few thousand, then you are definitely in the right place. If you said a few hundred, then you’ve been here before! The BRX PLC platform, with the proven Do-more! DM1 technology, raises the bar on getting the most out of your PLC dollar.

 

 

 

Beckhoff: ELM72xx EtherCAT Terminal – Compact Drive Technology in a Robust Metal Housing
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Beckhoff: ELM72xx EtherCAT Terminal – Compact Drive Technology in a Robust Metal Housing

The new ELM72xx EtherCAT Terminals are fully functional servo drives in a robust metal housing that deliver an output current (Irms) of up to 16 A at 48 V DC for the power supply. They expand the Beckhoff portfolio of compact drive technology in I/O terminal format and offer all of the current technology features together with increased performance and functionality compared with comparable EL series I/O designs.

 

 

 

Aparian: ControlNet Router
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Aparian: ControlNet Router

The ControlNet Router provides an efficient method of bridging between ControlNet and Ethernet networks. The module exchanges data with a Logix controller via a ControlNet bridge (eg. 1756-CNB) using Scheduled Class 1 communication or Unscheduled Class 3 / UCMM messaging. The size of the produced and consumed data is user-configurable up to 400 bytes.

 

 

 

Aparian: PROFIBUS PA LINK / B
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Aparian: PROFIBUS PA LINK / B

The PA Link can either operate as a PROFIBUS DPV0/DPV1 master allowing EtherNet/IPThe PA Link can either operate as a PROFIBUS DPV0/DPV1 master allowing EtherNet/IP devices (e.g. Rockwell Logix platforms) or Modbus devices to exchange process, alarming, and diagnostic data with PROFIBUS PA devices as well as provide parameterization and asset management of slave devices using Device Type Managers (DTMs).

 

 

 

Beckhoff: AL8000 Linear Motors – Highly Dynamic Linear Motors With Flexible, Modular Design
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Beckhoff: AL8000 Linear Motors – Highly Dynamic Linear Motors With Flexible, Modular Design

Backed by a wealth of expertise in the development of rotary servomotors, Beckhoff has added an innovative product to its portfolio in the area of drive technology. This new generation of high‐performance and modular linear motors was developed in cooperation with its dynamically growing subsidiary Fertig Motors. The new AL8000 product family is based on a modular system design consisting of linear motors and magnetic plates.

 

 

 

Left-Alignable Extension System Makes It Easy to Customize PLCnext Control Devices to Changed Demands
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Left-Alignable Extension System Makes It Easy to Customize PLCnext Control Devices to Changed Demands

Experience shows that demands change over the duration of a project or during the life cycle of an application. Therefore, the open ecosystem PLCnext Technology by Phoenix Contact, in addition to being expandable via downloads of functions from the PLCnext Store, now also offers a plug-in solution: A left-alignable extension system adds functions not contained in the standard performance spectrum to PLCnext Control devices.

 

 

 

AutomationDirect Adds Expanded Communications and Discrete I/O Capabilities for the BRX PLC
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AutomationDirect Adds Expanded Communications and Discrete I/O Capabilities for the BRX PLC

Expansion modules snap onto the side of any BRX Micro PLC Unit (MPU) or BRX Remote I/O controller. Newly added BRX discrete I/O modules include 5, 8, and 16-point relay output modules (starting at $55) with Form A (SPST) and Form C (SPDT) options; 16-point 2-5 VDC discrete input and output modules (starting at $55); a 16-point 2-5 VDC discrete combination input/output module, etc.

 

 

 

Rockwell Automation Industrial Computers, Thin Clients Enhanced for Use in Hazardous Locations and Harsh Environments
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Rockwell Automation Industrial Computers, Thin Clients Enhanced for Use in Hazardous Locations and Harsh Environments

Industrial producers can now improve the reliability and longevity of their automation systems in hazardous locations. Rockwell Automation has enhanced two of its modern visualization solutions, the Allen-Bradley VersaView 5200 thin clients and VersaView 5400 industrial computers, for use in harsh locations in industries like oil and gas, tire and rubber, and pulp and paper.