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Enhancing Industrial Safety, Autonics Introduces New Door Lock Switches

Enhancing Industrial Safety, Autonics Introduces New Door Lock Switches

Autonics recently expanded its product lineup by introducing three new safety door lock switches, the SFDL2, SFDL, and SFD series, with enhanced safety features to provide fail-proof closure.


News Feb 20, 2024 by Austin Futrell
Accelerometers and Gyroscopes: Understanding The Metrics of Motion

Accelerometers and Gyroscopes: Understanding The Metrics of Motion

Many sensors, like prox, optical, and ultrasonic, are familiar to control engineers. More and more modern devices are incorporating advanced motion profiles requiring motion sensing in many axes.


ATX West 2024: Robots, Vision, and Machine Building Innovation

ATX West 2024: Robots, Vision, and Machine Building Innovation

IME West, featuring packaging, medical, and plastic manufacturing as well as the ATX West automation show, was a huge success, showcasing many exciting tech displays from hundreds of companies.


News Feb 12, 2024 by David Peterson
Mitsubishi Electric Collaborates With Hacarus and Northrop Grumman

Mitsubishi Electric Collaborates With Hacarus and Northrop Grumman

Mitsubishi Electric has announced new collaborations with Hacarus and Northrop Grumman to advance AI-driven visual inspection in manufacturing and enhance interoperability for air defense systems.


News Feb 10, 2024 by Stephanie Leonida
Antaira Technologies Creates New Compact Ethernet Switch

Antaira Technologies Creates New Compact Ethernet Switch

Antaira Technologies has recently released a new 8-port industrial Ethernet switch, designed to bring reliable connectivity to applications in harsh control system environments.


News Feb 08, 2024 by Damond Goodwin
Westermo Unveils SandCat: Plug-and-Play Switches for Industrial Ethernet Networks

Westermo Unveils SandCat: Plug-and-Play Switches for Industrial Ethernet Networks

Westermo has announced its latest series of plug-and-play unmanaged industrial Ethernet switches designed to be versatile, reliable, compact, and user-friendly.


News Feb 05, 2024 by Bob Odhiambo
Honeywell Partners With Analog Devices and NXP To Improve Building Solutions

Honeywell Partners With Analog Devices and NXP To Improve Building Solutions

Honeywell has announced new partnerships with Analog Devices and NXP Semiconductors. The latest collaborations are focused on improving digital connectivity and energy efficiency in buildings.


News Feb 04, 2024 by Seth Price
HMS Networks Links Raspberry Pi to Industry With New Adapter

HMS Networks Links Raspberry Pi to Industry With New Adapter

HMS and Anybus have made a goal of easing integration between various industrial protocols with the new Raspberry Pi adapter board for the CompactCom module.


News Feb 03, 2024 by Shawn Dietrich
AutomationDirect Announces Availability of Z-Range Safety Series

AutomationDirect Announces Availability of Z-Range Safety Series

AutomationDirect is now a vendor of Z-Range Safety Switch components from IDEM, easing the implementation of process safety and hazard reduction in the workplace.


News Jan 30, 2024 by Seth Price
Relays, Relays, and More Relays: 7 Kinds of Industrial Relays

Relays, Relays, and More Relays: 7 Kinds of Industrial Relays

Have you ever heard of a relay? Of course you have. There are many different kinds, plus hundreds of different trade lingo names. What are some of the most common, and how do we use them?


SMC Releases Flow Controller for Automatic Flow Rate Adjustment

SMC Releases Flow Controller for Automatic Flow Rate Adjustment

SMC's latest flow controller for air, the PFCA7 Series, is designed to bring precision, adaptability, and reliability to a wide range of industrial operations.


News Jan 25, 2024 by Austin Futrell
ABB Expands Smart Water Management Portfolio With Latest Acquisition

ABB Expands Smart Water Management Portfolio With Latest Acquisition

With the acquisition of Real Tech, a market leader in real-time water quality monitoring, ABB looks to expand its portfolio in the water management sector and address water infrastructure needs.


News Jan 23, 2024 by Damond Goodwin
Teardown: What’s Inside a Solenoid-Controlled Safety Interlock?

Teardown: What’s Inside a Solenoid-Controlled Safety Interlock?

Safety devices have two main purposes, both of them meant for (you guessed it) safety. They protect both machine and operator from harm. But what’s inside, and how do these switches work?


Electrical Drawings, Schematics, and Wiring Diagrams: How to Read Them

Electrical Drawings, Schematics, and Wiring Diagrams: How to Read Them

In order to trace control system problems to the core, the ability to read and interpret various resources, from facility-level diagrams to machine-level wiring layouts, is critical.


Balluff Launches BMP Magnetic Field Position Measuring System

Balluff Launches BMP Magnetic Field Position Measuring System

The latest magnetic field position measuring system from Balluff features smart factory capabilities with a high degree of customization to fit individual manufacturing needs.


News Jan 14, 2024 by Damond Goodwin
Autonics Unveils ADIO Series Remote I/O Boxes for Seamless Connectivity

Autonics Unveils ADIO Series Remote I/O Boxes for Seamless Connectivity

Autonics has announced the latest addition to its product lineup, the ADIO series remote I/O boxes. The ADIO series is designed for enhanced industrial communication with seamless connectivity.


News Jan 13, 2024 by Bob Odhiambo
Enhance Workplace Efficiency with Patlite’s Bluetooth Stack Lights

Enhance Workplace Efficiency with Patlite’s Bluetooth Stack Lights

Patlite is improving workplace communication and safety with a stack light using Bluetooth control. This system eliminates complex wiring by transmitting signals directly to compatible output devices.


News Jan 11, 2024 by Austin Futrell
How to Convert Numbers: Binary, Decimal, and Hex Systems

How to Convert Numbers: Binary, Decimal, and Hex Systems

Converting different numbering systems is quite common in PLCs and structured text codes. Why? Because people read decimals. Computers read binary. Processors read sets of bits. Not so simple.


PLC and I/O Module Wiring Diagram Infographic

PLC and I/O Module Wiring Diagram Infographic

A complete diagram for wiring nearly any kind of discrete I/O module, including digital, AC, or relay, including both sourcing and sinking varieties.


New IO-Link Converter From WAGO Elevates Analog Integration

New IO-Link Converter From WAGO Elevates Analog Integration

The new analog converter from WAGO helps users convert 4-20 mA analog signals into digital data that is transferable to upper-level communication systems via IO-Link.


News Jan 10, 2024 by Damond Goodwin