Allied Electronics & Automation has added more trusted suppliers to its 300-strong network, including Baldor-Reliance, SCHNEEBERGER, and IKO International. Products from these brands are available now for shipping to the United States, Canada and Mexico through the Allied website, www.alliedelec.com.
While an arc flash is sometimes used interchangeably with “arc fault”, an arc flash is more accurately defined as the light produced during an arc fault. An arc fault is a type of electrical fault that results from the breakdown of an insulating medium between two conductors where the energy is enough to sustain an arc across the insulator (often air) and can cause extreme amounts of light (arc flash), immense heat upwards of 19,000 °C, and a resulting explosive pressure wave (arc blast).
Allied Electronics & Automation is bolstering its terminal block and synchronous drive application product offerings by adding a full suite of products from Amphenol–Anytek and B&B Manufacturing. The company has also added LOVATO Electric, nVent CADDY and nVent ERICO as trusted suppliers to increase its electrical application and installation offerings.
In an effort to best serve you, Pilz has designed a comprehensive, free, online training program that will help you learn more on how to keep your employees safe and your plant compliant.
RS Components (RS) and Allied Electronics & Automation (Allied),the trading brands of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), a global multi-channel provider of industrial and electronic products and solutions, have pledged support for distributors worldwide, reaching out to the supply chain to offer practical assistance with fulfilment as shipping channels come under increasing strain due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thermtrol Corporation has achieved IATF 16949:2016 certification, the highest international quality standard for the automotive industry.
The University of Minnesota and Digi-Key have quickly designed a more cost-effective ventilators for use in the fight against COVID-19.
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.
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.
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 designs new ventilator, will produce 15,000 to fight the coronavirus. The CoVent ventilator can be manufactured quickly, efficiently and at volume.
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.
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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.
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.
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.