Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. has recently released its MELSOFT Gemini 3D Simulator Software to allow users to expedite the design and construction of manufacturing projects as they introduce new automation components to their facility. By connecting to a variety of software and factory devices, Gemini provides visualization, simulation, and the streamlining of work processes.
Why pay for HMI and PLC products separately when you can save on cost and space by using a single, self-contained solution? This was CIMON’s philosophy when designing the Xpanel Hybrid: convenience, reliability, and practicality. Based on decades of knowledge and experience in the automation industry, CIMON has combined two of their most popular devices into one convenient package.
For comprehensive protection of your staff and optimum safeguarding of your machinery, you need a holistic safety concept, which considers aspects of both safety and security. With the “Identification and Access Management” portfolio from Pilz, you are offered a comprehensive range of products, solutions and software for the implementation of safety as well as security tasks.
nVent Electric plc has recently introduced its new nVent HOFFMAN Extreme Environments line of stainless-steel enclosures and air conditioners. Certified to the industry’s highest standards, the product line offers a durable, reliable solution for ultimate protection of critical equipment and system components in the most demanding environments.
The SIRIUS modular system with its components for the switching, starting, protection and monitoring of motors and industrial systems stands for the fast, flexible and space-saving construction of control cabinets. The SIRIUS modular system in sizes S00 to S3 up to 55 kW/400 V (AC-3: 110 A) has been completely revised with respect to both the main and the control circuits.
Speedier relays are a key requirement in today’s fast-paced manufacturing industry, and Omron responded to this need with the new ST relays that are among the fastest currently available on the market. Omron Automation Americas recently launched new G2RV-ST and G3RV-ST Slim Relays. These industry-leading switching speeds allow for use in a wider range of applications, including PLC outputs for heating applications and bottling lines.
The CCSSTR2025-X Stainless Steel Trefoil Cable Cleat offers protection against extreme environments and high short circuit current faults. The cable cleat is certified to IEC 61914:2015, tested up to 172kA peak fault current and retains cables in the event of a short circuit fault. Compatible with cable diameter of 20-25mm and installs using a separately sold mounting bracket or direct to the cable tray rung via fixing hole and user-supplied M8 bolt. Features 316L SS and removable spacer.
Weidmüller’s universal conversion/migration platform will substantially reduce the time and expense of updating your legacy systems to any new PLC or DCS system. With increasing plant complexity, the obsolescence of certain PLCs and the relentless growth in demand for I /O signlas, many installations or plants are having to replace existing controllers with new ones, without modifying existing field cabling.
Contec Co., Ltd. has recently developed the BX-M2510 BOX Computer, a high-power embedded fanless PC that utilizes newly developed heat dissipation technology for a 40% wider operating temperature range. Ordering for this new product will begin in January 2023. This new embedded PC supports 9th generation Intel Core desktop processors. The top-of-the-line model (BX-M2510-J8) is equipped with an 8-core, 16-thread Xeon® E-2278GEL processor.
Allied Electronics & Automation is the largest authorized distributor of industrial control equipment in North America, offering well more than 197,000 products optimized for industrial control systems. Industrial control systems (ICS) are comprised of devices, systems, networks, and controls used to electronically operate or automate industrial processes in the manufacturing, public utilities, chemical and petrochemical, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, oil & gas, automotive, and transportation industries.
This addition to Banner Engineering’s series of plug-and-play connections delivers quick and easy overcurrent protection anywhere it’s needed in a circuit. The rugged housing allows for use in harsh environments with other series components, and the visual feedback system provides quick status updates at a glance. No matter where a device is in a circuit, an S15J fuse can be installed quickly using the simple 5-pin M12 connection. A compact 15mm diameter barrel allows placement in areas where space is a concern.
Any 9200B series model can replace several supplies on your bench or in your rack. Unlike conventional supplies with fixed output ratings, these multi-range power supplies automatically recalculate voltage and current limits for each setting, providing full output power in any Volt/Amp combination within the rated voltage and current limits. For benchtop applications, these power supplies provide a numerical keypad for direct data entry along with convenient cursors and analog style knobs to quickly make incremental voltage or current changes.
Molex has recently introduced the Super-Safeway Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) industrial-duty product at the 2023 International Production & Processing Expo (booth C13103). The new GFCI offering is the first portable 20A device to earn the IP69K rating, which is the highest level of industrial protection against the penetration of high-pressure, high-temperature water and dust. This latest addition to Molex’s Woodhead line of permanent-mount and portable GFCI solutions is ideally suited for the food-processing industry as well as other applications where sanitizing equipment continually creates excessive moisture and humidity conditions.
Above-average performance levels are particularly important if you intend to gain competitive advantages in serial machine construction. In this context, the PROeco series is not only inexpensive but also offers excellent performance and high flexibility while executing all basic functions. Being compact and easy to service, the PROeco switched-mode power supplies can be deployed universally in all applications, ensuring both short-circuit and overload resistance as well as strong temperature protection.
The ZH and ZQ series now offer two new sizes, 12x12x6 and 14x14x6, making it easier to find the perfect fit for your application among the now 15 size options ranging from small, medium, and large. ZH Series hinged enclosures and ZQ Series electrical enclosures are engineered for versatility, molded from impact-resistant polycarbonate with clear or gray covers, they’re weatherproof, waterproof, and corrosion-resistant.
Introducing the HELUTHERM 145 UL/CSA 600V wire cable, with temperature resistant single core for the internal wiring of lighting fixtures, heaters, electrical machinery, switching systems and distributors in industrial equipment as well as plant and machinery construction; suitable for laying in tubes, on and under plaster as well as closed installation ducts. Not suitable for direct laying in cable ladders and cable trays.