Time to check your glands?
Control Engineering Europe, April 2008
There are now more variations of cable gland available than ever, and with more choice comes the requirement for more knowledge in order to make the right selection.

What Are the Choices on Enclosures?
Control Design, March 2008
Reader asks: Although the major enclosure manufacturers tout their ability to build custom panels, we haven’t been happy with their prices, delivery or service. Are there better alternatives? Three vendors answer.

Suppress Those Surges
Design News, February 2008
By Jon Titus
In addition to protecting exterior sensor and communication lines from transient pulses caused by nearby lightning strikes, you should protect inside equipment from transients or surges that can travel through power lines.

Voltage Indicators enhance safety
By Grace Engineering
Wiring a voltage indicator (VI) to the primary power source provides a permanently wired "voltmeter" that gives electricians a full-time, visual, independent, thru-door power indication.

Potential Power Picks
Control Engineering, February 2008
By C.G. Masi
Power options for embedded systems are as varied as the applications they serve. Mixing and matching these available power sources for primary, recharge, and backup duty gives embedded system designers a wide range of options to power their creations. Here’s a tutorial on the choices.

Relays: Far from Dead
Control Engineering, February 2008
David C. Thomas, Tyco Electronics
The traditional socket mounted, electromechanical relay, often based on designs that are several decades old, is still a highly effective solution to load-switching problems in industrial and commercial applications.

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AD Products updates enclosures website
The updated site contains four times as many enclosure products as before.

Calex publishes DC/DC and AC/DC short form product guide
The Short Form Product Guide provides an easy reference selection guide for Calex DC/DC converter and AC/DC power supply products.

Littelfuse adds design guide to Web site
Interactive design guide has library of 50 applications, allowing users to locate the specific product series or part number that best matches their needs.

ITT Interconnect offers Rack & Panel connector catalog
Rack & Panel connector catalog includes shielded, co-axial, modified co-axial products

Fibox publishes enclosure catalog
This catalog clovers eight RoHS compliant, corrosion resistant enclosure families, available in polycarbonate, ABS, aluminum, and fiberglass.

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Greencold keeps its cool with smartwire
Process and Control Today, March 2008
Moeller Electric SmartWire, a panel wiring system that puts fieldbus-like connectivity inside the control panel, has made it possible for refrigeration expert Greencold of Kettering to use just one control panel instead of the three originally planned, eliminate the need for a costly PLC, and reduce panel wiring time.

Monitoring System Tracks Worker Efficiency
By TJ Johns, AutomationDirect
BG Industrial Control builds its Greer Monitoring System for textile plants based on AutomationDirect's touch panels, Terminator IO, DirectLOGIC 205 Ethernet-based controllers, and Think & Do Studio PC-based control software.

Cable Management System Helps Valve Manufacturer Clean Up
By Hoffman
The deep Hoffman cabinets facilitated placing the IBM server cable management behind the servers, and the total system footprint has been reduced, further enhancing the data room’s look and functionality.

Integrated electrical and automation systems
By Tom F. Nestli and Peter Tubaas, ABB
Seamless integration of electrical and automation systems are highly desirable in a process plant, At the Statoil Snøhvit liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, the Electrical Control and Supervision System (ECSS) communicates with a wide range of equipment and ensures a stable power supply to the LNG facility.

Oil Exploration Demands the Highest Level of Power Protection
By Falcon Electric
Due to the inherent nature of oil drilling, all equipment must be able to operate in extremely harsh conditions and that includes equipment that is powering the various oil extraction machines. Through experience, Allis-Chalmers Tubular Services found out that not all power protection systems are created equal.

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Electrical Safety and Reliability Conference
The 11th annual Electrical Safety and Reliability Conference will feature industry leaders discussing safety and reconditioning standards as well as presentations from the major manufacturers on how to spot defective or counterfeit electrical equipment.

Basic Electrical Circuits and Controls - AIT Training Course ECM110
This 4-day course covers the basics needed to understand, troubleshoot, and maintain most machine components and control circuits that exist in today’s complex industrial automation systems.

Emerson publishes 2008 educational course catalog
Global Course Catalog, available in print, CD or as a download, describes over 300 courses.

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• MGV introduces P140R smart power supplies
• Power Partners introduces PPR250 power supplies
• Schaefer introduces C4700 2500W Power Converter
• C&K releases KSJ Series silent setect switch
• PREMO EMC releases FVDT filters for windmills
• Hoffman announces PROTEK Wall-Mount enclosures
• iKey introduces SL-91 keyboard for material handling applications
• C&K releases ZMS Series Sealed Snap Action Switches
• Protek introduces PUP180 180W desktop power supply
• Schneider Electric releases High Density Meter Cabinet

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Rittal adds Efficiency Label to TopTherm PLUS Air Conditioners
In accordance with DIN EN ISO 14021, an Efficiency Label is now being affixed to all TopTherm PLUS cooling units.

Applied Manufacturing Technologies Acquires K-R Automation
AMT acquired K-R Automation, a Warren, MI, based automation controls design, engineering and panel manufacturing company.

Moore Industries bakes NCS data acquisition system for three years
The NCS has been running since February 2005 in an environmental chamber at temperatures up to 221°F. The only problem so far: Labels are turning brown.

Cooper Bussmann recycles customer fuses, circuit breakers and contactors
This program provides consumers of circuit protection devices with an opportunity to properly recycle electrical components that may otherwise populate a landfill.

Schneider Electric Contributes $500K to Arc Flash Research
Donation is to the IEEE and NFPA Arc Flash Collaborative Research Project. The donation will help expand the knowledge of electric arc phenomena and enhance worker safety.

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ABB to control power substations in India  
ABB won orders worth around $71 million to supply automation and a range of power products for substations in India.

Weigh feeder uses A-B switches, terminal blocks and drives
Schenck AccuRate gravimetric feeders use Bulletin 800 F-series switches, terminal blocks and Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 4 variable frequency drives.

Emerson wins contract to provide High-Fidelity Simulators for Luminant The simulators will be used to equip the power generator’s new Luminant Training Academy, which is located in Tyler, Texas, and officially opened in July 2007.

NAS wins automation/control contract with City of Tuscon
National Automation Services, Inc. and Intecon Controls Inc. located in Tempe Arizona announce the signing of an automation control contract for the City of Tucson to build required control and compressor panels for water wells located throughout the city.

Montreal Manufacturing Technology Show
May 12-14, 2008 Montreal, Canada
Quebec's largest industrial trade event with more than 200 exhibitors representing 400 companies and product lines.

PTDA Canadian Conference
May 29-31, 2008 Whistler, BC
Devoted to Canadian industry networking and trends, the conference is a must-attend event for distributors and manufacturers in the power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) industry.

ISA POWID Symposium  
June 8-13, 2008 Scottsdale, Arizona
ISA will host the 51st annual POWID symposium and, the 18th annual joint ISA POWID/EPRI Controls and Instrumentation Conference.

2008 Siemens Automation Summit
July 23 -25, 2008 Chicago, IL
The 2008 Siemens Automation Summit has presentations from industry experts and analysts, and customer case histories which detail the benefits of Siemens products.

International Manufacturing Technology Show
September 8-13, 2008 Chicago, IL
The largest and longest running manufacturing technology trade show in the United States, IMTS is ranked among the largest trade shows in the world.. IMTS attracts over 90,000 visitors from every level of industry and over 40 countries.

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