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Control Panels, Cables & Terminations: Products, News, Articles, Application Stories, Training, Events & Resources
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Articles
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Product Briefs from Hannover Messe
By Bill Lydon Over 6,000 companies showed products at Hannover Messe and there are important trends that are worth noting. Here are highlights of some products that caught my interest - some due to functional sophistication and others because of their elegant simplicity. |
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Who Keeps RS-485 and RJ45 Apart?
Industrial Networking, Spring 2009 By Jim Montague Suppliers have been focusing so much on Ethernet that they seem to have stopped developing RS-485. You can’t find RS-485 cable that terminates in RJ45 connectors for industrial control and automation. Are suppliers holding machine builders hostage? |
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Power conditioning - some common pitfalls
Design Product Applications, May 2009 Sensitive electronic equipment frequently suffers as a result of power quality problems. Facilities with numerous traditional power loads often generate power disturbances that result in a ‘low technology’ environment supporting ‘high technology’ systems. Power conditioning is the answer. |
White Papers
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Applying Wireless to EtherNet/IP Automation Systems
By Gary Enstad & Jim Ralston, Prosoft Technology While EtherNet/IP has many advantages, cable installation is often expensive, and communications to remote sites or moving platforms may not be reliable or cost-effective. Wireless Ethernet technologies have emerged that can now reliably reduce network costs while improving plant production. |
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Prevent 24 VDC overloads from stopping production
By Kai Bronzel, Siemens Advanced technologies require more intelligent protection. For today’s preferred switched mode power supplies, it means that circuit breakers and fuses are inadequate for protecting individual 24 VDC load circuits. |
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Diagnostic Tools for PROFIBUS and PROFINET
By Softing The most common problems of PROFIBUS networks are faulty cabling or connectors causing poor signal quality levels. In order to detect and identify those kinds of issues an engineer can either use an oscilloscope (and lots of experience) or an Electrical Tester for PROFIBUS that makes the job much easier. |
Application Stories
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Explosion-proof enclosures simplify maintenance of fire and gas detection systems
- 06/16/09 HazardEX, May 2009 PDC Systems, a supplier of hazardous area electrical instrumentation, is using explosion-proof enclosures from Cooper Crouse-Hinds to protect fire and gas monitoring and control systems that it supplies to a wide range of hazardous gas applications. |
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Inverters accused of overeating IP65 enclosure saves the day
- 06/16/09 Process & Control Today, May 2009 Continued problems of inverter failure were plaguing a biscuit factory in Yorkshire with lost production time. The inverters were suffering from ingress of dust. Failures were a result of overheating or, as one termed it, the inverters were “overeating” the biscuit dust. |
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Automated water treatment plants
South African Instrumentation & Control, April 2009 Three plants in Egypt each have approximately 1200 I/O points. The process and system control uses Beckhoff PLCs, Profibus, PCs, control panels and soft PID controllers. |
Resources & Literature
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igus publishes continuous-flex cables catalog
- 06/28/09
Catalog has an easy-to-use quick reference guide, application examples from a wide range of industries, and details on the latest Chainflex cables. |
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Hard Real-Time Standards-Based Platform for Manufacturing
Exceed expectations for reliability, performance, and hard real-time while reducing production costs and time-to-solution by standardizing on one technology platform, from sensors to servers. Windows Embedded brings the ease and familiarity of Windows to the development and use of industrial devices and systems. |
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AutomationDirect Industrial Automation Product Reference Catalog
Have AutomationDirect's entire product line at your fingertips - it is more than a catalog...it is a Desk Reference containing detailed product descriptions complemented by plenty of technical illustrations, step-by-step procedures for selecting various PLC hardware and software, PC-based control, operator interface, motor contactors, drives, sensing equipment, connection systems, and much more. |
Training & Seminars
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WAGO announces Industrial Control Seminars
- 02/12/09
Interactive free three-day seminars provide attendees with information needed to advance automation projects. WAGO provides all course materials, meals and coordinates ground transport. |
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WAGO adds three E-Learning modules
- 10/08/08
New courses cover terminal blocks, HART and dc drives. |
Product Announcements
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AutomationDirect introduces flexible service cord
- 07/02/09
Flexible service cord is available in sizes ranging from 18 to 10 gauge, with two, three or four-conductor configurations. |
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AutomationDirect adds panel interface connectors
- 07/02/09
ZIPports are mounted on the outside of electrical control panel boxes, and act as pass-through connections. |
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Pfannenberg releases two DTS 3000 enclosure coolers
- 06/24/09
DTS 31x5 and DTS 32x5 cooling units provide 5-7,000 and 9-12,000 Btu/h, respectively. |
Company & Organization News
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ASI announces marking and labeling lease program
- 06/14/09 Lease program covers the EZ Mark plotter system, MARKINGenius, and Rolly 1000 high speed thermal print systems and the DIN rail cutter. |
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Brendon Button wins Alberta's Electrical Apprentices Competition
- 06/08/09 Alberta’s top electrician apprentices converged at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Polytechnic (SAIT) for the 2009 Alberta Skills Competition, May 13 and 14. |
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Weidmuller terminal blocks obtain seismic qualification
- 05/25/09 DIN-rail mounted terminal blocks have approvals for thermal aging and seismic qualification for cabinet-mounted instrumentation and control equipment. |
Project News
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ABB to supply System 800xA for new power station in New York
- 05/12/09 The order includes operator consoles, AC800M Controllers, System 800xA and S800 I/O with HART. |
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ABB to control iron ore pellet plant in Oman
- 02/23/09 ABB will supply System 800xA for process control and system integration, a production management system, drives, motors, and power equipment. |
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GE to reduce energy and water usage at its data center
- 02/02/09 GE is updating the data center with 30 products from nine different GE businesses, including power quality, chilled water, electrical, security and IT services equipment. |
Events
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Critical Machine Maintenance: Switchgears, Circuit Breakers, Transformers and Power Cables
July 27-28, 2009 Melbourne, Australia Conference covers electrical equipment maintenance strategies for switchgear, circuit breakers, transformers and power cables, including condition monitoring, asset management, preventive maintenance, thermography and safety. |
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ISA EXPO 2009
October 6-10, 2009 Houston, Texas ISA EXPO is focused on the technology and techniques of automation and control. Organized around the six core themes central to automation and control, ISA EXPO 2009 provides attendees unlimited opportunity to explore key technologies, discover professional growth, and interact with like minded professionals. |
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