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Electrical & Control Panels Portal: Products, News, Articles & Resources
Electrical & Control Panels Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
Welcome to Automation.com's portal for Electrical & Control Panels, Cables & Terminations where controls and automation professionals find the latest information to select the appropriate devices to improve reliability, installation, and maintenance efficiency while decreasing cost. Technologies and products covered include control panels, cable, termination solutions, enclosures, electrical components, power supplies, UPS, switchgear, and other necessary electrical devices. Subscribe to our e-Newsletter or get the latest information on Electrical & Control Panels, Cables & Terminations sent to your desktop as soon as they are published on this page.
Articles
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Appropriate Network Connectors Bring Best Service
- 03/19/10 Automation World, March 2010 By C. Kenna Amos Not having the right connection devices or technologies can cripple the potential of an automation network. |
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The Path to Protection
- 03/19/10 Control Engineering Asia, March 2010 By Paul Haake, Chloride North America Engineers are employing more electronic equipment, much of it adopted from non-industrial applications, and almost all of it more sensitive to electrical disturbances than the equipment being replaced. These are then mixed with the inherently poor power environment of an industrial facility and aging power generation and distribution facilities. |
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Puls issues weather caution
- 03/13/10 Control Engineering Europe, March 2010 Puls UK has cautioned electrical equipment manufacturers, asking them to consider the effects cold weather has on the operation of products. The company claims power supplies used to run equipment outdoors are particularly vulnerable to freezing temperatures. |
White Papers
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Save space and costs with compact panel meters
By Red Lion Panel meter development has remained relatively static the last few years. Today, new, cost-efficient devices with more advanced capabilities are available in a smaller package to accompany today's miniaturization trend. |
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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. |
Application Stories
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HMC Products uses Grace Thru-Door Ethernet Switch
- 03/16/10 The E5 is mounted on the outside of the Pouchmaster packaging machine, thereby enhancing compliance to NFPA 70E. |
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Hand In Hand: Integrating Electrical & Automation Systems
- 02/25/10 Industrial Automation Asia, December 2009 By Peter Tubaas and Martin Stamnestro, ABB At the StatoilHydro 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. |
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ABB helps protect Avatar movie data
- 02/23/10 ABB protects the supercomputer center of New Zealand digital effects company Weta Digital – makers of Avatar and other blockbuster movies – from power grid disturbances. |
Resources & Literature
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Siemon adds online educational resource for cabling
- 03/16/10
Website helpS IT network and data center professionals understand the benefits of shielded twisted-pair copper cabling. |
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Dytran can build custom sensor cable bundles
- 03/11/10
Bundles are available with various connectors, configurations, number of cables to be bundled, the length, cable material and any special protective covering or coatings that may be required. |
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Poll Question - How many different networks do you have in your facility?
How many different communication networks do you have implemented in factories and/or plants? The list of available networks includes, but is not limited to: Foundation Fieldbus, ControlNet, PROFIBUS, Interbus, AS-Interface, CanOpen, CC-Link, PROFINET, HART, Ethernet, EtherCAT, Ethernet Powerlink, SERCOS, Modbus, LonWorks and DeviceNet. |
Training & Seminars
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SolaHD offers Online Learning Module on Power Protection
- 07/13/09
Module provides key points on today's challenging power environment and the damaging effects of transients and noise on electrical equipment. |
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WAGO adds three E-Learning modules
- 10/08/08
New courses cover terminal blocks, HART and dc drives. |
Featured Products
Product Announcements
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Grace announces R-1A0033W-NPLPH interactive voltage label
- 03/17/10
R-1A0033W-NPLPH provides personnel with the ability to both visualize and verify the state of each electrical energy source feeding the enclosure. |
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EDSA introduces Paladin Gateway for power analytics
- 03/16/10
Paladin Gateway software development kit (SDK) and application programming interface (API) can imbue virtually any system with power analytics capabilities. |
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Pentair announces Hoffman FUSION G7 enclosures
- 03/15/10
FUSION G7 wall-mount enclosures are available in 30 standard metric sizes ranging from 300 x 300 x 225 mm to 1500 x 900 x 425 mm. |
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Company & Organization News
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PMA USA opens office in Harrisburg, PA
- 03/11/10 PMA designs, manufactures and distributes cable protection products, including conduit. |
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ISA selects Automation.com as advertising sales partner
In addition to daily and weekly digital and online content, ISA will publish 6 print issues of InTech magazine in 2010. ISA selected Automation.com as the advertising sales representative for InTech magazine’s print, digital, and online editions. |
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ABB opens factory in Vietnam
- 03/10/10 ABB opened a new facility for manufacturing power products near Hanoi, Vietnam. |
Project News
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ABB to control solar power plant in Spain
- 03/11/10 ABB will supply substations, power and automation equipment to a 13 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power plant in northern Spain. |
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ABB to automate mill and pipe production plant in Saudi Arabia
- 01/06/10 ABB will supply a System 800xA control system, plus a switchgear substation, medium- and low-voltage switchgear, motors and variable-speed drives. |
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ABB to control electrical equipment on UAE oil pipeline
- 11/04/09 ABB will supply switchgear, ring main units, capacitor banks and resistors, protection panels, fault monitoring systems and substation control and monitoring systems based on System 800xA. |
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