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Connectors, Cables & Wiring Products, News, Articles, Application Stories, Training, Events & Resources
Welcome to Automation.com's portal for Connectors, Cables & Wiring. Find the latest products, news, articles, application stories, events, training and resources relating to Connectors, Cables, Wiring.
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ISA - Change the name to represent the industry
By Rick Zabel, Automation.com The proposed name change of ISA (to "International Society of Automation") is up for a vote again during ISA Expo in Houston, October 14-16, 2008. Last year, the change was voted down, but I have yet to hear a compelling argument against the change. And there are many reasons for the change. If ISA is truly the global society of automation professionals, then its name should reflect its cause. It's time for a change! |
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State of Manufacturing & Automation in the U.S. Looks Good
Could it be that high fuel prices, the weak dollar and crises in the U.S. manufacturing industry are creating opportunities? Andy Chatha of ARC Advisory Group thinks so. He says the U.S. industry has suddenly become competitive on the world market, and companies are no longer moving operations overseas. Instead, many are expanding their facilities, and he predicts a boom in automation right here in the U.S. |
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Don't judge a supplier by its name
By Frank Hurtte, Contributing Author. For those of us who live and breathe the rarified vapors of technology based automation, it's pretty hard to fathom how life existed without electronic automation. Yet, it has been a short 30 years since the venerable PLC became anything more than a novelty outside of the Big 3 in Detroit. Sometime in the late 1970s, microprocessors changed our lives forever. Since those early days, the power of these tiny chips forever changed the way we think about manufacturing. |
Application Stories
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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. |
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How to connect a Siemens S5 to USB
A SSW5/USB converter cable from Systeme Helmholz can be used to connect a Simatic S5 CPU to a PC with a USB interface. Here’s how. |
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Sensors and Cordsets for Wash down Conditions
By: Scott D’Amico, ifm efector Tipper Tie, an OEM of packaging equipment for the food industry, found that sourced position sensors and cordsets used on their machines were not remaining reliable due to their customers’ extreme wash down conditions. They used MK Series wash down cylinder sensors and Micro DC patch cords from ifm efector for the extreme wash down conditions. |
Resources & Literature
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BEI announces E-Commerce Web Site for sensors
- 09/11/08
The site includes a variety of cable assemblies and connectors, displays, motor adapters, couplings and power supplies. |
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Graphic Products website offers arc flash guidance
- 08/21/08
The Arc Flash Information Resource Center provides employers, plant managers, and safety personnel with a clear guide to arc flash safety regulations and procedures in an easy-to-follow format. |
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Booklet explains 10 fatal PR errors
- 07/23/08
Booklet describes the 10 most common and costly errors that companies make when preparing product news releases. |
Training & Seminars
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Cable Tie Courses
By Panduit Three web courses cover basics, installation tools, and OEM considerations. |
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Wiring Duct Courses
- 09/22/07
By Panduit Three-part web course covers wiring ducts, tools for working in ducts, installation basics, and applications. |
Product Announcements
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Fluke introduces MicroMapper Pro VDV cable tester
- 09/29/08
MicroMapper runs a full wiremap test for twisted pair cabling that shows the type of fault (miswires, reversals, split pairs, and breaks) plus the distance to the fault. |
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WAGO terminal blocks carry 100 kA SCCR
- 08/21/08
DIN-rail mount terminal blocks now carry a 100 kA Short Circuit Current Rating (SCCR) when used with appropriate fuses. |
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Littelfuse introduces SP3000 ESD protection for high speed data lines
- 08/08/08
Applications include PCs and PC peripherals, hand-held devices, adapter cards, and data communications equipment, including USB2.0 and IEEE1394 devices. |
Company & Organization News
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ABB Q2 Net Income up 34%
- 07/24/08 ABB reported record orders, revenues and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in the second quarter of 2008, with net income reaching $975 million. |
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Phoenix Contact names Doug Peterson Vice President
- 07/23/08 Peterson joins Phoenix Contact after 19 years at GE Fanuc Automation, where he held a variety of sales and leadership positions. |
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ABB appoints Joseph Hogan CEO
- 07/17/08 Hogan is currently CEO of GE Healthcare and is a member of the GE Senior Executive Council. He will join ABB on September 1, 2008. |
Project News
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Binder-USA adapts the Iris Spring for EMI Shielding
- 01/23/08 Iris spring shielding technology is an effective and simple way to protect equipment from electromagnetic interference. |
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ABB wins $45 million power order in Angola
- 11/24/07 ABB won a contract from Angola’s Empresa Nacional de Electricidade (ENE) to connect electrical grids in the country. |
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A time of change for the Eastern Bloc
By Wago Since the reverse in politics in the formerly Eastern Bloc city of Sachsen-Anhalt, Chemtec Leuna has regained its position as leader of the chemical industry. The most difficult part of its reconditioning process is modernizing electronic equipment for production. 100 percent of the applications now use WAGO spring pressure terminal blocks. |
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