Industry Products

Three techniques - overlapped VLANs, rate limiting and port security - can help safeguard your control network from issues presented by the office network or office equipment such as Windows PCs.

PANDUIT introduces a new cable tie installation tool. The pneumatic operation and ergonomic design of the PTH cable tie installation tool improve productivity by reducing operator fatigue and repetitive motion injuries. The PTH provides fast, consistent installation of standard (50 lb) through heavy (175 lb) cross-section cable ties in less than one second.

The FL-Com Server RS-485 interface offers easy integration of virtually any RS-485 device onto industrial 10/100BASE-T(X) networks, therefore allowing access to any device with a serial port. The rugged FL-Com Server provides users with industrial features such as: wide-range DC power supply, DIN-rail mounting, three-way isolation, surge protection and redundant power supply capabilities.

Customers who order industrial components from Rockwell Automation now have a simplified process with the launch of the new Allen-Bradley Essential Components Catalog and toll-free number. The catalog contains the most frequently ordered components, such as terminal blocks, I/O systems and operator interface devices.

This line of industrial timers and relays comprise a long list of multi-function timers, interval ON, interval ON/OFF, ON-delay, OFF-delay with auxiliary voltage, ON-delay and OFF-delay, star-delta relays, signal watchdog and flasher relays. All are DIN rail mountable in a 22.5 mm package and can handle both AC and DC voltages from 24 to 240 volts.

Honeywell, at its annual Users Group Symposium today, unveiled a customer-driven industrial wireless roadmap that will help end-users fine-tune plant operations and improve plant employee productivity. The industrial automation and wireless expert outlined its newest initiatives including secure network technology that extends applications to improve compliance, safety and security, reliability and optimization.

The six-channel MC600 provides continuous gas monitoring when equipped with General Monitors’ gas sensors/transmitters to protect people, equipment and facilities.

Matrox Graphics Inc. announces expanded monitor and graphics hardware support for its popular Graphics eXpansion Modules (GXMs). These easy-to-install, palm-sized, external upgrades add multi-display support to a system by dividing the monitor output of a computer into separate displays.

Using graphical flow charts, this unique software does away with complicated code generation. Users simply link command-specific graphics to design or modify a process.

“Back in 2004, WAGO was the first company to offer a fieldbus coupler, the 750-341, that had passed the EtherNet/IP conformance test,” said Dean Norton, Marketing Manager for WAGO Corporation. “Our recent success continues to show our commitment to supporting EtherNet/IP, as well as other Ethernet based industrial protocols.”