Industry Products

The RemotePowerMonitoring™ service automatically monitors customers' MGE 3-phase Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems around the clock, assuring 7X24X365 on-line availability. Any power disturbance or irregularity is instantly recognized and reported immediately to MGE's Customer Care Center.

Integrity asset management software suite with the new LoopSheets application enables users to automatically generate control loop diagrams that integrate information from the wiring panel to the control system and beyond.

Integrity version 1.4 documents, analyzes and manages automation asset information and real-time data flow across any process manufacturing facility. It works with PLCs and DCSes from Honeywell, Invensys, Emerson, Rockwell Automation and many other vendors.

Invensys is now offering a free 16-page brochure that describes the new InFusion enterprise control system (ECS), the world’s first industrial system that provides a true enterprise view. The InFusion ECS combines industry-leading capabilities from across Invensys with advanced enterprise information and integration technologies from both Microsoft and SAP to dramatically reduce integration costs.

In addition, the S3000 Professional CMS Safety Laser Scanner (Contour Measurement & Safety) is concurrently being launched to meet the navigation requirements of complex mobile vehicle applications. The company's family of safety laser scanners now includes more than 15 models – the most in the industry, providing added flexibility and value to its customers.

AquaSensors and Beckhoff present a complete water analysis and control system at the Annual ACE06 conference that sets a new standard in water plant control using the latest digital technology to increase capabilities, improve reliability, and lower cost.

Traditionally, integration between the engineering technical services at a plant and operations or maintenance has been ad-hoc at best, even nonexistent in many cases. Applications like SmartPlant Instrumentation have solidified that integration in the instrumentation domain, resulting in reduced costs in engineering as well as operations and maintenance through better information access and management.

Pacific Control Systems (PCS), the global automation leader, has launched its Machine-to-Machine (M2M) GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA 24x7 Remote Monitoring Service (RMS) solutions for airports at the Airport Build & Supply 2006 exhibition held between 5-7 June at the Dubai Airport Expo.

The Veriflo division of Parker Hannifin has launched a miniature point-of-use pressure regulator that is ideal for valve manifold box or panel applications - to distribute high purity gases to tools or locations in semiconductor fabs and high-technology manufacturing sites and laboratories.

Emerson Process Management released version 8.4 of DeltaV system software that includes enhancements to help users prevent abnormal situations. DeltaV digital automation systems are a core component of Emerson's open, standards-based PlantWeb digital plant architecture.

Macro Sensors, a sensor company specializing in the manufacture of LVDT-based linear sensors and gaging probes, introduces a new line of 24V single-ended DC-LVDT position sensors that provide a 0-10V output to operate in conjunction with PLCs, digital indicators, A/D converters, computer-based data processors, and QC data collection systems.

McCrometer announced today the immediate availability of the proven Marsh Multi-Mag Flow Meter. It is an advanced measurement solution that provides unprecedented accuracy in the most difficult flow conditions: low flows, wide flow ranges, flows containing sand and grit, vertical pipes and locations near bends and elbows.

SpaceAge Control is now shipping the Series M general-capability position transducer that gives long displacement range, multiple mounting options, and size efficiency for OEM and high-volume applications. Available in volume and individual prices with same-day shipping, the Series M product line was developed using SpaceAge Control's extensive experience in delivering performance- and safety-critical position transducers for the aircraft, space, and automotive markets.

AXIOMTEK has announced the eBOX748-FL, a rugged embedded system with fanless system reliability, low-power consumption, and an onboard high performance Intel Pentium M 1.4 GHz processor or an onboard low power Intel Celeron 600MHz processor. The eBOX748-FL can also function in critical environments with an internal hard disk in almost any industrial application, including POS, Kiosk, ATM, DSA, building automation, project screens for department stores, supermarkets, tour bus displays, and more.

Aerotech’s AMG LP (Low Profile) position and rate gimbal mounts provide ultra-precise angular position, rate, and acceleration for development and production testing of a wide range of systems. The AMG LP series is ideal for directing optics, lasers, antennas, and sensors at high speed to precise pointing angles. Typical applications include missile seeker test and calibration, electro-optical sensor and FLIR testing, optical testing of sensors in a vacuum, and angular testing of inertial sensors such as gyros, MEMS, and accelerometers.

Korenix JetNet 2005/2005f series is an Industrial 5-port 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet switch (JetNet 2005) or 4-port 10/100 Base-TX plus a single port 100Base-FX Fiber Ethernet switch(JetNet 2005f). It adopts slim industrial design, small dimension (112mm x 30mm x 90mm HWD) and little weight, to save rail space of compact system requirement.

Microstar Laboratories, Inc., maker of Data Acquisition Processor (DAP) boards and systems now has included interactive filter design in its DAPstudio measurement software. That means you can build and run applications based on the Signal Conditioning System (SCS) series with no other data acquisition software required.

The Inline Ethernet/IP Bus Coupler (FL IL 24BK-ETH/IP) provides complete 10/100 TX Ethernet/IP connectivity to Inline stations of up to 63 I/O modules. The Ethernet/IP BK provides easily accessible diagnostics for fast startups and intuitive ongoing maintenance. A two-digit diagnostic display and full complement of LEDs supply module and network status, including unique local indication loss of network communication, allowing basic installation and maintenance when access to laptops or web pages is not possible.

Thermo Electron Corporation announces the addition of zinc alloy applications to its second-generation Charge Coupled Device (CCD)-based spectrometer, the ARL QUANTRIS. Thermo's state-of-the-art optical emission spectrometer achieves highly accurate and reproducible analyses of all major elements in the zinc matrix in 35 seconds, thus minimizing production costs.

is proud to launch the MPC150-810, an ultra slim medical panel computer, which is equipped with a 15-inch high brightness (350nits) LCD and a superior low voltage Intel® Pentium M 1.4G or ultra low voltage Intel® Celeron M 800MHz processor.

This board comes with a Socket 479 low power Intel Pentium M and Intel Celeron M processors and integrated the most updated Intel 3100 chipset and built-in a PCI-express interfaces. It makes the platform offered a more reliable and stable processing over previous platforms.

Clarity's worldwide engineering capability results in new, larger LCD and DLP display systems that offer more options for customers, resellers and systems integration partners

Electro Standards Laboratories (ESL), Cranston, RI, announces its new Model 7232 RJ45 A/B Relay Switch with Remote Serial Control. This switch affords local and remote access functionality. Manual control is accomplished by simply pressing the front panel pushbutton to change the switch position.

The eAutomation Group of Advantech introduces the PCI-1612AU, a 4-port RS-232/422/485 universal PCI communication card compatible with the PCI 2.2 bus specification and offer transmission speeds of up to 921.6 kbps. The PCI-1612AU comes with high-performance 16PCI954 UARTS with a 128-byte FIFO to reduce CPU load. These components make the platform more stable and reliable thus, making the PCI-1612AU suitable for multitasking environments.

The Series QR1 fittings feature a user-friendly oval release ring and NPT or metric ISO-G threads. With the QR1 series, Rexroth provides a comprehensive inch and metric (ISO-G) program for its pneumatic components. In addition to the Mini and Standard programs, the complete fitting program also includes various function fittings.

Users simply enter known application variables such as class, division and enclosure volume, and the system configurator will instantly provide a purging system model number, including all relevant accessories. Systems can then be quoted with price and delivery dates in one business day.

Emerson Process Management has significantly reduced the number of unplanned shutdowns at the Mondi Business Paper's Richards Bay Mill, South Africa, using Emerson's CSI 4500 Machinery Health Monitor. The online system detects changes in fan behavior, alerting the operators and prompting a remedial response that prevents unexpected fan failures and boiler shutdown.

The ATK automates everything from the point-of-sale, to the invoice, to account management and is ideal for a variety of plant operations, including ports, transfer stations, landfills, warehouses, feed mills, grain terminals, chemical plants, load-out facilities, and construction materials.

Schaefer, Inc. has enhanced its pure sine wave inverter offering with the new AEP-3000R Series of 3KVA rackmount products. The output waveform of the AEP-3000R Series is a true sine wave, with less than 3% total harmonic distortion, which delivers “clean” output power for powering sensitive loads and for improving AC equipment performance.

The new offerings include the Connexium IP67 Ethernet switch for demanding environments, Connexium unmanaged Ethernet switches with expanded temperature ratings and a Connexium Ethernet gateway. The new products make network connectivity in an industrial environment easier and more reliable than ever before.

Sealevel Systems, Inc. announces the SeaPAC™ family of flat panel touchscreen computers designed to operate over a wide temperature range without fans or other moving parts. Available with bright, AMTFT LCDs ranging in size from 6.4” to 17”, SeaPAC systems are perfect for a variety of industrial control, machine interface, and point-of-sale applications where small size and extreme reliability are a must.

The easy to use window based GUI will be used to program and control 6 axis robots in plastics and injection molding applications including demolding and deburring. The new KUKA GUI named KUKA Smart GUI Plastics Software Package is the only available interface that provides the same simplified programming capability currently used in traditional linear robotic applications.

Dynics, Inc. now offers the popular paneLink series with Pentium M technology. The new faster paneLink has the processing power of a P4, but uses less wattage and generates less heat. In addition, the paneLink series has undergone “thermal” re-design to better facilitate airflow and system heat dissipation.

“AS-Interface is perhaps the simplest fieldbus network available for wiring of actuators and sensors (with wiring savings up to 40%),” said Mark DeCramer, Product Manager for the WAGO-I/O-SYSTEM. “Requiring just a single cable to connect I/O modules, users need very little knowledge of bus systems or communication protocols to get started.”

The DHS215XEL provides the user with a completely portable, easy-to-use, cost-effective, and accurate means to measure surface temperatures in a wide variety of applications including quality/non-destructive testing, manufacturing process control, plant/facilities maintenance, electrical troubleshooting, automotive repair and diagnostics, diesel and fleet maintenance and HVAC/Refrigeration.

Caterpillar Inc. introduces the new Electric Power SpecSizer tool for generator set sizing and specifying. Considering factors such as site conditions, load characteristics and required performance, SpecSizer provides accurate and timely technical data, robust load models and optimized algorithms to assist in the selection of a competitively sized generator set that best suits a customer's needs.

Intermec's RFID team worked with Microsoft to test and refine Microsoft BizTalk RFID, which has been designed to allow all users to simply and easily incorporate RFID information and data into a variety of applications and end-to-end business processes. The "plug and play" functionality in Microsoft BizTalk RFID makes it possible for RFID devices, such as Intermec readers and printers, to become fully compatible with the Microsoft platform and to integrate with third-party applications and processes.

The PCIe Working Group chose Molex Incorporated (NASDAQ: MOLX and MOLXA) to be the first interconnect company to develop the External PCI Express (PCIe) offering. This offering includes a full line of high-speed connectors and cable assemblies that are specifically designed to support the new, multi-purpose, hot-pluggable input/output (I/O) interface standard for the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express.

IXXAT will also offer an ISA PC interface card for CAN and CANopen in future. For this purpose, the iPC-I 165 card from IXXAT was redeveloped in accordance with the RoHS directives and a lead-free version is now available.

The T4012 features a compact, glass-filled NEMA 6 thermoplastic housing making it suitable for use in most applications, including water washdown environments. When used with the optional stainless steel actuator, these switches are designed to provide a minimum of two million actuations in demanding application environments.

Cooperatively developed by Opto 22’s engineering and marketing divisions, “Understanding Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs) in Industrial Automation” explores how PACs were first developed, outlines their defining characteristics, and highlights the similarities and differences between PACs, PLCs, Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), and other industrial controllers and devices.

The TM-6740 camera series from JAI PULNiX has a new C-mount lens flange that lets users adjust back focus to improve image sharpness when using lower-cost zoom lenses or custom optics. Built on the company's easily reconfigurable dual-tap AccuPiXEL platform, these high performance cameras offer up to 200 frames per second at full resolution and generate up to 3205 frames per second in partial scan and binning modes.

The unique feature of these products is that they are identical to the point where customers can use the accessories that they now have in stock. The color of the housings is the same so there are no visual differences and they are molded from a UL 94V0 material. The metal clamping bodies are made of a nickel-plated copper alloy, the screws are plated to prevent corrosion and all materials are Rohs compliant. The terminal blocks are UL recognized like the competitive products and there is a wide range of accessories and styles available.

The new faceplate adapters are available for multiple I/O cards including 8- and 32-channel digital input and output cards, as well as various analog cards. The new adapters, along with existing Systems Cabling termination modules, help users reduce installation and commissioning time, eliminate I/O wiring errors and decrease troubleshooting and maintenance in the field.

ValueTRUE is a reliable, value-priced extension to Danaher Motion's family of Micron True Planetary Gearheads– with over 1000 size and ratio combinations, the largest selection of planetary gearheads worldwide. They offer simple drop-in replacement for most common helical gearheads at up to 30% less cost than comparable gearhead technology.

The exSILentia Import Utility integrates the exida.com exSILentia® tool with Siemens SIMATIC Safety Matrix™ to deliver a comprehensive utility that will manage the entire safety lifecycle and reduce the potential for human error.

DGS66 encoders are available with an IP65-rated housing and provide up to 10,000 pulses per revolution for precise, reliable operation in applications such as machine tool, textile, woodworking and packaging, among others. These encoders are available in blind and through hollow shaft configurations for 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 mm or 3/8” and ½” shafts. They are available with either TTL or HTL electrical interfaces.

Today’s high-end machines place high demands on control systems. Fast response to state changes, fast control with high precision, short cycle times, and communication links to the production network have become required characteristics.

Extending the company's long history of reliable, easy-to-use automation and control hardware, the SNAP-PAC-R2 is the third PAC controller Opto 22 has released in the last six months. It follows in the footsteps of the SNAP-PAC-S1, the SNAP-PAC-R1, and the acknowledged forerunner of the PAC, the mistic™ controller, first introduced in 1991.

AXIOMTEK, an Associate Member of the Intel Communications Alliance (ICA), a community of communications and embedded developers and solution providers, is proud to launch a high performance single board computer (SBC), the SBC81200.