- You are here:
-
Home
- Changing Scene
Recently, Hammond Power Solutions (HPS) was pleased to announce the appointment of Dan Davis as Power Quality Sales Manager, effective September 27th 2021.
Pepperl+Fuchs has held an official opening ceremony to unveil its new production site in Trutnov, Czech Republic, to the wider public for the first time. The celebrations marked the formal conclusion of this building project, which commenced in 2019...
Read more: Pepperl+Fuchs Reinforces Its Production Capacity...
OTTO Motors, a major provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and Siemens Canada, a provider in the global digital transformation in industry and a division of Siemens AG, have recently announced a new partnership.
It’s finally here – the new EPLAN Platform 2022. And with it, solutions provider EPLAN is heralding the future of electrotechnical engineering, with a focus on ease of use for both experienced users and for newcomers to the software.
Read more: EPLAN Platform 2022 – Experience the New Look &...
When drivers choose a service station, they usually have more options just down the road. One family-owned gas station and car wash – founded in the 1970s – aims to stand out by holding on to retro charm while using modern technology to deliver efficient service.
Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, announced that it will hold an online trade show dedicated to the oil and gas industry, October 6-7, 2021.
Read more: Parker Hannifin Announces New Two-Day Online Oil...
54 plants are to be modernised, to upgrade Vaillant’s production of hot water storage cylinders to state-of-the-art electrical and safety technology.
Convergint, a global provider of service-based systems integration, recently announced the acquisition of two business units from ATS Companies—ATS Alaska and ATS Facility Systems.
Read more: Convergint Announces Acquisition of ATS Alaska...
Allied Electronics & Automation added three new suppliers to its industrial controls roster this August, including Isostatic, Real Time Automation (RTA), and Hub City. New products from these suppliers are now available at www.alliedelec.com.
Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFUS) an industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world, invites plant engineers, facility managers, and maintenance and safety professionals to join its electrical safety webcast on Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Central Time.
Read more: Littelfuse to Host Electrical Safety Webcast on...
Latest Articles
Support is something that all businesses have needed over the last couple years, whether that is ...
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has recently completed the acquisition of French startup Wattsense, a ...
Many companies struggle with the fact that they need a major technological upgrade to expand their ...
Bosch Rexroth, EPLAN, Festo, Murrelektronik, PILZ, Rittal and WAGO, seven prominent ...
It’s finally here – the new EPLAN Platform 2022. And with it, solutions provider EPLAN is heralding ...
54 plants are to be modernised, to upgrade Vaillant’s production of hot water storage cylinders to ...
The current supply situation of steel, chips and plastics has become tighter worldwide. ...
Situation: Worker approaches the enclosure and the disconnect switch for the 480V power source is ...
“Dirty Power” means an unclean supply system. This does not concern the means (environmental ...
Beckhoff Canada opened its Western Region Sales and Training Centre in the well-known Metrotower ...
Beckhoff Canada Opens Office in Greater Vancouver
CAMBRIDGE, Ontario, Aug. 24, 2021 – Beckhoff Canada opened a Western Region Sales and Training Centre in the technology-rich Vancouver area to increase sales development and market share growth. The 2,950-square-foot office is in Tower 1 of the prominent Metrotower Office Complex in downtown Burnaby, British Columbia.
The facility offers increased space for sales and engineering support, training and seminars, as well as an intelligent motion lab where Beckhoff product experts can test Flying Motion capabilities and machine concepts using the XPlanar system.
AutomationDirect Releases New Contrinex M18 Short-Body Photoelectric Sensors and Sensor Tester
AutomationDirect has added a new series of Contrinex M18 photoelectric sensors to their ever-growing selection of discrete sensors, as well as a new sensor tester used with various sensor types to verify operation in the field.
The Contrinex M18 sensors are made in the USA and have a short body for easy installation in even the tightest locations. These sensors are available in diffuse, diffuse with adjustable background suppression, retroreflective, and through-beam models, and with NPN and PNP logic. All PNP models are IO-Link® compatible, and all sensor outputs are complementary, allowing them to be used as a light-on or dark-on sensor.
Read More
Utility Safety: Supplying Headlamps as Critical PPE in Hazardous Environments
Whether the utility provides electricity, gas, water, or sewage treatment, management has a duty to protect employees by providing a safe work environment and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required for the job in the facility and in the field. However, despite various PPE options, many utilities fail to supply or specify important lighting tools – namely headlamps. Unfortunately, the lack of suitable headlamps can lead to serious, even deadly accidents, in hazardous locations.
As a tool, headlamps are essential when hands-free lighting is required in low-light areas for a wide range of tasks. This can include operating/maintaining machinery and assessing its condition, or servicing pipes, power lines, and other distribution channels.
WESCO Canada Designated a Bosch Certified Excellence Partner
WESCO Distribution Canada LP recently announced that it has earned the Bosch Certified Excellence Partner designation. The Certified Excellence (CE) designation is an international program in the Partner Management of Bosch Rexroth, one of WESCO Canadas’s largest suppliers of automation and control products. Certified partners must provide the best and most reliable service to customers and are seen as an integral part of “ONE Rexroth Sales” worldwide.
WESCO will leverage its Certified Excellence designation to maximize the use of Bosch technologies to efficiently support customer operations wherever they are located.
Michael Gross, Vice President & General Manager of WESCO Canada stated, “With Bosch as a partner we are giving our customers and users a competitive advantage through safe, efficient, intelligent and high-performance solutions."
Product News
Phoenix Contact is extending its range of reflow-solder-capable PCB terminal blocks (MSL1) to ...
Sealcon’s A2F cable gland features an innovative design that saves space with its smaller ...
AutomationDirect has added more enclosures from Saginaw Control & Engineering, a leading ...
Widespread labor shortages and phenomenal growth in the online retail sector places enormous ...
The new safety card PMCprotego S3 expands the drive-integrated safe motion solution PMCprotego DS, ...
FANUC America, a leading supplier of CNCs, robotics and ROBOMACHINES, introduces an upgrade ...
The Type 3 safety light curtains PSENopt II from Pilz are the world’s first light curtain with ...
To maintain the highest level of customer satisfaction Pilz is getting very creative. The current ...
The powerful edge device integrates space-saving, fanless machine control directly into harsh ...
Festo has launched a digital learning portal for individual learning experiences. Discover the ...
Pilz Releases New Software for Automation System PSS 4000
Download projects without any software
Now you can prepare the data for operating your machine via an indirect project download, without any connection between the software PAS4000 and your devices.
It's as simple as this:
Your project is divided into individual device projects. You can save these device projects together with the naming data on SD cards or in a directory. To complete the indirect download, transfer the device projects manually to the devices by inserting the SD card into a device and performing the deliberate operator action, for example.
Configurable Small Controller PNOZmulti 2 With New Expansion Module for Drive Monitoring - Monitor Axes Safely and Efficiently
The new motion monitoring module PNOZ m EF 1MM2DO from the configurable small controller PNOZmulti 2 now also offers cascading and delayed shutdown functions in the field of safe motion monitoring. By monitoring up to eight safety functions on one axis, the new motion monitoring module provides efficient drive applications, thereby protecting both capital goods and the machine.
In conjunction with the base unit PNOZ m B0 or PNOZ m B1, PNOZ m EF 1MM2DO monitors an axis safely up to the highest category PL e of EN ISO 13849-1 or up to SIL CL 3 of EN IEC 62061. The module covers up to eight safe monitoring functions on one axis, e.g. safe stop, safe operating stop or safe speed limiting.
IDEM Hazardous Area and General Purpose Safety Devices from AutomationDirect
AutomationDirect’s safety product offering now includes IDEM hazardous area safety devices. These safety devices provide similar functionality to their general-purpose counterparts but offer explosion-proof switching in hazardous locations.
All of these devices are manufactured with ATEX Exd IIC T6 certified explosion-proof contact blocks, which are encapsulated to contain explosions and prevent the ignition of hazardous materials.
New IDEM explosion-proof safety devices include tongue interlock safety switches, safety limit switches, and safety cable-pull switches. These devices are an excellent choice for use in the oil, chemical, pharmaceutical, and other hazardous industries.
AutomationDirect has also extended its existing line of general-purpose safety cable-pull switches. This new line extension allows for emergency cable lengths of up to 250 meters.
Mitsubishi Electric Releases CNC Offset Manager Software
Mitsubishi Electric is announcing the release of its CNC Offset Manager software for remote modification of computerized numerical control (CNC) tool and work offsets. With the push towards automation and central control, machining facilities are searching for more efficient ways to manage their CNC machines. The software can introduce increased efficiency in multiple ways: for instance, it allows one operator to manage more machines, speeding up machine setup and tool wear changes, or adjusts for parts out of tolerance, as well as centralizing this work so operators don’t need to move between machines or into robot cells. CNC Offset Manager is thus geared towards production managers and supervisors on factory floors across various industries, as well as towards CNC automation software companies.
