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Welcome to Automation Products Bulletin

Patti Pool, New Products Editor

Patti's Picks

Keep Track of Stuff
Proficy Tracker version 7.5 delivers lean production by helping manage inventory, schedule resources in real time and route material through the discrete manufacturing process. Tracker provides the ability to not only track the real-time location of orders on the production floor, but also be configured to perform routing logic on the movement of the product throughout the manufacturing facility. This capability allows manufacturers to manage the physical routing and delivery of multiple product components and subassemblies into complex product assemblies.
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms
800/GE-FANUC

Industrial Ethernet Switches
WAVELine series of Class 1, Div. 2-approved unmanaged industrial Ethernet switches and media converters enables users to establish a simple link between field devices and their Ethernet network. No configuration or setup is required. Measuring 22.5 mm or 45 mm wide, the following port configurations are available: three RJ45 10/100 ports; three RJ45 10/100 ports and one SC fiber optic port; three RJ45 10/100 ports and one ST fiber optic port; five RH45 10/100 ports; six RJ45 10/100 ports and one SC fiber optic port; six RJ45 10/100 ports and one ST fiber optic ports; and eight RJ45 10/100 ports.
Weidmuller
800/ 849-9343

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Factory Intelligence Network’s data collection software gathers critical data to cut down on plant waste and reduce downtime.

Keyence Corp. of America’s PX Series photoelectric sensors carry an IP-69K environmental rating.

iKey’s DU-5K-TP2 industrial keyboard has an integrated Synaptics touchpad.

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Spirax Sarco’s FAI Series in-line float and thermoplastic traps are suited for receiver and air-line drainage.

Fluid Components’ ST75V hydrogen flowmeter is designed for small-line process applications.

Control and ControlGlobal.com Reader Preference Survey
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Omega Engineering’s PHP-800 diaphragm metering pump can pump up to 42 gph and handle output pressures up to 12.1 bar.

Bosch Rexroth’s IndraControl VCH08 portable HMI helps operators to set up, run and diagnose machinery.

Market Intelligence Report

Power Supplies/Circuit Protection
Our Control Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents face their toughest battle yet to protect the security and integrity of the results of our newest user study: Power Supply and Circuit Protection Use. See how they overcame a near-catastrophic CHAOS threat and then learn about the power supply and circuit protection product preferences and implementation choices of our respondents.

Phoenix Contact’s VARIOFACE Professional field termination assemblies and cables offer fault-free wire management from field wiring to process or motion control.

Lenze-AC Tech’s SMVector NEMA1 drives now include an additional programmable digital input, terminals for RS485 and an enhanced keypad.

Control FutureCast

Networking Technologies
Keith Larson, Putman Media vice president of content and long time editor of Control, reviews the ongoing development and increasingly prevalent use of digital communication protocols to communicate between and integrate process control and plant information streams.

Sensor Development’s Model 01302 motor flange torque sensor measures the reaction forces exerted on a motor housing.

Acopian’s narrow profile WN8 series of power supplies have been recognized for compliance with UL58.