April 11, 2025 At Electromate, they understand how recent tariff policies have impacted the cost and availability of automation components across North America. That’s why they have made it easier for Canadian manufacturers, OEMs, and system integrators to source tariff-free mechatronic and robotic automation components. They are a Canadian-owned and operated company with representation and technical…
April 10, 2025 Gescan Announces Strategic Distribution Partnership with ABB Canada Gescan, A Sonepar Company, is pleased to announce a new distribution partnership with ABB Motion, a business of ABB Ltd renowned for its pioneering solutions in automation and electrification. Gescan will now offer ABB’s high-quality drive solutions in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, making energy-efficient motor…
April 10, 2025 Level sensors are the latest option for process device profiles to be added to The EtherNet/IP Specification. ODVA announced on March 31, 2025, that level sensors are the latest option for process device profiles to be added to The EtherNet/IP Specification. Process device profiles help users to reduce complexity and to more quickly install new devices…
April 3, 2025 Schneider OffGrid Portable Power Station 730, 700W, 120V, 738Wh Lithium-ion, LCD, 3 NEMA, Sinewave, 3 USB-A, 2 USB-C, Wireless Charger Schneider Electric’s OffGrid Portable Power Station is designed for outdoor enthusiasts and home users to provide consistent, reliable power whenever you need it – anytime, anywhere. Weighing 6.4 kg (14.1 lb), the…
April 2, 2025 If you’ve walked the floor of a modern plant lately, you’ve likely noticed a shift—machines are smarter, lines are faster, and safety systems are more integrated than ever. At the heart of this evolution sits an unsung hero: the safety relay. Once seen as a check-the-box component for regulatory compliance, safety relays are…
March 29, 2025 OPINION By Swathi Mohan, Founder of Leanacle Inc. Do your current Huddles bring your team together? Are they problem-solving powerhouses or just routine meetings everyone tolerates? Take this scenario as an example of how these actions can make an impact. It is the evening after a massive snowstorm, and you are racing against…
March 27, 2025 Safety Wheel Drive is an innovative all-in-one solution combining a wheel, gearbox, motor, safety encoder, and safety drive to streamline the integration of powered motion into any type of industrial mobile platform. IDEC Corporation is expanding its ez-Wheel® product family with the new SWD® Safety Wheel Drive. The increasing demand for automated…
March 27, 2025 Endress+Hauser is launching the next generation of Dosimag and Dosimass, its OEM specific flowmeters for filling applications, which now can be ordered with IO-Link connectivity – a world first for this class of liquid measurement instrument. This new lineup provides best-in-class filling and batching performance, with high precision and repeatability and…
March 27, 2025 Teledyne FLIR OEM, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), announced on March 25th that Sentera Sensors and Drones, a leading provider of advanced sensors and data, has joined the Thermal by FLIR program. Integrating FLIR Boson® thermal camera modules into the Sentera 6X Thermal Series adds new high-precision thermal mapping capabilities to their integrated multispectral and RGB…
March 26, 2025 Enterprise-scale digital twins unlock new possibilities for virtual controls testing Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, will debut its new Emulate3D® Factory Test ™ capabilities at NVIDIA GTC 2025. This first public showcase will demonstrate how the solution enables factory-scale virtual controls testing, helping manufacturers conduct Factory…
March 25, 2025 Solid State Relays with screw terminals are commonly used but more and more push-in terminals are becoming more prominent in industrial applications, especially due to new technologies now available on the market making it easier to insert wires. How do push-in terminals work ? Push-in technology is based on plug-in terminals, in…
March 25, 2025 Next Milestone Achieved for the Eplan Data Portal Data isn’t just the driver for project planning and design. The Eplan Data Portal offers users access to high-quality product catalogues from a continually growing pool of renowned component manufacturers. The portal has now passed the mark of more than two-million sets of static…
March 25, 2025 New Acoustic Imaging Camera Helps Professional Inspectors Locate Smaller Compressed Air Leaks Faster and More Accurately FLIR, a Teledyne Technologies company, today introduced the Si1-LD, an industrial acoustic imaging camera that brings faster and more accurate compressed air leak detection to those operating on a modest condition monitoring budget. The new FLIR…
March 24, 2025 ODVA celebrated its 30th anniversary at its 23rd Annual Meeting of Members in Clearwater, Florida, USA on March 20, 2025. Since ODVA’s founding in 1995, the core Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) technology has evolved significantly and serves as the backbone of the leading EtherNet/IP automation network. The Annual Meeting was attended by over 100 industry leaders…
March 22, 2025 DIN rail is a standardized mounting solution that has become the backbone of modern electrical control panels and equipment racks. Originally developed by the German Institute for Standardization (Deutsches Institut für Normung, or DIN), these metal rails have evolved into an essential component across various industries. As an authorized distributor of Phoenix Contact…
March 20, 2025 Engineered for reliability, Moxa’s new X86 industrial computers deliver powerful performance for demanding industrial applications. Moxa introduces a new generation of BXP, DRP, and RKP series industrial computers designed to facilitate rapid system development with reliable, adaptable, and cost-effective computing solutions. The industrial computers are based on a pre-formulated configure-to-order architecture, making it easy to meet various system development…