SurgePure: The Mach 3
April 18, 2025 A new web tool allows customers to research ready-to-go collaborative robot solutions featuring FANUC’s reliable and efficient CRX cobots. FANUC America is simplifying manufacturing with the launch of its new web tool, allowing companies of all sizes to easily search for ready-to-go collaborative robot (or cobot) solutions that are pre-engineered, reliable and…
October 14, 2025 The Type4X, 6P enclosures, 1555F Series from Hammond Manufacturing have been designed for harsh industrial environments or outdoor applications (security, outdoor wireless, controls, and more). They are ideally suited for mounting printed circuit boards, panels or DIN rail mounted components. The lid is secured with included M4 stainless steel machine screws which…
April 14, 2023 AutomationDirect has added new Wenglor OPT series cylindrical and rectangular ultrasonic sensors. OPT Series Benefits and Features These new sensors, available in diffuse and through-beam sensing styles, offer sensing distances up to 2000mm, rugged stainless steel and plastic housings, and protection ratings up to IP68 for use in challenging industrial environments. Wenglor…
The B&R drive technology portfolio now offers a Blackout mode that ensures safe machine control in the event of a network failure. Machine downtime can be avoided without costly redundancy solutions to ensure maximum machine availability.
June 24, 2025 UR Studio – showcased at the UR booth at Automatica Universal Robots (UR), one of the world’s leading collaborative robot (cobot) companies and a part of Teradyne Robotics, presented UR Studio, a powerful online simulation tool built on PolyScope X, UR’s most advanced, open and AI-ready software platform on June 24. UR Studio – showcased at the UR…
Roughly 5 years ago Danfoss introduced NovoCon S, the first of its kind digital actuator specially designed for AB-QM pressure independent control valves (PICVs). At the time this was a revolutionary actuator for controlling flow’s through terminal units in hydronic HVAC applications.

Weidmüller’s scalable engineering software, u-control 2000, adapts individually to your requirements. And, the u-control is powerful, compact and fully compatible with Weidmüller’s I/O system u-remote. This article looks at what makes u-control the heart of your automation.
Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are one of the main components of any automated system. A typical control system has inputs, outputs, controllers (i.e., PLCs), and some type of human interaction with the system, a human machine interface (HMI), for example.
September 15, 2026 When an industrial application requires more power than a single DIN rail power supply can deliver, connecting several units in parallel is an obvious solution. The technical challenge is to distribute the load evenly without compromising the output voltage. For more information on the parallel connection and redundancy of power supplies and… Read More…

September 8, 2026 By Krystie Johnston A trusted partner in energy technology, Schneider Electric Canada is advancing energy tech for one of Canada’s largest urban transit systems Schneider Electric Canada unveiled an immersive activation at Toronto’s Union Station earlier this summer. It features a series of installations that demonstrate how intelligent energy management solutions –… Read More…