HMIs and PC Control: Upwardly Mobile With Upscale Connections
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HMIs and PC Control: Upwardly Mobile With Upscale Connections

Remember when you had to be an artist to design HMI faceplates that resembled your process? Remember configuring your HMI software by filling in cryptic addresses and values, something resembling the Microsoft® Windows™ registry? Remember when your HMI was a dedicated system that only connected to a single process? Or when it was cool to…
New AC Drive And Motor Lines Up To 100 hp
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New AC Drive And Motor Lines Up To 100 hp

AutomationDirect recently released the custom-built DURApulse™ drives line, and announced a partnership with Marathon Electric® to offer a wide range of Marathon’s vector and inverter-duty motors. These new drives and motors are available up to 100 hp and, when purchased in approved combinations, feature some of the lowest prices in the industry. The new DURApulse™…
PLC, PC, or Custom - Which Control Choice Is Right For You?
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PLC, PC, or Custom - Which Control Choice Is Right For You?

Choices and change are the only constants in control system technologies today. Current industrial controller products can no longer be classified by the internal design architecture they possess. More often than not, any type of modern controller uses some portion of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) technology in its CPU, operating system, memory, or data…
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2024 FIRST Robotics Competition Voucher

AutomationDirect wants to wish all the FIRST® Teams the best of luck this year! We know you all will work very hard on your robot and outreach efforts AND will learn some cool stuff along the way. To help out, we would like to offer you a $50 voucher to our online store as part of…
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Product Advisory | Returns Procedures

Dear AutomationDirect Customer, If you are using GS1 AC drives under the conditions described in product advisory PA-GS-016 or PA-GS-018, then this notification and returns procedure applies to you. The product advisory describes the conditions under which a SAFETY CONCERN that MIGHT affect the operation of the GS1 drive can occur. The product advisory and…