Ordering and receiving components for an industrial automation application can prove challenging at times. Many suppliers complicate the process by hiding list prices or determining what your “special” price should be, and simply getting a quote can take hours or days. Parts may be out of stock or saddled with extraordinary lead times. AutomationDirect offers…
Automation Cookbook is a collection of short video chapters covering a wide variety of automation application topics. Each chapter starts with a “U can do it!” overview, which explains the capabilities and usefulness of a specific automation task. There is a group of “Tech Tips” videos in each chapter, where we detail technical nuggets and…
AutomationWorld’s “Leadership in Automation” program highlights preferred suppliers as identified by their readers across more than two dozen automation technology categories. Now in its fifth year, the program remains relevant as technologies change and supplier preferences shift based upon needs, and/or peer recommendations. Allegiance to a particular brand or resentment toward another brand may last…
Employee safety is paramount for all companies big or small and they spend big bucks to keep us safe while working. But, how many of those safety conscious employers place those same concerns on the wellness of their employees? And, at the end of the day does it make a difference? You bet it does,…
The annual Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice Awards program recognizes categories of control, instrumentation, and automation products, revealing the best of those products as selected by their readers. Established in 1954, Control Engineering is recognized as the global information leader for the automation engineers who design, implement, maintain and manage control/instrumentation systems, components and equipment. The…
8 Things to Check Out on the New Library.AutomationDirect.com Website! – At AutomationDirect.com we strive to make sure that you have instant access to all the information you need to make the right choices on products for your projects. We have posted all of our manuals online, created an amazing
AutomationDirect Supports National Champion Robotics Teams AutomationDirect has always been a huge community partner and one of their primary missions is to inspire young minds in STEM career paths (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). AutomationDirect is the founding sponsor and
AutomationDirect supplies automated trophies for state robotics competition AutomationDirect has supported competitive robotics at the local, regional and national levels for many years. This past year, in addition to sponsoring the annual Georgia Robotics Invitational Tournament and Showcase (GRITS) competition, AutomationDirect also provided the very unique trophies awarded to the winners.
We hope you will enjoy this quick Christmas video from all of us at AutomationDirect. We sincerely want to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas! Also, if you have time, the story below talks about how we get all the cool animations for our videos… [videoembed type=”youtube” align=”aligncenter” width=”640″ height=”360″ url=”https://youtu.be/X4uieZMIVi0″ id=”X4uieZMIVi0″] Cool Story…
Earn Continuing Education credits with online PLC course Our partner in PLC training, Doug Bell at Interconnecting Automation, is offering his latest continuing education course focused on PLCs; this is a “true” online curriculum with continuing education credits. With over 70 online-study videos, each lasts an average of six minutes; the course includes quizzes, progress…