Keeping Kids Engaged in STEM with AutomationDirect and Robotics
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Keeping Kids Engaged in STEM with AutomationDirect and Robotics

Recently, AutomationDirect’s very own Rick Folea, Senior Technical Marketer, was featured on North Fulton Business Radio speaking about STEM and how local Robotics programs are helping kids learn and become excited about science, technology, engineering, and math. The complete interview can be heard here. A Little Background Since 2006, AutomationDirect has been sponsoring Robotics programs…
AutomationDirect adds new line of Precision Limit Switches
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AutomationDirect adds new line of Precision Limit Switches

AutomationDirect has added a new line of high precision limit/position switches from Metrol. Traditional limit switches and even electronic proximity sensors are limited in terms of accuracy and repeatability. These cost-effective, ultra-precise mechanical limit switches have repeatability down to 10, 5, 3, and even 0.5 microns (µm) depending on the specific model.
AutomationDirect Adds Wide Area Sensors
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AutomationDirect Adds Wide Area Sensors

AutomationDirect has expanded its sensors offering to include wide area sensors for object detection. The new area sensors from Micro Detectors (MD) are multi-beam, through-beam sensors with emitter and receiver elements used for detecting the presence of any object by sensing the light beam intensity returning from the receiver. The area sensors have an IEC…
Newsletter: Volume 19 - Issue 5
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Newsletter: Volume 19 - Issue 5

Hope everyone had a great relaxing long weekend! We thank those who courageously gave their lives and those who continue to fight for the freedoms we have today. In this month’s issue there is an application story on how an AutomationDirect Do-more H2 Series Programmable Logic Controller CPU was used to upgrade an outdated gas…