AutomationDirect's Cut-To-Length Cable Services
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AutomationDirect's Cut-To-Length Cable Services

Streamline equipment fabrication and installation with cut-to-length cables. Jim Krebs, Technical Marketing Engineer at AutomationDirect, wrote an article for the September 2020 issue of Industrial Equipment News titled Cut to Length Cables Reduce Installation Time and Cost. Here’s a summary, click on the link above for the full text. OEMs use many cable types for…
Cut-To-Length Cable Services Save Time and Money
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Cut-To-Length Cable Services Save Time and Money

AutomationDirect is offering $0.00 cut charges and free same-day shipping on orders over a small minimum to demonstrate the benefits of cut-to-length cable adoption by OEMs, end users, and system integrators. Jim Krebs, Technical Marketing Engineer at AutomationDirect, wrote an article for the December 2019 issue of Control Engineering titled How to Specify Cut-To-Length Cable….
Avoid Wiring Errors
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Avoid Wiring Errors

In a Control Design September 2018 Automation Basics column titled “Terminate the Rat’s Nest”, author Dave Perkon gets right to the point when he writes, “For those who think it’s okay to open a control enclosure and see a monochromatic rat’s nest of wires without any wire labels, you should be aware, that’s worst-case practice.”…
IBOCO | Small Business with Global Support
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IBOCO | Small Business with Global Support

Being part of a €2 billion international company could be intimidating for a small, New Jersey-based business but that’s not the case for IBOCO. After the 2015 acquisition of Bocchiotti (IBOCO’s former parent company) by the Hager Group, IBOCO became part of an even larger global organization. However, the company remains true to its philosophy…
A Condensed Guide to Automation Control System Part 4: Build, Launch & Maintain
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A Condensed Guide to Automation Control System Part 4: Build, Launch & Maintain

In Part 3 (Fall 2005 Issue 5), we covered how to design our automated control system and the importance of documenting the design. We discussed the various types of documents that would be typical for an automated control system design, why and how we would use these documents, and finally the tools that can be…
A Condensed Guide to Automation Control System Part 3: Design
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A Condensed Guide to Automation Control System Part 3: Design

In Part 2 (Spring 2005 Issue 4), we covered how to specify the various devices required for interfacing and controlling the electrical equipment in an automated control system. In Part 3, we will cover the steps needed to design our automated control system. The design topics will include planning by defining our sequence of operation,…