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Precise Motion Control Gives Famous Vessel New Life

September 10, 2014

A piece of Cold War history uses automation for precise control of its floating dry dock. Less expensive components and in-house engineering allowed for a more advanced system. A covered dry dock, with a history worthy of spy novels and action movies, recently received a sophisticated automation motion control upgrade from its previous all-manual controls….

Automation Notebook Issue 30 - 2014 Learning Resources

Product Snapshots -- Issue 30, 2014

September 10, 2014

We have added several exciting products since our last edition of the Automation Notebook. Here are some highlights about some of those new products including: C-more Micro touch panels, AEGIS powerline filters, SureGear® gearboxes, NITRA pneumatic compact modular valves, RUKO tools and more.

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AutomationDirect adds new series to C-more Micro line of touchscreen operator interface panels

May 21, 2014

AutomationDirect’s new EA3 series operator touch panels are available in 8 and 10-inch versions. The EA3 series 8- and 10-inch micro-graphic touch panels are equipped with TFT LCD 800 x 600 pixel displays and a palette of 32K colors for customizing objects, screen backgrounds and displaying bitmap graphics

Application Application Stories Automation Notebook AutomationDirect Spotlight Education/DIY Energy/Utilities Industry Issue 25 – 2013 Learning Resources Machine Control Notebook Issue Operator Interface Product Programmable Control Student Spotlight Student Spotlight

Illinois Institute of Technology Competes in Hybrid Racing

March 1, 2013

A student team, lead by Donald Ruffatto, from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) SAE International chapter contacted AutomationDirect in late 2011, asking detailed questions about our Productivity3000 Programmable Automation Controller (PAC). They were planning to use it to control an electric car that they were building for the Formula Hybrid International Competition, hosted by…

Application Application Stories Automation Notebook Data System Monitoring HMI Industry Issue 24 - 2012 Learning Resources Manufacturing Notebook Issue Operator Interface PLC PLC eBook Process Control Product Programmable Control

PLCs Automate Reliability Testing

December 1, 2012

AutomationDirect PLCs enable continuous life-cycle testing, provide data collection, and shorten product design and verification cycles at Viking Range.

Application Application Stories Automation Notebook Feature Story HMI Industry Issue 24 - 2012 Learning Resources Machine Tool Manufacturing Manufacturing Notebook Issue Operator Interface PLC Product Programmable Control Simple PLC

Bringing Life to an Old Machine at American Label & Tag

December 1, 2012

An innovative employee at American Label & Tag was an automation neophyte, but AutomationDirect’s customer support showed him the way.

Automation Notebook AutomationDirect Spotlight Entertainment Industry Issue 23 – 2012 Learning Resources Notebook Issue Operator Interface Product Programmable Control Student Spotlight Student Spotlight

PLC Training

June 1, 2012

PLC training at the United States Institute for Theatre Technology Annual Conference and Stage Expo.

Issue 16 – 2010 News Notebook Issue Press Releases

AutomationDirect offers 6-inch TFT Touch Panel

December 1, 2010

The C-more Micro family now includes a 6-inch TFT color touch screen panel. The panel’s 32,768 colors provide clear and colorful graphics for vibrant and intuitive screens. The larger panel can display even more text, graphics, or bitmaps to effectively communicate and display data to the operator. In portrait mode, the panel can display up to 40…

Issue 8 – 2007 News Notebook Issue Press Releases

AutomationDirect Introduces C-more Micro-Graphic Operator Interfaces

December 1, 2007

AutomationDirect has released a new line of low-cost operator panels. The C-more Micro-Graphic panel is a touch panel with a text panel price, manufactured by our parent company Koyo Electronics, part of the multi-billion dollar JTEKT group. C-more Micro-Graphic panels are compact operator panels available in touch screen and non-touch screen models. The 3.1″ easy-to-read…

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