Instrumentation, Sensors & Actuators
(41 companies)Sensors and instrumentation are used to measure physical parameters such as pressure, temperature, flow and position, and translate these measurements into electrical signals for use in control. An actuator converts electrical signals into mechanical force that creates some sort of action within a machine or process.
Applied Motion Products
Applied Motion Products offers a full complement of stepper and servo drives, motors, controllers, gearheads, and power supplies to serve a diverse industrial and OEM customer base. Applied Motion Product’s StepSERVO closed loop integrated motors with the Step-Servo Quick Tuner software and built-in Q Programmer are used in labeling, packaging, and food and beverage applications. StepSERVO integrated motors provide closed loop servo control of position, velocity and torque using high torque step motors, resulting in higher acceleration for faster machine cycle; motors also run cooler and quieter than open loop stepper systems.
Autonics USA, Inc.
Autonics manufactures a wide range of sensors, controllers, and controls utilized across packaging, food and beverage, as well as medical equipment and pharmaceutical industries. Their products encompass I/O terminal blocks, safety products, light curtains, motion drives, networking components, switches, signals, software, and more. Autonics addresses the unique needs of the packaging industry by offering solutions such as vision sensors, color mark sensors, presence sensors, temperature controllers, and diverse corrosion-resistant products for applications ranging from bagging to labeling. Its diverse range of corrosion-resistant, durable products are used in food and beverage manufacturing, including raw ingredient processing, cleaning and sanitization, mass production, distribution, and more. Autonics controls are also used extensively to automate processes in the medical equipment and pharmaceutical industries.
Balluff, Inc
As a leading sensor and automation specialist, Balluff offers a comprehensive portfolio of innovative sensor, identification, network and software solutions to increase production and improve quality in hundreds of industries.
Banner Engineering Corp.
Banner Engineering makes a wide variety of sensors to solve challenging problems for its customers. Sensor product line includes technology for photoelectrics, laser distance measurement, ultrasonics, and fiber optics for almost any industrial automation application.
Baumer Ltd.
Baumer sensors are used in applications ranging from hygienic dairy processing to brewery and soft drink processing and packaging. Object detection sensors include light barriers, photoelectric sensors, label sensors and magnetic proximity sensors. Other equipment from Baumer includes distance measurement sensors, smart vision sensors, industrial camera-based inspection, code readers, counters and displays, inclination sensors, rotary encoders, process sensors, and more. Smart sensors can be tailored to specific jobs such as cleaning tanks/clean-in-place systems, heat exchangers, and inventory management of tanks and silos.
Beckhoff Automation
Product range covers industrial PCs, embedded PCs, PLCs, PACs, motherboards, HMI hardware and software, industrial displays, stainless steel industrial displays, I/O, machine mounted I/O, stainless steel I/O, fieldbus components, industrial Ethernet, networking solutions, machine safety equipment, programmable safety, switches, servo motors, stainless steel servo motors, servo drives, stepper motors, stepper drives, DC drives, gearboxes, stainless steel gearboxes, linear transport systems, stainless steel linear transport systems, planar motor systems, automation software, machine learnings software, machine vision software, cables, connectors and accessories.
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Bimba Manufacturing Co.
Norgren is experienced in crafting customized pneumatic and fluid control solutions for packaging applications utilizing pneumatic, hydraulic, and electric technologies. Control products include actuators, drivers and controllers, drives, servo motors, stepper motors, switches, cylinders, and other industrial accessories. Norgren control products are used in palletizing, filling, bagging, blister tray packaging, material handling, cartoning, process equipment, and inspection and quality processes. Backed by global application engineering proficiency and a diverse product portfolio, which includes stainless-steel finishes tailored for hygiene-centric environments, Norgren’s fluid and motion control solutions "not only enhance regulatory compliance but also contribute to operational improvements," reports co.
Binder USA, LP
As a specialist in circular connectors, Binder’s strengths lie in development, design and automated manufacturing. The product range of binder extends from subminiature connectors to multi-pin machine connectors used in signal equipment, machine tool construction, medical technology, measuring technology as well as sensor and automation technology. Binder supplies a wide array of connectors, including subminiature connectors, miniature connectors, power connectors, connectors for medical applications, sensors, actuators, voltage and power supply devices, solenoid valve connectors, LED and cable products.
Carlo Gavazzi
A multinational electronics group active in the design, manufacture and marketing of electronic and electrical components for industrial automation and building automation, Carlo Gavazzi offers products including sensors, such as magnetic, photoelectric and ultrasonic sensors; switches, such as contractors, overload and breakers; and controls, such as current transformers and temperature controls.
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Cone Drive
Cone Drive supplies precision motion control technology, specializing in durable and precise products suitable for material handling for food packaging, pharmaceuticals, and material processing. Cone Drive offers ready-made product lines with flexible configurations and quick availability. Key applications include machinery for form/fill/seal, case forming, labeling, bottling, granulator mixers, conveyor systems, and more. Cone Drive Harmonic Solutions® strain wave gearing is designed to offer the “ultimate in precision motion control technology.” Cone Drive’s stainless steel precision motion gearboxes are designed for sterile manufacturing environments. The product’s smooth surface and curved contour allows for easy cleaning and bacteria-free surfaces for food processing and pharmaceutical applications. Other products from Cone Drive include cycloidal solutions, precision motion controls, power transmission, slewing solution, precision tracking and positioning devices, gearheads, component sets, and more.
Curtiss-Wright / Exlar Automation
Exlar's fully integrated drive/motor/actuators have AC or DC powered servo drives, digital position controllers, brushless servo motors, and roller screw actuators in one elegant, compact, sealed package. These integrated motor/actuators have a servo motor and roller screw actuator with feedback, connectors, and wiring that can be configured to almost any brand of position controller for a plug-and-play, risk-free experience. With roller screw technology and flexibility features, electric actuators are available in many stroke lengths, rod ends, and case options, as well as motor and mounting alternatives.
Descon Integrated Conveyor Solutions
Descon offers specialty controls for conveyors including centralized motor, distribution motor, integrated electrical wireway, plug and play cable systems as well as software and documentation systems. Descon’s automation experts in the Electrical Controls Team are knowledgeable with equipment interfacing, integration between machine centers and clean software code. Descon is a Certified UL Builder.
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EDrive Actuators, Inc.
EDrive's Universal Actuator UA series is designed to easily drop into automation applications. These compact actuators feature an aluminum extrusion cylinder designed with industry-standard t-slots for quick mounting. Chrome piston with anti-rotation is standard and available in lengths up to 24 in. and speeds up to 50 in/sec. Quickly position limit switches along the cylinder. Ideal for a variety of industries and applications including industrial automation, robotics, packaging, food and beverage and more. Other actuators include the Eliminator SD, featuring a rugged steel construction with durable anti-rotation feature, extreme thrust capacity up to 100,000 lbf, velocity up to 12 in/sec, and strokes up to 48 inches. The Eliminator SD combines with servo motors “to achieve the perfect high precision/high load capacity,” co. reports.
Elesa USA Corporation
Elesa U.S.A. 's catalog of instrumentation and indicators for machines and processes includes award-winning mechanical and electronic position indicators, gravity position indicators, as well as related machine components, safety components and accessories, such as handwheels for position indicators, electrical safety hinges, control knobs, and more.
Emerson Discrete Automation
Staying competitive requires industrial plant operators to harness data in real time and then move that data from the floor to an on- or off-premise cloud where it can be analyzed to identify improvements. ASCO's comprehensive suite of hardware, control software, and edge technology streamlines communication between OT, IT, the edge and the cloud. Emerson is an automation partner for leaders and equipment providers in many industries. From on-the-floor computing to plant-wide SCADA, Emerson can help customers operate efficiently, safely, and profitably.
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Enfield Technologies
Enfield Technologies is an expert in pressure, position, and flow control systems. Its high performance proportional control systems product line focuses on pneumatics. Enfield Technologies supplies positioning systems such as the S2 servo pneumatic positioning system, which combines a proportional valve, sensors, and embedded control electronics to linearly position pneumatic cylinders, creating an air servo actuator that can be controlled from the PLC. Enfield also manufactures electronic pressure regulators with external sensor inputs. Proportional directional valves include the 5 port, 3 position (5/3) proportional pneumatic directional control valves are fast and almost perfectly linear. Control accessories include air particulate and preparation devices, cables, fittings, manifolds, single- and dual-channel pressure sensors, and signal source devices.
Festo Corporation
In the everyday factory environment, industrial automation technology is utilized for joining, rotating, gripping, positioning, connecting, holding, testing, and checking individual parts, modules, or complete products. Festo's industrial automation controls portfolio is designed to perform all of these tasks. Festo's main product groups include electric, pneumatic, and servo pneumatic actuators; pneumatic valves and valve manifolds; devices for compressed air treatment and vacuum technology; pneumatic grippers and industrial robots; servo motors and drives; sensors and image processing systems; controllers and software. Festo products are used across a broad spectrum of industrial segments, including food processing and industrial packaging.
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H2OK Innovations
H2Ok Innovations is an IoT-enabled analytics platform providing data driven optimization of industrial liquid systems for manufacturing and data centers. A comprehensive IoT sensor system and analytics platform helping manufacturing optimize industrial liquid and fluid systems through advanced intelligence. Products include Industry 4.0 H2Ok Sensors as well as H2Ok Edge Gateway and H2Ok Insights software. Modular suite means liquid and fluid processors can configure the entire platform or combinations of components within the system to best meet their needs. The company's website states the technology aims to help facilities in “unlocking previously untapped data to provide you a competitive advantage in the way you run your plant or data center– reducing your operating and resource costs while improving operational efficiency.”
igus
Igus offers a wide range of electric motors for linear actuators and automation solutions, including DC, EC/BLDC, and stepper motors. Igus stepper motors are available in several different sizes and can be extended with encoders and brakes. Other offerings include spindle motors, which consist of a stepper motor with a hollow shaft where a spindle is inserted. These motors are ideal for applications with high axial loads that would otherwise damage a standard stepper motor. Drylin® linear actuators are lightweight, dirt-resistant, maintenance-free and quieter than recirculating ball bearings. Igus stepper, DC, and EC motors can be easily paired with igus line of linear actuators to electrify them for applications where an electric linear actuator is needed. In addition, Igus manufactures machine components and accessories including cables.
JHFOSTER (formerly known as John Henry Foster)
J.H. Foster equips industrial facilities with controls, electrical components, pneumatic actuators and grippers and related equipment. Product line includes electric actuators, electrical control panels, gear boxes, PLC, HMI, servo reducers, servo and stepper drivers. Photoelectric sensors come in LED, laser and fiber optic configurations and are available in beam-break and beam-make versions with a variety of sensing models. Pneumatic actuators work together with grippers to clamp parts and tools in place as actuators work during automation processes in manufacturing, such as material transfer, pick and place and indexing. J.H. Foster also supplies vacuum cups and generators as well as assorted automation accessories and components for all pneumatic applications.
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Keyence Corporation of America
Keyence specializes in a variety of control products, ranging from Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs), and servo motors to counters, timers, switching power supplies, and other control devices. In addition, Keyence makes safety light curtains, measurement sensors, photoelectric sensors and related equipment. Featured products include the Keyence Modular PLC, featuring high-speeds and expanded memory. The PLC easily records all data with synchronized video to quickly diagnose and troubleshoot when a production error occurs. These PLCs also seamlessly connect to other factory automation sensors and devices.
Lenord, Bauer & Co. Gmbh
i³SAAC is Lenord + Bauer’s Industry 4.0 tool. Standing for integrated, intelligent and interactive sensors as well as autonomous actuators and controllers, i³SAAC helps users seeking to harness Industry 4.0 using sensor- and actuator-based system intelligence. Leonard + Bauer’s robust speed, vibration and temperature sensors provide clients with reliable information about system status. This allows them to detect disruptions early and avoid unplanned outages. Use CombiCODER and record speed, temperature and acceleration in a pick-up encoder. Other products include the MiniCODER, claimed to be “the world's most frequently used speed sensors in high-speed spindles of machine tools,” designed for high measuring accuracy and compact design configurations. Leonard + Bauer also supplies controllers and rotary encoders.
Leuze electronic, Inc.
Leuze electronic, Inc. specializes in sensors used in processing, primary packaging and secondary packaging/end-of-line applications for a wide variety of operations, from beverage filling, pharmaceutical and meat packaging to confectionery and bakery production. Product line includes sensors for specific functions including measuring, safety, identification, network and connection technology, optical data transmission, industrial image processing, and accessories. For example, on a beverage filling line, Leuze’s 3C and 18B series clear-glass sensors employ an integrated tracking function designed to eliminate system downtimes caused by increased soiling. Engineered for use in wet applications, these sensors are watertight and robustly withstand the permanent cleaning processes.
Nexthermal Corporation
Nexthermal supplies industrial thermal controllers that are equipped with an IP-66/NEMA 4X-rated enclosure. Specialist in designing efficient heaters and heating elements that maximize the capability of customer machines and applications, Nexthermal has created its own single zone controller. Temperature controller features advanced PID with RS-485 input with output to USB, an easy plug-and-play design for quick installation, a white PV display with LCD screen for improved visibility and a universal input which supports most standard TC/RTD/linear outputs. In addition, Nexthermal’s product line of temperature sensors help manufacturers monitor the temperature of equipment in order to prevent problems such as overheating or inadequate cooling. The food and beverage industry also use temperature sensors extensively to monitor and maintain the required temperatures for its products.
Omron Automation Americas
Omron Industrial Automation supplies an extensive range of controls, software and automation components including PLC and MAC controllers, machine safety solutions, motion controls, motors, sensors, networking solutions, remote IO, IPC, and HMI technology. Highlighted control systems from Omron include its line of machine controllers, which offer synchronous control of all machine devices and advanced functionality such as motion, robotics and database connectivity. The fully integrated Sysmac automation platform is a multidisciplinary concept that allows users to simplify solution architecture, reduce programming and optimize productivity while harnessing complete control and management in the automation plant.
Oriental Motor USA
Oriental Motor specializes in stepper motors, actuators, brushless DC motors, servo motors, AC motors and gear motors, linear actuators, rotary actuators, network products, cooling fans and centrifugal blowers. Motors and actuators are used for motion applications ranging from precision conveying (i.e., product positioning, line acceleration) linear motion (i.e., product pushing and positioning applications) to rotational applications (i.e., index table movement, material agitation, robotic arm operation). Featured products include the AlphaStep closed loop control systems, designed to perform accurate positioning operations with ease. The AlphaStep features a unique control system combining the benefits of open loop and closed loop control.
POSITAL FRABA
Posital manufactures incremental encoders, absolute encoders, kit encoders, linear sensors, inclinometers and more. Incremental encoders offer reliable speed and distance feedback while keeping the system simple and cost-effective. As a leading manufacturer of rotary encoders, Posital offers a wide range of incremental encoders with different output signals (HTL, TTL) and mounting options (shaft, thru-bore, and blind hollow bore). Absolute rotary encoders provide unique position values from the moment they are switched on, even for movements that occur while the system is without power. They come in single-turn and multi-turn variations with different resolutions and communication interfaces, and thousands of mechanical and connection configurations to choose from. IXARC incremental encoders are ideal for various industries due to their small size and excellent performance. Their economic magnetic design makes them ideal for motor feedback, material handling applications and OEMs.
Red Lion Controls
Red Lion is focused on helping customers access, connect, and visualize their industrial data through global manufacturing and support facilities serving customers in factory automation and other industry segments. By providing scalable solutions for cloud connectivity, edge intelligence, and asset management, industrial Ethernet switches, and industry-leading panel meters and operator panels, Red Lion makes it easy for companies to gain real-time data visibility that drives productivity. Red Lion's online product catalog features controllers and data acquisition tools, a secure remote access platform, remote access routers, sensors, signal conditioners, routers, Ethernet tools, serial converters, HMI operator panels and panel meters, large LED displays, visual management tools, and many other controls and related products.
Redzone Production Systems
The Redzone Production System is a verticalized social mobile platform for industry designed for front line team collaboration to radically change operating performance within the four walls of the manufacturing plant. Highly visual platform helps create the environment for front line teams to resolve issues on the plant floor to keep production running.
Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation’s flagship Allen-Bradley® and Rockwell Software® product brands offer a vast array of automation, manufacturing, safety products, automation systems and drives. Featured hardware includes the 450L GuardShield™ PAC Safety Light Curtains to protect personnel from hazardous machinery that use whole-body detection and are typically positioned around an area or in front of a machine process entry or exit area. Model 42EA RightSight™ S18 and 42EF RightSight M18 photoelectric sensors feature a wide range of sensing modes and are ideal for general purpose and cost-sensitive applications in material handling, packaging and other industries. The Allen‑Bradley ASEM™ 6300 is a complete portfolio of open architecture industrial PCs, thin clients and monitors used in food and beverage and other facilities that require a high-performance Human Machine Interface (HMI) solution for industrial environments. Portfolio integrates completely with Rockwell’s FactoryTalk® View SE and FactoryTalk View ME software, allowing for seamless assimilation within the facility.
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Schmersal USA
Schmersal supplies an extensive line of safety products. Offering includes: keyed safety interlock switches, solenoid latching keyed safety interlock switches, non-contact coded-magnet sensors, emergency cable-pull switches, hinged safety interlocks, safety edges/bumpers, safety rated limit switches, safety foot switches, safety controllers/plc, safety pressure mats, safety light curtains, grids, and barriers. Other products offered by Schmersal include ip69k rated pushbutton, joysticks, and safety switches. Schmersal safety products feature unique actuating mechanisms that resist bypassing or overriding, positive-break nc contacts, fail-to-safe electrical design, positive-guided relays, and rugged sealed industrial housings, all designed to satisfy the highest levels of assessed risk.
Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric specializes in the digital transformation of energy management and automation. Schneider’s catalog includes motion controllers, drives, motors, and robotics, featuring the Altivar Machine ATV340, an innovative variable speed drive for smart machines in high-performance material handling solutions. Other industrial controls and automation products include limit switches; measurement and instrumentation devices; PLC, PAC and dedicated controllers; power supplies and transformers; enclosures; HMI terminals and industrial PCs; process control and safety devices; soft starters and more.
SICK, Inc.
SICK offers a wide array of sensors as well as machine and electrical components including photoelectric sensors, inductive sensors, LiDAR sensors, inertial sensors, positioning sensors, OLS line guidance sensors, and sensors for color, contrast and distance. Integration machines connect sensor networks. SICK also offers RFID code readers, transponders and antennas, encoders, motor feedback systems and connection devices. Company also makes safety light curtains, safety laser scanners and safety door switches.
Siko Products, Inc.
SIKO develops and manufactures products for automation and drive engineering for length, angle and speed measurement technology. Product line includes mechanical and electronic position indicators; incremental and absolute rotary encoders, geared potentiometers and electronic displays; wire-actuated encoders for distance measurement; actuators; and magnetic measuring technology.
SMAC-MCA
SMAC offers motors, controllers and I/O, and actuators, with special designs for packaging equipment OEMs and end users in mind. Programmable linear actuators are used for such applications as ejecting, diverting and multi-lane sorting; capping; sealing, cutting and labeling; cutting; dosing; and leak testing. With a lower price due to 30% fewer parts and cylindrical form, these actuators fit applications where air cylinders can't provide the speed, reliability, controllability, and longevity necessary to meet customers’ productivity goals, changeover needs, and cost reduction requirements. SMAC also offers a wide range of motors, controllers, and related controls.
TM Process & Controls, Inc.
TM Process & Controls offers services including controls and integration design, network and server design, cybersecurity, panel upgrades, PLC upgrades, automation solutions, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Enterprise Resource Planning and Manufacturing Execution Systems.
Tolomatic, Inc.
Tolomatic is a supplier of a wide range of electric linear actuators, motors and drives, pneumatic linear actuators, cable cylinders, roller screws, power transmission gearboxes and industrial caliper brakes, among other industrial-grade linear motion control solutions.
Tri-Tronics Company
Tri-Tronics is a leading designer and manufacturer of high-quality photoelectric sensors and fiber optic light guides for demanding industrial automation applications. Tri-Tronics sensors stand out for exceptional real-world performance, with output performance measurable in microseconds. In addition to advanced sensors, Photocraft, a division of Tri-Tronics, offers a range of high-quality optical rotary encoders. With over 40 years of proven service in harsh applications, Tri-Tronics encoders, including precision measuring wheels for conveyor and web applications, address various linear measuring needs. Choose from a selection of shaft, hollow-shaft incremental, and absolute rotary encoders adaptable to different industries. Tri-Tronics encoders can be user-configured for a range of CPR settings and custom features, ensuring they meet the specific requirements of each application.
TURCK, Inc.
Turck supplies multiprotocol I/O modules that automatically detect three Ethernet networks used in food and beverage processing and packaging applications. Fieldbus stations, which should survive the aggressive cleaning operations on food packaging machines, must be mechanically robust, chemically resistant and totally waterproof. The fully sealed series TBEN-L with protection class IP69K meets all of these requirements and can be connected to different Ethernet fieldbus systems via Turck's multiprotocol technology.
Wago Corporation
WAGO’s automation technology is versatile and is designed to offers open standards and simplify the production process. WAGO's extensive portfolio of automation technology controls and tools include software, HMI devices and control technology. WAGO is also sought after for its fieldbus-independent I/O systems, switches, and sensor/actuator boxes.
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Weidmuller, USA
Weidmuller supplies a full catalog of automation and software controls and tools including: PLC controls for small, large, and networked control applications; industrial PCs; I/O systems; industrial Ethernet solutions; touch panels for intuitive visualization and operation of HMI applications; engineering software; measuring and monitoring systems; u-link remote access service; automated machine learning models; and more. Weidmüller’s Industrial IoT sensors enable recording crucial data on mechanical and electrical variables from both existing and new equipment. Data acquisition is seamlessly integrated into an end-to-end system solution, aligning with Weidmüller's u-sense product family as a component of their comprehensive and interoperable Industrial IoT solution portfolio.
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