Sweet!
Readers’ Choice Voters Showed Their Core Tastes When They Picked This Year’s Crop
of Crisply Performing Automation Suppliers
by Joe Feeley, editor in chief
P
icking the right automation supplier might be akin
It’s fair to say that the automation vendors that made
to picking the right apple tree in a vast orchard.
this year’s lists must be those types of suppliers.
Done properly, it’s not going to be by random choice.
We’ve not changed the process for this award
You’ll look for maturity, a straight bearing that implies
since we christened the Readers’ Choice Awards in
good roots, balanced branching that suggests a con-
2001. This year we sent questionnaires to more than
sistent product yield, and probably a prior good result
10,000 subscribers, who tell us they have buying
that convinced you to revisit that tree when the next
influence or buying authority for industrial automa-
harvest was needed.
tion and control products. Automation suppliers are
So, maybe that’s a stretch, but we do know that
never eligible, so we didn’t knowingly let any sup-
partnering with an automation supplier has to be
plier vote. Voting is reserved for our machine-builder
based on a user experience that almost always in-
and system-integrator audience.
cludes consistent quality; performance that meets or
exceeds expectations; and dependable, available, and
The voters receive an unaided ballot, which means
we don’t provide a list of vendors or product brands
from which to choose. We list about 50+ hardware
proper support when it’s needed.
Those criteria are
undoubtedly
behind the
and software categories, and ask participants to name
the companies that provide them the best technology
value for products with which they have experience.
voting pref-
This year we tallied 200+ eligible ballots. Once they
erences in
choose the best product providers, participants rate
this and
service and support they receive from them. Only
every oth-
companies that receive at least 5% of their category
er year’s
vote are listed.
Readers’
Choice
This Year’s Roster
Awards
This year 83 individual companies, seven fewer
results.
than last year, made the listings in one or more of
58 product categories. Fifteen companies made the
list for the first time or after a year or more absence,
while 22 companies that made the 2012 list did not
reappear this year.
Twelve companies (11 in 2012) won in multiple
product categories. Rockwell Automation won
or shared first place in 23 product categories,
Emerson earned six category wins, and Cisco
won in three categories. Winning in two product
categories each were ABB, Advantech, Festo,
National Instruments, Pepperl+Fuchs, Phoenix
Contact, Siemens Industry,
Thomson, and Turck.
Ball Screw/Lead Screw
1. Thomson
2. Bosch Rexroth
3. Parker Hannifin
4. THK
As we’ve come to expect, many categories produce
34%
15%
12%
8%
Thomson ball and
lead screws
clear wins. Of the 58 categories, 39 had winners with
margins greater than 10 percentage points. Close races
Controller, CNC
with a winning margin of five percentage points or less
1. Siemens Industry
2. Fanuc FA America
3. Mitsubishi Electric
occurred in 12 categories, and seven of those tight races
ended in statistical ties among two or more companies.
31%
26%
11%
Service and Support Ratings Slip Overall
Of those 83 individual companies in the product
category listings, ballot respondents awarded service
Siemens Industry
CNC controller
and support scores of 4.0 (very good) or better performance (on a 1 = poor to 5 = excellent scale) to 54
Controller, Loop
of them, a 65% rate that compared with only 53% last
year, but 73% in 2011.
While a larger percentage of the listed companies
reached or exceeded the 4.0 level, the overall distribution of these service recognition scores continues its
trend downward. In 2010, 20% of the listed service
scores were 4.3 or higher levels. By 2012, only 2%
Siemens Industry
353 loop controller
Honeywell
UDC controller
reached 4.3, and this year only two ratings out of 131
(1.5%) achieved a 4.3 score.
1. Rockwell Automation
2. Siemens Industry
3. Yaskawa
resents 79% of all the listed service scores, compared
with a 30% share in 2010.
Rockwell Automation received the top rating with
Software product categories.
To be sure, every company earning a spot on the
17%
15%
14%
9%
8%
6%
6%
Controller, Motion
Service and support that landed in the 4.0 group rep-
a service score of 4.3 in the Electronic Drive and HMI
1. Honeywell
Siemens Industry
3. Yokogawa
4. Rockwell Automation
Red Lion Controls
6. Invensys
Omega Engineering
34%
8%
6%
Allen-Bradley CompactLogix
5370 Series
service and support list should be very pleased. You
awarded 23 of those 54 companies with these great
Controller, PAC
service marks more than once. Voters recognized
Rockwell Automation service and support in 24 product categories, followed by Siemens Industry with 17
categories, and Phoenix Contact with six. Emerson received five service accolades, while AutomationDirect,
Endress+Hauser, and Schneider Electric were each
Allen-Bradley
ControlLogix L7
named four times. Belden, GE, and National Instru-
1. Rockwell Automation
38%
2. Siemens Industry
13%
3. GE Intelligent Platforms
7%
National Instruments
7%
AutomationDirect
6%
Opto 22
5%
ments each received three product category service
nods, and ABB, Balluff, Banner Engineering, Bosch
Controller, PLC
Rexroth, Festo, Hoffmann, Kollmorgen, Moxa, Omega
1. Rockwell Automation
47%
2. Siemens Industry
21%
3. AutomationDirect
5%
GE Intelligent Platforms
5%
Schneider Electric
5%
Engineering, Pro-face, Red Lion Controls, Wago, and
Yokogawa all made it twice.
The table on p46 lists those companies that voters
say have terrific service/support in specific product
categories.
With product categories listed alphabetically,
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here are 2013’s sweet and shiny companies.
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Data Acquisition System
National Instruments
cDAQ-9188XT
1. National Instruments
2. Rockwell Automation
3. OSIsoft
Siemens Industry
Yokogawa
6. Invensys
48%
12%
8%
7%
7%
5%
Industrial Electrical
Connector/Cordset
Turck
Overmolded Mil-Spec connectors
Data Recorder
1. Yokogawa
2. Honeywell
Invensys
National Instruments
Allen-Bradley
PowerFlex 525 AC drive
Embedded Computer
System
Advantech ARK-1120
1. Pentair/Hoffman
2. Rittal
3. Saginaw Engineering
Wittenstein
Alpha Series
5%
53%
28%
7%
Industrial Enclosure
Purge System
18%
16%
12%
7%
6%
1. Pepperl+Fuchs/BPS
2. Pentair/Hoffman
3. Rittal
42%
29%
8%
Pepperl+Fuchs 5000Q
purge/pressurization system
Hydraulic System
Controls/Components
1. Parker Hannifin
2. Bosch Rexroth
3. Eaton/Vickers
Industrial Network
Components–Wired
34%
30%
12%
Parker Hannifin
P1/PD piston pump with
electronic controls
Allen-Bradley Stratix 5700
Layer 2 managed switch
Industrial-Grade Computer
1. Dell
Advantech ACP-4010
Advantech
Rockwell Automation
4. Siemens Industry
Beckhoff Automation
Dell Latitude Rockwell Automation B&R Automation
Pro-face
E7440
Panel PC
38
32%
14%
11%
9%
Hoffman
Proline enclosures
Gear Reducer
Baldor•Dodge
Ultra Kleen
worm gear
reducer
1. Rockwell Automation
2. ABB
3. Siemens Industry
Yaskawa
5. Emerson Industrial
Automation
Industrial Enclosure
1. Advantech
18%
2. National Instruments
11%
3. Beckhoff Automation
6%
B&R Automation
6%
Siemens Industry
6%
Emerson Network Power 5%
1. ABB/Baldor
Wittenstein
3. Boston Gear
4. SEW Eurodrive
Sumitomo
26%
9%
8%
5%
5%
Industrial Electric
Motor Drive
26%
17%
16%
16%
Yokogawa DXAdvanced data
acquisition stations
1. Turck
2. Phoenix Contact
Molex
4. Belden
Rockwell Automation
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18%
16%
16%
7%
5%
5%
5%
1. Rockwell Automation
2. Belden/Hirschmann
Cisco Systems
Phoenix Contact
5. Siemens
Moxa
17%
14%
12%
12%
10%
8%
Industrial Network
Components-Wireless
Cisco wireless components
1. Cisco Systems
2. Moxa
Phoenix Contact
Siemens
5. Belden/Hirschmann
ProSoft
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13%
11%
11%
8%
7%
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Industrial Network
Router/Switch
Cisco
Industrial Ethernet
switch
1. Cisco Systems
2. Belden/Hirschmann
Phoenix Contact
4. Rockwell Automation
Moxa
6. Siemens Industry
Machine Safety Components
28%
15%
13%
11%
9%
6%
Allen-Bradley
Guardmaster safety sensors
Input/Output Systems
Allen-Bradley
FLEX I/O
1. Rockwell Automation
2. Siemens Industry
3. Opto 22
4. Beckhoff Automation
B&R Automation
Wago
1. Cognex
2. Banner Engineering
National Instruments
Sick
Teledyne Dalsa
41%
8%
6%
6%
6%
Cognex
vision systems family
Input/Output, Machine-Mount
Measurement, Encoder/Resolver
1. Rockwell Automation
2. Siemens Industry
3. Turck
1. CST/BEI Sensors
2. Sick/Stegmann
Rockwell Automation
4. Danaher
Encoder Products Co.
6. Heidenhain
Pepperl+Fuchs
33%
14%
10%
BEI Sensors
hazardous area products
Intrinsic Safety Components
Measurement, Flow
1. Pepperl+Fuchs
2. Eaton/Cooper/MTL
3. Rockwell Automation
Phoenix Contact
5. Turck
1. Emerson Process
2. Endress+Hauser
3. Siemens Industry
26%
18%
12%
10%
8%
26%
14%
12%
9%
8%
6%
5%
33%
21%
5%
Rosemount and
Micro Motion flowmeters
Linear Motion Actuator/
Slide/Guide
1. Thomson
2. Bosch Rexroth
24%
11%
Thomson
linear slides
Measurement, Level
1. Endress+Hauser
Emerson Process
3. Vega
E+H
Siemens Industry
Liquiphant FTL8x
5.
Omega Engineering
level switch
Rosemount 5300
Turck
Guided Wave Radar
Linear Position Sensor
1.MTS
2. Balluff
3. Heidenhain
Turck
MTS Temposonics
linear position sensors
40
33%
15%
12%
9%
8%
7%
7%
Machine Vision System
39%
15%
10%
7%
6%
5%
Allen-Bradley
Slim ArmorBlock
I/O module
Pepperl+Fuchs
K-System Intrinsic
Safety isolator
1. Rockwell Automation
2. Omron STI
3. Banner Engineering
4. Siemens Industry
Pilz Automation Safety
Schmersal
Sick
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19%
17%
11%
10%
6%
6%
Measurement,
Load Cell/Weighing
16%
13%
9%
8%
Mettler Toledo
ND780 weighing terminal
SWC515 Pinmount weigh module
1. Mettler Toledo
33%
2. Omega Engineering
7%
Vishay
7%
Hardy Process Solutions 5%
controldesign.com
Rosemount 3051S
pressure transmitter
Rosemount 3144P
temperature transmitter
Measurement, Pressure
Motor Starter
1. Emerson Process
2. Endress+Hauser
3. Yokogawa
Honeywell
ifm efector
Omega Engineering
1. Rockwell Automation
2. Schneider Electric
3. Siemens Industry
4. ABB
Eaton
Fuji
31%
11%
7%
6%
6%
6%
Allen-Bradley
SMC-50 controller
Measurement, Temperature
Operator Interface
1. Emerson Process
2. Endress+Hauser
3. Omega Engineering
4. Yokogawa
1. Rockwell Automation
2. Siemens Industry
3. AutomationDirect
Pro-face
31%
16%
13%
6%
44%
16%
13%
7%
7%
5%
39%
14%
6%
5%
Allen-Bradley
PanelView Plus 6
Measurement, Vibration
Panel Meter
1. GE Energy
2. Rockwell Automation
3. Emerson Process
4. Metrix
1. Red Lion Controls
2. Precision Digital
3. Siemens Industry
Yokogawa
ABB
Omega Engineering
30%
18%
14%
6%
GE Energy
3500 Encore
Baldor/Reliance motor
Red Lion Controls
panel meters
Motor, Industrial Electric
Pneumatic Cylinder/Actuator
1. ABB/Baldor
2. Siemens Industry
3. GE
Regal-Beloit
4. SEW Eurodrive
1. Festo
2. Bimba
3. Parker
SMC
39%
16%
10%
8%
6%
1. Rockwell Automation
2. Yaskawa Electric
Siemens Industry
Bosch Rexroth
5. ABB
Kollmorgen
29%
10%
9%
8%
6%
6%
Pneumatic Systems
Controls/Components
Festo MPA/CPX
Numatics Intelligent Valve 1. Emerson/Numatics
Festo
Expressbox
Manifold
SMC ITV Series
regulator
Motor, Stepper
Kollmorgen
Powermax II Series
stepper motors
42
23%
19%
14%
12%
Festo
ISO Cylinder DSBC
Motor, Servo
Allen-Bradley Kinetix V
low-inertia servo motor
33%
13%
7%
7%
6%
5%
1. Kollmorgen
2. Schneider Electric
AutomationDirect
4. Parker
Control Design September 2013
SMC
4. Parker Hannifin
5. Bosch Rexroth
19%
19%
18%
12%
5%
Power Supply
17%
11%
9%
6%
SolaHD
SDN 40-24-100C
Phoenix
Contact
Uno Power
1. Emerson/SolaHD
Phoenix Contact
3. Rockwell Automation
4. Siemens Industry
5. Puls
20%
18%
13%
10%
6%
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Presence Sensing
Rockwell
Automation
presence-sensing
safety devices
Turck
QP08
presence
sensor
1. Rockwell Automation
Turck
3. Banner Engineering
4. ifm efector
Balluff
Omron
7. Sick
Software, E-CAD
20%
18%
14%
8%
7%
6%
5%
1. Autodesk
2. Eplan
3.Bentley
Autodesk
AutoCAD Electrical
Programmable
Safety Controller
Allen-Bradley
Compact GuardLogix
1. Rockwell Automation
2. Siemens Industry
3. Pilz Automation Safety
Invensys/Triconex
Omron STI
Software, Integrated
Development Platform
37%
11%
8%
7%
6%
1. Rockwell Automation
2. Siemens Industry
3. Emerson Process
Allen-Bradley
relays
Software, HMI
23%
13%
9%
8%
8%
8%
5%
1. Rockwell Automation
29%
2. Invensys
15%
3. Siemens Industry
12%
4. GE Intelligent Platforms
9%
Rockwell Automation
FactoryTalk View 7.0
Safety Network
Components
Allen-Bradley
Point Guard I/O modules
1. Rockwell Automation
2. Siemens Industry
3. B&R Automation
Banner Engineering
Omron STI
Software, Motion Control
37%
15%
7%
5%
5%
1. Rockwell Automation
2. Siemens Industry
3. Bosch-Rexroth
Emerson Industrial
Automation
43%
19%
10%
10%
9%
Allen-Bradley
Guardmaster safety relays
National Instruments
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5%
Software, PC-Based
Machine Control
Rockwell Automation
Software Studio 5000
Software, Data Acquisition
1. National Instruments
2. Rockwell Automation
3. Invensys
4. OSIsoft
41%
12%
5%
Rockwell Automation
Motion Analyzer 6.00
Safety Relay
1. Rockwell Automation
2. Pilz Automation Safety
3. Omron STI
Phoenix Contact
Siemens Industry
33%
21%
7%
Rockwell Automation
Software Studio 5000
Relay
1. Rockwell Automation
2. Omron
3. Siemens Industry
IDEC
Schneider Electric
TE Connectivity
7. Phoenix Contact
61%
16%
12%
1. Rockwell Automation
2. National Instruments
Siemens Industry
Beckhoff Automation
24%
13%
13%
11%
Software, PLC
Programming
38%
13%
9%
6%
Rockwell Automation
Software Studio 5000
1. Rockwell Automation
2. Siemens Industry
3. AutomationDirect
Schneider Electric
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52%
20%
7%
5%
Software, Network
Management
1. Cisco
2. Siemens
Belden/Hirschmann
Moxa
Rockwell Automation
Terminal Blocks
26%
13%
11%
11%
11%
Phoenix Contact
Clipline terminal blocks
Stack Light Tower
Allen-Bradley
control tower stack lights
1. Rockwell Automation
2. Banner Engineering
Schneider Electric
4. Eaton
Patlite
AutomationDirect
1. Phoenix Contact
2. Rockwell Automation
3. Wago
Wiedmüller
5. AutomationDirect
Siemens Industry
28%
21%
15%
13%
7%
6%
Wire & Cabling
38%
12%
10%
7%
7%
5%
1. Belden
2. Lapp USA
3. Anixter
Alpha Wire
5. TPC
37%
14%
8%
6%
5%
Belden DataTuff
Industrial Ethernet cables
The 2013 ReadeRs’ ChoiCe awaRds seRviCe and suppoRT LeadeRs
Control Design’s voters tell us these companies
Phoenix Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Power Supply
Balluff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Presence Sensing
provide very good (4.0) to excellent (5.0) service
Phoenix Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relay
Banner Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Machine Vision
Rittal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial Enclosure
Belden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wired Network Components
Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . .Data Acquisition System
Belden/Hirschmann. . . . . . . Network Routers/Switches
Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . Encoder/Resolver
Bentley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E-CAD Software
Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . I/O, Machine-Mount
Bosch Rexroth . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hydraulic Components
in the noted product categories. Only those
companies that received the minimum 5% vote
share in the preceding pages were tallied.
4.3
Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic Drive
Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAC
Bosch-Rexroth . . . . Linear Motion Actuator/Slide/Guide
Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Relay
Cognex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Machine Vision
Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . Stack Tower Lghts
Dell Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial Computer
Rockwell Automation. . . . . Wired Network Components
Eaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stack Tower Lights
Schmersal . . . . . . . . . . . Machine Safety Components
Emerson Industrial Automation . . . . . . Electronic Drive
Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relay
Emerson Process Management . . . . . Level Measurement
THK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ballscrew/Leadscrew
Emerson Process Management . . Pressure Measurement
Turck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connectors/Cordsets
Endress+Hauser. . . . . . . . . . . . . Pressure Measurement
Yokogawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Data Recorder
Endress+Hauser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flow Measurement
Beckhoff Automation. . . . . . . . . . Industrial Computer
4.0
Festo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pneumatic Cylinder/Actuator
Belden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wire and Cable
ABB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gear Reducer
Festo . . . . . . .Pneumatic System/Controls Components
Encoder Proucts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Encoder/Resolver
ABB/Baldor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electric Motor
GE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electric Motor
Endress+Hauser . . . . . . . . . Temperature Measurement
Alpha Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wire and Cable
GE Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vibration Measurement
Endress+Hauser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Level Measurement
Autodesk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E-CAD Software
GE Intelligent Platforms. . . . . . . . . . . . . HMI Software
Kollmorgen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Servo Motor
AutomationDirect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAC
Hoffmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial Enclosure
Mettler Toledo. . . . . . . . Load Cell/Weight Measurment
AutomationDirect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PLC
Hoffmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enclosure Purge System
Molex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connectors/Cordsets
AutomationDirect . . . . . . . PLC Programming Software
Kollmorgen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stepper Motor
National Instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAC
AutomationDirect . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stack Tower Lights
Lapp USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wire and Cable
Opto 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAC
B&R Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial Computer
Mitsubishi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CNC Controller
Pepperl+Fuchs . . . . . . . . . . . . .Intrinsic Safety System
Balluff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linear Position Sensor
Moxa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wired Network Components
Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HMI Software
4.2
Anixter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wire and Cable
Banner Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . Stack Tower Lghts
Emerson Process Management . . . .Flow Measurement
Emerson Process/CSI . . . . . . . Vibration Measurement
Pentair/Hoffmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial Enclosure
Phoenix Contact . . . . . . . . . . . .Intrinsic Safety System
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Moxa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wireless Network Components
Rockwell Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial Computer
Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HMI Software
MTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linear Position Sensor
Rockwell Automation . .Integrated Development Software
Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . I/O, Machine-Mount
National Instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAQ Software
Rockwell Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motion Controller
National Instruments. . . . . . . .Data Acquisition System
Rockwell Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Motor Starter
National Instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Data Recorder
Rockwell Automation . . . . . . . Network Routers/Switches
Omega Engineering . . . . Load Cell/Weight Measurment
Rockwell Automation . . . . . Operator Interface Terminals
Omega Engineering . . . . . . . Temperature Measurement
Rockwell Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PLC
Omron STI . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Network Component
Rockwell Automation . . . . . . PLC Programming Software
Parker Hannifin. . . . . . . . . . . . . Hydraulic Components
Rockwell Automation . . . Programmable Safety Controller
Phoenix Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Relay
Rockwell Automation . . . . . . Safety Network Component
Siemens Industry . . . . . . . Safety Network Component
Phoenix Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terminal Blocks
Rockwell Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Servo Motor
Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Relay
Phoenix Contact . . . . . . Wireless Network Components
Rockwell Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terminal Blocks
Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terminal Blocks
Pilz Automation Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Relay
Rockwell Automation . . . . . . . . . Vibration Measurement
Pro-face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial Computer
Saginaw Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial Enclosure
Pro-face . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Operator Interface Terminals
Schneider Electric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Motor Starter
ProSoft Technology . . . . Wireless Network Components
Schneider Electric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PLC
Puls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Power Supply
Schneider Electric. . . . . . . PLC Programming Software
Red Lion Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loop Controller
Schneider Electric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relay
Red Lion Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Panel Meter
Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CNC Controller
Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I/O System
Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic Drive
Yaskawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Servo Motor
Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAQ Software
Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Flow Measurement
Yokogawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Panel Meter
Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial Computer
Siemens Industry . . . Integrated Development Software
Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Motor Starter
Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . Network Routers/Switches
Siemens Industry . . . . . . .Operator Interface Terminals
Siemens Industry . . . . Programmable Safety Controller
Siemens Industry . . . . . . . Wired Network Components
Siemens Industry . . . . . Wireless Network Components
SMC. . . . . . . .Pneumatic System/Controls Components
Vega. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Level Measurement
Wago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I/O System
Wago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terminal Blocks
Sleek touchscreen displays | Rugged operator panels | Flexible plug-in modules
Available in 8 different models | Remote monitoring and control | Converts over 250 protocols
Graphite
The next level of
HMI is now here.
Sleek. Rugged. Flexible.
Graphite 7”
touchscreen
Graphite 9”
wide touchscreen
Introducing the industry’s first rugged HMI solution.
With cast-aluminum construction, Red Lion’s new
Graphite™ series combines flexible plug-in modules
with protocol conversion, data logging and webbased monitoring to meet all of your industrial
automation needs. From factories to extreme remote
locations, Graphite enables customers worldwide
to connect, monitor and control processes across
a broad range of industries.
Graphite 10”
touchscreen
Graphite 12”
wide touchscreen
Plug-In
Modules
Graphite 15”
touchscreen
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