Still Using Idec FC4A-C or FC5A-C?
It's Time To Make the Switch! Idec has announced they will be discontinuing the FC4A-C and FC5A-C CPU's in 2018. The good news is they made the new series easy to transfer to! The FC6A features: An all-in-one CPU that is a direct replacement...
What is a Proximity Sensor?
What is a proximity sensor? A proximity sensor is used to detect nearby objects…without touching them. Another way of saying this is ‘non-contact object detection’. How does this happen? Usually a proximity sensor sends out an electromagnetic field or a...
Lenze Rolls Out Training Videos for the i500!
This spring Lenze introduced us their new VFD series, the i500! Now the time has come to really start focusing on integrating these new models and Lenze has made it even easier by releasing a series of training videos. Check out the videos below for tips...
GE Has Sold Their Industrial Solutions Division…. Now What?
Last December it was announced that GE was looking to sell the industrial solutions division and we’ve been waiting to hear who the buyer would be ever since. We now have an answer... ABB! It was announced yesterday that ABB will acquire GE Industrial...
Has your light curtain broken down? We can help!
When a light curtain stops working it can wreak havoc on your production. A quick call to the manufacturer reveals a 3 week (or longer!) lead time and now it's time to panic. Or is it? Give us a call and we can cross that light curtain over to one from Leuze which is...
Most recommended VFD for Bridgeport Mills
A popular question we are often asked is which VFD we would recommend using with a Bridgeport Mill. Generally our go to answer is the SMV vector by AC TECH LENZE. Why, you may ask? Well, it really comes down to five key points: This model has very good...
What does the future hold for AC Tech’s SCM & SCF series drives?
AC Tech released their sub-mciro series of drives, including the SCM, SCF and SCL series, over 15 years ago and these drives have had a great run. But now the time has come for the torch to be passed. AC Tech Lenze has announced that the time has come to focus on...
Teco Drive Replacement Cheat Sheet
Teco Westinghouse has been upgrading and replacing a number of their drives, so we wanted to create a handy dandy cheat sheet for our customers. PA7300 was replaced by the EQ5 and is now the EQ7 Series JNEV was replaced by the L510 Series MA7200 ending in...
Happy Birthday Kathy, from the whole Wolf clan!
We absolutely love celebrating birthdays and this one is extra special...Kathy and Hans will be off on another adventure soon so we had to send Kathy off with the best of wishes! Happy Birthday Kathy and we can't wait to celebrate another with you next year....
IDEC and AMCI have teamed up!
IDEC has announced their line of motion control stepper products working with AMCI (Advanced Micro Controls, Inc.), an established developer of motion control systems. AMCI has been producing specialized position sensing and motion control...
Summer Fun Day 2017
2017 has certainly been a big year here at Marshall Wolf, and we're only half way through! The Wolves wanted to give us some time to play and we ended up having two different definitions of "play"...so we split up and got to enjoy some time getting to know...
What’s New in Refrigeration Control Technology?
Keeping food, drink, and ourselves cold has been long sought after in history; humbly beginning with ice, sawdust and salt and evolving to the high end control devices we know today. The latest technology from the automation powerhouse known as AUTONICS brings us the...
How IDEC’s SmartAXIS Touch Controller can save your mini-application
Whether your application is a rehab of an existing control panel or a new build, any application needing up to 48 I/O (Input/Output) can now look forward to the benefits of IDEC’s FT1A Smart Axis Touch Controller. We know every job is different and the...
Did you catch the Eclipse? We did!
Our graphic designer/photographer, Morgan, was so excited to shoot the eclipse...then it was cloudy! Either way we still got some really interesting photos, guess we'll just have to wait for the next go around! We even got the chance to do a quick...
What is an Industrial Light Curtain?
Safety…safety…safety... The entire purpose of a “safety” light curtain is to protect humans from dangerous machinery. “Dangerous machinery” is considered any machine or piece of equipment that moves in a way that could cause injury or kill you. So what do...
What is a Safety Disconnect Switch and why do I need one?
We've recently added a new product category to our website – Safety Disconnect Switches! For those of you without a full electrical engineering background, you may wonder why this is so exciting for us. For this reason we wanted to give you a quick...
Looking for a Yokogawa Big Look panel meter?
If you have been using Yokogawa's Big Look panel meter, you might be having a hard time finding it. Yokogawa left the analog panel meter market in March 2017 and this has many customers looking to find a new source. For Yokogawa's “Big Look” series...
Introducing Wolfie’s New Clothes
For a few months now we've been discussing our mascot "Wolfie" and how he needed some more personality. Morgan, our content designer, finally had a chance to come up with a new body for Wolfie in order to give him some more character. We wanted...
Out with the old, in with the new! Weg is updating their VSDs!
Weg has announced that two of their popular drive series will now be considered non-stock; CFW10 and CFW100. They have also released their new CFW300 series as the replacement! Non-stock means that once existing inventory is gone any new orders would be 8-10 week...
How to Program a VFD
This is a tutorial covering the basics of programming a VFD, strictly focusing on getting the shaft of just about any VFD to turn via the keypad on the VFD without load on motor. To start things off…let’s begin by opening the manual. That’s right! First we must...
Fused Disconnect Switches Now Available from Socomec
Socomec’s line of industrial fusible disconnects is rich in features capable of providing a complete package while meeting many conforming standards such as; (IEC, UL, CSA) and specifically, IEC 60947-3, NFPA79 (2002 ed.), UL489 (w/restrictions), UL98 (w/...
Why Do I Want to Use An Ultrasonic Sensor?
In the most demanding of applications one type of sensor stands out amongst the sensor crowd, ultrasonic technology can be the savior in your application needs. The ultrasonic success is due to its high reliability. Versatile in a plethora of situations for object...
Marshall Wolf supports our neighbors
Rain, rain, go away...come again some other day! The new song residents of Algonquin, and most of Northern Illinois, seems to be singing lately. If you are just tuning into the news for the first time in almost two weeks, you may just be hearing how the...
What’s the “Process Side” of Pepperl+Fuchs?
Good Question? Internally, our pet name for this side of business for PEPPERL+FUCHS is the “Dark Side.” This isn’t necessarily because we view them as the EMPIRE, but because it used to be a bigger mystery side of Pepperl+Fuchs. Not exactly the environment...
What is a P.I.C? Panel Interface Connector
P.I.C.s from MENCOM are probably the most popular in sales on our site only competing with Mencom’s good old “cord grips”. You may ask yourself, what is P.I.C.? That’s actually a really broad category of industrial products. Let’s just start off with a...
GE Industrial Solutions Gets a New Name!
GE has announced that effective August 1st, 2017 GE Industrial Solutions will be known as Industrial Connections & Solutions LLC, a new GE-affiliated legal entity. As many of us learned late last year, the GE Industrial Solutions division was up for sale. What...
Engineering Competition at Wolf Automation
Once in a blue moon Marshall Wolf likes to give the employees a chance to stretch their engineering muscles. With our systems integration constantly producing new and innovative products, our Panel Shop manager Jon Wolf sent out a little competitive email...
The new VFD from FUJI….The “ACE” enters the room
What’s so cool about this VFD? Is it the simple fact that it’s taking over for the tried and true Frenic Multi? As the old guard fades away the new gunslinger makes its appearance known. What’s to like about this new offering? Well let’s explore a little bit. The...
Vendor Spotlight: Transtecno
TRANSTECNO may not be as recognizable as Bonfiglioli or Motovario in the gearbox/power transmission world, but they have a fantastic and wide array of offerings in the world of gearboxes. With products tailored towards the poultry/pig industry, bioenergy, solar...
Leeson’s Single Phase Unicorn
Finding a single phase input/output VFD can feel like finding a clean photo of Sasquatch. You’ve heard they exist, but can be difficult actually finding one... With the bulk of consumers using the more popular 'VFD and 3-phase motor' pairing, the market for these...