by Beckie Sullivan | Oct 16, 2017 | Vendor News
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 Offers greater...
by Beckie Sullivan | Oct 13, 2017 | Back to Basics
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 beam...
by Beckie Sullivan | Sep 27, 2017 | News
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 Solutions in...
by Beckie Sullivan | Sep 25, 2017 | Back to Basics
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...
by Beckie Sullivan | Sep 18, 2017 | Vendor News
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...
