Innovative Automation & Controls, Inc. is pleased to announce the winner of our annual vendor appreciation award.  Bil Aud of Providence Marketing Associates provided IACI exceptional support and his efforts are greatly appreciated.  This award is presented yearly at our Vendor Appreciation Dinner where we honor and thank all of our valued business partners.  All of their support is greatly appreciated!

Thank you to everyone for the continued support!

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AS-interface (commonly referred to as AS-I) is a low-level I/O system. It was originally intended to be a simple, low cost system that would be easy to install and maintain. With that philosophy in mind, the original developers designed AS-I as a discrete-only two wire system. It incorporated features like automatic station addressing, and power and data were carried on a single untwisted pair of wires.

Today. AS-I can be used as a stand alone network or can be connected to a higher level system, such as DeviceNet, or Profibus-DP, through a gateway. The gateway acts as a slave to the higher system and a master to the AS-I system.    

A) Turck AS-i Cordsets

B) Turck AS-i Bulk Cable

C) Turck AS-i I/O Products

D) Turck AS-i Interconnect Products

E) Turck AS-i Masters

F) Turck AS-i Safety

G) Turck AS-i Accessories

Minneapolis, MN—October 21, 2009—Banner Engineering Corp. introduces their R58A Series Registration Mark Sensors for detecting registration marks in printing and material registration applications often found in the web printing, product packaging and pharmaceutical industries.

The R58A features simplified setup via potentiometer adjustment of the switching threshold and switch-selectable light/dark operate. The sensor's short warm-up period, fast 10 kHz switching frequency and 15-microsecond repeatability ensure reliable detection in high-speed printing and web processing applications, where timing is critical.

Class I, Division 1, Submersible Pressure Transmitters

Minneapolis, Minn. — TURCK introduces a new submersible pressure transmitter to meet the increasingly difficult level detection challenges presented in industrial environments, like tanks containing liquids such as gas and diesel, or wastewater and irrigation systems. TURCK’s PT4510

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ABB ACS350 NEMA 4X

ABB machinery drives meet the requirements of machine building OEMs by supporting a wide range of machinery applications that demand high repeatability. The drives have features that make them easy to install and integrate.

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Fiber amplifier and fiber optic arrays specially designed for reliable detection of objects as small as 1.5 mm

• Easy-to-set selectable threshold with automatic compensation algorithm which compensates for dust or contamination on the fiber optic array and for ambient temperature changes

Easy-to-read, user configurable 4-digit display for health Mode, Percentage Blocked, Signal Level, or Counter Mode readout, plus indicators for a continuous readout of operating status.

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Phoenix Contact's new SFNT unmanaged switches operate across a wide temperature range, making them suitable for harsh environments.  The switches are the latest addition to the Standard Function Narrow (SFN) line of unmanaged switches.

The SFNT switches can operate between -40 and 75 degrees Celsius. They also meet the increased noise immunity, shock and vibration standards necessary to operate in extreme environments.

Five- and eight-port versions are available for 10/100 mbps, as well as multimode fiber with SC and ST connections.  Like the original SFN, The SFNT's narrow housing makes it suitable for control cabinets and junction boxes. The switches support Layer 1 port locks and cable locks and can process and prioritize Quality of Service messages.

Phoenix Contact now offers pre-assembled surge protection sets for the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry.

The surge arresters in the PV sets have temperature-monitored, high-capacity varistors with optical fault warning and dynamic disconnect device. The PV sets are pre-assembled protection solutions in IP65 installation housing.

The PV-SET DC and PV-SET Multistring offer surge protection on the PV generator side only. They are designed for small-scale systems with a solar string or PV systems with several solar strings.

PV-SET DC/AC protects all power lines in the system, including both the PV generator side and the power supply. It provides optimum protection to an inverter, since the pre-assembled solution protects the DC input and the AC outputs from surge voltages.

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The Turck MZB series of barriers are based on a simple principle. Each channel is fitted with two stages of pulse tested Zener Diodes and an infallible  terminating resistor. In the event of an electrical fault in the non-hazardous (controls side) of the barrier, such as an overvoltage, the Zener diodes limit the voltage available to the hazardous area circuits and a series resistance limits the current. There is also a fuse designed into the circuit that will rupture in the event of a continuous applicationof excess energy being applied to the barrier that is outside the design criteria for the loop.

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ABB's solution for process industries and heavy duty applications which are dependent on continuous reliability, lowest possible environmental impact and life cycle costs. These motors can power their way through the toughest tasks and conditions. Best in class.

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