Parker’s Interact XpressWins Design News Golden Mousetrap Award.
September 27, 2008
SICK: September 2008
The DS30 family has been expanded. It now includes sensors that can be taught up to 3 distances. Now, you can upgrade from a sensing range of 2m to 3m.
ESA News: September 2008
- VT30W:provides a graphic 3″ display, displayed thanks to LED blacklighting, and has a practical 25 key keyboard.
- XS615: The PC embedded 15″ offers wide-range connectivity due to 3-port serials 1 slot PC and Ethernet.
- Polymath Machine Edition:Works with Windows XP Professional or Windows XP embedded operating systems and on ESA XS terminals; the Polymath Ethernet communication drivers are supported without any additional hardware
September 9, 2008
Parker Introduces New Product
Parker introduces the Compax3M
- With this new product, save considerable wiring time and cabinet space (50%+).
- Also, the Compax3M powers multiple drives with a single power supply.
- For more detailed information, click here.
SICK- August 28, 2008
Look for SICK’s latest product, OD Precision Optical Displacement Sensors . These sensors are the only one of its kind to connect three sensors to one controller, making it easier to measure the x-, y-, and x-axes.
August 28, 2008
Molex- August 27, 2008
The BradCommunications SST Remote DeviceNet Scanner
- Will control I/O devices connected to a DeviceNet network without the need of a local PC
- Scans Device/Net I/O across Ethernet networks
- Cost reductions
- Improved performance
- Locate anywhere on the plant floor
August 25, 2008
SICK-August 2008
UC4 Ultrasonic Sensors
Key features:
- Excellent dectection of optically difficult targets, such as black, shiny, and clear materials.
- In optically challenging environments, such as dust or fog, has perfect performance.
- This is the smallest ultrasonic available from sick.
Opto 22 New Product News- August 20, 2008
Opto 22’s SNAP TEX breakout boards each wire 16 points of digitial I/O to field devices.

The SNAP-TEX-FB16-H breakoutboards supplies 120-240 volts of power to loads while the SNAP-TEX-FB16L supplies 12-24 volts.
PTP at 2008 Educational Extravaganza
This past week, PTP particpated in the 2008 Educational Extravaganza with manufacturer Opto 22.

Brian of PTP and Arun of Opto 22
August 20, 2008
SICK-August 2008
New Product:
- The CLV62X and CLV63X Laser Bar Code Scanners will be released this year. The scanners are the next generation of the CLV6XX Bar Code Scanner family.
- Bar code scanners are common to a large number of markets including: packaging, retail distribution, printing, food and beverage/consumer goods, life sciences, robotics, parcel, and automotive.
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