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    COMPANY OVERVIEW

    About AutomationDirect

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    https://www.automationdirect.com
    800-633-0405

    More Info on AutomationDirect

    In business since 1994, AutomationDirect is a distributor offering thousands of industrial automation products for electrical control systems, including PLCs, operator interfaces, AC drives, motors, stepper systems, sensors, motor controls, enclosures and more.

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    Products and Press Releases

    Wenglor Ultrasonic Sensors 5x7
    Resources

    Ultrasonic proximity sensors

    April 13, 2023
    AutomationDirect’s Wenglor OPT offers sensing distances up to 2,000 mm.

    Articles & News

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    Measurement

    Stepping back to leap forward in temperature measurement

    Feb. 28, 2024
    Advances in non-contact thermal sensing with infrared pyrometers make it easier than ever to monitor temperature at a distance in countless industrial applications.
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    Instrumentation & Measurement

    Product Focus: Graphical panel meters

    March 27, 2022
    AutomationDirect has added new current, rate, process and temperature meters to its Trumeter ADM series of graphical panel meters.
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    Measurement

    Liquid level controllers

    Jan. 11, 2022
    AutomationDirect added new ProSense CLC series conductive liquid level controllers to its line of level sensors and controllers.
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    Monitoring

    Remote monitoring powered by cloud services

    Jonathan Griffith
    Nov. 5, 2021
    Process automation systems achieve optimal remote monitoring performance and security by using specially developed routers and cloud computing services.
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    Figure 1: Automatically controlled pumps are a fundamental type of equipment used in many processing and manufacturing industries, and they must be integrated with certain functional and protective control and monitoring features.
    Process Control & Automation

    Exploring options for process pump automation

    Lenny FilipkowskI
    Aug. 16, 2021
    Control and monitoring relays provide enhanced functional and protective features for process pumps.
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    Instrumentation & Measurement

    Product Focus: Pressure gauges and transmitters

    Aug. 3, 2021
    New products from AnTech, AutomationDirect, and KOBOLD.
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    Figure 1. Güntner's ECOSS (evaporative condenser of stainless steel) systems are installed in demanding environments and incorporate industrial automation to optimize performance and efficiency.
    Process Control & Automation

    Case Study: Open controller speeds time to market

    Zachary Wernlund
    Jan. 20, 2021
    A heat exchanger company uses a modern industrialized open automation controller to rapidly expand equipment capabilities.
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    Figure 1. This AutomationDirect Stride Pocket Portal is easy to install (in this case, on the exterior of enclosure) and connect, adding IoT multivariable monitoring to any new or existing equipment.
    Process Control & Automation

    Cloud-enabled multivariable measurement

    Bill Dehner
    Nov. 18, 2020
    New cloud-capable devices are making it possible for users to easily retrofit or design systems with remote multivariable measurement capabilities.