2020 Engineers’ Choice Finalists
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Vote now! For a limited time, the official Engineers’ Choice ballot is open for voting for Control Engineering North American print and digital edition subscribers. Vote for the best Engineers’ Choice finalists of 117 entries across 29 categories.
Based on your experience, please vote in as many categories for which you feel qualified based on technological advancement, service to the industry, and market impact. Details and photos are available for each product. Winners and honorable mentions will be featured in more detail in the February 2020 issue of Control Engineering.
Informed voting, an important responsibility: Voting on this ballot is only open to qualified* subscribers of Control Engineering products. One ballot per qualified subscriber will be accepted; multiple ballots from the same qualified subscriber will be invalid. Ballots received from non-qualified subscribers will be invalid. (*Employees of product manufacturers with a finalist in the current program and their properties, agencies, vendors, and representatives—even if Control Engineering subscribers—are ineligible to vote.)
2020 Engineers’ Choice Finalists
Hardware – HMI, Operator Interface, Thin-Client
- RXi Industrial Display Portfolio, Emerson Automation, emerson.com
- EZTouch EZ7 HMI/PLC operator interface, EZAutomation, ezautomation.net
- GT25 rugged HMI, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, https://us.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/en
- Graphite 12.1-in. outdoor HMI, Red Lion Controls, redlion.net
- Simatic HMI IWP700 Industrial Web Panel, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
- Simatic IFP Basic industrial flat panel display, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
- TP700 Comfort INOX projected capacitive touch panel, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
- Touch Panel 600 operator interface, WAGO Corp., https://wago.us
Hardware – Industrial PCs, CNCs
- MIC-770 compact, fanless industrial PC, Advantech, advantech.com
- C6032 ultra-compact industrial PC, Beckhoff Automation, beckhoffautomation.com
- CX7000 embedded PC, Beckhoff Automation, beckhoffautomation.com
- Simatic IPC1047 industrial PC, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
- Simatic IPC627E compact industrial PC, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
- Simatic IPC847E industrial rack PC, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
- Sinumerik MCU-1720 motion control unit, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
Industrial Internet of Things Connectivity – Edge Controller
- groov EPIC edge programmable industrial controller, Opto 22, opto22.com
- Sinumerik Edge machine tool application, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
Industrial Internet of Things Connectivity – Gateway
- Wise-710 Industrial Internet of Things gateway, Advantech, advantech.com
- Simatic PN/J1939 Link gateway, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
Machine & Embedded Control – PLCs
- EZTouch mini.PLC compact touch screen controller, EZAutomation, ezautomation.net
- PLCnext programmable logic controller, Phoenix Contact, phoenixcontact.com/us
- Unistream PLC, Unitronics, https://unitronicsplc.com
- Micro PLC, VIPA ControlsAmerica, https://vipausa.com
Machine Vision, Code Readers
- DataMan 370 fixed-mount barcode reader, Cognex, cognex.com
- In-Sight 9000 vision system, Cognex, https://cognex.com
- Geva 400 multiple camera vision system, Teledyne DALSA, teledynedalsa.com
Motion Control
- IntelliPress electric bench top press, Bimba, bimba.com
- CytroBox hydraulic power unit, Bosch Rexroth, boschrexroth.com/en/us
- XM-42 embedded controller, Bosch Rexroth, boschrexroth.com/en/us
- Kinetix VPH hygienic servo motor, Rockwell Automation, rockwellautomation.com
- NP planetary servo gearbox, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
- Simogear KS adapter, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
Motion Control – Drives
- Unidrive DFS free-standing drive, Control Techniques, controltechniques.us
- Altivar Process ATV6000 medium-voltage drive, Schneider Electric, schneider-electric.us
- Sinamics G120X drive, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
- GA800 variable-speed drive, Yaskawa America, https://yaskawa.com
Motion Control – Drives, Servo
- FlexPro FE060-25-EM pcb mount servo drive, Advanced Motion Controls, a-m-c.com
- i950 servo inverter, Lenze, lenze.com
- Kinetix 5100 servo drive, Rockwell Automation, rockwellautomation.com
- Sinamics S210 servo package, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
Motion Control – Linear Transport
- XTS linear transport system, Beckhoff Automation, beckhoffautomation.com
- MagneMover Lite transport system, Rockwell Automation, rockwellautomation.com
Motion Control – Pneumatics
- BPGS pneumatic gripper system, Bimba, bimba.com
- PA NFPA actuator, Bimba, bimba.com
- Sipart PS100 electropneumatic valve positioner, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
Motion Control – Robots, Robotics
- VT6L all-in-one 6-axis robot, Epson America, https://epson.com
- RG2-FT intelligent gripper, OnRobot, onrobot.com
- Robotiq Sanding Kit, Universal Robots, universal-robots.com
Network Integration – Data Acquisition
- ELM314x Economy EtherCAT measurement module, Beckhoff Automation, beckhoffautomation.com
- DA30D protocol converter, data acquisition system, Red Lion Controls, redlion.net
Network Integration – Ethernet Hardware, Switches
- PROmesh P20 Ethernet/PROFINET switch, Indu-Sol GmbH, indu-sol.com
- P2M industrial Ethernet node, Parker Hannifin – Motion Systems Group, parker.com
Network Integration – I/O Systems
- ioThinx 4510 IIoT modular remote I/O, MOXA, https://moxa.com
- Flex 5000 discrete safety I/O module, Rockwell Automation, rockwellautomation.com
- S7-1500 CM 8xIO-Link V1.1 communication module, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
- Simatic DP ET 200eco PN distributed fail-safe peripheral module, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
- Simatic ET 200SP analog output module, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
- IO-Link master module, Weidmuller, weidmuller.com
Network Integration – Signal Conditioning
- DT dual-channel transmitter, Acromag, acromag.com
- ECT-DIN 2-wire output-loop powered isolator, converter, Moore Industries, miinet.com
Network Integration – Wireless
- Digi WR54 router, Digi International, digi.com
- Simatic RF615 compact UHF-RFID reader, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
- Tosibox Lock 150 industrial router, Tosibox Oy, tosibox.com
Power – Energy, Power Protection
- High Density rack power distribution unit, Eaton, eaton.com
- Pow-R-Line XD switchboard, Eaton, eaton.com
- Pow-R-Trak busway, Eaton, eaton.com
- FR-XC multi-functional regenerative converter, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, https://us.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/en
- PTV terminal block, Phoenix Contact, phoenixcontact.com/us
- TeSys Island load management system, Schneider Electric, schneider-electric.us
- MD high-density sub-metering platform, Siemens Smart Infrastructure, https://usa.siemens.com/buildingtechnologies
- Varitector PU II UL surge protection device, Weidmuller, weidmuller.com
Power Supply, UPS
- 5P lithium-ion uninterruptible power system, Eaton, eaton.com
- SSG-RP-1H extreme temperature UPS, Falcon Electric, falconups.com
- PROtop high-end range power supply, Weidmuller, weidmuller.com
- Broome10 power supply, Woehner, https://woehner.de
Process Control – Process Sensors, Transmitters
- Rosemount 5300 level transmitter, Emerson, emerson.com
- Prowirl 200 multivariable vortex flowmeter, Endress+Hauser, https://us.endress.com
- Hot Tap digital flowmeter, Exair, exair.com
- MVQ101 smart valve sensor, ifm efector, ifm.com/us
- Sitrans P320/420 pressure transmitter, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
Process Control Systems
- ControlEdge PLC R151, Honeywell Process Solutions, honeywellprocess.com/en-US
- Simatic PCS neo V3 distributed control system, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
Safety – Machine Safety
- Hazardous Location NEMA 4 Cabinet Cooler, Exair, exair.com
- Data Access Port, Panduit, panduit.com
- PSRswitch RFID-coded, non-contact safety switch, Phoenix Contact, phoenixcontact.com/us
- outdoorScan3 outdoor safety laser scanner, Sick, sick.com
- Simatic RF1000 access control badge reader, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
Safety – Process Safety, Intrinsic Safety
- RSA-224 remote switch actuator, CBS ArcSafe, cbsarcsafe.com
- Rosemount 628 electrochemical toxic gas sensor, Emerson, emerson.com
- Vanguard WirelessHART toxic, combustible gas detector V1.2, United Electric Controls, ueonline.com
- SCS 24Vdc P1SIL3 I safety relay, Weidmuller, weidmuller.com
Software – Asset Management, Reporting
- Wise-PaaS/DeviceOn IIoT device operations management application, Advantech, advantech.com
- PRiSM Predictive Asset Analytics asset management software, Aveva, aveva.com
- AMS Inspection Rounds software, Emerson Automation, emerson.com
- Dream Report V5.0 analytics software, Ocean Data Systems, https://dreamreport.net
- SmartMonitoring field instrumentation management application, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
- XLReporter V14.0 reporting software, SyTech, sytech.com
Software – Control Design
- Smart Commissioning, Emerson Automation, emerson.com
- iQ Monozukuri Converting development software, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, https://us.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/en
- Connected Components Workbench V12 machine development software, Rockwell Automation, rockwellautomation.com
- Simatic Automation Tool Software Development Kit, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
- Simatic Industrial OS V1.3 Linux-based operating system, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
Software – Data Analytics
- TwinCAT 3 Scope software with OPC UA integration, Beckhoff Automation, beckhoffautomation.com
- Loop-Pro PID controller tuning software, Control Station, https://controlstation.com
- Movicon Pro.Lean V3.4 analytics software, Progea North America Corp., progea.com
- Seeq R21 advanced analytical software for process manufacturing, Seeq Corp., seeq.com
- Siplus CMS1200 condition monitoring software, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
Software – HMI Software
- InduSoft Web Studio V8.1 + SP4, Aveva, indusoft.com
- DeltaV Live, Emerson Automation, emerson.com
- Movicon.NExT V3.4 SCADA, HMI software, Progea North America Corp., www.progea.com
- ThinManager V11.0 thin client management software, Rockwell Automation, rockwellautomation.com
Software – Industrial Internet of Things Connectivity
- Prophecy IoT software, Godlan, godlan.com
- Honeywell Forge for Industrial enterprise performance management software, Honeywell Process Solutions, honeywellprocess.com/en-US
- KEPServerEX V6.7 industrial connectivity software, Kepware, kepware.com
Software – Mobile Apps
- CFSWorX connected field service mobile application, Iconics, iconics.com
- Simatic Notifier mobile application, Siemens, usa.siemens.com
- WIN-911 V4.19.17 alarm notification mobile application, WIN-911 Software, https://win911.com
How to Cast Your Vote
Voting for the Control Engineering 2020 Engineers’ Choice Awards program opened Oct. 10, 2019, and is hosted within the New Products for Engineers platform, https://gspplatform.cfemedia.com/pe/award-programs. Voting is only open to qualified subscribers of Control Engineering products (magazine—print or digital, enewsletters, white papers, etc.). Qualified subscribers are encouraged to vote in as many categories for which they are qualified based on technological advancement, service to the industry and market impact. Read more about voting eligibility via the program’s Official Rules.
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