Honorable Mentions

Hardware – Handheld Test, Measurement, Calibration

• CNX Wireless System, Fluke Corporation, www.fluke.com 

Hardware – HMI, Operator Interface, Thin-Client

• GT16 Series HMI, Mitsubishi Electric, www.meau.com 

Hardware – Industrial PCs

• UNO-2184G, Advantech, www.advantech.com 

Hardware – Integrated HMI Controllers

• SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels (KP1500, TP1500, TP1900, TP2200), Siemens Industry Inc., https://usa.siemens.com/automation 

Machine & Embedded Control – CNCs, Board-level Products

• IndraControl L85 CNC Controller with Multi-core Processor, Bosch Rexroth, www.boschrexroth-us.com 

Machine & Embedded Control – Discrete Sensors

• E67 Series Long Range Perfect Prox Sensor, Eaton Corporation, www.eaton.com 

Machine & Embedded Control – Machine Vision, Barcode Readers

• Piranha HS NIR, Teledyne DALSA, www.teledynedalsa.com 

Machine & Embedded Control – PACs

• SoftPAC, Opto 22, www.opto22.com 

Machine & Embedded Control – PLCs

• SIMATIC S7-1215C, Siemens Industry, Inc., https://usa.siemens.com/automation 

Motion Control

• AM8000 Servo Motors, Beckhoff Automation, www.beckhoffautomation.com 

Motion Control – Drives

• H-Max Series Adjustable Frequency Drives, Eaton Corporation, www.eaton.com
• SINAMICS S120 Drive Platform with EtherNet/IP Connectivity, Siemens Industry, Inc., www.usa.siemens.com/eip 

Motion Control – Servo Drives

• MR-J4 Series Servo System, Mitsubishi Electric, www.meau.com 

Network Integration – Ethernet Hardware

• FL mGuard RS2000, RS4000, Phoenix Contact, www.phoenixcontact.com/usa-home 

Network Integration – I/O Systems

• XI/ON Modular I/O System, Eaton Corporation, www.eaton.com 

Network Integration – Network Hardware

• Power Xpert 200E Gateway, Eaton Corporation, www.eaton.com 

Network Integration – Wireless Products

• AWK-1127-PoE Industrial Wi-Fi Client, Moxa Inc., www.moxa.com 

Power – Energy, Power Interruption

• SurgePOD Modules, Cooper Bussmann, www.cooperbussmann.com 

Power – Energy, Power Protection

• EnergyPAQ Energy Monitoring & Control Solution, Mitsubishi Electric, www.meau.com 

Power – Energy, Power Protection, UPS

• SSGB-1S40-5U 40AH Battery Bank, Falcon Electric, www.falconups.com 

Power – Motor Control

• ISS – Industrial Start/Stop with Smartstart Motor Protection, Cerus Industrial Inc., www.cerusind.com 

Process Control – Process Sensors

• VLM10 Inline Vortex Mass Flowmeter, Spirax Sarco, Inc., www.spiraxsarco.com/us 

Process Control Systems

• Experion PKS Orion, Honeywell Process Solutions, www.honeywellprocess.com 

Safety – Machine Safety

• Pluto D45 Safety PLC, ABB Jokab Safety, www.abb.com/lowvoltage
• SIMATIC STEP 7 Safety Advanced 11.0, Siemens Industry Inc. 

Software – Applications

• SIMATIC PCS 7 Process Historian, Siemens Industry Inc., www.siemens.com/pcs7 

Software – Applications, Monitoring

• Intuition Executive, Honeywell Process Solutions, www.honeywellprocess.com 

Software – Control Design

• SIMATIC Advanced ES, Siemens Industry Inc., www.siemens.com/pcs7 

Software – Diagnostics

• PlantESP: Loop Performance Monitoring 2.0, Control Station, Inc., www.controlstation.com 

Software – HMI Software

• FactoryTalk VantagePoint 4.0, Rockwell Automation, www.rockwellautomation.com/rockwellsoftware 

Software – Mobile Apps for Controls, Automation, Instrumentation

• MobileHMI, ICONICS Inc., www.iconics.com 

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