2011 Engineers’ Choice Awards - Spotlight on Innovation
Cover story: Best automation, control, and instrumentation products in 30 categories.
The 24th annual Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice Awards shines a light on 30 categories of control, instrumentation, and automation products, revealing the best of those introduced in 2010 as chosen by you, Control Engineering’s print and online subscribers. Review the winners and honorable mentions revealed here to see if their innovative solutions can help you solve one of your most pressing problems.
Also, join us in congratulating these technological innovators. Let them know you learned about their solutions in Control Engineering, and what problems you need solutions for next. Their continuous improvement ensures that manufacturers, machine builders, and automation system integrators can achieve the levels of agility, efficiency, and effectiveness necessary to compete—and win—in today’s global economy.
More than 100 product nominations from 65 companies were listed on ballots for evaluation. Automation professionals from Control Engineering’s subscriber lists—all of whom are responsible for or influence technology purchases, or have hands-on day-to-day interaction with the technologies in each category—then voted to identify the products they felt were the most exceptional based on technological advancement, service to the industry, and market impact. The result is a short list of Engineers’ Choice Award winners and honorable mentions in 30 categories. A total of 31 winners and 33 honorable mentions were named for 2011, due to ties in certain categories.
Control Engineering staff extend our appreciation to all who nominated products and took the time to vote. Awards will be presented as part of the Manufacturing Automation Summit, a conference to be held March 20-22, 2011, in Chicago. For information or to sign up, see www.controleng.com/summit.
Machine + control, controllers
Machine and Embedded Control - machine vision
BOA Smart Camera from Dalsa Industrial Products
Machine and Embedded Control – PACs
NI CompactRIO from National Instruments
Machine and Embedded Control - PACs – motion
Allen-Bradley ControlLogix L73 and L75 Programmable Automation Controllers from Rockwell Automation
Machine and Embedded Control – PLCs
750-881 Ethernet 2.0 Programmable Fieldbus Controller from Wago Corporation
Motion Control – drives
Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 755 AC drive from Rockwell Automation
Motion Control – motors
DR Motor from SEW-Eurodrive Inc.
Motion Control – robotics
Motion Control - servo drives
IndraDrive Cs Economy Compact Servo Drive from Bosch Rexroth Corporation
Networks, power, process
Network Integration - data acquisition, integration
Network Integration - Ethernet hardware
Allen-Bradley Stratix 8300 Layer 3 managed switch from Rockwell Automation
Network Integration - I/O systems
WMF 2.5 Multi-Functional Terminal Block Series from Weidmuller
Network Integration - signal conditioning/diagnostics
Allen-Bradley Bulletin 931 analog signal conditioners from Rockwell Automation
Network Integration - wireless
WirelessHART gateway from Phoenix Contact
Network Integration -wire, cable, cordsets, connectors
Belden DataTuff 600V Cat 5e AWM-rated Cable from Belden
Power - monitoring, protection
Fluke 381 Remote Display True-rms Clamp Meter with iFlex, Fluke Corporation
Process Control - analysis, optimization, tuning
PlantTriage Control Performance Monitoring from ExperTune Inc.
Process control systems
Experion R400 from Honeywell Process Solutions
Process Sensors – flowmeters
Elite High Capacity Coriolis Meter - Micro Motion, a division of Emerson Process Management
Process sensors - other
Raytek MI3 Infrared Sensor, Raytek Corporation
Safety, hardware, software
Safety sensor
Harmony Biometric Switch from Schneider Electric
Safety System Software
Simatic Safety Matrix Version 6.2 from Siemens Industry Inc.
Safety controller - tie
Allen-Bradley Compact GuardLogix PAC from Rockwell Automation from Rockwell Automation
Siemens Simatic ET 200pro Fail Safe Controller from Siemens Industry Inc.
Hardware - Handheld testing, calibration
Fluke 365 Detachable Jaw True-rms AC/DC Clamp Meter from Fluke Corporation
Hardware - HMI, operator interface, displays
Allen-Bradley PanelView Plus 6 HMI terminal from Rockwell Automation
Hardware - industrial PCs
C6930 Industrial PC from Beckhoff Automation
Hardware HMI - bar code and ID readers
DataMan 8000 from Cognex Corporation
Software - application software
FactoryTalk AssetCentre from Rockwell Automation
Software - connectivity, integration software
KEPServerEX v5 from Kepware Technologies
Software - design, simulation, diagnostics
SolidWorks 2011, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp.
Software - HMI software
Monitouch V-SFT from Fuji Electric Corp. of America
See 33 Honorable Mentions for 2011, available with more information about Control Engineering recognition programs at www.controleng.com/awards
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