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NED Innovation Awards
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Announcing the 2023 NED Innovation Award Winners!
FINALIST: FactoryTalk Logix Echo Version 2
FactoryTalk Logix Echo version 2 has been improved in the areas of testing, giving users access to more than 20 variations of the 5580 ControlLogix platform at their disposal.
Version 2 will be the first emulation platform to support safety controllers by introducing GuardLogix 5580 controller catalogs. Users can download to GuardLogix controller types and emulate the execution of both Standard and Safety tasks in their project. The inaugural version supported one 17-slot chassis, but the latest release now supports the creation and communication of multiple chassis with 1 FactoryTalk Logix Echo license. Users can create the configuration and arrangement of controllers/slots that they need without previous limitations, adding flexibility for multiple users to each access different controllers that can all live in their respective positions.
We are excited to announce our 2023 NED Innovation Award winners!
The tools, components, and equipment published in NED represent real advancements for the industry. They represent real creativity, real risks, and real R&D power that puts engineering to the test.
In this respect, every issue of NED and every new day's posts on NewEquipment.com is a celebration of the most innovative products on the market.
But we like to take things even further than that.
Seven years ago, we launched the NED Innovation Awards—an annual contest that digs through the thousands of innovative new products we published over the course of 12 months to determine those few that best represent the potential in the market. Products that fundamentally change their markets, crush limitations of their product class, and redefine design possibilities. In other words, products that provide real potential for disruptive change.
But we decided to make some changes. Instead of us picking out what we feel is worthy of the innovation title, we turned it to you, the manufacturers, to tell us what you feel is deserving of that name.
I feel that’s truly important; Letting our vast network of committed workers and experts out in the field log in to rank their picks as not just the best examples of innovation, but those with the most potential for practical implementation of them.
So, thank you for aiding us in this effort, and with that, it is now our pleasure to introduce you to the 2023 NED Innovation Awards winners.
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AUTOMATION
Winner:
Finalists:
- Honeywell Process Solutions: Manufacturing Excellence Platform
- OPEX Corporation: SURE SORT
- OTTO Motors: OTTO 600
- Rockwell Automation:
- Schneider Electric: EcoStruxure Automation Expert
CONTROLS & INSTRUMENTATION
Winner:
Finalists:
- Phoenix Contact: MACX-MR Monitoring Relays
- Pleora Technologies: Vaira
- Swagelok Company: Swagelok Ammonia Sampler
ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS
Winner:
Finalists:
- Honeywell Process Solutions: Versatilis Transmitters
- Legrand: Networked Level 2 EV Charger
- Phoenix Contact:
- Trystar:
FACILITY OPERATIONS
Winner:
Finalists:
- Engineered Hardware, LLC: TorkRite
- Kafko International: Oil Eater Overnight Stain Remover
- Phoenix Contact: clipx WIRE assist
- Trane:
- Vaask: Vaask
HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS
Winner:
Finalists:
MACHINE TOOLS & METALWORKING
Winner:
MATERIAL HANDLING & PACKAGING
Winner:
Finalists:
- Air Technical Industries, Inc.: Narrow Aisle Rover
- FOX IV Technologies, Inc.: L3904E Linerless Label Print and Apply
- Phoenix Contact: THERMOMARK E-SERIES
MOTION CONTROL
Winner:
Finalists:
PROCESS EQUIPMENT
Winner:
Finalists:
SAFETY
Winner:
Finalists:
SOFTWARE & COMPUTERS
Winner:
Finalists:
- Eartec Co. Inc.: Global Connect Wireless
- Etch: Etch AI Platform
- Rockwell Automation:
