Step-by-step PROFINET setup guide for Phoenix Contact users, new wide beam sensor from Banner, VFDs with CIP Safety from Lenze, and more.
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May 2025 Newsletter

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New Integrating PLCnext + CAPAROC: A PROFINET Setup Guide

 

This guide provides a step-by-step walkthrough for establishing PROFINET communication between a Phoenix Contact PLCnext Controller and the CAPAROC electronic circuit breaker system. Designed with first-time users in mind, it helps eliminate common setup challenges while introducing essential tools for managing system updates. With modern software tools requiring firmware versions to align with the hardware, understanding these requirements upfront can streamline the process and prevent unnecessary delays.

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Product Spotlights

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    ZEUS modular enabling switch

     
    Important safety requirements must be observed when providing an operator with special modes of operation, such as commissioning, maintenance, or setting up new processes.
     
    The ZEUS modular enabling switch from SSP bridges safety and productivity through ease of use thanks to its ergonomic form and light weight.
    LEARN MORE →

    Banner Engineering
    B25 Wide Beam Sensor

    New B25 Wide Beam Sensor

     

    The new B25 Wide Beam Sensor from Banner Engineering provides superior performance across a wide beam, ensuring reliable detection of targets regardless of shape, position, or material. This allows more precise control of timing and package flow, which improves sortation efficiency and accuracy.

     

    Learn more ➡️

    Lenze
    i-series motec VFDs featuring CIP Safety™

    New i-series motec VFDs featuring CIP Safety™

     

    Lenze has announced that their i-series motec decentralized VFDs now feature CIP Safety™. This TüV-certified addition ensures seamless integration into CIP Safety-based control systems, enhancing safety and efficiency in industrial applications.

     

    Learn more ➡️

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    Free Pneumatic parts storage units*

     

    Festo is offering free parts storage carts or tubing racks *with qualifying purchases of fittings, flow control, check valves, silencers, safety couplings, tubing, and more.

     

    Contact your account representative for details ➡️

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    Climate Solutions

    In-Stock Industrial climate control systems

     
    Heat attacks your equipment from all sides: on the outside, with extreme variations in ambient temperatures, and inside, with high thermal loads caused by the high density of components within the enclosure.
     
    Rittal industrial climate solutions lengthen the life of your components, optimize performance, and reduce equipment failure. Time is money, and uptime ensures your operations are profitable.
     
    Learn more 📄➡️
     
    Explore in-stock units ✅➡️
     
    Contact us for a climate control efficiency analysis ➡️

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    Safety Switch

    Safety switch CTS with FlexFunction

     
    The innovative safety switch CTS is EUCHNER’s first FlexFunction device. In addition to featuring the proven benefits of conventional transponder-coded EUCHNER safety switches with guard locking, the CTS combines in a single switch all the options otherwise available only in different variants.
     
    With or without guard lock monitoring, actuator code evaluation with high or low coding level – the choice is up to you with CTS.
     
    Learn more 📄➡️

    How to Troubleshoot PNP and NPN Sensors

    Troubleshooting PNP and NPN sensors

     

    Learn how to troubleshoot three-wire PNP and NPN sensors using a multimeter and a power supply. Review the wiring configurations for both types of sensors and see how to verify their functionality by triggering them with a piece of metal and observing the voltage changes on the multimeter.

     

    Learn more 📽️➡️

    News and Events

      Training & Events

      Visit our Training & Events page to stay up to date on the latest webinar, events, and registration information.

      • May 27, 2025 | Livestream | Horner Automation | Applications with Ken!
      • June 4, 2025 | Milwaukee, WI | ABB + Power/mation | COBOTS @ The Iron Horse
      • June 12, 2025 | Saint Paul, MN | Power/mation | Tech Tour '25
      • July 16, 2025 | Saint Paul, MN | Power/mation + Pieper Automation | Risk Assessment Workshop
      • August 7, 2025 | Chicago, IL | Power/mation | Tech Tour '25

      Price Adjustments

        May 2025

         

        May 1

        Macromatic, ABB Industrial Connections, PILZ, Red Lion, Oriental Motors

         

        May 3

        Mersen

         

        May 5

        Bodine

         

        May 12

        Hammond, Bishop Wisecarver

         

        May 13

        Inxpect

         

        May 15

        Emerson

         

        May 22

        Red Lion

         

        May 26

        Rittal

         

        May 31

        Emerson

         

         

        Upcoming

         

        June 1, 2025

        ABB Drives, Banner Engineering, Erico, PULS

         

        June 2, 2025

        Sola HD, Tolomatic

         

        June 9, 2025

        Remke

         

        June 16, 2025

        ABB Baldor

         

        July 1, 2025

        Patlite, TE Connectivity

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