We here at New Equipment Digest are all innovation junkies. We love ideas, we love improvements and changes. We love watching stale processes and products and functions come back to life with fresh ideas, with unexpected acts of creativity that no one has ever considered before. The whole process is just amazing to us.
To a large extent, that's what NED really covers. Not just new equipment and solutions, but innovation in its most physical form. Everything we publish is the embodiment of new ideas, the results of long R&D cycles, and the work of countless engineers and testers—and creative brilliance all the way through.
The NED Innovation Awards is our chance to highlight what you think are some of the best examples of this—the most innovative, game-changing products that have graced these pages over the past two years. So we need your help.
The entries are in and voting is now underway. Cast your vote across 12 different product categories of new solutions, tools, and technologies to identify the top 12 winners that fit our game-changing definition.
Take a minute and cast your vote for up to 12 products here.
The winners will be announced in the November/December issue of NED in a cover spread highlighting the best of the best innovations to grace the industry in the past couple of years.
Meet Our Finalists:
AUTOMATION:
- Schneider Electric: EcoStruxure Automation Expert
- AutomationDirect: CLICK PLUS PLC
- Vanderlande: Third Generation of ADAPTO
- Phoenix Contact USA: Axioline Smart Elements
- Rockwell Automation: Micro850 and Micro870 Controllers
- OPEX Corporation: Infinity™
- Bosch Rexroth: ctrlX COREplus X3
- Honeywell: Experion Highly Augmented Lookahead Operations (HALO) Operator Advisor
CONTROLS & INSTRUMENTS:
- Radiant Vision Systems: XRE Lens
- Scantek, Inc.: Acoustic Camera
- Fluke Corporation: Fluke FEV100 Electric Vehicle Charging Station EVSE Test Adapter
- Fluke Networks: LinkIQ Cable + Network Tester
- Fluke Networks: FiberLert Live Fiber Detector
- Honeywell: Experion PKS Highly Integrated Virtual Environment (HIVE)
ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS:
- Phoenix Contact: XTV terminal blocks with Push-X Technology
- Bosch Rexroth Corp.: Function-Integrated Profiles
- Rockwell Automation: 140MP Motor Protection Circuit Breakers
- Rockwell Automation: Kinetix 2090 Single Cables
- Green Cubes Technology: Lithium SAFEFlex Charger
FACILITY OPERATIONS:
- Vaask: Vaask
- Goodway Technologies: TFC-JR Portable Cooling Tower Fill Cleaner
HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS:
- Bosch Rexroth: Hägglunds Fusion
- Emerson: AV/AES Valve System with integrated OPC UA
MACHINE TOOLS & METALWORKING:
- Sandvik Coromant: CoroPlus® Tool Path: OptiThreading™
- Liquidtool Systems AG: Liquidtool Instructor
MATERIAL HANDLING & PACKAGING:
- ORBIS Corporation: 40x48 Odyssey® pallet
- Martin Engineering: N2 Position Indicator
- Carney Battery Handling: Universal Battery Tugger Electric
- Ranpak: Flap’It!™
- BEUMER Corporation: BG Line Sorter
- FMH Conveyors: LITESORT | Automated Conveyor and Sortation System
- Bosch Rexroth Corp.: MP1000R
- EXAIR Corporation: Custom Pneumatic Conveyors (Line Vac)
- BEUMER Corporation: BG Pouch System
- OPEX Corporation: Sure Sort®
MOTION CONTROL:
- Nidec Motor Corporation: ID300 PerfectSpeed(TM)
- Rockwell Automation:Kinetix VPC Servo Motor
- Rockwell Automation: PowerFlex 755TS
- Rockwell Automation: iTRAK 5730
PROCESS EQUIPMENT:
- EXAIR Corporation: HollowStream Liquid Atomizing Nozzle
- Phoenix Contact USA: Axioline P
- Kaeser Compressors: Kaeser Air System Enclosures
- Honeywell: Thermal IQ
SAFETY:
- The Raymond Corporation: The Raymond Corporation’s Virtual Reality Simulator
- Phoenix Contact USA: SPLC 1000
- Rockwell Automation: 450L GuardShield Safety Light Curtains
- Rockwell Automation: Compact GuardLogix 5380 controllers with SIL 3 functionality added
- Hi-Tec Equipment Co., LLC: DOCK-ALERT® Retractable Barrier
- Honeywell: Safety Watch Real Time Locating System
SOFTWARE & COMPUTERS:
- In Mind Cloud: Digital Sales Platform
- Phoenix Contact USA: PLCnext Store
- Rockwell Automation: ASEM 6300 Box PCs and Thin Clients
- Rockwell Automation: CIP Security Proxy
- Rockwell Automation: FactoryTalk Logix Echo
- Rockwell Automation: Remote Access Solution
- Rockwell Automation: Stratix 5800 Managed Switch
TOOLS:
- KNIPEX Tools: Forged Wire Strippers
- KNIPEX Tools: TwinGrip Pliers
- KNIPEX Tools: CutiX Universal Snap Knife
- KNIPEX Tools: Pliers Wrench XS
- Wright: Wright Drive 2.0
- Snap-on Industrial: New Intrinsically Safe ControlTech™ Wireless Electronic Torque Wrenches
- Snap-on Industrial: Cordless Torque Multiplier
- Snap-on Industrial: ControlTech Bluetooth Wireless Electronic Torque Wrenches
- Ingersoll Rand: Ingersoll Rand® QX Series™ 40V Cordless Torque Multiplier
- Snap-on Industrial: 14.4 V MicroLithium Mini Drills
