United Electric Supply - Industrial Automation Division

Sample Applications


Drives

Agriculture: Grain handling and railcar loading
Paper: Paper winder/unwinder machine

Enclosures

Industrial: Material handling
Industrial: Petrochemical
Industrial: Water treatment

HMI's

Oil & Gas: REM Technology (RTI)
Commercial: New York drawbridge
Packaging: Shrink wrapping
Agriculture: Agricultural spray trucks

Machine Vision

Checker: Cap and Inkjet Code
Checker: Container Top
Checker: Headlight O-ring
Checker: Orientation of a Nozzle
Checker: Threads on Automotive Parts
In-Sight: Pharmaceutical vial counting
In-Sight: Engine valve inspection
In-Sight: Pizza inspection
In-Sight: Barcode reading
DVT: Automotive fuse cover OCR
DVT: Catalytic converter cell count
DVT: Injection molding shortshot and flash inspection
DVT: Tobacco-tin lid inspection
DVT: Colored ping-pong balls

Meters & Tools

Data Logging: Railroad Drawbridge
Digital Multimeter: Finch Customs Motorcycles
Digital Multimeter: Sea Wind Cranberry Farm
Humidity Meter: Residential Humidity Complaints
Particle Counter: Indoor Air Quality
Power Quality: Wastewater Treatment Plant
Temperature Measurement: Infrared Thermometer
Thermography: BP Gas Plant

Networking

Fiber: Off-shore Drilling
Fiber: Water/Wastewater

PLC's

Chemical: Nitrogen extraction using cryogenics
Chemical: Control of hydro power station in the Philippines
Food: New Zealand cheese plant
Metals: Automation of sheet metal sheer line
Packaging: Warehouse management at French distribution center
Water/wastewater: Pumping station at Washington wastewater facility
Water/wastewater: Water treatment in China

Power

PowerLogic: Monitoring power usage at Giants Stadium
PowerLogic: Reducing energy usage at Durham College
PowerLogic: Reducing harmonic current distortion at wastewater treatment facility
PowerLogic: Ground fault troubleshooting at almond processing plant
PowerLogic: Eliminating voltage sag at King's Island roller coaster
PowerLogic: Power data collection at Pharmacia

RFID

Automotive: Ford
Automotive: Johnson Controls
Semiconductor: Seagate
Textile: Malden Mills

SAFETY

Safety Switches: Cooper Tire & Rubber
Safety PLC & Switches: Ampack Ammann bottle filling machines
Safety PLC & Switches: World's Longest Submarine Cable
Safety PLC: Stockholm commuter train

SCADA

Automotive: Comau Pico
Automotive: Deutsche Bahn
Building Control & Security: Pentagon
Building Control & Security: Merrill Lynch
Food: United Biscuits
Oil & Gas: Transneft Russian Pipeline
Oil & Gas: Bohr Instrument
Pharmaceutical: Leciva
Postal: Poste Italiane
Power & Energy: Ontario Power
Pulp & Paper: Frantschach Pulp & Paper Company
Transportation: Sky Harbor International Airport
Transportation: Rome Metro
Water & Wastewater: Town of Tonawanda, NY
Water & Wastewater:: Keokuk Municipal Water Works

Sensors

Automotive: Confirmation of grease application
Automotive: Pick & place conveyor
Bottling: Hot-glass product detection
Bottling: Bottle cap detection
Bottling: Fill level detection
Electronics: Connector pin alignment
Material handling: Newspaper strapping & distribution
Material handling: Cable cutter positioning
Packaging: Peanut grading
Packaging: Cheese slices
Packaging: Nail counting
Pharmaceutical: I. V. catheter detection
Plastics: Extrusion
Wood: Sawmill log cutting
Wood: Profile sander
Consumer Goods: Detecting multi-colored candles
Entertainment: Interactive fountain displays
Food: Filling pie crusts
Food: Measuring the height of sandwich creme cookies
Robots: Glass handling with robots
Safety: Shredding machinery for waste reduction and recycling

Telemetry

Oil & Gas: Offshore oil platform
Water/Wastewater: Sussex County treatment facility

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