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32 Control Design September 2012 controldesign.com

by Joe Feeley, editor in chief

Companies That Successfully Landed on the

2012 Readers Choice List Showed Great

Curiosity About Satisfying Customer Needs

To say that technological achievement seems to

constantly reach new heights is an appropriate

description, considering whats been happening on

Mars these days.The complexity involved in the dozens of carefully

synchronized and coordinated events that brought

Curiousity to a safe Martian landing cant be over-

appreciated.

Granted, the machine projects you undertake dont

cost $2.6 billion and take years to complete, and dont

have to be supported from 160 million miles away after

delivery. However, most of those machines are growing

more complex in their own rights, and without depend-

able technology from dependable automation suppliers,

the performance of those machine designs could end up

way off course. We think the automation vendors thatmade this years Readers Choice Awards lists must be

those types of suppliers.

Weve not changed the process for this event since

we launched Readers Choice Awards in 2001. We sent

questionnaires to more than 10,000 subscribers who tell

us they have buying influence or buying authority for

industrial automation and control products. Automation

suppliers are never eligible, so we didnt knowingly let

any supplier vote. Voting is reserved for our machine-

builder and system-integrator audience.

We use an unaided ballot, which means we dont

provide a list of vendors or product brands from which

to choose. We list 50+ hardware and software categories

and ask participants to name the companies that pro-vide them the best technology value for products with

which they have experience. This year we tallied 200+

eligible ballots. Once they choose the best providers,

participants rate service and support they receive from

them. Only companies that receive at least 5% of their

category vote are listed.

This year, 90 individual companies made the listings

in one or more of 54 product categories.

Eleven companies won in multiple product catego-

ries. Rockwell Automation won or tied for first place in

21 hardware and software categories. Emerson earned

five category wins, while Phoenix Contact won in threecategories. ABB, Advantech, Bosch Rexroth, National

Instruments, Pepperl+Fuchs, Thomson, Turck and Yok-

ogawa all won two categories.

The evaluation of your automation suppliers overall

service and support continues its trend of less-generous

scoring. Of those 90 individual companies in the prod-

uct category listings, you awarded service and support

scores of 4.0 (very good) or better performance (on a

scale of 1 = poor to 5 = excellent) to 48 of them, a 53%

rate that compared with 73% in 2011.


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The distribution of these service recognition scores

dropped. In 2010, 20% of the listed service scores were

at 4.3 and higher levels. Last year it dropped to 10%, and

this year only 2% reached 4.3.Awards in the 4.0 to 4.1 groupings grew to represent

85% of all the listed service scores, compared with 70%

last year, and 50% in 2011.

National Intruments for DAQ Software, and Rockwell

Automation for the Safety Relay category were the com-

panies that received the 4.3 service mark this year.

Every company earning a spot on the service and

support list should be very pleased. Some 17 of those

48 companies received multiple great service marks.

Voters recognized Rockwell Automation service and

support in 26 product categories, followed by Siemens

Industry with 14 categories, and Emerson with nine.ABB and AutomationDirect made the service rankings

in six categories, while Phoenix Contact received five

service accolades. Banner Engineering, Endress+Hauser,

National Instruments, Pilz Automation Safety and

Schneider Electric each received three product category

nods; and Beckhoff Automation, Bosch Rexroth, Hoff-

man, Kollmorgen, Omega Engineering and Turck all

made it twice. See the table on p42 for details.

With product categories listed alphabetically, here

are 2012s galaxy-class companies.

Thomson Ball and

Lead Screws

Allen-Bradley ControlLogix

L7 Programmable Automation

Controller

Allen-B radley Micro810

Programmable Logic Controller

A llen-Bradley CompactLogix

5370 Series Programmable

Automation Controller

Ball Screw/Lead Screw

1. Thomson 27%

2. Bosch Rexroth 14%

NSK 12%

4. Parker Hannifin 6%

THK 6%

Controller, CNC

1. Fanuc FA America 35%

2. Siemens Industr y 22%

3. Bosch Rexroth 8%

Rockwell Automation 6%

Controller, Loop

1. Yokogawa 19%

Honeywell 18%


4. Invensys 7%

Emerson Process 6%

Omega Engineering 5%

Controller, Motion

1. Rockwell Automation 27%


3. Bosch Rexroth 5%

Galil Motion 5%

Controller, PAC



3. AutomationDirect 7%

Schneider Electric 6%

GE Intelligent Platforms 5%

National Instruments 5%

Controller, PLC



3. Schneider Electric 9%

4. AutomationDirect 5%

Fanuc FA America

30i-B Series CNC Control

Honeywell

UDC Controller

Yokogawa

UT55A

Controller


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National Instruments

Standalone CompactDAQ

Boston Gear700 Series

Reducer

BaldorDodgeUltra Kleen

Worm Gear

Reducer

Advantech UNO-2184G Embedded

Automation Computer

Rexroth WE6

Directional Valve

Data Acquisition System

1. National Instruments 36%

2. Invensys 11%

3. Emerson Process 8%


Data Recorder

1. Yokogawa 19%


ABB 9%

Honeywell 9%

5. Invensys 8%

Embedded Computer

System

1. Advantech 11%

2. Beckhoff Automation 6%


Gear Reducer

1. Boston Gear 15%

ABB 14%

3. Stober 10%

SEW Eurodrive 8%

5. Wittenstein 7%

Shimpo 6%

Hydraulic Component

1. Bosch Rexroth 31%

2. Parker Hannifin 24%

3. Eaton/Vickers 14%

Industrial-Grade Computer

1. Advantech 20%


3. Dell 14%

4. B&R Automation 6%

Siemens Industry 6%

Beckhoff Automation 5%

Industrial Electrical

Connector/Cordset

1. Turck 23%

2. Phoenix Contac t 11%

Molex 9%


5. Mencom 5%

Industrial Electric

Motor Drive


2. ABB 19%


4. Emerson Industrial Automation 6%

Yaskawa 5%

Industrial Enclosure

1. Pentair/Hoffman 41%

2. Rittal 29%

3. Saginaw Control & Engineering 6%

Hammond Manufacturing 5%

Industrial Enclosure

Purge System

1. Pepperl+Fuchs/BPS 41%

2. Ritt al 21%

Pentair/Hoffman 20%

Industrial Network

ComponentsWired


2. Cisco Systems 16%

Siemens 15%

4. Belden/Hirschmann 8%


Industrial Network

ComponentsWireless


Siemens 14%

3. ProSof t 11%

Cisco Systems 10%

Yokogawa DXAdvanced DataAcquisition & Display Station

Turck powerfast

Connectivity Products

Phoenix Contact

Trusted Wireless

Allen-Bradley Strati x 5700

Layer 2 Managed Switch

Hoffman Watershed Enclosures

Advantech ARK-1120

Allen-Bradley

PowerFlex 755 AC Drive

Pepperl+Fuchs 5000Q

Purge/Pressurization System

Siemens Scalance

W788-1Pro Wireless

Access Point


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Industrial Network

Router/Switch

1. Cisco Systems 32%


3. Belden/Hirschmann 9%

Phoenix Contact 8%

5. N-Tron 5%

Input/Output System


2. Opto 22 8%

Siemens Industry 8%

Wago 8%



B&R Industr ial Automation 5%

Input/Output,

Machine-Mount



Turck 8%

Wago 8%

B&R Industrial Automation 7%

Intrinsic Safety

Components

1. Pepperl+Fuchs 22%

2. Cooper Crouse-Hinds/MTL 18%

3. Rockwel l Automation 13%

4. R. Stahl 10%

Linear Actuator/Slide/Guide

1. Thomson 11%

Bosch Rexroth 10%

3. Exlar 7%

Parker Motion 7%

Festo 6%

Machine Vision System

1. Cognex 52%


Sick 7%

4. Keyence 6%

Banner Engineering 5%

Measurement,

Encoder/Resolver

1. CST/BEI Sensors 17%

2. Sick/Stegmann 12%

Danaher 11%


5. Heidenhain 7%

Encoder Products 6%

Measurement, Flow


2. Endress+Hauser 20%

3. Krohne 7%

Yokogawa 7%

Measurement, Level



3. Vega 9%

4. Magnetrol 6%

Siemens Industry 6%

Measurement,

Load Cell/Weighing

1. Mett ler Toledo 35%

2. Hardy Process Solutions 6%

Omega Engineering 6%

Futek 5%

Measurement, Pressure



3. Yokogawa 8%

Keyence 6%

5. Honeywell 5%

Invensys 5% Wika 5%

Measurement, Temperature


2. Omega Engineering 11%

Endress+Hauser 9%

4. Yokogawa 7%

Honeywell 6%


Cisco Industrial Ethernet

Switch 2000

Cognex Vision Systems Family

Thomson Linear

Slides

Rexroth Easy

Handling System

Allen-Bradley 1799

Embedded I/O

Allen-Bradley

ArmorBlock I/O

BEI Hazardous Area Products

Mettler Toledo IND780 Weighing Terminal

SWC515 Pinmount Weigh Module

Emerson Process 2160 and 5300

Pepperl+Fuchs K-System

Intrinsic Safety Isolator

Emerson Process Vortex

and Coriolis Flowmeters

Emerson Process Management3051S Pressure Transmitter

Emerson Process Management

3144P Temperature Transmitter


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Its the little things that count. And sort. And track. And trace.

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GE Energy Bently Nevada

Asset Condition Monitor ing

BaldorReliance Super-E

Premium Efficiency Motor

Allen-Bradley Kinet ix 350

Servo Motor

Measurement, Vibration

1. GE Energy 41%


3. Wilcoxon Research 5%

Motor, Industrial Electric

1. ABB/Baldor 49%


3. Regal-Beloi t 8%

4. GE 5%

SEW Eurodrive 5%

Motor, Servo


2. Kollmorgen 11%

Bosch Rexroth 10%

4. Yaskawa 7%

Siemens Industry 6%

ABB 5%

Emerson Motor 5%

Motor, Stepper

1. Kollmorgen 16%

2. Oriental Motors 13%

3. Parker 8%


ABB 7%

6. Applied Motion Products 5%

Motor Starter




4. Eaton 8%

ABB 7%

Operator Interface Terminal


2. Siemens Industry 7%

Pro-face 6%


AutomationDirect 5%

Kollmorgen Powermax II Series

Stepper Motors

Allen-Bradley ArmorStart

Distributed Motor Controller

Allen-B radley PanelV iew Plus 6 HMI


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pushbuttons, internal/externalInserts Multiple termination styles: IDC, screw, crimp Limitless combinations: communication,

pneumatic, signal, power, optical

Your design imagination should be a realm

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Panel Meter

1. Red Lion Controls 36%

2. Omega Engineering 8%

Precision Digital 8%

Newport Electronics 7%

Yokogawa 7%

Pneumatic Component

1. Festo 19%

SMC 19%

3. Emerson/Numatics 13%

4. Bosch Rexroth 8%

Bimba 6%

Parker Hannifin 6%

Power Supply

1. Emerson/SolaHD 18%

Phoenix Contact 18%



5. Puls 5%

TDK-Lambda 5%

Presence Sensing


Turck 15%

3. Banner Engineer ing 9%

Pepperl+Fuchs 7%

5. Balluff 6%

Keyence 6%

Programmable

Safety Controller


2. Invensys/Triconex 9%

Pilz Automation Safety 9%

Siemens Industry 9%

5. HIMA 6%

Relay


2. Omron 12%

TE Connect ivity 11%

Phoenix Contact 10%

5. IDEC 7%


Siemens Industry 6%

Allen-Bradley E3 Plus

Solid-State Overload Relay

Emerson

SolaHD SDN

Series Power

Supplies

Allen-B radley

Guardmaster

SC300 Safety

Camera

Phoenix

Contact Quint

Power Supplies

Turck MobileProximitySensors

Red Lion Controls Panel Meter

Festo MPA/CPX Intelligent

Valve Manifold

SMC SY and SQ

Series Valve

Manifolds

Allen-B radley Compact Guard-

Logix Programmable Automation

Controller


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Allen-Bradley Bulle tin 1734

Point Guard I/O Analog

Input Module

Rockwell Automation

FactoryTalk View 7.0

Allen-Bradley Guardmaster

Safety Relay

National Instruments

LabView 2012


Safety Network

Components



3. Pilz Automation Safety 8%


Pepperl+Fuchs 7%

Phoenix Contact 7%

Safety Relay


2. Pilz Automation Safety 16%


4. Omron STI 7%

Phoenix Contact 7%


Software, Data Acquisition


2. Invensys 10%



Software, E-CAD

1. Autodesk 53%

2. Eplan 10%

3. Bentley 5%

Software, HMI


2. Invensys 23%


4. GE Intelligent Platforms 5%

Software, Integrated

Development Platform




Invensys 7%


Software, Motion Control



3. Bosch Rexroth 7%

B&R Automation 5%

Software, PC-Based

Machine Control





Bosch Rexroth 7%


Software, PLC

Programming1. Rockwell Automation 49%



AutomationDirect 7%

Stack Light Tower


2. Schneider Elect ric 12%

3. Eaton 8%

AutomationDirect 7%


Terminal Block

1. Phoenix Contact 30%


3. Wago 12%

Weidmller 10%

5. ABB/Entrelec 5%

AutomationDirect 5% Schneider Electric 5%

Wire & Cabling

1. Belden 42%

2. Lapp USA 14%

3. Okonite 6%

Alpha Wire 5%

Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical

Rockwell Automation

RSLogix 5000 Design and

Configuration Software

Allen-Bradley Motion Analyzer

Version 6.00

Allen-Bradley

SoftLogix

Allen-Bradley 855 Control

Tower Stack Light

Belden Industrial

Ethernet Cables

Phoenix Contact Universal

Screw Connection

Rockwell Automation

RSLogix 5000


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CONTROLDESIGNs voters tell us these

companies provide very good (4.0)

to excellent (5.0) service in the notedproduct categories. Only those

companies that received the minimum

5% vote share in the preceding pages

were tallied.

4.3

National Instruments. . . . . . . .Data Acquisition Software

Rockwell Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Safety Relay

4.2

ABB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gear Reducer

ABB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stepper Motor

AutomationDirect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PLC

Emerson Industrial Automation . . . . . . . . . . Servo Motor

Pepperl+Fuchs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Intrinsic Safety System

Phoenix Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power Supply

Rockwell Automation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic Drive

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial Computer

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . Input/Output System

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor Starter

Rockwell Automation. . . Programmable Safety Controller

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Terminal Block

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . Wired Network Component

SEW Eurodrive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gear Reduce r

Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Level Measurement

Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Safety Relay

Wago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terminal Block

4.1

ABB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Servo Motor

ABB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terminal Block

AutomationDirect . . . . . . . . Operator Interface Terminal

AutomationDirect . . . Programable Automation Controller

AutomationDirect . . . . . . . . PLC Programming Software

Banner Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stack Tower Light

Bentley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E- CAD Software

Emerson Industrial Automation . . . . . . . Electronic Drive

Emerson Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Level Measurement

Emerson Process. . . . . . . . . . . Temperature Measurement

Emerson /SolaHD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Power Supply

Endress+Hauser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Level Measurement

Festo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pneumatic Component

Pentair /Hoffman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial Enclosure

National Instruments. . . . . . . . .Data Acquisition System

Omega Engineering. . . . . . . . Temperature Measurement

Oriental Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stepper Motor

Phoenix Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terminal Block

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . .Data Acquisition Software

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . I/O, Machine-Mount

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . Motion Control Software

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . Network Router/Switch

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . Operator Interface Terminal

Rockwell Automation....Programable Automation Controller

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PLC

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . PLC Programming Software

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Power Supply

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relay

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . .Safety Network Component

Rockwell Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Servo Motor

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stack Tower Light

Saginaw Control and Engineering. . . Industrial Enclosure

Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CNC Cont ro ller

Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . Operator Interface Terminal

Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . PLC Programming Software

Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Servo Motor

Siemens Industry . . . . . . . Wireless Network Component

SMC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pneumatic Component

Stober . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gear Reducer

TE Connectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relay

Turck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connector/Cordset

Yokogawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Data Recorder

4.0

ABB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Electronic Drive

ABB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Motor Starter

AutomationDirect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stack Tower Light

AutomationDirect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terminal Block

Banner Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Machine Vision

Banner Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Safety Relay

Beckhoff Automation . . . . . . . . . . Input/Output System

Beckhoff Automation....PC-Based Machine Control Software

Belden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wire & Cable

Bosch Rexroth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ball Screw/Lead Screw

Bosch Rexroth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motion Controller

Boston Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gear Reducer

Cisco Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Network Router/Switch

Cooper Crouse-Hinds/MTL . . . . . .Intrinsic Safety System

CST/BEI Sensors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Encoder /Resolver

Emerson/Numatics. . . . . . . . . . . . Pneumatic Component

Emerson Process Management. . . . Data Acquisition System

Emerson Process Management. . . . . . . .Flow Measurement

Emerson Process Management. . . . .Pressure Measurement

Encoder Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Encoder/Resolver

Endress+Hauser. . . . . . . . . . . . Pressure Measurement

Endress+Hauser . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . Flow Measurement

Hammond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Industrial Enclosure

Hardy Process Solutions. . . . . Load Cell/Weight Measurement

Pentair/Hoffman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Enclosure Purge

Honeywell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temperature Measurement

IDEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re l a y

Invensys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HMI Software

Keyence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Presence Sensing

Kollmorgen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Servo Motor

Kollmorgen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stepper Motor

Mettler Toledo. . . . . . . . . . .Load Cell/Weight Measurement

Molex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C onne cto r/ Co rdse t

National Instruments. . . . . PC-Based Machine Control Software

Omega Engineering. . . . . . . . . Load Cell/Weight Measurement

Opto 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Input/Output System

Phoenix Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . Network Router/Switch

Phoenix Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R e l a y

Phoenix Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Relay

Pilz Automation Safety. . . . . Programmable Safety Controller

Pilz Automation Safety. . . . . . . . .Safety Network Component

Pilz Automation Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Safety Relay

Pro-face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Operator Interface Terminal

ProSoft Technology. . . . . . Wireless Network Component

Red Lion Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Panel Meter

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . Data Acquisition System

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HMI Software

Rockwell Automation. . . . .Integrated Development Software

Rockwell Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motion Controller

Rockwell Automation. . . .PC-Based Machine Control Software

Schneider Electric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Motor Starter

Schneider Electric. . . . . . . . . PLC Programming Software

Schneider Electric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R e l a y

Siemens Industry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic Drive

Siemens Industry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Input/Output System

Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . . . . Motion Control Software

Siemens Industry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Motor Starter

Siemens Industry . . PC-Based Machine Control Software

Siemens Industry . . . . . Programmable Safety Controller

Siemens Industry . . . . . . . . .Safety Network Component

Turck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I/O, Machine-Mount

Vega. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Measurement

Yaskawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic Drive

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Companies Leaders 2012 Mercados Electricos

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