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⚡ Protect smaller motors with precision.

AutomationDirect now offers Fuji Electric TK-E02 Thermal Overload Relays, designed to provide dependable protection against overloads, locked-rotor conditions, and open-phase faults in compact motor control applications.

Features include:
✔ Adjustable current ranges from 0.1 to 25A
✔ High-accuracy current setting dial
✔ Visible trip indication
✔ Manual trip and selectable reset modes
✔ Finger-safe terminals
✔ Compact DIN rail mounting options

Ideal for use with Fuji SC-E contactors, these relays simplify panel design while helping maximize motor reliability.

💲 Prices start at just $46

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🌐 Build a smarter industrial network with STRIDE PRO Unmanaged+ Ethernet switches.

AutomationDirect has expanded the STRIDE PRO Unmanaged+ lineup with more Gigabit and PoE+ models, giving you advanced network diagnostics and optimization—without the complexity of a managed switch.

Features include:
✔ IGMP Snooping to reduce network flooding
✔ Port mirroring for easier diagnostics
✔ Port alarms for cable and device monitoring
✔ VLAN support
✔ Gigabit models with up to 8 ports
✔ New lower-cost PoE+ options

Get more visibility, better performance, and greater reliability for your industrial Ethernet network.

💲 Prices start at just $98

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More STRIDE PRO Unmanaged+ Ethernet Switches AutomationDirect has added more STRIDE PRO Unmanaged+ industrial Ethernet switches which are a step up from basic unmanaged switches.

Did you know we do more than just train on automation? Getting this AutomationDirect powered control system ready to ship!

🚀 From the classroom to the launch pad.

A team of engineering students at the University of Calgary relied on AutomationDirect products to rapidly develop a reliable rocket engine ground test system for their groundbreaking Bio Rocket project.

Using the AutomationDirect ProductivityOpen® controller, Productivity1000™ I/O, power supplies, wiring solutions, and control panel components, the team built a scalable automation platform capable of controlling high-pressure fluid systems, collecting critical test data, and supporting remote operations over 1 km away.

🏆 The project earned 1st Place at the Schulich School of Engineering Design Fair and helped achieve Alberta's first student-developed liquid rocket engine static fire test.

We're proud to support the next generation of innovators pushing the boundaries of aerospace technology.

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⚡ Why are more automation designers turning to EtherCAT?

From high-speed motion control to simplified machine installations, EtherCAT is helping engineers build faster, smarter, and more scalable automation systems.

In this article, AutomationDirect’s Chip McDaniel explains how EtherCAT delivers:
✅ Deterministic high-speed communications
✅ Streamlined daisy-chain Ethernet installations
✅ Simplified motion control architectures
✅ Support for servos, steppers, VFDs, encoders & I/O
✅ Reduced wiring and commissioning time

Whether you’re designing new equipment or upgrading existing systems, EtherCAT may be the ideal solution for your next automation project.



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