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GCG Expands Solutions by Offering Festo, a Global Leader in Automation Technology

Miamisburg, OH – C&E Advanced Technologies (C&E), part of GCG Automation, is now an authorized distributor for Festo, a leading supplier of pneumatic and electrical automation technology, across Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Festo produces and sells pneumatic and electrical control and drive technology for factory or process automation. As an authorized distributor, the C&E team will be trained and certified by Festo to provide the optimal solutions for customers.
“Festo and C&E Advanced Technologies are committed to helping customers reduce engineering overhead, achieve faster time to market, and maximize overall equipment effectiveness,” said Mark Snyder, Channel Director Festo Corporation. “Both companies place a premium on employees who embody a customer-service ethic.”

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Fortress Interlocks Acquires Fluidsentry Product Ranges

Eliminate fluid power incidents
“You’ve installed a new machine in your facility. You’ve done a full Risk Assessment. You’ve even installed light curtains, gate switches and a state of the art safety controller to isolate all the power sources.
But what about the stored energy within your pneumatic or hydraulic system?
Fortress Interlocks is pleased to announce Fluid Power Safety through the acquisition of Fluidsentry PTY Ltd.

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High-Performance Jam Indication Sensors

As products move along conveyers and enter exit shoots from a sortation system, occasionally a product can jam or back up the flow. In order to keep the process running smoothly, the conveyor and exit chute needs to stay open and there needs to be confirmation that products made it through. Banner Engineer’s QX5 background suppression sensor confirms when a product proceeds down a conveyor and enters the exit chute to ensure it came off the sortation system and that there isn’t a jam. 

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Further Expand Your ISD System with New ISD Connect

Experience the benefits of In-Series Diagnostics (ISD) on standard safety devices with two normally closed set of contacts—such as mechanical safety switches and panel-mounted E-stops—with the new ISD Connect. A compact T-connector that fits in-line with other ISD devices, the ISD Connect links a non-ISD device to a daisy chain of up to 32 devices. ISD makes it easy to access diagnostic data from devices in a safety system without special equipment or designated cabling. Use it to troubleshoot machine safety systems, prevent system faults, and reduce equipment downtime.

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GCG Acquires C&E Advanced Technologies

Chicago, Illinois – July 15, 2021 – Leading value-added wire and cable solutions provider GCG announced today the acquisition of C&E Advanced Technologies. C&E supplies customized industrial automation solutions to customers across Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.
For over 40 years C&E has been supporting the software and equipment needs of OEMs, End-Users, Integrators and Resellers. They utilize their in-house specialist groups to ensure customers select the right products. Their product categories include automation, controls, motion, robotics, safety, sensors, vision, pneumatics and marketing systems.

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GCG Automation & Factory Solutions is an Authorized Distributor of Apera

GCG Automation (ACD, Adcon Engineering, C&E Advanced Technologies, and Empire) is an Authorized Distributor of Apera, a high-growth 4D vision company focused on robotics, artificial intelligence, and advanced manufacturing. Apera AI helps manufacturers make their factories more flexible and productive by making challenging applications such as bin picking, sorting, packaging, and assembly now open to fast, precise, and reliable automation.
 
GCG Automation offers numerous robotic solutions such as Apera to provide customers with the most efficient technologies in the industry. To learn more about Apera, please visit: apera.ai.

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Newest Mobile Robot Combines Unique Agility with Market Leading Safety

Mobile robot maker MiR has announced the latest addition to their product range of autonomous mobile robots — the MiR250.
With the current demand in industry for robots that can move underneath things, navigate in narrow spaces, in small elevators and which can take corners quickly, MiR has delivered a new agile robot that is exactly what the market is seeking.
The launch of the MiR250 means that multiple sectors now have a completely new tool for the optimization of logistics. In addition to having a top speed of 7.2 km per hour, it has a shorter and lower design, enabling it to navigate in limited space. For example, it can move through door openings with widths as small as 31 1/2 inches.

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