Automation

Automation, in Fridley, Minn., is a distributor of motion, vision, pneumatic, fluid-power and industrial control components. Its products include air-motors and drills, air-preparation, ball-valves, cylinders, fittings, circuit breakers, control transformers, AC and DC motors, DC motor controls, DC power supplies, terminal blocks and wire management, starters and contactors, variable frequency drives, disconnects and safety switches, HMI, industrial computers, limit-switches, machine safety components, motor control centers, pilot devices and pushbuttons, pressure and temperature switches and relays and timers. Its other products include industrial network components, level indicators, pressure and temperature switches, remote input-output, Scada software and Web-enabled devices, thrusters, tubing, vacuum and cups, valves, linear motors, multi-axis positioning systems, computer-based motion control, precision manual stages, robotic end-of-arm components, robots, lenses, lighting, machine vision, gear motors and gear heads, conveyors, light curtains, linear bearings, shock absorbers, structural extrusion and vibration isolation.