Watertown, Ma - United Electric Controls (UE)

I am pleased to announce that the One Series 2-Wire electronic pressure switch from United Electric Controls has been selected by Design News as the 2002 Best New Products of the Year in the Test, Measurement & Control category. Design News technical editors narrowed down the entries in each of the categories and forwarded the finalists to an independent panel of judges. The judges selected the One Series 2-Wire, indicating that United Electric Controls (Watertown, MA, USA) has the best product in its field.

Out of a field of 7 categories, the One Series 2-Wire is considered the best new product in the Test, Measurement and Control category. Only one of these 7 can be named the Best Product of the Year, all categories. By reading up on the contenders, viewing product photos and seeing what the judges have to say, Design News readers will have the final say as to which product best exemplifies design engineering at its best. The chosen Best Product will be featured in the March 3, 2003 Engineering Awards issue of Design News.

The Design News editors and independent judges describe the One Series 2-Wire as the electronic pressure switch that operates as both a switch and a gauge. Connecting to the discrete digital input of a PLC or DCS, it features a process display, diagnostic information and a switch output on a single twisted pair of wires. Requiring low power taken from residual PLC input current, the switch eliminates the need for re-wiring the infrastructure in order to upgrade instrumentation. Instruments that were formerly connected to the PLC using 2 wires can now be upgraded and replaced using the same 2 wires. "The One Series 2-Wire will replace mechanical switches and analog transmitters in a gauge pressure application," predicts the Test, Measurement and Control judge. "It will be a direct drop-in replacement utilizing existing wiring and discrete input channels."

Please make certain that your customers understand the benefits of this technology in their applications. Awards like this are beneficial in recognizing the outstanding efforts of the engineers that design these products and ensure the continued development of new product innovations. Please join me in celebrating this important achievement award for the One Series 2-Wire and United Electric Controls.

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2-Wire Wins "Best New Products of the Year" Contest