The finalists of the 32nd annual Plant Engineering Product of the Year awards stretched across 13 categories. This program honors the best innovations of 2019, as voted by the audience of Plant Engineering.
The Grand Award—given to the new product that received the highest number of votes among all 13 categories—is presented to TrendMiner for the TrendMiner 2019 R.3, originally in the Plant Analytics & Design category of the competition. The Grand Award, and the 37 winners in 13 categories ranging from asset management to safety, will be honored with gold, silver, and bronze trophies at the 2020 Engineering Awards in Manufacturing dinner to be hosted in Chicago this Fall.
Asset Management
- Gold: ROTALIGN touch EX, Pruftechnik
- Silver: GraceSense Vibration and Temperature Node, Grace Engineered Products
- Bronze: IsoLogic Breather, Des-Case
Automation & Controls
- Gold: Simatic S7-1500 TM NPU, Siemens
- Silver: ztC Edge 110i, Stratus Technologies
- Bronze: Graphite 12.1-in. HMI, Red Lion Controls
Compressed Air
- Gold: ZR 90-160 VSD+, Atlas Copco
- Silver: Soft Grip Back Blow Safety Air Gun, Exair
- Bronze: Gen4 ionizing bar, Exair, exair.com
Electric Motors & Drives
- Gold: Dodge Food Safe bearing, ABB Motors & Mechanical
- Silver: Unidrive DFS, Control Techniques
- Bronze: HarmonicGuard passive harmonic filter, TCI
Electrical Safety
- Gold: Electrical Diagnostic Test, Form A, Ramsay Corp.
- Silver: Data Access Port, Panduit
- Bronze: LOTO Pro, Switchgear Safety
Energy Management
- Gold: 5P lithium-ion UPS, Eaton
- Silver: SSG-RP-1H, Falcon Electric
- Bronze: TeSys island, Schneider Electric
Fluid Handling
- Gold: ChemLon Eclipse 7576, A.R. Thomson Group
- Silver: CytroBox, Bosch Rexroth
- Bronze: CR pump, Grundfos
Lighting
- Gold: SpectraClean, Hubbell Lighting
- Silver: Crouse-Hinds Champ Pro PVMA LED fixture
- Bronze: Reliant high bay, Dialight
Maintenance Software
- Gold: MVP Plant V2.5, CMMS Data Group
- Silver: Connected Maintenance, Aquitas Solutions
Maintenance Tools & Equipment
- Gold: Easy-Laser XT770, Ludeca
- Silver: ii900 Sonic Industrial Imager, Fluke
- Bronze: QX ergonomic tightening system, Ingersoll Rand
Material Handling Systems
- Gold: HC sorter, MHS
- Silver: Model 8250 pallet jack, The Raymond Corporation
- Bronze: Sealmaster unitized spherical roller bearing, Regal Beloit America
Plant Analytics & Design
- Gold: Seeq R21 process manufacturing analytics software, Seeq Corp
- Silver: RXi Industrial Display, Emerson Automation
Safety
- Gold: Vanguard TCD50 V1.2, United Electric Controls
- Silver: Transformer Containment Bag, Andax Industries
- Bronze: RSA-152G remote switch actuator, CBS ArcSafe