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Value rises above the rest as readers make known their choices among suppliers of sensing and vision technologies. Check out which companies they recognize for providing the best services and support.

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	2006 Readers' Choice Awards

By Joe Feeley, Editor in Chief

FOR SIX years now we’ve trusted you to tell us—with your votes—which vendors provide the best value for you in the categories of sensing and vision. It’s those evaluations that make some automation suppliers’ products rise above the rest. After the usual careful consideration, Control Design’s readers told us how they rate the technology value of suppliers in these categories.

As they voted for the best technology value providers, we also had them rate the service and support they receive from these companies on a scale of 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent). Our published results include only those companies that received at least a 5% share of the vote in their category.

Here, with products listed alphabetically, is this year’s “all-star team” of winners in sensing and vision categories. As always, we welcome your analysis and thoughts about the outcome.

Sixth Annual Readers' Choice Awards

(*Differences of less than 3% are not statistically significant)

Data Recorder
1. Honeywell – 17%
*Yokogawa – 15%
3. Invensys – 10%
National Instruments – 10%
5. Astro-Med – 6%

Encoder/Resolver
1. Rockwell Automation – 24%
2. BEI – 17%
3. Danaher – 12%
4. Encoder Products – 7%
*Heidenhain – 5%

Machine Vision System
1. Cognex – 47%
2. Banner Engineering – 16%
3. Keyence – 8%
4. National Instruments – 5%

Measurement, Flow
1. Emerson Process – 30%
2. Endress+Hauser – 9%
3. Sierra Instruments – 6%
*ifm efector – 5%

Measurement, Level
1. Emerson Process – 14%
2. Endress+Hauser – 11%
3. Honeywell – 6%
Magnetrol – 6%
Omega Engineering – 6%
*Danaher – 5%
*Schneider Electric – 5%
*Siemens E&A – 5%

Measurement, Load Cell/
Weighing System
1. Mettler-Toledo – 19%
2. Omega Engineering – 10%
*Hardy – 8%
4. Honeywell – 5%

Measurement, Pressure
1. Emerson Process – 29%
2. Endress+Hauser – 8%
    Omega Engineering – 8%
*Invensys – 6%
5. Honeywell – 5%
    ifm efector – 5%
    Schneider Electric – 5%

Measurement, Temperature
1. Emerson Process – 22%
2. Omega Engineering – 18%
3. Honeywell – 8%
*Pyromation – 6%
5. Endress+Hauser – 5%
Watlow – 5%

Measurement, Vibration
1. GE Energy--Bently Nevada – 26%
2. Rockwell Automation – 15%
3. Omega Engineering – 6%

Presence Sensing
1. Banner Engineering – 23%
2. Turck – 20%
3. ifm efector – 12%
*Rockwell Automation – 11%
5. Schneider Electric – 6%