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AutomationDirect brings industrial automation direct to you with low prices, superior service and fast shipping on in-stock items.
Our award winning technical support is included as part of our standard customer service.
Visit our online Automation Superstore or browse our 2,000 page product catalog.

  • AutomationDirect (formerly known as PLC Direct) offers quality industrial control products at incredible savings by selling directly to you.
  • We offer both private label and brand name products from suppliers including Eaton Corporation/Cutler-Hammer, Fuji Electric, Hubbell-Wiegmann, Koyo Electronics, Marathon Electric, Edison Fuse and others.
  • Free shipping on most orders over $300. (Most orders will ship via 2-Day delivery at no extra charge)
  • 30 day money-back guarantee on most items (including software)
  • Same day shipping for in-stock items on orders placed by 6:00pm ET
Product Information

Also see the Expanded Product Directory below for a more detailed product category list.

Save up to 50% with our low prices on more than 10,000 quality industrial automation control products from A to Z, including:

  • AC Motors & DC Motors (0.25 Hp - 300 Hp, variable speed motors, inverter duty, vector duty, IronHorse general purpose, NEMA premium motors)
  • Breakers (molded case circuit breakers (MCCBs), mini circuit breakers, supplementary protectors)
  • Communication products (industrial Ethernet switches, Ethernet Patch Cables, Ethernet to fiber converters, Serial isolators and converters, USB, more)
  • Direct Logic PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) (DL05, DL06, DL105, DL205, DL305, DL405) & Low cost CLICK PLCs, Productivity3000 PACs.
  • Electrical enclosures (NEMA enclosures, industrial cabinets, junction boxes, wiring trough)
  • Fuses (Slow blow fuses, fast acting fuses, fuse holders, fuse blocks, time delay fuses)
  • GS3 Series DURApulse AC Drives (VFD - Variable Frequency Drives)
  • HMI (Lookout Direct development software, operator interface touch screens, text display panels)
  • Inductive proximity sensors (proximity switches & other industrial sensors: photoelectric sensors, current sensors, temperature sensors, more)
  • Joystick selector switches (22mm); Junction Blocks (Multi-port)
  • KEPDirect For PLCs - OPC Server
  • Limit switches
  • Momentary switches (Push button switches, Cutler Hammer switches, key switches, panel indicator lights, LED indicator lights, more)
  • Non-fusible and fusible panel disconnect switches
  • Operator Interfaces / HMI (C-more 6" - 15" tft touch screen panels, text display panels, C-more micro-graphic panels, HMI software)
  • Power supplies (5VDC, 12VDC, 15VDC, 24VDC: low profile, NEC Class 2, plastic/metal case, switching & encapsulated mini power supplies. 32VDC, 48VDC, 70VDC open frame power supplies.)
  • Quick connect air pneumatic parts (pneumatic air prep,pneumatic fittings,valve fittings,pneumatic tubing,pneumatic cylinders,cylinder position switches,air flow control valves)
  • Relay switches (Solid state relays, ice cube relays, latching relays, DC relay switches, time delay relays, phase monitor relays, motor control relays)
  • Stepper Systems (stepper motors, stepper drives, power supplies, FREE configuration software)
  • Terminal blocks (standard and screwless terminal blocks, power distribution blocks, wiring supplies, 35mm DIN-rail, electrical connectors, crimp terminals)
  • Ultrasonic sensors (proximity sensors)
  • Variable frequency drives (VFD) (AC drives for motor speed control)
  • Wire and Wire duct (Copper wire, hook-up wire, wire raceway, electrical wire cover, spiral cable wrap, wire sleeve, cable ties)
  • XY motion control products (brushless AC servo motors, stepper motors, stepper drives)
  • Y360 - Y999 series Marathon Electric motors (1/4 - 100 Hp AC motors) (microMAX, Black Max, Blue Max, Blue Chip, XRI NEMA premium motors)
  • ZIPLink pre-wired connection cables and specialty modules


See the sections below for links to specific product, shopping, and technical information.

Product Line Overviews
Product Listings and Pricing

 

Technical Information and Support
By Product Line



OTHER AutomationDirect WEB SITES:
  • info.AutomationDirect.com - An online guide to AutomationDirect: An overview of the products, resources, and service we offer

  • www.Productivity3000.com - Informational site about Productivity3000 Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs)

  • www.aboutplcs.com - Informational site about Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)

  • www.aboutplcs.com/directlogic - DirectLOGIC Series PLC Product Information Site (Micro to small, Brick & Modular PLCs)

  • www.aboutplcs.com/click - CLICK Series PLC Product Information Site (Stackable Micro Brick PLCs)

  • C-more.AutomationDirect.com - C-more Operator Interface Touch Screen (HMI) Product Information Site

  • C-moreMicro.AutomationDirect.com - C-more Micro-Graphic Operator Interface (HMI) Product Information Site

  • motors.AutomationDirect.com - Informational site about industrial Electric Motors (AC and DC)

  • DURApulse.com - Sensorless Vector AC Drive (VFD - Variable Frequency Drives) Product Information Site

  • SureServo.com - AC Servo (Motion Control) Product Information Site

  • AutomationNotebook.com - AutomationDirect magazine:
    Articles on industrial automation products, technologies and applications

  • Learn.AutomationDirect.com - Streaming tutorial e-learning site:
    Your video guide to automation products, technologies and applications


  • www.AutomationTalk.com - FREE Web seminars
    View pre-recorded industrial automation Web seminars and register for upcoming live ones


  • www.diy-adc.com - A "blog" (Wordpress) site for automation Do-It-Yourselfers (DIY) and hobbyists.
    We invite automation project developers to make their own entries and comments.
    You can also enter "Smiley's Green Challenge" to win a CLICK PLC, or other automation parts for your home project.

 

Expanded Product Line Listings and Pricing
CABLES
(Ethernet Patch Cables, Programming Cables, Communication Cables, Connection Cables)

CIRCUIT PROTECTION
(Circuit Breakers, Disconnect Switches, Fuses, Supplementary Protectors)

DRIVES: AC DRIVES

ENCLOSURES (NEMA Electrical)
(Metallic, Fiberglass, Disconnect and Pushbutton Enclosures)

ENCODERS
(Optical Transducers, Linear Encoders, Rotary Encoders, Shaft Encoders)







MOTORS, ELECTRIC: AC Motors / DC Motors / Bases



PNEUMATIC COMPONENTS
(Air Prep-FRL, Solenoid Valves, Cylinders, Tubing, Fittings, Flow Control Valves, Cylinder Position Switches)

POWER PRODUCTS (Electrical)



PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLERS
(PACs, PLCS and related products)






TERMINAL BLOCKS / DIN RAIL /
POWER DISTRIBUTION BLOCKS / JUNCTION BLOCKS


WIRING SOLUTIONS
(Copper Wire, Portable Cord, Wire Duct, Cable Ties, Wire End Connectors,
Junction Blocks, Flexible Tubing, ZIPLink Cables, Panel Interface Connectors,
Plugs, Receptacles, Lockout/Tagout Wiring Safety Devices)