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2021 IDEA! Awards: Announcing the Winners

Nov. 10, 2021

We asked you, our readers, to weigh in on the best product innovations of the year, and you most certainly delivered.

At a time when manufacturers are looking for innovative ways to improve productivity and better manage costs, the 2021 IDEA! Awards provided a variety of great new solutions to review.

The IDEA! Awards, presented by Machine Design and Hydraulics & Pneumatics, offered engineers from all over the world a chance to review the latest product advancement. They also got to vote on those products they felt best fulfilled the promise of greater operational effectiveness.

Gold, Silver and Bronze winners have been selected in six categories (click each category name to view the winning products and their descriptions):

The Branson GMX-20DP ultrasonic metal welder from Emerson received the Big IDEA! Award, presented to the product that received the highest number of votes from all product categories. Click here to view its description.

The formal announcement of the awards was made Nov. 10 at the 2021 IDEA! Conference, part of the Manufacturing & Technology Conference in Cleveland.

Full List of Winners

BIG IDEA!

Branson GMX-20DP Ultrasonic Metal Welder

Emerson

AUTOMATION & SOFTWARE

Gold: Studio 5000 Design Software

Rockwell Automation

Silver: Sitara AM2x MCU

Texas Instruments

Bronze: OPTIME

Schaeffler Group USA Inc.

FLUID POWER

Gold: SLV20 load-sensing proportional directional valve

Danfoss

Silver: MXT-XTP Hydraulic hose

The Gates Corporation

Bronze: Cartridge Flow Transmitter (CFT)

DGD

FLUID POWER MACHINES & COMPONENTS

Gold: har-Modular

HARTING

Silver: Antimicrobial Food Grade Type LAFG

Electri-Flex Company

Bronze: Four Outlet Gen4 Power Supply

EXAIR Corporation

MOTION CONTROL

Gold: PGVA pressure vacuum box

Festo

Silver: SmartStage XY

Dover Motion

Bronze: Electrak LL Electric Actuator

Thomson Industries, Inc.

MOTORS & DRIVES

Gold: Hägglunds Atom

Bosch Rexroth

Silver: Twin Multi-Drive

One Motion

Bronze: DS2020 Digital Servo Drive

Moog Inc.

SENSORS

Gold: AWR Antenna on Package Sensor

Texas Instruments

Silver: Cordis Electronic Flow Controllers

Clippard

Bronze: SBV-01

INXPECT

Bronze: Tag-It Program

Regal Beloit

About the Author

Bob Vavra | Senior Content Director, Power & Motion and Machine Design

Bob Vavra is the Senior Content Director of Power & Motion and its sister publication Machine Design. Vavra has had a long career in publishing, media and events. He has covered all aspects of manufacturing for the past 20 years and is a regular attendee at events such as IMTS and Hannover Messe. Vavra is also a sought-after webcast moderator and event emcee, and has presided over events in the U.S., Germany and China.