Specification Guides

Our Specification Guides offer detailed, unbiased explanations of a wide range of industrial products and services. Use them to plan your next project.
Building and Construction

Building and construction categories include all types of products, equipment and services related to the construction industry.
(230 Guides)

Data Acquisition and Signal Conditioning

Collection, filtering, and modification of sensor signals from physical processes for logging and analysis.
(30 Guides)

Electrical and Electronics

Components and products used in electrical or electronics circuits.
(239 Guides)

Flow Control and Fluid Transfer

Machines and devices, including valves, meters and computer controllers, used to manage the movement of materials.
(104 Guides)

Fluid Power

Devices using pressurized air, water, gas, and/or special fluids for power transmission.
(36 Guides)

Imaging and Video Equipment

Equipment and components for the capture, processing, display and storage of video signals in analog or digital format.
(34 Guides)

Industrial and Engineering Software

Software designed for engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance, and other industrial applications.
(26 Guides)

Industrial Computers and Embedded Systems

Rugged computers, computer cards, microcontrollers and microprocessors, peripherals and software used in industrial or manufacturing environments, such as in factory floors, engineering offices, and other industrial sites.
(41 Guides)

Lab Equipment and Scientific Instruments

Equipment and consumables related to and used in clinical and research laboratories for the preparation, separation and analysis of samples.
(110 Guides)

Manufacturing and Process Equipment

Equipment for processing, manufacturing, handling, inspecting, storing, and transporting raw materials and finished products.
(297 Guides)

Material Handling and Packaging Equipment

Equipment used to move, store, package any type of material; including forklift trucks, cranes, winches, hoists or hoisting equipment, conveyors, packaging, and labeling and marking equipment.
(44 Guides)

Materials and Chemicals

Materials consist of metals, ceramics, adhesives, polymers, composites, glasses or other specialty materials in raw stock or finished forms. Chemicals are the organic or inorganic molecular building blocks used in processing materials and adhesives.
(149 Guides)

Mechanical Components

Parts used in the assembly of mechanical systems.
(169 Guides)

Motion and Controls

Broad category of devices for guiding, sensing, measuring, and controlling single or multi-axis linear and rotary motion.
(162 Guides)

Networking and Communication Equipment

Equipment and software used in the representation, transfer, interpretation and processing of data among persons, places, and machines.
(44 Guides)

Optical Components and Optics

Equipment or components used in the creation, manipulation, or detection of light.
(85 Guides)

Semiconductors

Integrated circuits (ICs) and other solid state components.
(110 Guides)

Sensors, Transducers and Detectors

Devices that sense and convert physical information about the environment into a readable form such as analog voltage, current, charge, or frequency.
(141 Guides)

Specialized Industrial Products

Specialized industrial products are used in agricultural, environmental, biotechnology, broadcasting, clothing, educational, medical, office, food processing, wood processing, mining, transportation, navigation, and public service applications.
(107 Guides)

Test and Measurement Equipment

Instruments and sensors used to test, measure, analyze, control, calibrate, display and record data in laboratory and other testing situations.
(120 Guides)

Building and Construction Services

Building and construction services provide services to the building and construction industry.
(6 Guides)

Business Services

Business services are organizations, consultants, and companies that provide accounting, advertising, legal, marketing, management, personnel, recruiting, standards, and investment services to other businesses.
(14 Guides)

Calibration and Testing Services

Service companies specializing in material and component testing and instrument and system calibration.
(9 Guides)

Contract Manufacturing and Fabrication

Contract manufacturers and service companies specializing in the fabrication of custom or proprietary mechanical components and assemblies.
(44 Guides)

Electrical and Electronic Contract Manufacturing

Contract manufacturers and service companies specializing in the fabrication of custom or proprietary electrical and electronic components and assemblies.
(4 Guides)

Engineering and Technical Services

Services of an engineering or technical nature, including product design and research, education and training, and information systems support.
(12 Guides)

Industrial Automation Services

Suppliers providing equipment or systems related to machine design and component fabrication.
(1 Guide)

Industrial Maintenance

Suppliers providing services related to facilities maintenance, including equipment installation and repair.
(10 Guides)

Material Handling and Packaging Services

Suppliers that engage in material handling solutions including product packaging.
(4 Guides)

Specialized Industrial Services

Specialized industrial services are used by agricultural, environmental, biotechnology, broadcasting, clothing, educational, medical, office, food processing, wood processing, mining, transportation, navigation, and public service applications.
(12 Guides)