Design World’s Executive Editor Lisa Eitel and VP, Editorial Director Paul J. Heney presented the winners of the 2022 LEAP Awards on October 18th, 2022, in an online broadcast.
Winning entries in the 2022 LEAP (Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program) Awards were announced by WTWH Media today in 14 categories:
Additive Manufacturing Advanced Materials Connectivity Embedded Computing Fastener Technology Hydraulics Industrial Automation Mechanical Motion Control Pneumatics Power Electronics Software Switches & Sensors, and Test & Measurement.
These brands cross four of the company’s design engineering brands: Design World, Fluid Power World, Fastener Engineering, and EE World. This year’s winners were chosen by an independent judging panel of 14 engineering and academic professionals.
For each category, judges could award Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Honorable Mentions, but note that all categories do not necessarily have all of these medalists, based on the scoring. All medalists and Honorable Mentions can use the winner logo in their marketing efforts: Click here for the winner logo.
And the winners for 2022 are:
Gold Arize Orthotic Solution HP
The judges commented: “Customized orthotic devices can provide more comfort to the patient. Using the right materials and technology is very promising in the field of personal healthcare solutions.” Congratulations!
Silver Additive Molding – Airbus Bracket Project ARRIS
Bronze H350 3D Printer Stratasys
The judges commented: “Brilliant product that has numerous industrial applications, and its use of carbon monoxide to decrease the carbon footprint is a wonderful bonus!” Congratulations!
Gold BG24 and MG24 families of 2.4 GHz wireless SoCs Silicon Labs
The judges commented: “This is quite a forward-looking design!” Congratulations!
Silver (tie) Han-Modular Domino Module HARTING
Honorable Mention M Series High Power LEMO USA, Inc.
Gold (tie) Ambarella, Inc. CV3 AI Domain Controller SoC Family
The judges commented: “This cutting-edge hardware is combined with a comprehensive set of mature software tools and a robust SDK.” Congratulations!
Gold (tie) Lattice Semiconductor Lattice CertusPro-NX
The judges commented: “Love that it is able to deliver great performance while consuming a fraction of the power of similar devices.” Congratulations!
Honorable Mention Microchip Technology Microchip PIC32CM LS60 MCU
Gold HellermannTyton Stud Mount Ratchet Clamp
The judges commented: “Good design and practical for applications throughout several fields. This would be a great product to see in the aerospace segment.” Congratulations!
Gold DGD Fluid Power Cartridge Flow Transmitter (CFT)
The judges commented: “This product lands in the ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’ category. One of the major hassles in using a flow meter is installation, packaging, and footprint. Conceptually, the CFT address these challenges in a practical and useful way with a form factor that is easy to implement into a circuit.” Congratulations!
Silver Danfoss Power Solutions shhark® low-noise gear pump
Bronze Webtec RFS200 Run-time Meter
Gold Banner Engineering DXMR90-X1 Industrial Controller
The judges commented: “The DXMR90-X1 Industrial Controller is a well-executed repackaging of existing technologies that simplifies the integration of mature Modbus networked sensors into industrial networks such as Modbus TCP, EtherNet/IP, and PROFINET. The smaller footprint provides machine builders with more packaging and cabling options reducing the time to assemble and connect into existing equipment into modern control systems.” Congratulations!
Silver ELESA S.p.A. M.2000-SWM
Honorable Mention Red Lion Controls Graphical Panel Meter, PM-50
Honorable Mention Richardson Electronics, Ltd. ULTRA3000®
Gold System Seals, Inc. VORTEX Main Bearing Seal
The judges commented: “A novel solution to a recognized problem. Its greatest virtue is its simplicity.” Congratulations!
Silver Ogura Industrial Corp. MCNB-HS series brakes
Gold ADVANCED Motion Controls 60-amp Continuous FlexPro Servo Drives
The judges commented: “Getting the footprint so small is a game-changer; the space saving is really incredible.” Congratulations!
Silver Kyntronics Inc. SMART Electro-Hydraulic Actuator for Autonomous Robot Transport Vehicle
Bronze Rockwell Automation PowerFlex 755TS variable frequency drive
Gold Norgren Excelon® Plus Integrated Electronic Pressure Sensor
The judges commented: “Love the space savings, and the addition of the flow sensor is an excellent idea.” Congratulations!
Silver Emerson AV/AES Valve System with integrated OPC UA
Gold Nichicon America SLB Small Lithium-Titanate Battery
The judges commented: “These Lithium-Ion batteries are feature packed. The low risk of ignition and wide operating temperature range make them a desirable board level choice.” Congratulations!
Silver Power Integrations InnoSwitch 3 AQ 1700
Bronze Texas Instruments TPSI3050-Q1 and TPSI2140-Q1 solid-state relays
Honorable Mention Navitas Semiconductor GaNFast™ Half-Bridge IC with GaNSense™ Technology (NV6247)
Honorable Mention Empower Semiconductor EP71xx series of Integrated Voltage Regulators (IVRs)
The judges commented: “This is a marvelous tool for any engineers who are dealing with drives and conveyors.” Congratulations!
Silver Paro Software B.V. HydroSym
Bronze Beckhoff Automation TwinCAT/BSD Hypervisor
Gold Texas Instruments AWR2944 single-chip radar sensor
The judges commented: “A very useful advanced radar sensor — and a huge improvement in this field.” Congratulations!
Bronze SCHURTER Capacitive Hidden Switch – CHS
Honorable Mention Omega Engineering HANI Clamp Temperature Sensor
Gold Liquid Instruments Moku:Pro
The judges commented: “An interesting and innovative multi-instrument unit; great work!” Congratulations!
Silver MTI Instruments – A Vitrek Company 1520 Signal Simulator and Calibrator
Bronze Tektronix, Inc. 2 Series Mixed Signal Oscilloscope
Once again, all medalists and Honorable Mentions can use the winner logo in their marketing efforts: Click here for the winner logo. Congratulations to all of the 2022 winners!
Paul J. Heney, the VP, Editorial Director for Design World magazine, has a BS in Engineering Science & Mechanics and minors in Technical Communications and Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Tech. He has written about fluid power, aerospace, robotics, medical, green engineering, and general manufacturing topics for nearly 25 years. He has won numerous regional and national awards for his writing from the American Society of Business Publication Editors.
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