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The Automation, Control and Energy platform (AC&E) of Kaman Distribution,
composed of the combination of Minarik and Zeller, is a leading provider
of automation, control and energy management components, systems and
services to original equipment manufacturers, industrial production plants
and infrastructure facilities throughout North America.
Specific benefits AC&E customers
enjoy include:
Single-Point Sourcing
Whether you need a part or a system,
standard or custom, simple or advanced,
AC&E has the resources and capabilities
to satisfy all of your automation, control
and energy needs.
Extensive Engineering Expertise,
Innovation and Collaboration
AC&E’s staff of accomplished electrical,
industrial, chemical and mechanical engi-
neers draw upon their talents, experience
and knowledge of existing and emerging
technologies to work collaboratively with
you to develop innovative and effective
solutions for a wide variety of automation,
control and energy challenges.
Local Service; National Footprint
AC&E’s nationwide network of facilities
makes it a leading North American
provider of automation, control and energy
solutions, offering the economies of scale
necessary to deliver high-value products
and services, while still providing custom-
ers with the local service and support they
need and expect.
Return on Investment
Whether due to our significant buying
power, broad-based capabilities, extensive
experience, time-proven processes, cutting
edge facilities or technical knowledge
base, AC&E customers enjoy lower total
costs of ownership, which leads to higher
returns on investments.
Continuous Process Improvement
Our extensive capabilities in engineering,
analysis, assessment, specification
development, procurement, assembly and
quality control combined with our commit-
ment to continuous improvement and
our established history of on-time delivery
makes working with AC&E a low-risk
investment. AC&E customers rely on our
process-driven approach and dedication to
high quality and repeatable dependability
to provide them the best results at the
lowest cost.
The Kaman AC&E Promise AC&E commits to providing the right solution to you to not only help optimize
your process but also reduce your total cost of ownership. We have the
expertise and capacity to provide end-to-end, custom engineered system
solutions. We can also supply you with the right component to get you up
and running quickly. Focusing on your needs, exceeding your expectations
and making you successful is the foundation of everything we do.
Locations
Kaman has AC&E locations in key
metropolitan markets coast to coast.
Our engineers, technicians and special-
ists operating out of 27 North American
locations are ready to provide you with
the expertise, design, solutions, systems
and components you need to keep your
operation running smoothly, efficiently
and profitably.
Compo
nent
Sourc
ing
Engin
eerin
g, Des
ign & Bu
ild
Syste
m Insta
llation
& Integ
ration
Monito
ring &
Repo
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Mainten
ance
& Trou
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g
Afterm
arket
Parts
& Repa
ir
Field
Servi
ces &
Train
ing
• Anaheim, CA
• Boise, ID
• Boston, MA
• Buffalo, NY
• Charlotte, NC
• Cleveland, OH
• Dallas, TX
• Denver, CO
• Elmira, NY
• Foxboro, MA
• Hartford, CT
• Houston, TX
• Kalamazoo, MI
• Minneapolis, MN
• Philadelphia, PA
• Phoenix, AZ
• Portland, OR
• Rochester, NY
• Salt Lake City, UT
• San Antonio, TX
• San Diego, CA
• San Jose, CA
• Seattle, WA
• Syracuse, NY
• Toronto, ON
• Tulsa, OK
• Winston-Salem, NC
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Kaman AC&E History AC&E is a new and unique enterprise built on the foundations of three highly
respected organizations: Kaman Industrial Technologies, Zeller Corporation
and Minarik Corporation. Separately, each company holds leadership
positions in their markets; together as AC&E, we are well positioned to help
bring North American manufacturing, processing and infrastructure back to
a leading role in the global economy.
About Kaman
Since its founding in 1945, Kaman
Corporation has grown to become a
world-leading innovator in the aviation
industry and one of North America’s
largest industrial distributors and systems
consultants. The company, publicly traded
on the New York Stock Exchange (KAMN)
features two operating units.
Kaman Aerospace produces proprietary
aircraft components and systems and
provides design engineering, support,
analysis and certification services to the
aerospace industry.
Kaman Distribution is one of North
America’s leading distributors of power
transmission, motion control and fluid
power products, offering best-in-class
brands and value-priced components
along with fully integrated engineered
solutions. Kaman Distribution has three
product platforms: Bearings & Power
Transmission; Fluid Power; and
Automation, Control & Energy—AC&E.
About Minarik
Since its founding in 1954 as a motor
distributor and repair station, Minarik has
added associated product lines and distri-
bution capabilities ideal for a wide range
of automation and control applications,
making it the only motion control distribu-
tor with a nationwide footprint.
As part of its evolution, Minarik
developed custom engineering capa-
bilities to help customers enhance their
manufacturing processes with intelligent
product integration and value-focused
design engineering.
Recognizing the value inherent in the
company’s product and service offerings,
extensive engineering expertise and
national footprint, Kaman acquired
Minarik in 2010.
About Zeller
Founded in 1961 as a general line
electrical distributor, Zeller became an
early adopter of programmable logic
controllers for automated control appli-
cations, and began partnering with its
customers to develop and implement
scalable solutions for their automation
controls challenges.
Through organic growth and strategic
acquisitions, Zeller developed exceptional
expertise in motion control, machine
vision inspection, process control and
power distribution.
Kaman acquired Zeller in 2012 to
combine its expertise with Minarik’s
extensive and complementary proficien-
cies, which has led to the development
of Kaman’s Automation, Control &
Energy platform.
Intelligent Sensing
• Auto ID
• Bar Codes
• Distance Measurement
Systems
• Process Sensors
• RFID
• Smart Sensors
• Vision Inspection Systems
Motion Control
• Direct Drive
• Electrical Actuators
• Integrated Motors
• Motion Controllers
• Robotics
• Servo Systems
• Stepper Systems
Precision Mechanical
• Ball Rail and Roller Rail
• Ball Screws
• Gearing
• Linear Motion Systems
• Mechanical Actuators
• Precision Actuators
• Precision Stages
• Safety Devices
• Software Systems and
Data Acquisition
• Telemetry
Power & Energy
• Building Control
• Enclosed VFD’s
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• Energy Management
• IEC & NEMA Motor
Control Centers
• Machine Efficiency
Optimization
• Power Monitoring
• Switchgear
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Customer First We believe the key element of our success is our customers’ long-term
profitability, and the best way for us to ensure they achieve their goals is
through partnering with them and co-investing to make certain their
expectations are met or exceeded each and every time they work with us.
Whether our solutions are driving assem-
bly lines, reducing energy consumption,
raising drawbridges, training pilots,
producing life-saving medical devices,
protecting workers, packaging products,
building machines, assuring quality or
anything in between, AC&E solutions are
delivered with the singular focus of provid-
ing customer satisfaction.
Our customers include more than the
people who buy from us; we also
consider their customers, our suppliers,
our employees and our communities to be
AC&E customers. We know that they each
have specific needs today, but we expect
they will have even greater needs tomorrow.
To be prepared for the future we strive to
constantly get better. Whether we need to
improve our current approach, consider
alternative methods, incorporate emerging
technologies or any combination of the
above, we expect to get better every time.
We employ over 500 people—including
more than 75 degreed engineers, techni-
cians and specialists—operating out of 27
strategically located facilities throughout
North America. We stand today as the only
organization of its kind—a nationwide, fully
integrated provider of industrial solutions
with the resources necessary to fulfill the
needs of original equipment manufactur-
ers, industrial production plants and infra-
structure facilities. But we are not satisfied
with what we are; we are driven by what
we are going to be. Our customers want
to accomplish things; we plan to help
them do that.
ProductsWith a product offering that provides components and systems for a broad
range of applications, Kaman delivers value added automation, engineering
and integration solutions through its Minarik and Zeller divisions.
Automation
• HMI
• Machine Controllers
• Networking and IO Devices
• PC Based Controls
• PLC, PAC, Controllers
• Process Controls
Electrical & Mechanical
Power Transmission
• AC & DC Drives
• AC & DC Motors
• Clutches and brakes
• Encoders, resolvers,
and tachometers
• Gear Motors
• Gearboxes
Electrical Products
• Building Wire
• Cable
• Circuit Protection
• Conduit
• Fittings and Enclosures
• Sourcing Procurement
Services
• Wire Management Systems
• Wiring Devices
Industrial Controls
• Circuit Breakers &
Contactors
• Enclosure Climate Control
• Enclosures
• General Control Panel
Components
• Hazardous Location
Control Systems
• Industrial PC’s and Displays
• Motor Controls
• Motor Starters & Protection
• Power Supplies
• Pushbuttons & Switches
• Relays & Timers
• Sensors
• Stack lights & Signals
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Distribution Whether you need a single component or a fully integrated turn-key
engineered system, AC&E has the resources required for fast, effective
and value-enhancing solutions to meet your needs.
As a national organization, AC&E can
leverage its footprint, vast corporate
and intellectual resources and extensive
economies of scale to offer exceptional
products and services at technology’s
leading edge, all at cost levels designed to
provide you, our customers, a high return
on your investments.
While our sheer size gives us strength, our
presence in local markets, industry-specific
expertise and unyielding commitment to
putting our customers first allows us to be
responsive, nimble and highly effective in
satisfying your needs.
With an extensive inventory of more than
100,000 SKUs and 135 brands, AC&E
offers immediate access to virtually any
component involving precision mechan-
ical; electrical and mechanical power
transmission; motion control; automation;
industrial controls; and power and energy
applications for both the original equip-
ment manufacturer (OEM) markets as well
as the maintenance, repair and operations
(MRO) field for most manufacturing and
processing industries.
procedures; production volume and
demand timing; shipping requirements;
and any in-field technical support needs.
Five specific areas where AC&E adds
value to OEM Control Panel develop-
ment include Value Engineering, Kaizen
events, Component Inventory Manage-
ment, Code/Standard Compliance and
Enhanced Manufacturing.
• ValueEngineering – This process
typically involves a detailed technical
review of the customer’s application
and bill of materials. Our engineers
work with our supply chain specialists
to specify the most price competitive
components, while ensuring compli-
ance with function and design objec-
tives. This process includes a focus on
manufacturing efficiencies and other
benefits derived from a Design for
Manufacturing approach.
• KaizenEvents – Frequently used
to support Value Engineering exercis-
es, AC&E often hosts Kaizen Events
involving a customer’s engineering,
purchasing, manufacturing and pro-
duct managers. AC&E facilitators work
directly with the customer to achieve
cost reduction goals but frequently find
that the synergistic cooperation also
leads to improvements to the overall
product design.
• ComponentInventory
Management– Engineered inventory
management and stocking agreements
allow AC&E to assure its OEM custom-
ers that the necessary components will
be available during standard and peak
production cycles.
• CodesandStandards
Compliance – The AC&E team can
work as a virtual extension of your
product engineering team, modifying
designs for compliance to the
applicable NEC/UL, IEC/CE and
other codes as required, and can
typically provide the construction file
necessary for final CE marking or
system installation.
• EnhancedManufacturing
Capabilities – AC&E manufacturing
capabilities are not limited to control
panels and cables. Depending upon the
product type and physical size, custom
electromechanical sub-assemblies and
fully assembled and tested complemen-
tary products are also available.
Custom Enclosures
With the resources to design and build
control panels for most applications,
regardless of mechanical, environmental
or regulatory constraints, AC&E is uniquely
suited to help our customers meet their
custom enclosure challenges.
AC&E Credentials
ISO9001:2008Certified – Zeller
operates a Quality Management
System that complies with
the requirements for the
distribution and manufac-
turing of our products. The
ISO certification status demonstrates our
commitment to the global network that
identifies and develops international
standards for business and government.
ULListings – Underwriters Laboratories
Inc. (UL®) is an independent, not-for-profit
product safety testing and certification
organization. Zeller holds several UL
Registered Listings and has labeling ability
for seven active listings.
• UL1203 Control Panels for
Hazardous Locations
• UL698A Intrinsically
Safe Control Panels
• UL508A Control Panels
• UL845 Motor Control Centers
• UL845 Restricted Type 4X
• UL891 Switchboards
• UL231 Power Distribution Units
• UL67 Panel Boards
• UL (UR)/CSA Certification for
Wiring Harnesses
• IPC/WHMA-A-620A Cable
Process Excellence
ISO
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Manufacturing Capabilities AC&E services go beyond advanced engineering and design to include the
manufacture, installation and commissioning of engineered solutions.
We serve as an extension of our
customers’ procurement, engineer-
ing and manufacturing teams. Where
required, we can refine existing designs
for compliance with end-user operation-
al, safety, quality and final documenta-
tion requirements.
In some cases, AC&E is engaged to be
the prime contractor, acting as your
single point of contact and accepting
responsibility for a project’s overall
management and administration. Our
production operations are modern,
organized, clean and efficient to make
sure your expectations are always met
or exceeded.
Documentation
Our assembly groups’ rigorous
documentation and evaluation stan-
dards ensure the new solutions we
create provide expected and repeatable
outcomes. We can also review existing
documentation and help bring it up to
date, incorporating the existing “tribal
knowledge” known on the floor but not
yet recorded, or create new documen-
tation to make current our customers’
applications.
OEM Control Panels
AC&E engineers are available to examine
our customers’ control panel require-
ments; manufacturing and testing
Precision Mechanical
Representative components include gear
reducers, ball-, lead- and roller-screws,
profiled and round rail, rack-and-pinion
devices, couplings, rod and rodless actu-
ators, rotary and linear actuators, brakes
and clamps, and other similar products.
Electrical & Mechanical
Power Transmission
This product category includes gears
and gearboxes, AC/DC motors,
AC/DC drives, industrial actuators,
pulleys and belts, chains, sprockets,
and other products that transfer energy
from its source to a controlled application.
Motion Control
Motion control devices include servo
systems, stepper motors and drives,
robotics and other related components
that use mechanical force to assure reliable
movement in precise and repeatable ways.
Automation
We offer an extensive array of automation
products, including programmable logic
controllers (PLCs), human-machine inter-
faces (HMIs) and input/output devices as
well as systems for supervisory control and
data acquisition (SCADA), plant networks
and enterprise systems.
Industrial Controls
Industrial control products range from
on/off switches to
proximity safety
switches to
components
on a total system
control panel.
Power & Energy
Power and energy products include trans-
formers, conditioners, surge protectors,
switchgear and uninterruptable power
supply systems to assure adequate and
stable energy flow. Monitoring, controlling
and consumption-reduction systems help
users lower operating costs and encourage
environmentally sustainable energy usage.
OEM customers turn to AC&E for “green”
solutions to help them build more sustain-
able machines, including automation
architecture assistance, motor sizing and
control guidance, variable speed drive
incorporation and help with efficient
operational resource matching with
regard to load-based power modulation,
interface attributes and other sustainability
considerations.
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Engineering CapabilitiesAC&E provides customized engineering services and manufacturing
capabilities for a wide range of OEM, industrial, processing and
infrastructure applications.
AC&E customers have the opportunity to
leverage our extensive engineering
resources to improve productivity, lower
costs, speed throughput, enhance quality,
solve problems and/or give them a
competitive advantage in their marketplace.
AC&E provides engineered process and
machine automation control solutions and
advanced energy management systems.
Often acting as an extension of our custom-
ers’ engineering teams, we base each
custom solution on individual business
goals, technical specifications and
commercial requirements. AC&E solutions
include engineering and integration services
over a wide variety of applications, including:
• Automation, motion control, information
technology, robotics, overall equipment
efficiency (OEE)
• Control panel design and assembly,
custom-built variable frequency drives
• Instrumentation, SCADA, telemetry/
wireless communications, networking,
PLC programming
• Power distribution, monitoring and
measurement; energy management,
lighting control, critical power and
custom power equipment
• Data center integration project manage-
ment; critical systems communications
and data collection; supply integration
and startup; NETW testing of low and
medium voltage switchgear
Application Engineering
Our application engineering group has
the ability to understand, analyze and
document your needs to deliver engi-
neered solutions concepts and proposals
that include the best combination of
components, engineering, assembly,
testing, commissioning and other require-
ments necessary to meet project needs
and goals.
Motion Control
With a long history of providing motion
control solutions, AC&E can draw from
its extensive hardware inventory, soft-
ware development skills and engineering
acumen to develop application specific
solutions for both OEM and MRO needs.
Vision Inspection
Utilizing the most current vision and
motion technologies, AC&E develops
solutions to solve high-speed automated
manufacturing challenges in the areas of
guidance, inspection, identification, track
& trace and gauging. Our automated
inspection and handling systems are
used throughout the automotive, medical
device, pharmaceutical and consumer
packaged goods.
Automation and
Industrial Controls
AC&E delivers automation solutions
from machine design and startup to
optimization on the plant floor. Original
equipment manufacturers and industrial
end users have come to rely on our
design capabilities, manufacturing
experience, customer training, technical
support, kitting, outsourcing and other
value added services.
Water/Waste Water
Process Control
With more than 2,000 successfully
installed water/wastewater process
control systems in our portfolio, AC&E is
uniquely qualified to serve municipalities
and industry. Our services include consult-
ing, manufacturing and implementation of
custom process control solutions ranging
from cutting edge SCADA systems and
telemetry to custom control panel fabri-
cation, PLC programming, installation,
technical support and service.
Machine Safety Solutions
AC&E offers both OEMs and end users
extensive capabilities to specify and
design machine safety solutions specific
to their needs. Whether it involves circuit
design, electromechancial or electrical
control components, hardware or soft-
ware, our experts can supply off-the-shelf
systems or develop customized solu-
tions to ensure specified machine safety
requirements are met.
Productivity Solutions
AC&E productivity products include
overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
monitoring and reporting solutions that
allow production and process managers
to view performance variables important
to managing production efficiency. Other
productivity solutions can include SCADA
systems and track & t1race machine
control systems using machine vision or
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to
monitor and improve productivity.
Building Control &
Utilities Management
Our capabilities extend beyond plant floor
equipment to the actual physical plant to
help ensure reliable power, dependable
equipment and environmentally sustain-
able consumption. Our WAGES (water,
air, gas, electric and steam) monitoring
system analyzes the utilities entering our
customers’ building(s), and provides facility
managers with the energy consumption
and coordination data necessary to ensure
effective resource usage.
Facility Improvements
AC&E can provide power and commu-
nications infrastructure solutions and
support for virtually any industrial or
institutional facility. Solutions include
power distribution, energy management,
networking, SCADA and telemetry. Other
services include machining and process
control wiring; in-plant equipment reloca-
tion, reconnection or installation; and facility
commissioning and decommissioning.
Value Engineering Services
Value engineering involves taking a system
that meets its functional objectives and
turning it into one that meets its financial
objectives. Examples include taking an
existing production machine design and
finding ways to reduce the cost to produce
it, whether that involves alternative prod-
ucts to lower component costs, changing
wiring systems to lower labor costs, or
running Kaizen events to improve the
manufacturing processes.
Other Value-Added Capabilities
AC&E is well equipped to provide a
comprehensive range of services
including, but not limited to:
• Assembly and Sub Assembly
• Custom Cabling
• Custom Engineering
• Custom Framing and Welding
• Custom Stages & Actuator Design
• Mechanical Assembly
• Mechanical Linear Motion Fabrication
• Mechatronic System Design
• Motion Systems Design
• On-Site Support
• Programming Support
• Project Management
• Safety Systems & Guarding
• SolidWorks/AutoCAD®
• Vision System Development
8 9
Engineering CapabilitiesAC&E provides customized engineering services and manufacturing
capabilities for a wide range of OEM, industrial, processing and
infrastructure applications.
AC&E customers have the opportunity to
leverage our extensive engineering
resources to improve productivity, lower
costs, speed throughput, enhance quality,
solve problems and/or give them a
competitive advantage in their marketplace.
AC&E provides engineered process and
machine automation control solutions and
advanced energy management systems.
Often acting as an extension of our custom-
ers’ engineering teams, we base each
custom solution on individual business
goals, technical specifications and
commercial requirements. AC&E solutions
include engineering and integration services
over a wide variety of applications, including:
• Automation, motion control, information
technology, robotics, overall equipment
efficiency (OEE)
• Control panel design and assembly,
custom-built variable frequency drives
• Instrumentation, SCADA, telemetry/
wireless communications, networking,
PLC programming
• Power distribution, monitoring and
measurement; energy management,
lighting control, critical power and
custom power equipment
• Data center integration project manage-
ment; critical systems communications
and data collection; supply integration
and startup; NETW testing of low and
medium voltage switchgear
Application Engineering
Our application engineering group has
the ability to understand, analyze and
document your needs to deliver engi-
neered solutions concepts and proposals
that include the best combination of
components, engineering, assembly,
testing, commissioning and other require-
ments necessary to meet project needs
and goals.
Motion Control
With a long history of providing motion
control solutions, AC&E can draw from
its extensive hardware inventory, soft-
ware development skills and engineering
acumen to develop application specific
solutions for both OEM and MRO needs.
Vision Inspection
Utilizing the most current vision and
motion technologies, AC&E develops
solutions to solve high-speed automated
manufacturing challenges in the areas of
guidance, inspection, identification, track
& trace and gauging. Our automated
inspection and handling systems are
used throughout the automotive, medical
device, pharmaceutical and consumer
packaged goods.
Automation and
Industrial Controls
AC&E delivers automation solutions
from machine design and startup to
optimization on the plant floor. Original
equipment manufacturers and industrial
end users have come to rely on our
design capabilities, manufacturing
experience, customer training, technical
support, kitting, outsourcing and other
value added services.
Water/Waste Water
Process Control
With more than 2,000 successfully
installed water/wastewater process
control systems in our portfolio, AC&E is
uniquely qualified to serve municipalities
and industry. Our services include consult-
ing, manufacturing and implementation of
custom process control solutions ranging
from cutting edge SCADA systems and
telemetry to custom control panel fabri-
cation, PLC programming, installation,
technical support and service.
Machine Safety Solutions
AC&E offers both OEMs and end users
extensive capabilities to specify and
design machine safety solutions specific
to their needs. Whether it involves circuit
design, electromechancial or electrical
control components, hardware or soft-
ware, our experts can supply off-the-shelf
systems or develop customized solu-
tions to ensure specified machine safety
requirements are met.
Productivity Solutions
AC&E productivity products include
overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
monitoring and reporting solutions that
allow production and process managers
to view performance variables important
to managing production efficiency. Other
productivity solutions can include SCADA
systems and track & t1race machine
control systems using machine vision or
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to
monitor and improve productivity.
Building Control &
Utilities Management
Our capabilities extend beyond plant floor
equipment to the actual physical plant to
help ensure reliable power, dependable
equipment and environmentally sustain-
able consumption. Our WAGES (water,
air, gas, electric and steam) monitoring
system analyzes the utilities entering our
customers’ building(s), and provides facility
managers with the energy consumption
and coordination data necessary to ensure
effective resource usage.
Facility Improvements
AC&E can provide power and commu-
nications infrastructure solutions and
support for virtually any industrial or
institutional facility. Solutions include
power distribution, energy management,
networking, SCADA and telemetry. Other
services include machining and process
control wiring; in-plant equipment reloca-
tion, reconnection or installation; and facility
commissioning and decommissioning.
Value Engineering Services
Value engineering involves taking a system
that meets its functional objectives and
turning it into one that meets its financial
objectives. Examples include taking an
existing production machine design and
finding ways to reduce the cost to produce
it, whether that involves alternative prod-
ucts to lower component costs, changing
wiring systems to lower labor costs, or
running Kaizen events to improve the
manufacturing processes.
Other Value-Added Capabilities
AC&E is well equipped to provide a
comprehensive range of services
including, but not limited to:
• Assembly and Sub Assembly
• Custom Cabling
• Custom Engineering
• Custom Framing and Welding
• Custom Stages & Actuator Design
• Mechanical Assembly
• Mechanical Linear Motion Fabrication
• Mechatronic System Design
• Motion Systems Design
• On-Site Support
• Programming Support
• Project Management
• Safety Systems & Guarding
• SolidWorks/AutoCAD®
• Vision System Development
10 7
Manufacturing Capabilities AC&E services go beyond advanced engineering and design to include the
manufacture, installation and commissioning of engineered solutions.
We serve as an extension of our
customers’ procurement, engineer-
ing and manufacturing teams. Where
required, we can refine existing designs
for compliance with end-user operation-
al, safety, quality and final documenta-
tion requirements.
In some cases, AC&E is engaged to be
the prime contractor, acting as your
single point of contact and accepting
responsibility for a project’s overall
management and administration. Our
production operations are modern,
organized, clean and efficient to make
sure your expectations are always met
or exceeded.
Documentation
Our assembly groups’ rigorous
documentation and evaluation stan-
dards ensure the new solutions we
create provide expected and repeatable
outcomes. We can also review existing
documentation and help bring it up to
date, incorporating the existing “tribal
knowledge” known on the floor but not
yet recorded, or create new documen-
tation to make current our customers’
applications.
OEM Control Panels
AC&E engineers are available to examine
our customers’ control panel require-
ments; manufacturing and testing
Precision Mechanical
Representative components include gear
reducers, ball-, lead- and roller-screws,
profiled and round rail, rack-and-pinion
devices, couplings, rod and rodless actu-
ators, rotary and linear actuators, brakes
and clamps, and other similar products.
Electrical & Mechanical
Power Transmission
This product category includes gears
and gearboxes, AC/DC motors,
AC/DC drives, industrial actuators,
pulleys and belts, chains, sprockets,
and other products that transfer energy
from its source to a controlled application.
Motion Control
Motion control devices include servo
systems, stepper motors and drives,
robotics and other related components
that use mechanical force to assure reliable
movement in precise and repeatable ways.
Automation
We offer an extensive array of automation
products, including programmable logic
controllers (PLCs), human-machine inter-
faces (HMIs) and input/output devices as
well as systems for supervisory control and
data acquisition (SCADA), plant networks
and enterprise systems.
Industrial Controls
Industrial control products range from
on/off switches to
proximity safety
switches to
components
on a total system
control panel.
Power & Energy
Power and energy products include trans-
formers, conditioners, surge protectors,
switchgear and uninterruptable power
supply systems to assure adequate and
stable energy flow. Monitoring, controlling
and consumption-reduction systems help
users lower operating costs and encourage
environmentally sustainable energy usage.
OEM customers turn to AC&E for “green”
solutions to help them build more sustain-
able machines, including automation
architecture assistance, motor sizing and
control guidance, variable speed drive
incorporation and help with efficient
operational resource matching with
regard to load-based power modulation,
interface attributes and other sustainability
considerations.
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Distribution Whether you need a single component or a fully integrated turn-key
engineered system, AC&E has the resources required for fast, effective
and value-enhancing solutions to meet your needs.
As a national organization, AC&E can
leverage its footprint, vast corporate
and intellectual resources and extensive
economies of scale to offer exceptional
products and services at technology’s
leading edge, all at cost levels designed to
provide you, our customers, a high return
on your investments.
While our sheer size gives us strength, our
presence in local markets, industry-specific
expertise and unyielding commitment to
putting our customers first allows us to be
responsive, nimble and highly effective in
satisfying your needs.
With an extensive inventory of more than
100,000 SKUs and 135 brands, AC&E
offers immediate access to virtually any
component involving precision mechan-
ical; electrical and mechanical power
transmission; motion control; automation;
industrial controls; and power and energy
applications for both the original equip-
ment manufacturer (OEM) markets as well
as the maintenance, repair and operations
(MRO) field for most manufacturing and
processing industries.
procedures; production volume and
demand timing; shipping requirements;
and any in-field technical support needs.
Five specific areas where AC&E adds
value to OEM Control Panel develop-
ment include Value Engineering, Kaizen
events, Component Inventory Manage-
ment, Code/Standard Compliance and
Enhanced Manufacturing.
• ValueEngineering – This process
typically involves a detailed technical
review of the customer’s application
and bill of materials. Our engineers
work with our supply chain specialists
to specify the most price competitive
components, while ensuring compli-
ance with function and design objec-
tives. This process includes a focus on
manufacturing efficiencies and other
benefits derived from a Design for
Manufacturing approach.
• KaizenEvents – Frequently used
to support Value Engineering exercis-
es, AC&E often hosts Kaizen Events
involving a customer’s engineering,
purchasing, manufacturing and pro-
duct managers. AC&E facilitators work
directly with the customer to achieve
cost reduction goals but frequently find
that the synergistic cooperation also
leads to improvements to the overall
product design.
• ComponentInventory
Management– Engineered inventory
management and stocking agreements
allow AC&E to assure its OEM custom-
ers that the necessary components will
be available during standard and peak
production cycles.
• CodesandStandards
Compliance – The AC&E team can
work as a virtual extension of your
product engineering team, modifying
designs for compliance to the
applicable NEC/UL, IEC/CE and
other codes as required, and can
typically provide the construction file
necessary for final CE marking or
system installation.
• EnhancedManufacturing
Capabilities – AC&E manufacturing
capabilities are not limited to control
panels and cables. Depending upon the
product type and physical size, custom
electromechanical sub-assemblies and
fully assembled and tested complemen-
tary products are also available.
Custom Enclosures
With the resources to design and build
control panels for most applications,
regardless of mechanical, environmental
or regulatory constraints, AC&E is uniquely
suited to help our customers meet their
custom enclosure challenges.
AC&E Credentials
ISO9001:2008Certified – Zeller
operates a Quality Management
System that complies with
the requirements for the
distribution and manufac-
turing of our products. The
ISO certification status demonstrates our
commitment to the global network that
identifies and develops international
standards for business and government.
ULListings – Underwriters Laboratories
Inc. (UL®) is an independent, not-for-profit
product safety testing and certification
organization. Zeller holds several UL
Registered Listings and has labeling ability
for seven active listings.
• UL1203 Control Panels for
Hazardous Locations
• UL698A Intrinsically
Safe Control Panels
• UL508A Control Panels
• UL845 Motor Control Centers
• UL845 Restricted Type 4X
• UL891 Switchboards
• UL231 Power Distribution Units
• UL67 Panel Boards
• UL (UR)/CSA Certification for
Wiring Harnesses
• IPC/WHMA-A-620A Cable
Process Excellence
ISO
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Customer First We believe the key element of our success is our customers’ long-term
profitability, and the best way for us to ensure they achieve their goals is
through partnering with them and co-investing to make certain their
expectations are met or exceeded each and every time they work with us.
Whether our solutions are driving assem-
bly lines, reducing energy consumption,
raising drawbridges, training pilots,
producing life-saving medical devices,
protecting workers, packaging products,
building machines, assuring quality or
anything in between, AC&E solutions are
delivered with the singular focus of provid-
ing customer satisfaction.
Our customers include more than the
people who buy from us; we also
consider their customers, our suppliers,
our employees and our communities to be
AC&E customers. We know that they each
have specific needs today, but we expect
they will have even greater needs tomorrow.
To be prepared for the future we strive to
constantly get better. Whether we need to
improve our current approach, consider
alternative methods, incorporate emerging
technologies or any combination of the
above, we expect to get better every time.
We employ over 500 people—including
more than 75 degreed engineers, techni-
cians and specialists—operating out of 27
strategically located facilities throughout
North America. We stand today as the only
organization of its kind—a nationwide, fully
integrated provider of industrial solutions
with the resources necessary to fulfill the
needs of original equipment manufactur-
ers, industrial production plants and infra-
structure facilities. But we are not satisfied
with what we are; we are driven by what
we are going to be. Our customers want
to accomplish things; we plan to help
them do that.
ProductsWith a product offering that provides components and systems for a broad
range of applications, Kaman delivers value added automation, engineering
and integration solutions through its Minarik and Zeller divisions.
Automation
• HMI
• Machine Controllers
• Networking and IO Devices
• PC Based Controls
• PLC, PAC, Controllers
• Process Controls
Electrical & Mechanical
Power Transmission
• AC & DC Drives
• AC & DC Motors
• Clutches and brakes
• Encoders, resolvers,
and tachometers
• Gear Motors
• Gearboxes
Electrical Products
• Building Wire
• Cable
• Circuit Protection
• Conduit
• Fittings and Enclosures
• Sourcing Procurement
Services
• Wire Management Systems
• Wiring Devices
Industrial Controls
• Circuit Breakers &
Contactors
• Enclosure Climate Control
• Enclosures
• General Control Panel
Components
• Hazardous Location
Control Systems
• Industrial PC’s and Displays
• Motor Controls
• Motor Starters & Protection
• Power Supplies
• Pushbuttons & Switches
• Relays & Timers
• Sensors
• Stack lights & Signals
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Kaman AC&E History AC&E is a new and unique enterprise built on the foundations of three highly
respected organizations: Kaman Industrial Technologies, Zeller Corporation
and Minarik Corporation. Separately, each company holds leadership
positions in their markets; together as AC&E, we are well positioned to help
bring North American manufacturing, processing and infrastructure back to
a leading role in the global economy.
About Kaman
Since its founding in 1945, Kaman
Corporation has grown to become a
world-leading innovator in the aviation
industry and one of North America’s
largest industrial distributors and systems
consultants. The company, publicly traded
on the New York Stock Exchange (KAMN)
features two operating units.
Kaman Aerospace produces proprietary
aircraft components and systems and
provides design engineering, support,
analysis and certification services to the
aerospace industry.
Kaman Distribution is one of North
America’s leading distributors of power
transmission, motion control and fluid
power products, offering best-in-class
brands and value-priced components
along with fully integrated engineered
solutions. Kaman Distribution has three
product platforms: Bearings & Power
Transmission; Fluid Power; and
Automation, Control & Energy—AC&E.
About Minarik
Since its founding in 1954 as a motor
distributor and repair station, Minarik has
added associated product lines and distri-
bution capabilities ideal for a wide range
of automation and control applications,
making it the only motion control distribu-
tor with a nationwide footprint.
As part of its evolution, Minarik
developed custom engineering capa-
bilities to help customers enhance their
manufacturing processes with intelligent
product integration and value-focused
design engineering.
Recognizing the value inherent in the
company’s product and service offerings,
extensive engineering expertise and
national footprint, Kaman acquired
Minarik in 2010.
About Zeller
Founded in 1961 as a general line
electrical distributor, Zeller became an
early adopter of programmable logic
controllers for automated control appli-
cations, and began partnering with its
customers to develop and implement
scalable solutions for their automation
controls challenges.
Through organic growth and strategic
acquisitions, Zeller developed exceptional
expertise in motion control, machine
vision inspection, process control and
power distribution.
Kaman acquired Zeller in 2012 to
combine its expertise with Minarik’s
extensive and complementary proficien-
cies, which has led to the development
of Kaman’s Automation, Control &
Energy platform.
Intelligent Sensing
• Auto ID
• Bar Codes
• Distance Measurement
Systems
• Process Sensors
• RFID
• Smart Sensors
• Vision Inspection Systems
Motion Control
• Direct Drive
• Electrical Actuators
• Integrated Motors
• Motion Controllers
• Robotics
• Servo Systems
• Stepper Systems
Precision Mechanical
• Ball Rail and Roller Rail
• Ball Screws
• Gearing
• Linear Motion Systems
• Mechanical Actuators
• Precision Actuators
• Precision Stages
• Safety Devices
• Software Systems and
Data Acquisition
• Telemetry
Power & Energy
• Building Control
• Enclosed VFD’s
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• Energy Management
• IEC & NEMA Motor
Control Centers
• Machine Efficiency
Optimization
• Power Monitoring
• Switchgear
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The Automation, Control and Energy platform (AC&E) of Kaman Distribution,
composed of the combination of Minarik and Zeller, is a leading provider
of automation, control and energy management components, systems and
services to original equipment manufacturers, industrial production plants
and infrastructure facilities throughout North America.
Specific benefits AC&E customers
enjoy include:
Single-Point Sourcing
Whether you need a part or a system,
standard or custom, simple or advanced,
AC&E has the resources and capabilities
to satisfy all of your automation, control
and energy needs.
Extensive Engineering Expertise,
Innovation and Collaboration
AC&E’s staff of accomplished electrical,
industrial, chemical and mechanical engi-
neers draw upon their talents, experience
and knowledge of existing and emerging
technologies to work collaboratively with
you to develop innovative and effective
solutions for a wide variety of automation,
control and energy challenges.
Local Service; National Footprint
AC&E’s nationwide network of facilities
makes it a leading North American
provider of automation, control and energy
solutions, offering the economies of scale
necessary to deliver high-value products
and services, while still providing custom-
ers with the local service and support they
need and expect.
Return on Investment
Whether due to our significant buying
power, broad-based capabilities, extensive
experience, time-proven processes, cutting
edge facilities or technical knowledge
base, AC&E customers enjoy lower total
costs of ownership, which leads to higher
returns on investments.
Continuous Process Improvement
Our extensive capabilities in engineering,
analysis, assessment, specification
development, procurement, assembly and
quality control combined with our commit-
ment to continuous improvement and
our established history of on-time delivery
makes working with AC&E a low-risk
investment. AC&E customers rely on our
process-driven approach and dedication to
high quality and repeatable dependability
to provide them the best results at the
lowest cost.
The Kaman AC&E Promise AC&E commits to providing the right solution to you to not only help optimize
your process but also reduce your total cost of ownership. We have the
expertise and capacity to provide end-to-end, custom engineered system
solutions. We can also supply you with the right component to get you up
and running quickly. Focusing on your needs, exceeding your expectations
and making you successful is the foundation of everything we do.
Locations
Kaman has AC&E locations in key
metropolitan markets coast to coast.
Our engineers, technicians and special-
ists operating out of 27 North American
locations are ready to provide you with
the expertise, design, solutions, systems
and components you need to keep your
operation running smoothly, efficiently
and profitably.
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• Anaheim, CA
• Boise, ID
• Boston, MA
• Buffalo, NY
• Charlotte, NC
• Cleveland, OH
• Dallas, TX
• Denver, CO
• Elmira, NY
• Foxboro, MA
• Hartford, CT
• Houston, TX
• Kalamazoo, MI
• Minneapolis, MN
• Philadelphia, PA
• Phoenix, AZ
• Portland, OR
• Rochester, NY
• Salt Lake City, UT
• San Antonio, TX
• San Diego, CA
• San Jose, CA
• Seattle, WA
• Syracuse, NY
• Toronto, ON
• Tulsa, OK
• Winston-Salem, NC
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Products and services are available locally through a network of over 250 regional locations and distribution hubs.Since we are continually expanding, please visit our website for the location nearest you.
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