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Luke Hillebrecht

David Mielnik

Brian T Milliff

Richard Ogorek

John Piunno

Krzysztof Miedza

Mike J Maczuzak

Christopher Gammell

Brian Milliff

A control system for mounting to a rail. The control system includes a control assembly and one or more I/O assemblies. The control assembly and each I/O assembly includes a module removably mounted to a base. The base has a body with a channel formed therein that is adapted to receive the rail. A latching assembly is mounted to the body and includes a lever movable between a latched position and an unlatched position, wherein the movement of the lever between the unlatched and latched positions moves latching members into and out of the channel, whereby when the rail is disposed in the channel and the lever is moved to the latched position, the latching members move into the channel, thereby trapping the rail in the channel and securing the base to the rail. When the module is mounted to the base, the module covers the lever of the latching assembly so as to be inaccessible.

Rail-mounted control system

Module-mounting base for an industrial control system

Industrial control system module

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Ravenna, OH, United States of America

Luke Hillebrecht