Additional tariffs have come into effect as of 00:01 on 3rd April 2025 and will be seen as an additional line item per product on invoices. Our expectation is that these will range from 0% to 25% based on the origin of manufacture (UK 10%; EU 20%; Mexico & Canada 0% OR 25% dependent on exemptions; US 0%). We are offering three options to accommodate this:
Contact here for additional information, noting that in the short term we may not have much additional information.
Cancel your purchase order
Accept the additional tariffs
If we do not hear back from you within 5 days of the order acknowledgement we will assume that you are accepting the tariffs and we will proceed with shipment. We recognize how frustrating this is for you and are working as diligently as possible to determine the impact on each and every order but please be aware that we do not have a full picture at this time.
Estimated Tariffs Per Product
Eurotherm products – 20%
Draeger products – 20%
Metrix products – 0%
MTL products – 10%, 20% or 26%
Foxboro Products – upto 25%
GE Orbit radios – 0%
Cattron product – 0%
M-System products – 20%
PR Electronic products – 20%
Servomex products – 20%
Keller products – 20%
Elpro products – 10%
Expo products – 10%
Alta products – 0%
Automation service products – 0%
Minco – Minco manufactures all products in the USA and maintains an almost exclusively USA based supply chain. As such, Minco expects a minimal impact to product pricing due to tariffs
As of 4-3-25 this information is our best understanding of the situation. Note that this is NOT a definitive statement but is meant for guidance only. There are many unknowns that we are trying to resolve and will be updating this page regularly. Actual tariffs charged may differ from what is shown here.
Discover the Latest Addition to the Neal Systems Product Family
We’re thrilled to announce an exciting new expansion to Neal Systems’ offerings: PR Electronics! As a trusted name in high-precision signal conditioning, intrinsic safety, and process control solutions, PR Electronics is now part of our product lineup—bringing even more value and innovation to our customers.
What PR Electronics Brings to the Table
Known for their cutting-edge engineering and reliability, PR Electronics offers a wide range of solutions designed to meet the demands of modern industrial processes. Their product lineup includes:
Signal Conditioners: Ensuring optimal signal integrity and data accuracy.
Temperature Transmitters: High-performance devices for precise industrial temperature measurement.
Ex Interfaces / IS Isolators: Certified solutions for safe operation in hazardous areas.
Display Units: Intuitive and user-friendly designs for clear monitoring and efficient control.
And here’s the best part: All PR Electronics products come with an industry-leading 5-year warranty, so you can be confident in their long-term performance and reliability.
Why PR Electronics is the Perfect Fit for Neal Systems
For over 40 years, PR Electronics has built a legacy of precision engineering and innovative solutions—qualities that align perfectly with Neal Systems’ mission to provide high-quality, reliable, and efficient products for industrial automation and process control. This partnership allows us to better serve our customers with solutions that perform in even the most demanding environments.
Key Features of PR Electronics Products
Accuracy: Consistently precise data for improved process control.
Response Time: Rapid performance for time-sensitive applications.
Reliability: Trusted designs that work seamlessly, even in challenging conditions.
Warranty: Comprehensive 5-year coverage for peace of mind.
Explore Similar Products
PR Electronics isn’t the only exceptional product line at Neal Systems! We also offer a range of complementary solutions to meet your industrial needs:
Temperature Solutions
Eurotherm/Watlow: Process control, thermal systems, and data management solutions.
Minco: Custom heating, flexible circuits, and temperature sensor solutions.
Process Instrumentation
Schneider Electric: High-quality pressure, flow, temperature, and level instrumentation.
Williamson IR: Infrared pyrometers and pilot flame/flare detection systems.
Hazardous Area Solutions
Expo Technologies: Panel purging and pressurization for hazardous areas.
MTL Instruments: Intrinsic safety barriers, isolators, and surge protection.
Let’s Get Started!
Ready to take your operations to the next level? Let Neal Systems help you integrate PR Electronics into your projects for improved performance and safety. Contact us today to learn more about how PR Electronics solutions can make a difference in your systems.
Controlling and monitoring assets in remote operations is a significant challenge for industries like wastewater and energies and chemicals. Remote operations encompass the control and monitoring of assets distributed throughout large geographical areas. These areas may be rural and can be in a harsh environment (e.g., polar, desert, tropical or more). They include locations with limited or no cellular service where other forms of communication are used to transmit information from remote terminal units (RTUs) to their supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system.
Normally, maintaining and servicing an area containing multiple remote assets requires an on-hand technician with direct access to the SCADA system to effectively monitor the status of the facilities. But now, through Schneider Electric’s SCADAPack™ 470i and 474i Smart RTUs, remote assets can be controlled and monitored from anywhere using at-hand devices like laptops or smartphones.
With this new solution, the remote asset operators will be able to simplify the design of their telemetry network. SCADAPack can be used as a data concentrator, impressing the data from remote sites onto a smaller package that could be communicated over data radios. But this is only the beginning of this solution’s capabilities.
Open in every aspect of the word
To help increase energy efficiency and enable autonomous remote system maintenance, Schneider took an open approach with this RTU. We combined a real-time operating system (RTOS) with a Linux-based applications processor. This way, the SCADAPack 470i and 474i provide a dedicated platform for advanced edge computing services and protocols. These capabilities mean that the SCADAPack 470i and 474i are open to legacy and next-generation solutions.
SCADAPack 470i and SCADAPack 474i enhanced remote terminal units with edge computing
RTOS provides the legacy capability companies need and expect from an RTU and programmable logic controller (PLC). It also enables the critical performance needed for monitoring inputs and outputs for control of instrument communications, in addition to support for the legacy telemetry protocols, as well as for IEC 61131-3 logic.
We also wanted to make this solution open in terms of where it can be deployed. The new SCADAPack series can operate across a wide temperature range, from minus 40 degrees to 70 degrees Celsius, as well as high levels of humidity, vibration and shock.
By drawing on more sources of information, better decision-making occurs in whatever industry the control application is being used in. This includes production automation and optimization in the form of pump automation, leak detection, analytics, and a slew of applications. The information is gathered from the site, combining with information from other sources, like the cloud or a SCADA system.
The immediate detection and reporting of any abnormalities from these remote sites, and the ability to automatically make corrections, is what this type of IoT technology is evolving towards.
Centralized RBAC to harden against cyberattacks
When it comes to critical infrastructure and pipelines, cybersecurity threats have evolved from affecting IT to include OT systems. Legacy OT systems are vulnerable and don’t interface with standard tools traditionally. Over the past few years, we’ve seen a few examples of this vulnerability. For instance, there’s the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, the compromised SCADA systems in a U.S. water treatment facility in Oldsmar, Florida, and, more recently, the exploitation of wastewater system PLCs in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.
Today, regulations are forcing authorities, responsible for critical infrastructure such as pipelines and water wastewater, to increase their cybersecurity posture. Larger companies also recognize the threat to their business continuity and their share value. This is a challenge that IT-ready, role-based access control in SCADAPack 47xi addresses.
With the addition of role-based access control (RBAC) to SCADAPack, IT or OT security can leverage tools they’ve already invested in. This includes directory services tools like Active Directory and privileged access management (PAM) solutions such as CyberArk® or Solarwinds®. Implementing IT-compatible RBAC simplifies and streamlines implementation of security for OT users. Additionally, it satisfies regulatory requirements with minimum cost and effort. Users can control access to OT equipment across the network as easily as managing an employee’s email access.
Employing networkwide RBAC in RTUs is a powerful way to centralize, derisk, and ease maintenance. Incorporating a centralized RBAC into SCADAPack allows for scaling and is hardened for risk, enabling OT security and IT to:
Mix and match privileges
Change configurations
Assign RTUs to groups
Geographically control access
Why Linux makes all the difference
Security features are weaved into the core of these new RTUs, from conception to design and through implementation, runtime and communications. Indeed, the SCADAPack 470i and 474i conform to IEC 62443 SL1 cybersecurity standards. There’s flexibility for users to implement those security features in their solutions quickly and easily. Additionally, the RTU still can perform core operations once they have access to it. A secure boot chain helps to prevent tampering with the SCADAPack itself.
Incorporating RTOS means sophisticated decision-making using various sources of information is done in real-time.
For example, if you have a set of pumps used for a contract with an electrical company for power spot prices, we have the ability now to draw real-time cost information to, say, slow down a pump during power spikes. These small, cost-saving practices go a long way, especially if utilities ask companies to minimize operations. Another example might be sensing undesired mixtures in an oil pipeline and adjusting a separator accordingly.
Flexibility around communication serves as an immediate benefit. But the capabilities of smart assets — IIoT-enabled products imbued with machine learning or artificial intelligence — is the future of process automation.
SCADAPack RTUs offer better edge capabilities
This marriage of Linux-based application processor with RTOS paves the way for more resilient and efficient remote operations for many years to come. It provides a dedicated platform for advanced edge services, data, protocols, and applications. It does this while addressing IT and cyber-driven requirements.
These and other components will extend the life of any remote operations, aiding the digital transformation journey and IT-OT convergence. It also supports your current, as well as future, needs in a single rugged device.
To learn more about SCADAPack 470i and 474i and how it can have a profound impact to the resiliency of your operations and efficiency of your workforce, visit the SCADAPack website.
Expo Technologies is excited to announce that the SmartPurge Z, their newest Purge & Pressurization system, has been granted ATEX, IECEx and UKEX certification. The SmartPurge Z is one of the simplest purge systems available, while offering all the capabilities electrical panel builders and OEMs are looking for.
Neal Systems is excited to continue building our panels with one of the best Purge & Pressurization systems on the market. Here’s a panel we designed and built for one of our gas customers. If you would like more information on how we can solve your needs, contact us here.
We’ve noticed a trend with our customers who need to detect hydrogen sulfide, especially in the waste water, refinery, and paper mill industries. Common complaints are: “Our H2S sensors don’t last” and “I need to calibrate my sensors more often than I anticipated.” Have you had similar experience? Draeger has solved our customer’s common concerns with a self-testing, daily bump test sensor. The Dräger SensorAlive is an electrochemical sensor with an integrated gas generator. The gas generator enables daily automatic sensor testing with hydrogen sulfide (H2S) as the test gas. It also alerts when the sensor inlet is clogged, preventing gas from reaching the sensor. Daily bump tests help to improve the safety of your gas detection system and allow for extended preventive maintenance intervals.
LifeTest: a daily bump test
SensorAlive performs a LifeTest on a daily basis to check the function and sensitivity of the integrated electrochemical sensor. The LifeTest consists of two sequential activations of the gas generator, a sensitivity test, and an obstruction test of the sensor using 2 internal nozzles. A single test takes about 8 minutes to complete. The complete LifeTest process, including the conditioning of the gas generator, performing two sequential tests, and evaluating the sensor data, extends over a period of approximately 8 hours. During this time, the sensor retains its ability to detect gas.
Extended calibration interval
Calibration of the electrochemical sensor is still required at regular intervals. During a calibration, the gas generator is also calibrated by SensorAlive at the same time. The calibration interval of electrochemical sensors can be extended when using SensorAlive. The calibration interval can be determined and adjusted according to application requirements as SensorAlive performs a daily check and issues a warning or error message if there is a deviation.
Proven measuring technology
As with all DrägerSensor® electrochemical sensors, the Dräger SensorAlive offers fast response, high accuracy and stability, long service life, and established principles of intrinsic safety for electrical explosion protection. Coupled with the Dräger Polytron 8100 transmitter, Dräger SensorAlive provides access to proven measurement technology, permitting usage in Zone 1 / Div 1 rated hazardous atmospheres. Remote sensor installations up to 30 meters (100 feet) away from Polytron 8100 transmitters are supported. The Dräger SensorAlive is also plug-and-play ready thanks to built-in electronic intelligence and pre-calibration. Overview of the H2S Sensor:
