Application-specific, standard-compliant identification is key to quality, safety, and availability in industrial plants. Yet evolving requirements, complex standards, and cost pressures pose challenges. Phoenix Contact shows how digital, customer-specific marking solutions support future-proof production.
Quick and easy direct-connection technology and automatic short-circuit switching enhance transformer secondary wiring and safety.
Using lean methods, Tobol transformed its production from job-shop to flow-oriented, resulting in faster, more efficient output with minimal errors.
The star fits in the star, the circle in the circle. This motor skills exercise teaches that only matching shapes connect. Similarly, mechanically coded connectors prevent mismatches, protecting both devices and users.
Whether plugging in a toaster at home, a USB-C phone charger, or an industrial PC, each system uses specific connector patterns to protect users. These patterns prevent incompatible connections, especially for power, signals, and data. While mismatched signal or data lines may fail to work, mixing them with power can damage devices and pose a danger to the user.
Continue readingPhysical connections in moving factory applications are now obsolete no more downtime from worn contacts. Goods distribution systems, robots, and AGVs communicate wirelessly and efficiently. This isn’t the future; it’s happening now with Phoenix Contact’s NearFi technology.
As energy prices rise, efficient management becomes vital. New software offers integrated data and adaptability to help companies optimize consumption.
Heat pumps are vital for the energy transition and reducing carbon emissions. A well-designed installer interface between the pump and building services is crucial standardized connections reduce errors and boost system efficiency and reliability.
Direct current is gaining importance in industrial and building applications due to its greater stability and efficiency compared to traditional AC grids. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) enhance these benefits in DC grids. Phoenix Contact (Blomberg) and Voltfang (Aachen) have successfully implemented such systems in practice.
Endua has partnered with Phoenix Contact to enhance its modular hydrogen energy storage system. Using PLCnext Control with integrated safety, the Australian start-up boosts efficiency, cuts costs, and ensures a safe working environment.
Meeting individual customer needs in batch size 1 poses major challenges for production and data processes. Phoenix Contact’s unique process architecture enables fast, requirement-driven delivery of tailored products even in the smallest quantities through configuration.
