Discover what you can achieve when creating solutions with our custom connectors and enclosures…

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Written by Gary Nelson – Senior Product Manager – Device Connections

Will your new design need a component or enclosure that you’d ideally like to be customised in some way?

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It can be a conscious trade off you end up making between using components and enclosures that exist in the general marketplace over having something that meets your specific needs. You may be looking for something as simple as a colour change or having characters marked onto the product or perhaps your needs are greater and you wish to have poles removed or holes milled into an enclosure. The more you modify the product the better the chance it has of meeting your exact needs and ensuring that your customers know the best way to handle your design especially where safety critical applications are concerned.

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Introducing the Monday VLOG…get to know a little more about our marking and installation solutions

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So you’re probably used to seeing a blog here, right?

Well after Andy’s new found fame in front of the camera when he was over in Germany for the PMM, we thought we could utilise his talents and introduce a vlog to add a slight difference to  your Monday morning.

In this weeks vlog Andy is going to show you how easy it is to use some of his products and how quickly you can achieve exactly what you need in regards to marking and installation.

 

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Phoenix Contact at Battery Tech 2018 – The Power of Battery Storage.

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Written by Duncan Nicol

Batteries have been around for a very long time, but it‘s only in recent years that significant investment has been thrown at the challenge of making batteries more efficient and better suited to emerging applications such as home energy storage and electric vehicles. Batteries can also perform an important role in managing peak demand from the grid as demonstrated recently by Tesla in Australia.

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Monday Blog – Machine Building – Phoenix Contact Growing Up?

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Written by Tony Parrott

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Finally a ‘ the silver surfer’ has been given the opportunity to write a blagg blogg and put forward a different perspective on what is changing within Phoenix Contact UK.

So by way of introduction I promise not to talk about components and eulogise about data rates, flashing LED’s and limitless features that potentially excite us Engineers.

My name is Tony Parrott and I have been with Phoenix Contact 5 years and since August 2017 my role within Phoenix Contact has had the new catchy title of Business Development Manager – Machine Building. Why have we done this and what does it mean to you in the competitive world of manufacturing?

Well apart from giving me a title that now fills my business card, it is a positive move in the outlook of Phoenix Contact. This means our philosophy as a manufacturer of ICE Components (Industrial Components & Electronics) is changing in these times of rapid advancements in so many areas.

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SIMPLE Remote Access

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Written Andy Maskell

 

Ask any engineer what is important when they want to use remote access and the same answers always come back…..

  • Simplicity
  • Reliability

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You have to satisfy the basic IT/Ethernet requirements in order to establish a connection to a remote system and it is not easy to do unless you are an IT specialist.

So at Phoenix Contact we do this bit for you…

 

Phoenix Cyber Security  have been providing the mGuard Secure Cloud successfully for years now.

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IoT – What does this mean for the PCB Design Engineer? Everything!

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Written by Karl Fazakerley

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The Internet of Things (IoT) is here, and it is the game changer.  IoT has been described as the fourth Industrial Revolution. And if all the research and speculation is accurate, we’re going to be seeing at least 26 billion devices connected to the internet by 2020.  This is all great, but it’s easy to feel disconnected from the future-looking talk from a PCB Design Engineer viewpoint. After all, how much of a role are you really going to be playing in those fancy marketing words like Smart Homes, Smart Cars, and Smart Cities? Continue reading

Smart Networks for the Future of Automation

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Written by Gareth Chamberlain

Throughout my life I have seen huge changes in the way IT has moved in the commercial sector. From multiple standalone servers taking up huge spaces and needing dedicated employees to look after the well-being of each one, to today where all the servers are combined in to a single physical piece with hosted virtualised servers on the physical platform.

I’m also lucky enough to be witnessing the same changing shift within the industrial sector. Engineers who have only been used to dealing with serial devices are now being asked to dive into the world of IT with Ethernet, Wireless and IT network protocols, with projects that demand real time data back to a central server.

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