Written by Nigel Dawbarn, Market Segment Manager – Control & Industry Solutions
A regular challenge today is the reduction of energy usage. Businesses are now under more pressure to reduce energy usage, but how do you go about this?
You need to understand your current position then you can review the facts and work out what you can do to achieve a reduction from your situation. You then monitor your progress, which will lead to effective energy management.
Three Levels of energy monitoring
Written by Scott Mulholland, Product Manager- Industrial Components
Within one size sleeve housing, 8 variants can be achieved.
The Heavycon Evo B series plastic range, manufactured in fiberglass-reinforced Polyamide was first launched in 2013. The product offered many features and benefits. Being able to combine cable glands in both vertical and horizontal orientation on the same sleeve housing allowed users to reduce the number of different housings required by 70% compared to industry standard aluminum housings.
The matching cable glands for clamp sizes M20 to M40 could be freely combined with any sleeve and base element in sizes B6, B10, B16, and B24, minimising the number of variants. This reduced stock holding overheads and reduced time spent on design by using components that were quick and easy to assemble contributing to overall savings.
Written by Fraser Cowie, Product Marketing Manager- Interface, Mark Harries, Marketing Team Leader- Industrial Components and Electronics and Nigel Dawbarn, Market Segment Manager- Control Industry Solutions.
Are you aware of the hundreds of products and many solutions from Phoenix Contact which are suitable for use in the Water and Wastewater market?
Here are just 5 that we feel can make a real difference:
1.System Cabling
Wiring I/O modules with individual wires is very time consuming and wiring errors requiring tedious troubleshooting cannot be ruled out.
Written by Mark Harries, Marketing Team Leader- Industrial Components and Electronics
Before deciding the design of your safety control system, it is necessary to understand which performance level you need to achieve in accordance with ISO-13849. A risk assessment is therefore required. At Phoenix Contact we have an App which can be used on an iPhone or iPad, giving the user an interactive risk assessment guide, 
therefore determining the performance level of the machine or application.
You can download the free App in iTunes here.
How do I know I have achieved the required performance level ?
One easy way to validate that you have achieved the correct performance level for your machine/application is to use a free software tool called SISTEMA. This is free to download from our website here.
Written by Rachel Boyd, E-Marketing Specialist
The Machine Building industry is extremely competitive and, as a result, manufacturers are increasingly looking for ways in which to save costs and increase their competitive advantage- whether it is reducing production time, preventing machine downtimes, or enabling remote communication with the machine, anywhere in the world.
Phoenix Contact offers an extensive portfolio of products that address these issues, and help you to gain and maintain that competitive edge.
Written by Fraser Cowie, Product Marketing Manager- Interface.
Are you aware of all the latest solutions from Phoenix Contact in our Power Supply range?
We have new Power Supplies, UPS, Redundancy Modules and DC to DC Convertors. Please take a look at what’s available:
Written by Duncan Nicol, Market Segment Manager – Device Connections
Industrial automation is increasingly reliant on data exchange for a host of applications including efficiency improvements and traceability. Machine builders are in turn looking at ways to improve machine performance and reduce assembly and installation costs.
Written by Nigel Dawbarn, Market Segment Manager – Control & Industry Solutions
I am looking forward to discussing new applications using the new options for Box and Panel PCs, as well as new range additions being released over the next few weeks. We will be able to offer new solutions of powerful processors mixed with different housings, methods of mounting and connectivity.
Written by Mark Harries, Marketing Team Leader- Industrial Components and Electronics
1. Select the right product for your application
SMS relay, GSM Modem, 3G Modem, LAN routers…choosing the right product is critical in achieving the desired outcome. Each application is different and selecting the right product is very important. Phoenix Contact has a great range of products and solutions.
Written by John Baverstock, Product Manager- Industrial Components
A Marking system App is now available with a simple user interface to run on compatible * android smartphones and tablets with Bluetooth connectivity.
*log in to Google Play on a PC to check compatibility of your Google registered devices.