Written by Duncan Nicol
For thousands of years we have relied on carbon fuels to power our world and for a long time, it made a lot of sense. Carbon fuels such as coal and oil were easy to get to and therefore a cheap source of fuel and energy dense. As demand increased they became harder to find and then, of course, the environmental impact became widely known, but by then we were so very dependent on them. Continue reading
Wouldn’t it be great to have a bubble of protection (or a force field if you will) around your Machine?
Stopping all outside influences from damaging all your hard work…
Welcome to a brand new year of blogging. As always, our marketing department has a busy year of exhibitions and seminars planned. Why not join us at one of our events? Meet our industry specialists and discover more about new products that will be launched this year.After an incredibly exciting 2017, we are raring to go into 2018 and here’s what we have in store for you this year. We have waved goodbye to 2017 and 2018 is going to be an event filled year!
Written by Scott Mulholland, Product Manager- Industrial Components
At Phoenix Contact we understand the problems that Machine Builders will come up against at concept, design, prototyping, testing and field testing. That’s why we put the features and benefits into our products to help you achieve your machine goals.
Our Heavycon Evo series (Part of the Phoenix Contact Heavycon Complete heavy duty offer) has been developed with the Machine Builder firmly in mind. Continue reading
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 John Baverstock, Product Manager- Industrial Components
In the current economic climate ways of reducing operating costs is always high on the agenda. Therefore reducing overheads by minimising stock holding, reducing time spent on design and using components that are quick and easy to assemble all contribute to savings.
The new Heavycon Evo industrial plug-in connectors offer opportunities in all these areas.
Heavycon Evo plastic plug-in connectors – for more efficient machine building
Written by Andy Mills, Key Account Manager
I have been with Phoenix Contact for just under 8 years now and have seen many new products launched every year. Quite often it is said that the amount of products Phoenix Contact launches every year at the Hanover Messe is both a blessing and a curse – a blessing because there is always something new to help our customers and a curse because keeping track of thousands of new products can be tricky.
So, with that in mind, I thought it would be interesting to list my personal favourite products/solutions we have launched in the 8 years I have been here.