Written by Tony Deane, Technical Manager
This has never been more apt than when it comes to our new I/O system Smart Elements.
Today, more and more within the machine building industry, the push for system enclosure sizes to be kept to a minimum demands a compact footprint within the control cabinet. There is also the ever present drive to save time and money on builds. Axioline Smart Elementsrises to these challenges and delivers spectacularly!
Continue readingWritten by Andy Mills, Sales & Marketing Manager- Industrial Components & Electronics
We often get asked by customers “can you please come and do a workshop to show everything that you do?”…
The answer is of course “No problem”.
The downside to this approach is the sheer amount of products we are able to show, so there will likely be some aspects which are less applicable to the customer’s needs.
Continue readingWritten by Gary Nelson- Senior Product Manager, Device Connections and Gareth Chamberlain- Product Manager, Cyber Security & IT Automation
In the world of smart networks, communication is key. But when do you make the decision of which connection technology to use?
Designing a network is always an intensive process, planning out what is needed and how devices will communicate with one another. Talking to people involved with each process, talking to the safety engineer and talking to the controls engineer and many other people. You have planned out the subnet and if any other network protocols are to run across the topology. But the one thing most network designers forget is what media and what connection is going to be used.
Written by Gareth Chamberlain, Product Manager- Cyber Security & IT Automation
Looking into the market space in the UK there are two types of engineer. The forward-thinking professional who is consistently looking for new technologies which will benefit them and ultimately the organisation. The other type is the engineer is of “now”, happy with using what they know and finds it hard to try new technologies whether it is because of specification challenges or the company ethos.
Written by Tony Parrott, Business Development Manager- Machine Building
2019 is a new year and possibly one to present much uncertainty with an increased need to change and rely on good partners.
Phoenix Contact UK is very much a company of change over the 6 years I have worked here and 2019 is in no way an exception. We are continuing our main aim of setting our stall out to get close to our Machine Building customer base and help with the task of making them better at what they do. We all want more time, lower costs, new progressive technology and that edge over our rivals.
Written by Andy Mills, Sales & Marketing Manager- Industrial & Electronic Components
Good morning and Happy New Year from all at Phoenix Contact!
So, a new year and a new start…
As some of you may recall, in the past few years we have been running our Safe + Secure Campaign – helping our customers incorporate Functional Safety, Surge Protection and Cyber Security into their systems.