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Getting to Know Electronic Circuit Breakers with IO-Link

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Written by Mark Lloyd, Product Marketing Manager, Power Supplies and Surge Protection

For my latest blog I want to talk about our latest Electronic Circuit Breaker, yet I am slightly stepping out of my comfort zone because this product features IO-Link functionality, which is something that is usually associated sensors and actuators and not with circuit breakers. However there is an increasing trend towards the integration of circuit protection into industrial networks and in response to this we have now released the CBMC electronic circuit breaker with an IO-Link interface.

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Surges – an underestimated risk!

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Written by Fraser Cowie, Product Marketing Manager- Interface

Are you protecting all possible circuits in your application or only the power lines?

Most companies are aware of the need to protect their power lines from the effects of surges generated by lightning strikes (LEMP – Lightning ElectroMagnetic Pulse) or man-made surges caused by switching devices, like circuit breakers or contactors(SEMPs – Switching ElectroMagnetic Pulse).

However a significant number stop there and fail to go one stage further to protect their final loads. This is probably the single biggest cause of production stops in industrial applications today.

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