Category Archives: Product Spotlight

Housing crisis in the UK?

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Written by Brian Booth, Sales Engineer- Device Connections

Firstly I would like to say “Hi!” and formally introduce myself. My name is Brian Booth and I joined the Device Connections team in May, looking after all our PCB, Circular and Housing products, in fact anything in catalogues 1 and 2 and some selected ones from 4! I cover the whole of the North UK from Scotland down to Coventry and most points East and West. I have already met with many of you and I am looking forward to meeting with as many more of you as I can in the future, so welcome to my first Blog!

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Do you need to monitor your energy usage?

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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.

3 Levels of energy monitoring

Three Levels of energy monitoring

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Heavycon Evo plastic range update

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Written by Scott Mulholland, Product Manager- Industrial Components

Heavycon Evo Combinations

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.

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Top 5 products for the Water/Wastewater market

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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

system cablingWiring I/O modules with individual wires is very time consuming and wiring errors requiring tedious troubleshooting cannot be ruled out.

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Three safety relays in one…is that possible?

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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, safety apptherefore 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.

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Maintain competitive advantage with products and solutions from Phoenix Contact

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Written by Rachel Boyd, E-Marketing Specialist

machine building

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.

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What’s new in PSU, UPS and Redundancy?

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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:

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Signal, Data, Power together at last

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Written by Duncan Nicol, Market Segment Manager – Device Connections

M23 HybridIndustrial 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.

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5 new and exciting IPC products

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Written by Nigel Dawbarn, Market Segment Manager – Control & Industry Solutions

a_0051696I 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.

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Marking goes mobile!

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Written by John Baverstock, Product Manager- Industrial Components 

 

app1A 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.

 

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