Category Archives: Product Spotlight

Introducing PSR Mini zero speed relays

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Written by Andy Maskell, Product Manager – Safety – I/O & Networks

Following the introduction of the award winning, PSR Mini Safety Relay range in 2015, Phoenix PSR-MM25Contact have now extended the range to support even further applications including Zero Speed Monitoring.

This is not a new idea, we know!

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Crimpfox CENTRUS …the new standard.

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Written by Andy Neat, Product Manager- Marking & Installation 

Do you ever look at a cabinet or panel that needs 500+ terminations made off and the thought of all that crimping makes your fingers ache before you even pick up a ferrule?!

I do know that since I broke my right hand trying to be Goalkeeper for my local football team when I was 21, I now resort to using my left (weaker) hand to crimp as the crooked fingers on my right hand simply aren’t fit for purpose…or at least for squeezing a set of 16mm crimping pliers!

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Cyberattacks- they could happen to you!

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Written by Gareth Chamberlain- Technical Support Engineer (Automation)

Quick question?  Do you know who is looking at your data on-site or remotely?

With the recent events in the Ukraine can you afford to take that risk? The December 23rd outage at the Prykarpattaoblenergo Power plant in the western region of Ukraine suffered a scenario that few organisations would want to experience.

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Power supplies- less space, more energy efficiency

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Written by Fraser Cowie, Product Marketing Manager- Interface

All panel and machine builders are under pressure from their customers and their competitors to reduce their carbon footprint and use less of the world’s natural resource. One way to do this is reduce the space taken up by the control gear in their panels and use more energy efficient products.

Phoenix Contact have produced the UNO power supply range where energy and space saving are just two of the benefits on offer.

UNO power supplies

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Renewable Energy Solution Products from Phoenix Contact

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

As a System Integrator or EPC, do you want to spend your time designing, engineering, developing software, procuring and assembling many sub-systems to enable you to complete an installation? At Phoenix Contact, we can supply some complete solutions, software solutions and various software libraries to simplify your engineering of a project.

We would welcome enquiries for all styles of systems or solutions – we can take on and develop ideas you may have to solve issues / problems you wish to address.

To give you some ideas of what we can do, please take a look at the solution products we have provided to our customers around the world:

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RIFLINE Complete: the one stop shop relay system – why using less is definitely more!

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Written by Fraser Cowie, Product Manager- Interface

Why use multiple relay ranges when you can carry out all standard relay applications using only the RIFLINE complete industrial relay system; it proves that less truly is more!

It doesn’t matter whether you want to isolate, multiply or amplify signals you will only ever need the one system!

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Less is more! Three connectors in one.

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Written by Gary Nelson, Product Manager- Device Connections

M23 Hybrid

The M23 Hybrid range of circular interconnect products from Phoenix Contact is an all-in-one connection solution comprising of signal, data and power contacts in one M23 connector housing. The compact M23 Hybrid plug-in connection solution can handle currents up to 30 A, voltages up to 850 V DC or 630 V AC and is IP65/67 compliant.

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Heavycon Evo Series- Where less most definitely equals more

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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