Designed with size, efficiency and reliability in mind, a range of compact single-output DIN-rail mount AC-DC power supplies provides a choice of 5, 12, 15, 24 and 48V output.
Lambda has boosted its range of compact single-output DIN-rail mount AC-DC power supplies with the launch of its DPP series. With DIN-rail-based factory automation and industrial control becoming more and more popular among manufacturers, so the demand for DIN-rail compatible power supplies is also growing. To meet this demand Lambda's DPP series provides a choice of 5, 12, 15, 24 and 48V output DIN-rail power supplies specifically designed with size, efficiency and reliability in mind.

Dave Buck, Lambda European Product Manager, commented: 'With DIN-rail becoming the preferred method for mounting control panel equipment so the demand for units like the DPP is growing significantly.

Compact size, high efficiency, low heat generation and long life are all essential.

We've introduced the DPP series with these requirements in mind.' In all, eight models are being launched with output powers of 15, 25, 30, 50 or 100W, depending on the variant chosen.

Dimensions range from 22.8x75x91mm up to 72.5x75x96.7mm for the 100W unit.

The DPP units are an economical solution for a wide range of light industrial applications including process control, chemical processing, automotive, burn-in and test, and instrumentation.

The units accept AC or DC inputs, and have built-in overcurrent and overvoltage protection.

Convection cooling is employed over an operating temperature range of -10 to +71 degC.

Efficiency is typically 89%.

The DPP units are CE marked in accordance with the Low Voltage Directive and comply with a wide range of worldwide safety standards.

Range of robust and extremely reliable stainless steel switches, keypads and keyboards address ergonomic risks of harsh industrial applications.
If the environment demands, EAO's stainless steel products offer protection of up to IP67 against water, heat, shock and vibration, and protection against vandalism. These durable products require minimal maintenance and therefore deliver long term value in terms of lifecycle cost benefits. EAO's stainless steel products may be illuminated to cater for poor lighting conditions.

Additional design options include laser engraving with specific symbols and legends that will not wear off or corrode.

EAO's stylish Series 04 and 14 ranges offer pushbuttons, indicators and selector switches with stainless steel lenses, protective front rings and bezels, ideal for operating in very wet or dusty conditions.

For additional protection against vandalism, harsh treatments and cleaning, both ranges can be flush-mounted.

Options include self-cleaning, snap-action switching elements with gold-plated silver contacts, or for particularly aggressive environments certain switches may be specified with silver/palladium contacts.

These products are ideal for machinery control panels which must resist impact, air pollution and chemical washing.

EAO's W series keyboards and keypads are incredibly tough, without sacrificing the smooth key action of normal PC keyboards.

Featuring non-flammable keys that cannot be pulled off, they are protected against the ingress of dust and water making them suitable for outdoor use.

Customer-specific layouts may be created on request for applications such as internet kiosks, industrial-process-control panels and banking and payment terminals.

Heavy-duty coiled cords for industrial interconnect applications feature a durable Neoprene jacket for extra protection, and are designed to withstand in harsh manufacturing environments.
Whitney Blake Company, the leader in interconnect solutions, offers its heavy-duty coiled cords for industrial interconnect applications. Featuring a durable Neoprene jacket for extra protection, Whitney Blake's wide variety of in-stock coiled cords are especially designed to withstand in harsh manufacturing environments. Ideal for wire and cable applications, Whitney Blake's coil cords are used with automotive equipment, computers, bar code readers, material handling equipment, production line tools, and a large array of instrumentation and testing devices.

Whitney Blake's Neoprene coiled cords provide optimum retractile properties over a broad temperature range, giving the user the greater range of motion needed for demanding environments.

Whitney Blake's reliable coiled cords have an extension length of 10 to 20ft (2 to 4ft retracted) and are available in 12AWG through 18AWG configurations.

The light and medium duty cords reach a maximum of 300V, while the heavy duty cords reach a maximum of 600V.

Its broad range of in-stock coiled cords are available for immediate delivery, however, Whitney Blake can develop custom-designed cords to meet most client requirements.

All of Whitney Blake's coiled cords are UL-listed and CSA-certified.

Various wire gauges and conductor counts are also available.

* About Whitney Blake Company - Whitney Blake Company is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of custom cable, cable assemblies and custom over molds for high performance, high flex applications.

Its services include contract assembly and plastic mold injection utilizing its Mexican manufacturing capabilities.

Its cable assemblies are used by OEMs as a component in the manufacture of a variety of commercial and military communications, transportation, electronic data processing, medical electronics, durable goods and other equipment.

Designed to house instruments, switchgear and cable junctions, a range of fibreglass composite enclosures out-perform equivalent plastics designs in terms of strength and corrosion resistance.
Spelsberg has launched the Stahlin DiamondShield range of fibreglass composite enclosures in the UK. Designed to house instruments, switchgear and cable junctions, DiamondShield out-performs equivalent plastic designs in terms of strength and corrosion resistance, while improving on metal alternatives in terms of weight, ease of modification, flexibility of mounting and durability. The DiamondShield range is now fully stocked by Spelsberg in the UK and is available in 10 sizes up to 508mm x 406mm x 254mm with more than 150 possible installation configurations.

DiamondShield offers a neat and aesthetic enclosure design, a high resistance to physical impacts and near total protection from UV, salt, moisture and corrosion from chemical atmospheres, making the units ideal for use in general process industries, marine, mobile plant machinery and other applications in harsh outdoor environments.

A higher level of corrosion resistance than plastics, means the range is particularly well suited to use in hazardous areas, chemical processing, oil and gas industries.

The DiamondShield fibreglass material specifically offers an improvement over polycarbonate when exposed to acidic or alkaline based liquids and atmospheres, and a significant improvement over ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) enclosures when exposed to solvents.

General chemical resistance exceeds all other major non-metallic alternatives including PVC.

Ideal applications also include the food processing industry where frequent wash downs occur and corrosive chemicals maybe in use.

The clean design with an absence of flanges prevents the build up of dirt whilst facilitating assembly and fitting operations by minimising the number of obstructions.

High integrity seals add to the corrosion resistance capability employing a two part tongue and groove urethane sealing system that applies minimal compression and includes a high memory factor resulting in a retained ingress protection up to IP68 even after repeated opening and closing.

All DiamondShield enclosures are moulded from the company's patent pending SolarGuard formulation.

The SolarGuard system fights polymer degradation and a special UV absorber acts to contain UV energy, then release it without damaging the polymer chain, providing extremely high protection from UV light and long-term outdoor durability.

The neo-pentyl glycol (NPG) isopthalic based resin system of SolarGuard also ensures UL 94 5V fire resistance and provides a much stronger bond of the polymer chain, resulting in significantly improved weathering resistance.

The toughened fibreglass walls and lids of DiamondShield enclosures aid sealing and protection whilst allowing for a broad range of non-penetrating fixtures and fittings including hinges, latches and covers.

The physical strength of the enclosures and impact resistance exceed that of equivalent enclosures made from PVC or ABS and are available with a variety of lids in opaque, clear or fitted window options.

Lid options can be secured via screws or hinged using link-lock latches as well as pull or stainless steel wire latching systems.

Stahlin's innovative panel management system also maximizes internal space available and allows users to easily remove complete panels and drop in already assembled DIN rails, whilst leaving plenty of room for touch pads and other instrumentation components.

The DiamondShield series also offers a broad range of internal and external mounting options.

All enclosures are available through Spelsberg's customisation and assembly service.

Spelsberg's in-house customisation service offers enclosures ready fitted with din-rails and bus bars, circuit breakers, colour coded clip-on terminals for rail mounting and a wide selection of cable entry devices up to fully clamping IP68 cable glands.

Modifications include anything from milling, drilling and engraving to custom cable entries, brand logos or simple instructions.

The service provides customers with the benefits of reduced overall costs, faster production time, reduced stock, and minimised administration.

Latest 2006 Phoenix Contact Catalogue is now available on CD and contains all of the major product families including CLIPLINE complete range of DIN rail mounting terminals.
Electrical/electronics/control catalogue published Latest 2006 Phoenix Contact Catalogue is now available on CD and contains all of the major product families including CLIPLINE complete range of din rail mounting terminals. The latest 2006 Phoenix Contact Catalogue is now available on CD. The catalogue contains all of the major product families including the CLIPLINE complete range of DIN rail mounting terminals, Wireless and Bluetooth communications, and RoHS compliant PCB connectors for 'lead-free' processes.

Additionally the Trabtech range of surge and lightning protection products is also included plus many other control and automation solutions to match an extensive range of applications.

* About Phoenix Contact - Phoenix Contact is one of the world leaders in developing and manufacturing connectivity solutions and automation components.

Its principal product ranges include: printed circuit board connectors; modular terminal blocks; fieldbus components; surge voltage protection systems; industrial plug and socket connectors and interface units.

In all of these areas, Phoenix Contact can offer technical expertise and cost effective solutions.

'In-series' and 'inter-series' adaptors allow a cost-effective, convenient and versatile method of providing a transition between different series of coaxial and triaxial cables and connectors.
Aerco now supplies a range of 'in-series' and 'inter-series' adaptors from Telegaertner that allows a cost-effective, convenient and versatile method of providing a transition between different series of coaxial and triaxial cables and connectors. There are many different series of coaxial connectors, the vast majority of which do not inter-mate. This often presents a problem to test and service engineers and the Telegaertner 'inter-series' adaptors allow the user to interconnect to virtually any other coaxial connector while the 'in-series' allow the user to change the gender of a connector.

Telegaertner manufactures a wide range of adaptors but if there is a requirement beyond this range Aerco can access over 600 variants from other suppliers.

Two DC-DC converters that produce a stable 24V DC 1A supply where only an unregulated supply exists are compact, only using 22.5mm on the DIN rail.
Phoenix Contact has released two new DC-DC converters that produce a stable 24V DC 1A supply where only an unregulated supply exists. The two units have the same specification, but one has an input range of 10-32V DC and the other 36-75V DC. The 24V DC output is isolated from the input and is adjustable from 22.5 to 28.5V DC with a hardwired output signal and LED defining its status.

The converters are compact, only using 22.5mm on the DIN rail.

They are electronically protected against overloads and short circuits and have a wide temperature range of -25 to +70 deg C.

The converters have a V/I output characteristic curve and work with a Power Boost power reserve, which reliably starts loads even with high start-up currents.

Phoenix Contact is one of the world leaders in developing and manufacturing connectivity solutions and automation components.

Its principal product ranges include: printed circuit board connectors; modular terminal blocks; fieldbus components; surge voltage protection systems; industrial plug and socket connectors and interface units.

In all of these areas, Phoenix Contact can offer technical expertise and cost effective solutions.

Manufacturer of a broad range of electro-mechanical and electronic products has introduced an interactive product configurator facility on its recently enhanced Website.
The E-T-A Circuit Breakers' web site has now been further enhanced to provide an interactive product configurator facility. E-T-A designs and manufactures a broad range of electro-mechanical and electronic products for circuit protection, switching and control. Relaunched at the beginning of 2005 to ease navigation, the E-T-A Website links directly to the web site of the E-T-A Group.

The site has now been upgraded to offer rapid, interactive identification of suitable circuit breakers for a particular application.

The user is led through a selection procedure which includes current rating, voltage, number of poles, mounting method, terminal type and trip mode.

The database returns a choice of suitable products with images.

Any number of these can be >selected for side-by-side comparisons on-screen.

The web site also enables the download of product specifications or user manuals, as well as providing easy contact to the local office for advice or to request catalogues.

No information is more than a few clicks away.

Other drop-down boxes provide access to the latest news, a company profile and access to information for existing and potential suppliers.

Electricity and moisture are best kept separate, and sealing to Ingress Protection IP67 and 66 is essential where low-pressure water jets or other liquids may be present.
Electricity and moisture are best kept separate and sealing, to Ingress Protection IP67 and 66, is essential where low-pressure water jets or other liquids may be present. Equipment installed in food plants or breweries not only has water to contend with, but by-products and cleaning agents. Only the highest quality electrical conduit will ensure that cables are protected from the liquids as well as from physical impact.

For these needs Kopex International offers its Liquid Tight electrical conduit.

This superior grade of stainless steel conduit, with a polymer outer sleeve can be used extensively because of its rugged construction, reliable sealing, resistance to movement and vibration as well as ease of use.

Reliability is paramount in high-speed food packaging plants, for example, because downtime is extremely costly in terms of lost production.

The conduit is available in various diameters, up to 40 and 50mm for higher-rated power cables.

Most connections are made via straight fittings, though 90 deg and 45 deg fittings can also used where space is restricted.

The conduit, Type LT-T stainless corrosion resistant, can also withstand moisture and cold environments, whilst in some operational areas elevated temperatures may also be experienced.

Because of the high specification of the Liquid Tight products, the same grade of conduit and fittings can be used for many different applications, which reduces stockholding and avoids problems arising due to an inappropriate product being used.

Kopex International Limited has been manufacturing and supplying highly engineered solutions for the protection of electrical cables since 1947.

The company has become a recognised authority in all aspects of conduit system specification, design and manufacture.

The company prides itself on providing quality and performance, problem solving and full approvals for high specification specialist solutions.

Their rigorous quality standards and a dedicated development programme ensure not only the highest specification and reliability, but also the most cost effective solutions.

Door clutch/interlock mechanism in switches have IP66/67 protection to suit operation in more aggressive environments rather than the IP 65 protection of the old design.
U k solenoid, the leading low voltage switch and control gear supplier of Kraus and Naimer Blue Line products have introduced a new design for the door clutch/interlock mechanism of Size 1 to 3 switches to provide improved IP protection. As a result of some innovative design changes the door clutch/interlock mechanism now offers IP66/67 protection rather than the IP 65 protection of the old design. The size 0 version remains IP 65 although it is planned that a version offering improved protection will be available soon.

Sales manager Norman Allan comments: 'The prevention of water or particle ingress is of very high importance in a number of aggressive environments so this development will enable design engineers to specify our products secure in the knowledge that they will provide a very high level of protection.'

Poster gives details of over 1000 combinations of sensor actuator cables and boxes and features a quick locking system that saves 90% in installation time with 100% compatibility.
A New Poster is now available from Phoenix Contact giving details of over 1000 combinations of Sensor Actuator cables and boxes. The A1 double-sided coloured poster features the recently introduced M12 Speedcon quick locking system available in the SAC and SAB ranges, saving 90% in installation time with 100% compatibility. With this extensive range of combinations the poster provides you with a quick and easy reference guide to order cables and boxes from both the M8 and M12 ranges.

The poster also provides you with ordering details for fieldbus and power cables for networks such as CANopen, DeviceNet, InterBus and Profibus.

Phoenix Contact is one of the world leaders in developing and manufacturing connectivity solutions and automation components.

Its principal product ranges include: printed circuit board connectors; modular terminal blocks; fieldbus components; surge voltage protection systems; industrial plug and socket connectors and interface units.

In all of these areas, Phoenix Contact can offer technical expertise and cost effective solutions.

High-current industrial connector has eight contacts rated at 100A each and is ideally suited to use in medium-power applications in factory automation and test equipment.
The new high-current Han K 8/0 industrial connector from Harting incorporates eight contacts rated at 100A each. The new product can be used at voltages up to 690V, and is ideally suited to use in medium-power applications in factory automation, rail transportation, wind turbines and test equipment. In addition to the eight power contacts, the Han K 8/0 incorporates a protective earth (PE) connection.

The cable termination method is the well-established and easy-to-use axial screw contact.

The Han K 8/0 connector can be mounted in standard construction size 24 B hoods and housings with protection degrees available up to IP 68, or can be used in closed electrical enclosures in conjunction with the Han-Snap range of DIN rail-mounting components.