Featured

11May 201915 Mar 2020

Line and Load Reactors Basics

By TCI Trans-Coil. Reactors can protect both motors and variable frequency drives (VFDs) from harmful current and voltage spikes. Reactors…

9May 201915 Mar 2020

Measuring and Monitoring Relays Application Guide

By Omron Automation. Measuring and monitoring relays are like automobile assurance. Even if you are careful, car accidents will occur.…

28Apr 201915 Mar 2020

How To Maintain A VFD Drive

By Dave Polka, ABB. Do you know how to maintain variable frequency drives (VFDs)? Doing so is easier than you…

HOW MANY FUSES WILL OPEN ON A SHORT CIRCUIT?

By Mersen In a three phase (3-phase) system typically only two fuses will open on a line-to-line short circuit. Since all three line currents are offset from each other (see…

4 Steps to calculate short circuit ratings in industrial control panels

1 May 202016 May 2020

By ABB Low Voltage A short circuit is a low-resistance connection established by accident or intention between two points in an electric circuit. This excessive electric current potentially causes circuit…

A simpler safety fence solution

31 Mar 202031 Mar 2020

By ABB Low Voltage Safety fencing provides a simple and effective protection from danger. A new approach to fence design helps make it easier to design, purchase, install and maintain…

Five Proven Advantages of Programmable Encoders

15 Mar 202016 May 2020

By SICK USA Programmable encoders allow the user to easily program the resolution to any value from 1 to 10,000 counts per turn. Keeping programmable encoders on hand can reduce…

They Can See it All – Why a Fork Sensor makes Sense for Label Detection and More

By SICK USA In many industries, it is often vital to detect a product’s color, registration marks, label presence and other important characteristics to ensure the final product meets specifications.…

Basic Questions to Ask About Control Panels

12 Jan 202016 May 2020

By Jerry Smith Electrical control panels are designed and used to control mechanical equipment. Each one is designed for a specific equipment arrangement and includes devices that allow an operator…

Why Non-contact Sensors are So Named And their really big advantages

By Ray Peacock At the risk of being insensitive by saying this sounds like a ‘Duh” moment let’s not. Let’s explore just what it means and why it is significant,…

How does a Noren heat pipe work?

5 Jan 202016 May 2020

By Ray Peacock Heat pipes are transport mechanisms that can carry heat fluxes ranging from 10 W/cm2 to 20 KW/cm2 at a very fast speed. Essentially, they can be considered…

Relay Contact Materials

22 Dec 201922 Dec 2019

By Finder Many relay users take a standard product, and with it, the standard offering with respect to contact material. More often than not they are perfectly happy - never…

Encoder Glossary

20 Oct 201920 Jan 2020

By SICK/Stegmann Absolute encodersAbsolute encoders generate information about position, angle and rotation counts in type-specific angle steps. For this, a unique code pattern is assigned to each angle increment. The…