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How the OS33C Safety Scanner is Making Workplaces Safer and More Efficient
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How the OS33C Safety Scanner is Making Workplaces Safer and More Efficient

In today’s fast-paced and demanding industrial environments, ensuring workplace safety and operational efficiency is paramount. However, customers often face a range of challenges that hinder their productivity and increase costs. Enter the OS33C Safety Scanner, a reportedly revolutionary solution that addresses these issues head-on, making workplaces safer and more efficient than ever before. This article will discuss the main challenges faced by customers in mobile and fixed applications, and how the OS33C Safety Scanner effectively solves these challenges, making workplaces safer and more efficient.

Phoenix Contact: New XT 2.5 Terminal Blocks
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Phoenix Contact: New XT 2.5 Terminal Blocks

The new XT 2.5 terminal blocks from Phoenix Contact are the first to feature a front Push-X connection, allowing fast and easy wiring. The XT 2.5 portfolio includes feed-through and multi-conductor terminal blocks as well as function versions for using disconnect knives, plug-in fuses, and components. With Push-X technology, solid, stranded, or ferruled conductors and cross-sections can now be connected even faster, either manually or automatically. As one of the fastest connection technologies on the market, Push-X technology increases the efficiency of control cabinet wiring. The factory-opened clamping space further reduces installation time.

ABB: AC500-eCo PLCs
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ABB: AC500-eCo PLCs

ABB’s AC500-eCo is a range of scalable compact PLCs offering cost effectiveness for modern industrial automation applications where small and flexible PLC solutions often represent the ideal solution. Save money by starting on a small scale – the flexibility of the AC500 platform enables you to scale up as and when needs dictate it. The AC500-eCo has been designed to integrate seamlessly into the broader AC500 family, offering you the decisive benefit of having a fully scalable and modular system.

Schneider Electric: Modicon M251 TM251MESC Logic Controller
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Schneider Electric: Modicon M251 TM251MESC Logic Controller

This product is part of the Modicon M251 range, an offer of logic controllers for modular and distributed architectures. This logic controller provides 7 local, 14 remote I/O expansion modules. It is a Modicon logic controller with a rated supply voltage of 24V DC, an inrush current of 50A and a power consumption of 32.6W to 40.4W. Boost the performance of machine with powerful data transfer via SD Card, embedded web and FTP server and more.

SCHURTER: New GC21, GH21 and GI21 Series 400 VDC Connectors According to IEC TS
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SCHURTER: New GC21, GH21 and GI21 Series 400 VDC Connectors According to IEC TS

With the GP21 and GS21 connectors, SCHURTER launched the world’s first DC connector systems standardized according to IEC TS 62735-1 for efficient power distribution in data centers, for power distribution strips and UPS applications back in 2019. The GH21 and GI21 appliance Inlets are brand new. The GI21 model is designed for pure DC operation, while the GH21 is a hybrid version and can therefore accept both AC and DC current. SCHURTER also offers the rewireable GC21 Connector to match the appliance Inlets.

icotek: KEA 24 90° Cable Entry Adapter For Split Cable Entry Frames & Multi-Membrane Cable Entry Plates / Up to IP65
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icotek: KEA 24 90° Cable Entry Adapter For Split Cable Entry Frames & Multi-Membrane Cable Entry Plates / Up to IP65

KEA 24 is a cable entry adapter for accommodating various icotek cable entry frames and plates of size 24. The adapter allows cables to be routed at a 90° angle. The installation direction can be horizontal or vertical. The cables are protected against mechanical tension in the entry and exit areas. Wall mounting is done either with screws and nuts or by using threaded bushings. A suitable wall seal is included in the scope of delivery. icotek also offers suitable punches for the cut-out.

METCASE: Customized TECHNOMET-CONTROL VESA-Mount Enclosures for HMI Electronics
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METCASE: Customized TECHNOMET-CONTROL VESA-Mount Enclosures for HMI Electronics

METCASE’s advanced TECHNOMET-CONTROL VESA-mount enclosures for HMI can now be specified fully customized ready for installation of the electronics. TECHNOMET-CONTROL is perfect for indoor applications such as industrial machine control, factory processing, security systems, test and measurement, point-of-sale, IIoT and detection equipment. It can house a wide range of touch screens and displays, notably Siemens TP, Beckhoff and B&R. These elegant aluminum enclosures feature smart modular construction which enables them to be manufactured in fully customized versions.

Banner Engineering: K50Z Multipoint Sensor – Comprehensive Area Detection with One Device
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Banner Engineering: K50Z Multipoint Sensor – Comprehensive Area Detection with One Device

The K50Z Multipoint Sensor delivers reliable measurement across a wide area, ensuring detection of irregularly-shaped objects like mesh carts or pallets with holes. It can also measure inconsistently placed items like large automotive parts on a conveyor or boxes filling a cart, useful for overfill and underfill prevention. Instead of employing multiple single-point sensors, the K50Z uses 3D time-of-flight technology and a wide beam angle to detect objects up to 2 meters away using 64 measurement points. It can be configured to measure two separate areas, effectively doing the work of two sensors in one convenient device.

Wieland Electric: Latest Generation of Safety Light Grids & Curtains
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Wieland Electric: Latest Generation of Safety Light Grids & Curtains

The more complex machines and systems in modern manufacturing and logistics environments become, the more important the issue of occupational safety becomes. Against this background, Wieland Electric presents its latest generation of safety light curtains and safety light grids, which complement the existing portfolio of optoelectronic protective devices and are characterized by a high degree of safety, flexibility and user-friendliness.

OKW: MINITEC Enclosures for Handheld and Wearable Electronics
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OKW: MINITEC Enclosures for Handheld and Wearable Electronics

OKW’s award-winning range of MINITEC handheld and wearable electronic enclosures is now larger than ever. MINITEC – one of many OKW models to win an iF Product Design Award – is ideal for emergency systems, monitoring and alarms, wireless remote control, mobile USB applications and IoT/IIoT. Modern, flat styling makes these attractive, ergonomic housings easy to carry or wear. They comprise two shells separated by a choice of intermediate rings.

Beckhoff: TwinCAT Core Boost for Greater Computing Performance in Real Time
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Beckhoff: TwinCAT Core Boost for Greater Computing Performance in Real Time

TwinCAT 3 consistently supports modern multi-core processor technology. The multi-thread capability makes it possible to distribute the application across several cores. Supplemented by TwinCAT Core Boost, the computing performance of individual real-time or user-mode cores can now also be increased by up to 50% to maximize system performance and optimize it for specific requirements.

WAGO: 221 Series Compact Splicing Connector – Connection Technology for Hazardous Areas
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WAGO: 221 Series Compact Splicing Connector – Connection Technology for Hazardous Areas

The 221 Series Compact Splicing Connector for hazardous areas offers entirely new design possibilities, particularly for the manufacturers of distribution boxes, terminal boxes, lights or electronic devices. The light gray “Ex protection” version also retains all the advantages of the 221 Series. As an all-purpose terminal block of ignition protection type Ex e (“Increased Safety”) it can be used for all applications in zones 1 and 2. The ease of handling of the 221 Series is also reproduced in the version for hazardous areas: Pull the lever up, insert a conductor, release the lever.

Middle Atlantic: New Q-SYS Certified Plugin for NEXSYS UPSx With RackLink
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Middle Atlantic: New Q-SYS Certified Plugin for NEXSYS UPSx With RackLink

Middle Atlantic Products, a brand of Legrand | AV, has recently announced the availability of the new Q-SYS Certified control plugin for its NEXSYS Series UPS Backup Power System with RackLink. Developed by Control Concepts, the new Q-SYS plugin enables control of NEXSYS UPSs via Q-SYS. “RackLink is built around enabling native support for its intelligent system control, logging and data management, environmental control, and protection features,” said Nyron Kahrim, UPS Product Manager, Legrand | AV.

AttaBox: New Solarshield HMI Clear Cover Enclosures Maximize Visibility Even When the Cover is Closed and Locked
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AttaBox: New Solarshield HMI Clear Cover Enclosures Maximize Visibility Even When the Cover is Closed and Locked

AttaBox Enclosures has recently introduced AttaBox SolarShield HMI Covers, providing the ultimate HMI screen protection in the harshest of environments. Now, AttaBox is offering the option of a clear cover configuration that maximizes visibility of the HMI screen while the cover is closed and locked providing the convenience of hands-free viewing. The new AttaBox SolarShield Clear and Opaque HMI Covers offer the most innovative, durable, non-metallic HMI Covers for use with all enclosure material types. The covers are ideal for protecting HMI Screens from UV and harsh environmental conditions and are the industry’s only non-metallic HMI covers with side shields.

Amphenol TPC Wire & Cable: Addition to the Hy-Trex MP500 Power Cable Line-up
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Amphenol TPC Wire & Cable: Addition to the Hy-Trex MP500 Power Cable Line-up

Amphenol TPC Wire & Cable is proud to announce an addition to it’s line of Hy-Trex MP500 Power Cables. The Hy-Trex MP500 power cable, part number 61373-2, is ideal for supplying power to OEM equipment and machinery. Commonly used to power robotic welding cells and other high amperage load automated equipment. These power cables are specifically designed to deliver reliable performance and long-lasting durability, making them an excellent choice for any industrial application requiring high-quality power cables. In stock and ready for immediate shipping.

Pilz: PSENradar Safe Radar Sensor
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Pilz: PSENradar Safe Radar Sensor

Safe radar sensors are used where optoelectronic sensors reach their limits: rugged environments, such as outdoors or in material processing for example, can be monitored safely using PSENradar. That’s because radar technology (FMCW: frequency modulated continuous wave) ensures high availability even where there are external influences such as dust, dirt, rain, light, sparks or vibrations. The underlying volumetric monitoring with a frequency of 24 – 24.25 GHz can be used up to SIL 2, PL d and Category 3, which is often a requirement in robot applications. The complete solution also has additional interfaces such as Ethernet, Profisafe and FSoE, so making it easy to use the safety radar sensor in retrofit applications.