Electrical and Electronic Equipment

To meet the demand for ever more energy-efficient components for wind turbine installations, SMP has developed choke designs specially for inverters used in wind turbines. Their high energy efficiency is achieved through their compact design and through the use of low-loss materials. SMP’s chokes are maintenance-free and have a long lifespan – a significant contribution to reducing the expensive maintenance of wind turbines.

Tyco Electronics has released its new versatile Dorman Smith Loadlimiter 63 distribution system for commercial and industrial final circuit management applications rated up to 250A. The distribution system provides multiple metering arrangements including single or split metering in either horizontal or vertical configurations. With its new design and a comprehensive range of MCB distribution boards and components, the device easily helps to fulfill UK Building Regulations Part L2 requiring sub-metering of distribution boards for specific applications.

With only weeks remaining until Pilz discontinues the Classic range of safety relays on 1 February 2009, the company is reminding machine builders, system integrators and maintenance engineers about the benefits offered by its slimline and multi-functional PNOZsigma safety relays.

The YSK Series from knitter-switch is designed around a rubber key that is offered with more than a million variations to satisfy practically every application. knitter-switch expects these new switches to be popular among manufacturers of white and brown goods, toys, industrial products and automotive systems.

Components Express, Inc. is a cable manufacturer specializing in GigE Vision, Camera Link, FireWire and related cable assemblies serving the machine vision industry. Since its inception in 1992 CEI has today become a high quality manufacturer of machine vision cable, power and data products. The high quality in-house manufacturing capabilities and cost-effective international import operations allow CEI to offer both simple components and complex sub assemblies.

Tumbler Technologies + TRUMPower announced availability of the TRM24 series of 12-24W desktop power adapters, which have approvals to class I and class II medical standards. The series is approved to IEC60601-1, UL60601-1, EN60601-1, CE, CB safety standards and complies with EN60601-1-2 EMI standards including EN55011/FCC/VCCI class B (conducted and radiated emissions), EN61000-3-2, EN61000-4-2, EN61000-4-3, EN61000-4-5, EN61000-4-11.

Lapp Group UK announces new versions of its SKINTOP MS-SC-M brush cable gland with its unique brush connecting system for larger diameter cables. The new cable gland has been specially designed for use with copper braid screen cables with external diameters of between 9-68mm, and is now available in metric threads from 25mm up to 75mm.

SolarOptimus tracking systems are the latest Conergy photovoltaic systems. The twin-axis drive systems are controlled by an astronomical algorithm which increases the production efficiency of eco-friendly energy by around 30%. To enable the systems to run maintenance-free over longer periods even under extreme weather conditions, Conergy decided to use igus components for all plain bearing applications as well as rod end bearings and linear units.

Tumbler Technologies + TRUMPower has announced the TRM24 series of 12-24W wall mount power adapters that are approved to class II medical standards. The customer has a choice of interchangeable plugs or fixed plugs, which include US, EU, British, Australian types. The series is approved to IEC60601-1, UL60601-1, EN60601-1, CE, CB safety standards and complies with EN60601-1-2 EMI standards including EN55011/FCC/VCCI class B (conducted and radiated emissions), EN61000-3-2, EN61000-4-2, EN61000-4-3, EN61000-4-5, EN61000-4-11.

Scorpion Power Systems has upgraded its popular Phoenix Dual Mains Automatic Changeover Panel, which can now be incorporated with a Building Management Systems (BMS) and Fire Control Panel. Also offered with a remote annunciator panel, thereby enabling fire officers to see the status of alarms around a building, the Phoenix has enhanced monitoring facilities and can be adapted to meet individual designs.