Peerless Electronics Assembly Team Now Certified to J-STD-001

Peerless Electronics Inc. is pleased to announce that members of their Value Added Assembly Team are now fully certified to MIL-STD-2000A as well as being CIS Certified IPC Specialists, meeting the J-STD-001 soldering certification. The IPC J-STD-001 requirement for Soldered Electrical and Electronic Assemblies has emerged as the preeminent authority for electronics assembly manufacturing. This...

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Disconnect Relay serves American smart meter market.

Designed for American 200 A load specifications, Ledex-BLP 200 is manufactured with UL-94-VO rated materials and delivers performance that exceeds UL, ANSI, NEMA, CSA, and IEC standards. Product operates inÂ- failsafe mode when high current short circuit conditions occur and provides positive contact latching for 15,000+ operating cycles. Designed for service life required for residential...

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ABB Provides Public Power Utilities with a Broad Range of New Smart Grid Solutions

ABB helps rural electric co-ops, municipalities and utilities maintain affordable, reliable electric service through smart grid solutions to power, protect and grow communities. New Orleans, Louisiana – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced plans to help empower Public Power and rural electric utilities with future-proofing their systems for a reliable,...

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Motor Management Relay includes arc-flash light sensor.

Motor Management Relay includes arc-flash light sensor.

Using standard motor thermal management, overcurrent protection, and integrated arc-flash detection, Model SEL-849 protects equipment and personnel in low- and medium-voltage motor control centers. Unit features 4 contact outputs,Â- 6 opto-isolated control inputs, EIA-232/EIA-485 port, and Ethernet 10/100 BASE-T port. With 2.8 x 5 x 6 in. form factor andÂ- current input of 0.5–128 A,...

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AutomationDirect Expands Pneumatic Cylinder Position Switch Offering

AutomationDirect Expands Pneumatic Cylinder Position Switch Offering

The NITRAÂ-® line of pneumatics products now includes nine styles of position switches for pneumatic cylinders, including round, dovetail, t-slot, square, and D-shaped; additional dovetail accessories are available to accommodate larger dovetail slots. The new styles are solid-state electronic switches available in normally-open 3-wire DC PNP and NPN configurations, and can be purchased with...

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IES Recognizes Acuity Brands Lighting Products

Illuminating Engineering Society Selects 10 Acuity BrandsLighting Products for Annual Progress Report ATLANTA - Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI; Company ), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting solutions, announced today a total of 10 lighting products, including new LED lamps, luminaires and lighting control software, have been selected by the Illuminating Engineering Society...

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Safety Relay enhances plant machinery reliability.

Designed for OEMs, ESR5 monitors signals from safety devices and switches off quickly if emergency occurs to enhance plant machinery reliability and safety. It detects faults - ground, cross connection, wire breakage - that occur in control circuit and switches off enable paths. Available in single- and dual-channel versions, relay employs redundant features and is compatible with various safety...

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SIL-Rated Relays are designed for process safety.

SIL-Rated Relays are designed for process safety.

Designed to operate with fail-safe controls in process applications, PSR-FSP2/2x1 and PSR-FSP/2x1, respectively, support use in situations requiring up to Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 and SIL 2. Both safe interposing relays have 2 NO safe outputs, but only those for PSR-FSP/2x1 are internally redundant. Also, NC status contact on both 17.5 mm wide safety process relays can be wired to SIL-rated...

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