Unsnarling America’s supply lines
In this article, John Denslinger investigates the scope of work required to unsnarl America’s supply lines, covering causal, flow and macro-economic factors. After years of stellar operational performance applying lean manufacturing and efficient JIT techniques, America’s supply lines have broken down. This isn’t to say lean and JIT are the…
RJ45 patch cables for industrial applications
The Phoenix Contact portfolio now includes the new RJ45 patch cables for industrial applications. The RJ45 INDUSTRIAL patch cable series enables data speeds of up to 10 Gbps in accordance with CAT5 and CAT6A and is particularly suitable for Industrial Ethernet and PROFINET environments. The connectors with a uniform look…
10 MILLION MATING CYCLES WITH GAME-CHANGING QUICK-CHANGE HEAD
Save time and money! In areas with a high degree of automation and short cycle times, speed is of the essence. With maximum failure protection and numerous transmission variants, the ODU-MAC® Silver-Line is specifially designed for automatic docking. Now, with the addition of a quick-change head, this connector range also…
Component cost and demand in the 2020s
TTI SVP business development, president Exponential Technology Group, Michael Knight states that how things have worked in the past are not how things will work going forward. Q: How have component prices moved over the last ten years and are you seeing price increases driven by extending lead-times and shortages?…
Emergency-Stop Switch Configurator to help engineers and designers
EAO offers a new Emergency-Stop Switch Configurator to help engineers and designers intuitively configure and purchase modular products that meet their individual requirements. EAO’s globally-certified emergency stop switches can be constructed from a wide range of components and configured in a variety of ways to ensure they meet the specific…
Semiconductor shortages in automotive will ease in 2022
Chipmakers are adding production capacity and demand is expected to weaken which will lead to improved supply conditions for semiconductor purchasers. Electronics purchasers in the auto industry can expect shortages of microcontrollers, MOSFETs and a range of other chips used in automotive systems to continue until the second half of…
