nVent HOFFMAN
What Makes Steel “Mild” – Ironing Out Your Metal Material Options
Looking through a manufacturer’s online enclosure catalog recently, I
came across a term I hadn’t heard before. Now, I’m not a contractor, so I
likely haven’t seen as many of these listings as you might have. But I
am a journalist who has covered the construction industry for several
decades, and the term “mild steel” stuck out to me when it showed up as a
material option for the maker’s broad range of enclosure offerings.
Philips Lighting Co.
Philips Lighting Offers Array of New LED Products
Earlier this year at the Light + Building 2018 trade show in Frankfurt,
Germany, Philips Lighting announced a string of new initiatives aimed at
the transition to more LED lamps as well as the inclusion of LEDs into
the “Internet of Things” (IoT) in homes and buildings worldwide.
First
the company announced IoT platform called Interact, designed to handle
data collected from connected light points, sensors, devices and
systems.
GE Industrial Solutions by ABB
Lighting Automation Still Requires a Contactor
Lighting automation has bells and whistles, but a lighting contactor is
necessary to switch the actual lighting circuits. Properly selecting
lighting contactors can save installation and maintenance costs. What
are some of the important considerations in addition to the correct
voltage and current?
Panduit Corp
Opti-Core® IndustrialNet™ Polymer Coated Fiber (PCF) Cables
Opti-Core® IndustrialNet™ Polymer Coated Fiber (PCF) Cables are designed
with technicians in mind, and are ideal for installation in harsh,
industrial environments. Large diameter, high strength and highly
durable graded-index, PCF Cables are suitable for applications that
demand high mechanical integrity and reliability. They are easy to
prepare and terminate using the LC Connector and PCF Termination Kit.
Training takes minutes so it’s suitable for technicians lacking
experience with fiber optic cables.
Panduit Corp
Panduit® StrongHold™ Electrical/Network Supports and Fasteners
Panduit® StrongHold™ Electrical/Network Supports and Fasteners provide a
reliable, high-quality solution for routing and securing power and
communication cabling within commercial and industrial facilities to
reduce the time and cost associated with cable management installation.
These dependable supports and fasteners are designed to meet the
regulatory requirements of NFPA 70 (National Electric Code), UL
standards and other USA/Canadian building codes.
Panduit Corp
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) – No Battery, Maintenance-Free
The Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) uses 24VDC input/output to
provide 35W of power and 5 to 15 minutes Hold Time and is designed for
critical networking and control applications such as industrial managed
switches and human machine interfaces (HMI’s). The Industrial UPS uses
Ultracapacitors instead of batteries, eliminating the #1 cause of
conventional UPS failures, which lowers the risk of downtime - and
there’s no need for costly and time consuming maintenance.