Smart Relays Combine Simplicity and Scalability To Satisfy a Diversity of Control Needs
When you need a straightforward means of controlling or managing a small or mid-size industrial system, programmable logic controllers (PLC) are often expensive, complex and prohibitive in tight spaces. For these situations, a smart relay can fit the bill. While these logic components are often small in size, they make up for it in speed, expandability and ease of use. In fact, they often strike the right balance between a simple, hard-wired relay and a PLC. Thanks to these attributes plus a long list of features, smart relays are a wise choice for many applications.
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Pluggable Terminal Blocks: Simple and Secure
Altech pluggable terminal blocks are designed to facilitate both push-in wire connections and pluggable connections, combining design flexibility with easy installation. A truly hybrid technology, these connectors reduce wiring time and effort, ensure 100% accurate field wiring and 100% secure connections.
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Digital Indicator Selection: Combining the Essentials With Advanced Features
When modernizing or upgrading industrial or process equipment, you’re also likely replacing or upgrading traditional mechanical analog-based indicators. Digital indicators provide a clearer, more reliable way to convey operational or measurement data to operators and technicians, and tool and instrument vendors now offer a wide range of digital indicators suitable for any type of measurement. However, selecting the right indicator — no matter the use case — requires careful attention to the basics: accuracy, measurement ranges, durability and visibility. This blog post provides a rundown of digital indicators and the important specifications to look for according to their function.
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Altech C-TEC Series Advances Industrial Power Reliability with Ultracapacitor UPS for Critical Infrastructure
The advanced ultracapacitor technology is housed directly within the C-TEC units to provide immediate, controlled backup power in the event of a DC supply interruption. Unlike lead-acid batteries, the ultracapacitors are virtually maintenance-free, offering a long service life and high cycle stability and reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for critical infrastructure. This robustness ensures systems remain operational during short-term power fluctuations or outages, supporting safe shutdown procedures.
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Enclosures for Outdoor and Harsh Applications Demand Durability and Moisture Resistance
Electronic system designers frequently treat electrical enclosures as an afterthought, driven by the pressure to meet functionality goals and tight deadlines, even in applications where the equipment is going to be exposed to harsh conditions or deployed outdoors. However, the difference between an adequate enclosure and an ideal enclosure can influence the reliability and performance of key internal components as well as the lifetime and safety of the system.
Read moreNew UL98 Disconnect Switches
Altech Corporation introduces their UL98 Series of open and enclosed disconnect switches that are designed to operate industrial motors and other heavy duty industrial equipment power. They can be used as a main switch for larger panels and applications.
Read moreCORROSION RESISTANT TERMINAL BLOCK SERIES
Altech Corporation has introduced a new series of terminal blocks that can be provided with corrosion resistant metal parts. This new series of Altech’s DIN terminal blocks feature quality comparable to the very best in industry, at very competitive pricing.
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Simple and Secure: Pluggable Terminal Blocks Cut Wiring Time and Effort
Whether connecting critical machines and systems in industrial automation, HVAC, equipment testing or other applications, designers often struggle to balance accurate, secure wire connections with simplicity. Conventional connectivity methods typically consume time, labor and space, especially in complex setups often found in control panels. However, fast equipment turnover, aggressive production targets and active test and measurement schedules demand wire connections that offer design flexibility and which allow quick and easy setups and changeovers. This blog post will describe the long list of advantages and disadvantages that make pluggable terminal blocks ideal for applications that require fast, hassle-free connections.
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Altech Releases Alsense Energy Monitor for Advanced Industrial Energy Management
2 - Altech Releases Alsense Energy Monitor for Advanced Industrial Energy Management Flemington, N.J. — Altech Corporation, a leader in industrial automation solutions, announces the release of its Alsense Energy Monitor (AMR-ES3M480V5A2M), a high-precision monitoring system that provides industrial facilities with real-time energy data to optimize energy usage, reduce costs and enhance sustainability initiatives.
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