Phoenix Contact

About: Phoenix Contact is a company organization based out in Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Terminal (electronics) & Clamping. The organization has 1257 authors who have published 2097 publications receiving 7673 citations. The organization is also known as: Phoenix Contact (Germany).

Method and device for monitoring the maximum available capacity of a battery

Abstract: Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren sowie eine Vorrichtung zum Uberwachen der maximal verfugbaren Kapazitat einer Batterie sowie eine unterbrechungsfreie Stromversorgung (30), die eine Prognose der aktuellen Laufzeit einer Batterie (110) ermoglichen. The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for monitoring the maximum available capacity of a battery, and an uninterruptible power supply (30), which allow a forecast for the current runtime of a battery (110). Hierzu wird ein Verfahren zur Verfugung gestellt, nach dem zunachst eine Mehrzahl von verschiedenen Wertebereichen der Entladeschlussspannung bereitgestellt wird. For this purpose, a method is provided, after the first providing a plurality of different ranges of values ​​of the discharge voltage. Nunmehr wird der Batterie (110) Strom entnommen, und der Entladeschlussspannungswert ermittelt, auf den die Batterie gelangt. Now, the battery (110) is removed from power, and determines the Entladeschlussspannungswert to which arrives the battery. Das Auftreten der Entladungsschlussspannungswerte wird hinsichtlich der Wertbereiche gezahlt (16,17, Zahler 120,130). The occurrence of the discharge circuit voltage values ​​is counted in terms of value ranges (16,17, 120,130 meters). Fur jeden Entladevorgang werden diese Schritte wiederholt. For each unloading these steps are repeated. Nunmehr wird der Zahlerstand jedes Zahlers (120,130) ausgelesen und ein erster Faktor in Abhangigkeit von den ausgelesenen Zahlerstanden, welcher ein Mas fur die Abnahme der maximal verfugbaren Batteriekapazitat darstellt, ermittelt (17-2). Now the count of each counter (120,130) is read and a first factor depending on the read-out meter readings, which is a measure of the decrease in the maximum available battery capacity, determined (17-2).

Emergency off current loop

Abstract: An emergency off current loop (1) for the emergency shutdown of a machine or an installation is illustrated and described, having an emergency off button (2) designed as a break contact and having a contactor (3) which is in series with the emergency off button (2) and has main contacts (4) designed as make contacts, the main contacts (4) of the contactor (3) being situated in the main circuit of the machine or installation which is to be shut down in the event of an emergency. In the case of the emergency off current loop (1) according to the invention, a further emergency off button (17) or further emergency off buttons (17) can easily be inserted without an undesired emergency shutdown occurring, to be precise in that an emergency off loop extension connection (9) is provided in series with the emergency off button (2) and the contactor (3), the emergency off loop extension connection (9) has two extension connection terminals (10, 11) and the extension connection terminals (10, 11) are bridged or can be bridged, on the one hand, by a bridging plug (12) and, on the other hand, by a bridging button (13) designed as a make contact.

Bridging module having a housing with a latching device for latching to a mounting rail

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bridging module ( 300 ) for electrically connecting a functional component of a component assembly system, said bridging module comprising a module housing ( 337 ) which has an interlocking device ( 301 ) for detachably and interlockingly holding the bridging module ( 300 ) on a profiled mounting rail.