Watch or listen to hear Dean Smith, Senior Product Marketing Specialist at Phoenix Contact, deep dive into M12 power connectors and cordsets, addressing essential knowledge, common challenges, product selection and implementation tips, and more.
M12 connectors are increasingly prevalent in virtually every segment of the industrial electronics industry. Known for their robustness, reliability, and versatility, M12 connectors are trusted to provide power, signal, and data transmission in a wide range harsh environment applications, including factories, vehicles, telecommunication, transportation, and renewable energy systems, aircraft, and even spacecraft.
We spoke with Dean Smith, Senior Product Marketing Specialist at Phoenix Contact, a leading global supplier of innovative industrial electrification, networking, and automation solutions, to learn more about M12 connectors — and particularly M12 power connectors and cordsets.
In the following audio and video podcasts, Dean deep-dives into M12 power connectors and cordsets, sharing essential knowledge, common challenges, and product selection and implementation advice, as well as an introduction to Phoenix Contact’s new TC-ER rated M12 power cordsets.
Pressed for time? Use the timestamped questions below to jump directly to specific sections of the podcast.
0:34 Please introduce yourself and tell us a little about Phoenix Contact.
4:38 You joined us today to talk about M12 power connectors and cordsets. So, let’s dive in. What should people know?
11:10 What common challenges do people face when it comes to selecting and implementing M12 power solutions? Do you have any advice for overcoming these challenges?
22:15 Please introduce us to Phoenix Contact’s M12 power portfolio.
40:15 Tell us more about Phoenix Contact’s new TC-ER rated M12 Power Cordsets.
43:53 Is there anything else you’d like RS customers to know before we go?
Phoenix Contact and RS deliver power connectivity you can trust
Phoenix Contact is a leading global supplier of innovative electrification, networking, and automation solutions that empower customers to develop efficient, sustainable, and cost-effective applications and help lay the groundwork for an all-electric society based on renewable energy.
RS offers an extensive range of Phoenix Contact products, including M12 power solutions and a variety of other connector, wire, and cable products in addition to circuit protection products, industrial controls, industrial data communications solutions, PLCs and HMIs, power products, sensors, and tools and hardware.
For more information about Phoenix Contact’s M12 power solutions, including the new TC-ER rated M12 power cordsets, please visit the links embedded here, the RS and Phoenix Contact landing pages, and the new North American cordsets and connectors catalog. To learn more about Phoenix Contact’s other electrification, networking, and automation solutions, please check out the company’s other contributions to the RS Expert Advice series and visit the links embedded above.Â
For assistance identifying, procuring, deploying, and maintaining Phoenix Contact M12 connectivity solutions sure to help improve your shop floor productivity, please contact your local RS representative at 1.866.433.5722 or reach out to the RS technical support team.
