Check out this episode of the RS Expert Advice Podcast with Logan Morrow of Phoenix Contact to learn more about the interface relays you’ll find in virtually every industrial application.
In this episode of the RS Expert Advice Podcast, we’re joined by Logan Morrow, a relays product marketing specialist at Phoenix Contact, a leading global supplier of innovative industrial electrification, networking, and automation solutions. After introducing himself and Phoenix Contact, Logan provides a general introduction to relays before diving into interface relays. He addresses the differences between electromechanical and solid-state interface relays, their ubiquity in industrial electronics, key characteristics of effective interface relays, and features unique to Phoenix Contact’s PLC-INTERFACE relays and shares an application success story. Watch or listen now to learn more.
Pressed for time? Use the timestamped questions below to jump directly to specific sections of the podcast.
(00:33) Please introduce yourself and tell us about your role at Phoenix Contact and how you ended up working with relays.
(01:26) Please also provide us with a brief introduction to Phoenix Contact.
(02:17) Tell us about relays.
(03:16) Can you tell us about interface relays?
(04:06) What’s the difference between electromechanical and solid-state interface relays?
(05:55) What types of applications are interface relays used in?
(06:38) What are some key characteristics of effective interface relays?
(07:54) What’s unique about Phoenix Contact PLC-INTERFACE relays?
(12:15) Can you tell us more about their electrical performance?
(13:22) Are there options with environmental ratings?
(14:26) Do you want to touch on any of the other special functionalities?
(16:36) Are there any success stories you can share about Phoenix Contact’s PLC-INTERFACE relays?
(18:16) Is there anything else you’d like our listeners to know about Phoenix Contact or its portfolio of interface relays?
Rely on Phoenix Contact and RS for Your Interface Relays
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 a wide range of Phoenix Contact products, including high-quality, space-saving, user-friendly PLC-INTERFACE relays designed for robustness and easily replaceability. For more information about these and other Phoenix Contact relays available at RS, please visit the links embedded here. For assistance identifying, procuring, deploying, and maintaining Phoenix Contact relays sure to satisfy your unique application demands, please contact your local RS representative at 1.866.433.5722 or reach out to the RS technical support team.
