Motors and their associated equipment must be protected against both overload and overcurrent (short circuit or ground fault). This function is usually split, with ...

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Jams or sudden stops during an indexer's moving periods can subject its drivetrain to damaging torques. A few setups prevent damage in such situations. In engineering, indexing is the movement from an ...

Electronic overload protection has long been employed on industrial electric motors. In some cases, this internal protection may serve as a viable torque limiting mechanism. Many applications, however ...

The Series C63 solid-state relays come in a plastic 6-pin commercial DIP package designed to meet the compact size and overload protection requirements of design engineers. The C63 utilizes a power ...

LONDON — Bookham Technology plc is using next week's European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) in Stockholm, Sweden as the launch pad for an integrated 10Gbit/s optical receiver with ...

ABB, together with Onlinecomponents.com, features their thermal overload relays. The thermal overload relays are economic electromechanical protection devices. The devices offer reliable protection ...

This voltage regulator delivers smooth control of a constant voltage from 0 to 8 V. It protects the load against short circuits and indicates connection, overload, and output level. The series chain ...