Engineering
The Platformer
20. March 2024
The Platformer
When it comes to building complex structures that are supported on top of each other in wafer-thin layers, additive manufacturing comes into play. At Phoenix Contact, the name Protiq comes…
1990s – Asia’s giants are waking up
19. April 2023
1990s – Asia’s giants are waking up
China and India have emerged as global players over the recent decades. Phoenix Contact had been doing business in these countries since the mid-1990s. True to the motto “think global…
The contactless connector
15. February 2022
The contactless connector
Maik Stemme and Norbert Schulz actually look quite normal. Two fit gentlemen in their prime, casually dressed and relaxed amidst cables, measuring devices and monitors. But they are part of…
Hot molded
8. November 2021
Hot molded
You don’t play with fire. Especially when plastic-sheathed cables are involved. So how does one get the audacious idea of bringing sensitive energy and data conductors into contact with liquid…
The Heat Simulator
30. September 2020
The Heat Simulator
Patrick Hartmann knows exactly when it gets too hot. With the help of his simulation tool, the thermal simulation expert can track down performance-hungry heat generators in housings before they…
We’ve got it
26. February 2020
We’ve got it
We’ll stay at the lovely Blomberg. The final stage of the search for the digital twin takes us to the heart of Phoenix Contact. The company’s own tool shop is…
We print with it
25. February 2020
We print with it
It is back to Blomberg, the main location of Phoenix Contact. A subsidiary of the company also resides here. A particularly attractive one at that. It is called Protiq and…
On the hunt for the digital twin
24. February 2020
On the hunt for the digital twin
Anybody dealing with the topic of Industry 4.0 will, after just a short time, inevitably encounter the digital twin. This refers to the digitalized image of a real object or process.…