{"id":10026,"date":"2023-06-01T10:16:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T08:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/news\/awards-for-innovations\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T09:13:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T07:13:26","slug":"awards-for-innovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/en\/awards-for-innovations\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards for innovations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Phoenix Contact is one of the winners of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.german-innovation-award.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"German Innovation Award 2023 (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">German Innovation Award 2023<\/a> &#8211; twice. Gold in the Excellence Business to Business main category went to the development of the &#8220;Ex i isolation amplifier functional-safety-and-explosion-protection&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; aria-label=&#8221;MINI Analog Pro with SIL 3 (opens in a new tab)&#8221; rel=&#8221;noreferrer noopener&#8221; class=&#8221;ek-link&#8221;&gt;MINI Analog Pro with SIL 3&#8243;. The development of the SPT Modular circuit board terminal received an award in the &#8220;Special Mention&#8221; category. The award ceremony took place on Tuesday evening (May 23) in Berlin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/05\/German-Innovation-Award-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/05\/German-Innovation-Award-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/05\/German-Innovation-Award-01.jpg 636w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/05\/German-Innovation-Award-01-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Martin Wetter (center) receives the award<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>&#13;\nDr Martin Wetter, Executive Vice President Innovation of the Business Area ICE (Industrial Components and Electronics), was visibly proud. &#8220;With a width of just 6.2 millimeters, the MINI Analog Pro combines explosion protection and functional safety in a single device,&#8221; he said. &#8220;For this reason, this miracle of miniaturization has over ten patents for housing, analog and measurement technology.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/05\/German-Innovation-Award-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/05\/German-Innovation-Award-03-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/05\/German-Innovation-Award-03-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/05\/German-Innovation-Award-03-768x912.jpg 768w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/05\/German-Innovation-Award-03.jpg 842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mini Analog Pro with SIL3<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The independent jury of the German Innovation Award also called the variant of the isolation amplifier family a milestone in miniaturization, requiring less than half the space in the control cabinet than conventional solutions. It was also remarkable how carefully and comprehensively the project was thought out overall.<\/p>\n\n<p>In its reasoning for the award for the PCB terminal block, the jury emphasized that with &#8220;SPT modular&#8221; Phoenix Contact had for the first time implemented an end-to-end digital process chain from the configurator to production. At the end of a configuration, all the data required for the design in the process and ordering process is available, it said.<\/p>\n\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.german-innovation-award.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">German Innovation Award<\/a>, the German Design Council honors cross-industry products and solutions that distinguish themselves primarily through user-centeredness and added value compared to previous solutions. Among other things, the innovation award aims to make them visible to a broad audience.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/05\/German-Innovation-Award-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/05\/German-Innovation-Award-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/05\/German-Innovation-Award-02.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/05\/German-Innovation-Award-02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/05\/German-Innovation-Award-02-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Martin Wetter, Yves Hackl and Veith Thielecke (v.li.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixcontact.com\/de-de\/produkte\/trennverstaerker-und-messumformer\/hochkompakte-trennverstaerker-mit-steckbarer-anschlusstechnik\">Trennverst\u00e4rker und Messumformer f\u00fcr Standardanwendungen | Phoenix Contact<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phoenix Contact is one of the winners of the German Innovation Award 2023 &#8211; twice. 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