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A terminal block with what it takes to set a world record. On November 4, 2026, ten students connected 500 terminals in record time, ensuring a smooth flow of electricity.<\/p>\n

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A breathless silence, until the light at the very top turned green<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>
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The dual-track students from Phoenix Contact had prepared meticulously to attempt a world record the evening before a women\u2019s Bundesliga handball game at the Synflex Arena in Blomberg. Ten active participants, seven \u201creserves,\u201d and the trainers from the company\u2019s in-house training program were, so to speak, \u201cunder pressure.\u201dThe ten aspiring mechatronics and electrical engineers each had a DIN rail with 50 terminal blocks in front of them on a wall, which they had to wire up as quickly as possible under the watchful eye of the official Guinness<\/a> adjudicator Lena Kuhlmann.<\/p>\n

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A successful connection is indicated both visually and audibly. This makes wiring faster and, above all, safer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The Push-X terminal block not only provides a visual indication of a successful connection; it also emits a clicking sound when the wire is correctly engaged. So every click means a successful connection. That\u2019s why it had to be absolutely silent in the sports hall on Ulmenallee during the record attempt. No easy feat, since shortly before a home game for the reigning German women\u2019s handball champions, the HSG Blomberg<\/a>, the atmosphere here is usually boisterous and filled with loud cheering.<\/p>\n\n

The fact that not all the lights came on right away had everyone on edge for a moment. In the end, however, five green lights signaled to the dual-enrollment students, the referee, and the spectators alike: Everything worked out\u2014the power is flowing. And all in just 2 minutes and 20 seconds. The cheers were loud, and the excitement spread to the spectators as well.<\/p>\n

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From the training workshop to the arena: The Phoenix Contact team is ready to go<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

It\u2019s hard to imagine a better demonstration of the capabilities of the innovative Push-X technology, since the young team was made up of first-year students who had only been with Phoenix Contact since August. That said, installers rarely have to work as quickly as they did that evening in their day-to-day jobs\u2026<\/p>\n\n

Phoenix Contact Push-X-Technologie<\/a>Ausbildung bei Phoenix Contact<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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