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Save installation time: round holes are not only for pushbuttons

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If you have ever mounted manually a panel or if you are regularly doing some handicraft at home, you do know that creating a square cut-out with a jigsaw is usually more time consuming than opening a round hole with a hole punch tool. a simple hole punch tool Acknowledging the potential installation savings based on this situation, more and more industrial products that used to be mounted in square cut-out are being launched in a round hole mounting version, usually reusing the pushbutton hole dimensions so that the installation engineer can reuse the standard tools of his trade. Here is a short catalog of products using a round hole instead of the usual square cut out. The hour counter: Maybe the oldest product in our selection, it jumped into its round life a good decade ago XB5DSB hour counter The touchscreen HMI Perfect for compact machines, with all your data and controls at your fingertip. The small timer A great way to change your industrial bread machine cooking t...

Connecting to peace of mind: residential EV charging

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Things are revving up for the electric vehicle industry with the help EV charging. According to Inside EVs, sales of new electric cars worldwide surpassed two million units for the first time in 2018. That’s a 72 percent increase over the previous year at an average market share of 2.1 percent. Government mandates are driving EV adoption from China to California. Based on new emissions standards put forth by the European Union, as many as a third of the new cars in the EU will be electric or hydrogen-powered by 2030. The government of India has announced electrification targets , as well. At the consumer level, drivers are embracing EVs for their improved fuel economy, reduced emissions, and lower fuel expenses. According to the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy at the United States Department of Energy (DOE), the cost to charge your car at home in your garage over the course of a year “ can be less than running an air conditioner. ” And research shows th...