Electromechanical components such as relays and switches often must undergo endurance tests that verify their reliability and safety. Regulatory standards typically have compliance criteria that ...

Proper selection and effective testing can increase contact reliability in the end product while reducing the overall cost of using relays. Who said relays are pass�? While electromechanical relays ...

Testing relays is both an art and a science. As relay technicians inevitably learn in the field, pure theory-based understanding of protective relays is not nearly enough for the real-world situations ...

Production test of a finished electronic product often involves two techniques: in-circuit test (ICT) and functional component test (FCT). The ICT technique examines a non-powered circuit board to ...

The objective of protective relays and protective schemes is to protect electrical equipment such as transformers, lines, cables, bus bars, etc. during abnormal system conditions. Hence, protective ...

Component distributor Farnell has added the products of reed relay maker Pickering Electronics to its electromechanical portfolio. “Pickering Electronics has been market leaders for more than 50 years ...

Hoofddorp, The Netherlands. Fujitsu Components Europe has announced that this year it is celebrating Fujitsu’s one hundred years of manufacturing relays. The Takamisawa Electric Co. was established in ...