Phoenix Contact
INSPIRING INNOVATIONS
Phoenix Contact is the global market leader for components, systems and solutions in the field of electrical engineering, electronics and automation. Today, the family-owned company employs around 17,600 people worldwide and generated a revenue of 2.48 billion euros in 2019. The headquarter is in Blomberg, Westphalia/Germany. The Phoenix Contact Group includes eighteen German and four international companies as well as 55 sales organizations around the world. Phoenix Contact is present in more than 100 countries worldwide.
Production takes place in eleven countries worldwide with a high degree of vertical integration. The product range includes components and system solutions for the generation, transport and distribution of energy, equipment and mechanical engineering as well as control cabinet manufacturing. A diverse range of terminal blocks and special terminal blocks, PCB terminal blocks and connectors, cable connection technology and installation accessories offers innovative components. Electronic interfaces and power supplies, automation systems based on Ethernet and wireless, open control systems, safety solutions for people, machines and data, and surge protection systems offer smart solutions to installers and operators of plants, properties, urban and traffic concepts. The markets of manufacturing industry, regenerative energy generation, mobility and smart buildings are served by integrated concepts including engineering and services according to their specific needs.
Phoenix Contact supports the digital transformation with products, systems and solutions. Through its experience in in-house machine building, the company is familiar with the requirements of digitalization and the continuous flow of data, from engineering to manufacturing to installation and maintenance, along the entire product life cycle.
Product innovations and specific solutions for individual customer requirements are created in development areas at the sites in Germany, China and the USA. Numerous patents underline the fact that many of Phoenix Contact's developments are unique. In close cooperation with universities and science, future technologies such as electro mobility and digitalization are researched and transferred into market-oriented products, systems and solutions.
Connectors
clipx ENGINEER – EPLAN integration
With the engineering software clipx ENGINEER, you can perform your planning tasks directly in 3D. The software offers you online and offline the opportunity to plan and procure terminal strips, assembled mounting plates and junction boxes realistic in 3D.
The bidirectional interface to EPLAN software streamlines and accelerates your time-consuming planning tasks and adds real products to your electrical planning.
EPLAN users benefit from the close cooperation and consistent interfaces.
MARKING system – EPLAN integration
The MARKING system software enables you to implement your custom-designed marking solutions easily and conveniently. All Phoenix Contact marking systems can be controlled and managed centrally from this software.
Thanks to the integration in EPLAN, the relevant data from the electrical planning can be transferred at the click of a mouse in order to prepare the corresponding marking materials in MARKING system with little effort. This allows you to implement individually designed marking solutions for terminal blocks, wires and cables, equipment, and plants.
PROJECT complete – EPLAN integration
The PROJECT complete planning and marking software guides you through all phases of planning terminal strips. From the transfer of data from electronics planning through to delivery of your finished product, the software features individual and convenient process support. PROJECT complete is the innovative solution for the straightforward planning of your terminal strips and the easy creation of the corresponding markings.
Based on the integration into EPLAN, the relevant data from electrical schematics can be transferred with just a click of the mouse in order to automatically design the corresponding terminal strip in PROJECT complete. At the same time, the software automatically creates the corresponding marking solutions. EPLAN users benefit from a comprehensive process support from planning through the fully assembled and professionally marked DIN rail.
PLCnext Engineer – EPLAN integration
PLCnext Engineer is the engineering software platform for automation controllers from Phoenix Contact, which enables fully integrated programming in a single interface. Through the AutomationML based integration into the EPLAN Platform, relevant data from electrical planning, such as field devices and variable lists, can be automatically transferred and synchronized between PLCnext Engineer and EPLAN. This helps users save time and ensure working with consistent data along the value chain.
