of an actual installation. However, mounting the products within an enclosure helps demonstrate the key advantages of WAGO’ s offering.
“ Our customers require reliable connections and quality products that perform, long-term, in industrial conditions. The demonstration enclosure helps to show that build quality,” explains Clive.“ However, another important customer need is small footprint, so products included in the demo case, such as the triple-deck terminal block, which takes the same space along the DIN rail as a standard single terminal, helps demonstrate the compact dimensions of our products.”
Ease of use
A further vital need of WAGO’ s customers is ease of use. This is answered by features such as leveroperated terminals that enable rapid access for installation. Selection of the enclosure was important to emphasise these key advantages, and the product chosen for the job was a Spelsberg GTi-3 housing with a transparent lid.
“ All the components in the enclosure are DIN rail mounted,” says Clive.“ A key reason I chose this enclosure is because the DIN rail is so easy to fit, with wide flexibility over mounting positions.”
Constructed from high strength polycarbonate, the GTi-3 is lightweight for easy transportation. While it’ s compact, it is sufficiently deep to house taller products, such as the I / O and triple-deck terminals.
“ For installation, everyone’ s looking to make life easier and complete jobs faster, so features that enable this are important. When mounting an enclosure like this for real, its knockout holes, which show the flexibility available for cable entry and exit points, mean simple installation of cables and glands,” says Clive.
Customisation options
While WAGO tends to customise solutions in-house as part of the turn-key service it offers to large
The WAGO demo unit is intended to be presented at customer premises, as well as being displayed at trade fairs and exhibitions.
The enclosures are consistently manufactured to a very high standard, and the support provided by the UK team is very helpful.
OEMs, original products that enable rapid customisation is an advantage to WAGO.
“ Even though Spelsberg can offer CNC machining to drill holes, the flexibility of Spelsberg enclosures means that the design lends itself to fast, straightforward customisation, and this is a real benefit,” adds Clive.
For the demonstration unit, WAGO did require Spelsberg’ s in-house printing, which included the addition of a colour logo on the enclosure lid. Along with the finish quality, this service is more reliable, cost- effective, and accountable compared to involving a third-party.
This latest WAGO demonstration unit is the third in a series, all of which use a Spelsberg enclosure. For its customer projects, WAGO also typically chooses Spelsberg as its preferred enclosure supplier. The relationship between WAGO UK and Spelsberg UK has existed for nearly 30 years and began following the original partnership that existed between the two German manufacturers.
Partnership
“ We enjoy an excellent relationship with Spelsberg,” explains Clive.“ The enclosures are consistently manufactured to a very high standard, and the support provided by the UK team is very helpful. Spelsberg UK doesn’ t just have a warehouse, it has a facility with engineering expertise in design and customisation, so if we ever have any special requests, the team can quickly provide it, instead of having to wait for support from overseas.”
For further information, please visit www. spelsberg. co. uk
Issue 78 PECM 103