Weidmuller Interface Gmbh & Co.

Weidmuller Interface Gmbh

Christian Hamann

Walter Hanning

Manfred Wilmes

Michael Schnatwinkel

Rudolf Steinmeier

Christoph Zebermann

Uwe Fiene

Dietmar Dux

Hans-Georg Glathe

Gerhard Eggert

Eckhard Beins

Bernhard Schuster

Matthiass Liesenjohann

Thomas Hettwer

Martin Herms

A field bus connection module for coupling a local bus conductor to an associated field bus system includes a housing formed from functionally different, alignable terminal blocks, and spacing elements. The terminal blocks comprise a feed block and a grounded conductor block. Removably connected with the housing is at least one functional printed circuit board. Removal of the functional printed circuit board necessarily interrupts a separable connection between the local bus conductor and the field bus, although the field bus continues to be connected to the functional printed circuit board.

Ground bus coupling module

In this modular control assembly, individual bus conductor segments are integrated in modular, alignable housing blocks. The bus conductor segments have strip conductors on the upper and lower surfaces thereof. The bus conductor segments of mutually adjoining housing blocks are electrically connected by separating slide contact members. The contact members comprise a closed housing containing upper and lower contact springs for engaging the strip conductors of the bus conductor segment. The slide contact members can be pushed between an extended position in which they grasp the mutually facing ends of bus conductor segments (8) of neighboring housing blocks and a retracted position in which only one bus conductor segment is covered by the slide contact member.

Modular control system

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Holzminden, Germany

Christian Hamann