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Why Thermal Conductivity Sensors are Good Hydrogen Leak Detectors Publish Date: 2025-12-18

Honeywell‘s hydrogen leak detection (HLD) sensors are key for those adopting low-carbon hydrogen-generated power as fossil fuel alternatives.

Meeting the Challenges of EMI Control and Safety in Compact Industrial Control Panels Publish Date: 2025-12-02

Control panel safety requirements can vary across locations within an industrial network requiring network designers to deploy a variety of different solutions.

Industrial and Consumer Applications for IR LEDs Publish Date: 2025-07-02

Near-infrared LEDs enable compact, efficient IR sensing across various applications, including surveillance, safety systems, smart meters, and appliances.

Behind the Robot: Sensing, Safety, and Control in Industry 4.0 Publish Date: 2025-06-19

How sensor, safety solutions and industrial control components contribute to safe motion control, adaptive system behavior, and deterministic decision-making.

How To Use Safety-Rated Contactors to Realize Optimal Industrial Safety Solutions Publish Date: 2025-05-21

A guide to how to architect safety systems using Siemens' 3RT2 safety-rated contactors with fail-safe operation to realize optimal industrial safety solutions.

Understanding and Selecting Film Capacitors for Power Applications Publish Date: 2025-05-08

Understanding the structure and characteristics of film capacitors helps select the correct device to match specific power application requirements.

Use Power Quality Mitigation Solutions to Protect Water Treatment Plant Electrical Infrastructure Publish Date: 2025-03-19

Learn how to ensure power quality to protect a water treatment plant from inefficiencies, outages, and equipment damage.

How to Optimize for Isolation and Performance Using Advanced Digital Isolators Publish Date: 2025-01-29

Designers can use efficient, transformer-based digital isolators for high-speed data transfers while ensuring system and user safety.

Choosing and Applying the Optimum DC/DC Converter for Medical Applications Publish Date: 2024-12-06

The challenges facing designers of power supplies for medical devices can be mitigated by choosing a DC/DC converter with IEC 60601-1 certification.

How Miniature Safety Laser Scanners Can Maximize Protection and Productivity Publish Date: 2024-12-03

A look at safety mats and safety laser scanners and how the scanners can replace the mats, saving factory up-time and cost.

How to Select and Integrate Multi-Dimensional Safety Systems to Protect Workers from Cobots Publish Date: 2024-11-13

A refresher on industry safety requirements, a review of the basics of safety laser scanners, and a dive into how layered safety envelopes can be implemented.

How Radar Can Be Used for Vehicle Detection and Collision Avoidance in Challenging Environments Publish Date: 2024-11-12

A review of the operating frequencies on several radar specifications, a comparison of radar technologies, and a software suite that can speed the development.

Medical Devices Require 'Do No Harm' Power Supplies Publish Date: 2024-08-29

Learn about strict regulatory requirements for medical devices and how MEAN WELL's medical-grade power supplies and adaptors can suit many applications.

How to Select 48 V Connectors for Medium-Voltage Automotive Architectures Publish Date: 2024-07-18

Medium-voltage connectors can be optimized using the same design for 12 V and 48 V parts.

Using Light Curtains to Enhance Safety and Measure Objects Publish Date: 2024-07-12

A look at light curtain specifications and performance standards, application examples of how light curtains are used, and how measuring light curtains operate.

How Safety Laser Scanners Can Protect People and Machines Publish Date: 2024-07-11

A review of the factors that affect when to choose a scanner and when to choose a light curtain along with the important selection criteria for using scanners.

Image of Ensuring Compact, Flexible, and Accurate Circuit Protection that Meets IEC and UL Safety Standards Ensuring Compact, Flexible, and Accurate Circuit Protection that Meets IEC and UL Safety Standards Publish Date: 2023-01-13

How to use ensure electronic circuits and users are protected from excessive voltages, currents, and temperatures to IEC and UL safety standards.

What are the Important Considerations when Assessing Cobot Safety? Publish Date: 2024-04-03

A review of the requirements of ISO/TS 15066 and how they fit in with ISO 10218-1 and 10218-2 a consideration the complexities of collaboration.

Designing Safe and Reliable Power Systems for Mining Electrical Supplies Publish Date: 2024-02-28

Adopting a multitiered approach to power quality in mining ensures reliable operation and worker safety.

Using Cybersecure PLCs with Integrated Safety for High-Speed Industrial Automation Publish Date: 2024-02-20

Flexible and high-speed machine control with integrated safety and high levels of cybersecurity is needed in various factories.