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Weidmuller USA Brings CUBESERIES Relay Kitting to Richmond, Strengthening Supply for North American Customers

Weidmuller USA has recently announced that kitted options of the CUBESERIES Industrial Relay line are now assembled in the USA at the company’s recently opened Richmond production facility. This now offers North American customers a more resilient, responsive supply chain, faster fulfillment and a larger portfolio of products. The move reflects Weidmuller’s continued investment in U.S.-based manufacturing and supply chain responsiveness. By assembling kits in Richmond, Weidmuller can provide shorter delivery times, increased supply continuity and local support for customers building control panels, industrial machinery and automation systems across North America.

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Connected, Data-driven, and Human-led Industrial Automation

Manufacturers have always looked to automation to improve productivity. Today, however, automation is taking on a much larger role. Persistent workforce shortages, rising production costs, and supply chain uncertainty are pushing manufacturers to do more with the people, equipment, and resources they already have. At the same time, advances in artificial intelligence, industrial IoT devices, machine learning, and robotics are creating new opportunities to improve operations.

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50 Years of Power Supplies: From the 50 Hz Transformer to Highly Efficient Industrial Power Supplies

Few components in industrial applications operate as unobtrusively yet play such a decisive role as the power supply. It forms the basis for stable processes, reliable automation, and high system availability. At the same time, the technology behind DC power supplies has changed fundamentally over the past five decades. Bernhard Erdl, founder and CEO of the PULS Group, has been developing and manufacturing power supplies for more than 50 years.

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What Is Absence-of-Voltage Testing? Understanding NFPA 70E Requirements

An absence of voltage test is a required verification step that confirms electrical equipment is fully de-energized before a worker begins any maintenance or service. Under NFPA 70E, it is a mandatory part of establishing an electrically safe work condition.

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Beyond the Hardware: Why AI Data Centers Need a Liquid-Cooling Strategy

As AI deployments drive rack densities beyond what conventional air cooling can efficiently support, more operators are introducing direct-to-chip liquid cooling, CDUs, and secondary coolant loops. But installing the equipment is only the first step. Long-term reliability also depends on how operators manage coolant health, monitor flow and temperature, detect leaks, maintain components, and coordinate…

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PBUS @C-Level: Mark Burr-Lonnon Brings Europe’s TME to the U.S. Distribution Market

Mark Burr-Lonnon spent many years – and logged many miles — establishing Mansfield, TX-based distributor Mouser Electronics in Europe and Asia. Now, as CEO Americas and Global Executive Consultant for Poland-based TME Electronic Components, he’s introducing TME to the U.S. electronics market. TME is a family-owned distributor serving e-catalog-type (high-mix, low-volume) orders to engineers and buyers globally. Its competitors include DigiKey, Mouser and Farnell in the electronics space and RS, DigiKey, Mouser and Grainger in the automation and control space. TME can accommodate larger orders as needed, Burr-Lonnon said.

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Which Fixing System Should You Specify for Your Potentiometer Knobs?

Every knob on a front panel is only as good as the joint holding it to the spindle. Get that joint wrong and you inherit a slow, steady list of problems, such as knobs that slip under load, indicator lines that drift out of register, assembly lines that take too long, and a warranty return because a knob parted company with the unit. In theory, none of this is complex. But in practice it’s the sort of detail that separates an elegant precise control from one that feels cheap. So it matters.

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How to Plan AI-Ready Cooling for High-Density Racks: A Step-by-Step Guide for Data Center Engineers and Procurement Managers

Planning cooling for AI-ready, high-density rack deployments starts earlier than most teams expect. The decisions made in the planning phase determine whether your infrastructure holds up under AI workloads or becomes a bottleneck as density climbs: heat load per rack, cooling architecture, rack platform, power delivery, and monitoring. Traditional data center cooling was sized around average rack densities of 5 to 10 kW. Most facilities planned for that range, and room-level air cooling handled it well enough.

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Weidmüller’s SNAP IN Achieves New Record Title in GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™

Weidmuller USA proudly announces that Weidmüller Group and the company’s SNAP IN technology achieved an official GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ listing and created a completely new record title that had not existed before: Fastest Time To Connect 500 Terminal Blocks Into A Single Chain By A Team. Using SNAP IN connection technology, invented by Weidmüller, a…

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PBUS@C-level: An Interview with Dave Doherty, CEO at DigiKey

PBUS contributing editor Barb Jorgensen and Dave Doherty, CEO at DigiKey discuss ongoing challenges in the supply chain and the current demand cycle fueled, in part, by AI.

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OT Cybersecurity at the Core of Smart Manufacturing

Manufacturers are operating in a more connected environment than ever before. That connectivity has driven gains in efficiency and visibility, but it has also introduced new risks. The 11th Annual State of Smart Manufacturing Report from Rockwell Automation lays this out clearly: 36 percent of respondents cite risk reduction as a top outcome of digital transformation, and nearly half (46 percent) report experiencing a cyber incident in the past year.

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The IT Closet Isn’t Dead – It’s More Important Than Ever

If you spend any time reading about data centers, you’d think every company is building AI clusters with liquid cooling and hundreds of GPU servers. They’re not. Most businesses still rely on something much less exciting, but far more common: the IT closet. It’s the room down the hall. Sometimes it’s a converted storage room. Sometimes it’s tucked behind the receptionist’s desk. It might not look impressive, but it’s where the network lives. If that room goes down, so does everything connected to it.

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CBS ArcSafe: RSK-SACE3 Remote Switch Kit for ABB/SACE EMAX2 Circuit Breakers

CBS ArcSafe, a manufacturer of remote racking and switching solutions for low- and medium-voltage switchgear, introduces the RSK-SACE3, a remote switch kit that allows technicians to operate ABB/SACE EMAX2 air circuit breakers from 30 to 50 feet away, keeping workers safely outside the arc flash boundary. Compatible with EMAX2 frame sizes 1.2–6.2 equipped with factory button covers, the RSK-SACE3 accommodates breakers rated from 800 to 6000 A without the need to modify existing equipment.

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PBUS@C-level: An Interview with Michael Knight, Part 2

In the second part of our interview with Michael Knight, Corporate Senior Vice President of Strategy for TTI Inc., we look at robotics; how they are harnessing AI; and AI’s potential to improve the supply chain.

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NOARK M-Series MCCBs Deliver Seamless Integration with Rittal RiLineX Busbar Systems

NOARK Electric has announced the compatibility of its M-Series molded case circuit breakers (MCCBs) with Rittal’s RiLineX 60 mm busbar system through specialized component adapters designed for modern panel-building applications. The integration combines NOARK’s high-performance circuit protection technology with RiLineX’s innovative “Universal” mounting platform to deliver faster assembly, enhanced flexibility, and simplified system design for panel builders and OEMs.

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PBUS@C-level: An Interview with Michael Knight, Corporate Senior Vice President of Strategy at TTI

Michael Knight, Corporate Senior Vice President of Strategy for TTI Inc., recently spoke with PBUS contributing editor Barb Jorgensen about the drivers behind skyrocketing electronics component demand.

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