An electronic survey of Control Design readers was conducted in June 2013 in order to identify usage and application trends of I/O and terminal blocks among the industrial machine builders that comprise Control Design's readership.
Respondents preferred physical cable connection technique was screw clamps (49%), followed by spring clamps (33%), M8/M12 terminal (13%), and insulation displacement (4%).
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