Relay Races to Replace Components

June 16, 2008
Programmable relays can be used to replace a variety of components. Solvere, a system integration firm in North Carolina used programmable relays to replace individual components such as rotary timers, cube relays, thumb wheel-adjustable counters and contactor relays in a baghouse controller at MikroPul. See our case history on how the greenboard controller was replaced to improve the level of performance. Which components have you replaced with programmable relays?
Programmable relays can be used to replace a variety of components. Solvere, a system integration firm in North Carolina used programmable relays to replace individual components such as rotary timers, cube relays, thumb wheel-adjustable counters and contactor relays in a baghouse controller at MikroPul. See our case history on how the greenboard controller was replaced to improve the level of performance. Which components have you replaced with programmable relays?
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Mike Bacidore | Editor in Chief

Mike Bacidore is chief editor of Control Design and has been an integral part of the Endeavor Business Media editorial team since 2007. Previously, he was editorial director at Hughes Communications and a portfolio manager of the human resources and labor law areas at Wolters Kluwer. Bacidore holds a BA from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He is an award-winning columnist, earning multiple regional and national awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. He may be reached at [email protected] 

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