DINKLE: 40 Years of Terminal Block Manufacturing

Since its founding in 1983, DINKLE has adhered to its innovative capacity and industry-leading craftsmanship in providing connection solutions based on terminal block manufacturing. They have been supplying customers around the globe with outstanding and highly efficient products by focusing their business on the principles of design and production.

DINKLE KNOWS INDUSTRY

With more than 40 years of experience, DINKLE knows that in industrial facilities, the terminal block is the bridge that connects electricity, signals, and communications. Their long-term goal is to offer competitive products for industrial control applications in manufacturing automation, process automation, power automation, railway transportation, new energy, and equipment manufacturing.

Many industrial applications can be summed up in the following industrial sectors:

TELEMATICS

As a method of monitoring vehicles such as cars, delivery trucks, OTR trucks, and even industrial equipment utilizing GPS technology, telematics is used to plot these assets' movements. Onboard diagnostics (OBD) sends asset movement data via cloud technology to designated control operators and centers.

As the use of the internet and cloud computing becomes more popular and handheld control platforms become more advanced, it has led to the development big data, the industrial internet of things (IIoT), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and cloud computing — tools that estimate future trends.

Traditional product machines in factories have the possibility of being interconnected in order to manage production schedules better and help increase production efficiency. The main goal for telematics is quick, safe, and accurate data transfers — safe secure, and streamlined connection PCB terminal blocks are necessary for success.

POWER DISTRIBUTION

The modern power industry is no longer just the management of power generation, distribution, and storage. The new challenge is managing energy more efficiently. With the invention of IIoT, energy efficiency management is more feasible as energy consumed by motors and other equipment in manufacturing can be monitored.

Energy consumption trends can be better predicted resulting in better energy efficiency management solutions for applications in hydroelectric power, wind power, and solar energy. This requires a network of sensors, controllers, and monitoring devices safely and securely connected to collect and immediately provide feedback to improve energy consumption and distribution.

INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

As aging machines and reshoring efforts in industrial automation equipment increase, manufacturers are also faced with labor shortages leading to challenges in productivity. Industrial manufacturers utilize production lines that require frequent changes, high precision, and high-quality products with short lead times. Managing these lines requires a combination of programmable logic controllers (PLCs), power supplies, circuit breakers, and drives all requiring compact, high wiring density terminal blocks.

BUILDING AUTOMATION

Building automation applications include safety and security systems, lighting systems, air conditioning, water supply systems, elevators, fire systems, and parking systems. The main purpose of building automation is to create a more comfortable living environment.

This is done by using suitable control devices to save energy and time which provides sufficient protection all while using limited resources. Quality components are the key to good devices that help reduce function failure.

DINKLE KNOWS PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS (PCBS)

PCBs need to interface with PLCs, drives, sensors, and power supplies via wiring connections. There is a PCB installed in almost every conceivable consumer, commercial, and industrial electrical/electronic device that performs digital control and power handling.

While much of the heart and brains of these devices are operated by the PCB, not all of the magic happens there, as a multitude of connections must be made to and from the PCB for power, sensors, and controlled devices.

DINKLE KNOWS PCB TERMINAL BLOCKS

DINKLE's PCB terminal blocks are designed to provide compact, efficient, and reliable ways to connect external devices to PCBs, both as pluggable connectors and as convenient terminal blocks. Pitch sizes range from 3.5mm to 14.5mm, UL-rated voltages of 300V, 600V, or 1000V, and ampacities from 8A to 66A with accepting wire ranges from 18 to 4 American wire gauge (AWG).

From signal to power distribution, DINKLE PCB terminal blocks are made with materials using tin-plated copper that provide the best conductivity and corrosion resistance. Learn more about DINKLE's PCB terminal blocks built for the future of industrial automation and the advantages of their push-in design PCB terminal blocks.

DINKLE KNOWS DIN RAIL TERMINAL BLOCKS

DINKLE's DIN rail terminal blocks solve the three major problems faced in this modern era of industrial automation development. One, wiring and wiring systems have become greater in number and more complex, and the challenge of wiring has increased. Two, there are more devices necessary in a limited amount of space. Three, unstable quality terminations and connections lead to potential equipment damage and electrical hazards.

Their terminal blocks can be mounted TS-35 and TS-32 DIN rails with a wide range of connection methods including crew, spring clamp, and push-in design. All DINKLE DIN rail terminal blocks are designed to comply with IEC60947 and UL1059 with CUL, UL, and VDE approvals.

CONCLUSION

With the move to intelligent manufacturing, Industry 4.0 equipment needs to connect more electronic components to complete automation and information integrations easily, safely, compactly, and accessibly.

Whether you are an OEM, MRO, or system integrator, DINKLE manufactures PCB terminal blocks for use with your products and systems. Focusing solely on terminal blocks for 40 years, DINKLE has the advantage of truly understanding your industry and your application.

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