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Electrical and Electronic Components
News Release from: MGB Electrical
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 19 September 2005
Pushbuttons and pilot lights at budget
prices
The YW series pushbuttons and pilot lights form a new family of 22mm control units from Idec, at price levels that can provide the user with a competitive advantage.
The directors and business drivers at MBG Electrical recognise the need for strong relationships with their piers in order to expose maximum opportunity It is this ethos that has led to the company's exclusive agreement with Idec, the industrial control and automation equipment manufacturer
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 5 Jul 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Pushbuttons and pilot lights are a key component in most control systems, and for Idec these control units form the foundation of its business.
The company is proud to be market leader in Japan, claiming in excess of 38% of the domestic market.
To aid the replication of this success in the UK, Idec has teamed up with MGB Electrical to promote the new YW series control units.
The YW series pushbuttons and pilot lights form a new family of 22mm control units from Idec, offering the unrivalled quality which the user has come expect from Idec but with the price levels which can provide the user with a competitive advantage.
This 22mm control unit family comprises flush, extended and illuminated pushbuttons, two- and three-position selector switches and pilot lights supplied with either incandescent or LED illumination and direct connection or transformer types available.
The YW contact blocks feature a rolling action on the movable contact and raked contact surfaces for higher contact reliability.
The contacts can switch a wide range of loads from 5mA at 3V DC to 10A at 120V AC.
MGB Electrical and Idec have signed an exclusive agreement allowing MGB to take full advantage of this product launch and gain maximum benefit from the competitive advantages offered by the new YW series control units.
MGB has already set price levels for this product and offer assembled pushbuttons from GBP 1.46 and pilot lights at a staggeringly low price of GBP 1.09.
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