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News Release from: Phoenix Contact | Subject: Fieldline Modular
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 21 January 2004
Modular approach to fieldbus connections
Fieldline, the open-bus installation system from Phoenix Contact in the IP65/67 protection category, will now be expanded to accommodate the Fieldline Modular design.
Fieldline, the open-bus installation system from Phoenix Contact in the IP65/67 protection category, will now be expanded to accommodate the Fieldline Modular design Fieldline Modular can handle complex functions such as analogue or digital inputs and outputs
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 11 Sep 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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