A complete infrastructure and deep technical knowledge for the performance and safety of custom relays
At its European headquarters in Ottobrunn and Pfaffenhofen, near Munich, Germany, Panasonic Industry has invested in two state-of-the-art technical laboratories to perform rigorous testing and analysis, primarily for its broad portfolio of relays, but also for a wide range of relays. field of other electromechanical products of the company. The laboratories are equipped with high voltage, stress and long life test stations, high speed chamber analysis devices, leak meters, temperature simulators, a fully equipped prototyping workshop and much more. Customers can arrange a visit to the laboratories and receive assistance from Panasonic Industry's relay technical experts if they have special requests and requests beyond standard applications or if they have other questions, for example, about particularly demanding operating conditions for their designs.
Although Panasonic Industry standard relay data sheets cover more than 80% of all applications, it can only cover a certain range of values and parameters, which mostly refer to worst-case scenarios, e.g. temperature conditions. But if, for example, a relay does not work as expected in a customer's design, Panasonic Industry's technical experts can investigate the cause in laboratories. In-depth application analyzes go beyond testing the relay itself to provide valuable insight into the reasons for failures and help customers effectively resolve any design issues.
Bernd Prössner, Director of Relay Engineering at Panasonic Industry: "If customers, for example, are unsure whether the relay they have chosen can withstand high input currents, they are concerned about the potential impact of slightly higher operating temperatures." long-term or encounter a field failure and do not understand the cause, our technical experts have all the necessary test devices to investigate the problems in more detail – and to find individual and reliable solutions for our customers.
