Phoenix Contact QUINT POWER IV parameterisable power supply

Phoenix Contact has released its fourth-generation QUINT devices. The QUINT POWER IV parameterisable power supply offers all the robust power supply capability found in the QUINT III generation but includes a host of added features that allow the user to tailor the QUINT IV to suit their required output behaviour and preventive function monitoring.

The QUINT IV ensures the supply of continuous power to suit the exact needs of users because it is fully configurable. Its output characteristics, signalling and voltage can be easily adjusted to the user’s exact requirements.

Components such as the output characteristic curve can be individually altered due to parameterisation via the integrated NFC interface using a smartphone or PC. This ensures system availability.

In addition, users can also tailor signalling thresholds to suit the requirements of  applications to save time and minimise default errors. The current, voltage and power can be set differently depending on use and needs.

The integrated Selective Fuse Breaking (SFB) technology delivers six times the nominal current in up to 15 ms and thereby selectively trips standard circuit breakers safely and quickly. Plus loads in parallel are unaffected and continue working.

For easy start-up, a bargraph visually indicates output power, and with the QUINT IV, the system can be easily extended as the static boost continuously provides up to 125% of the nominal current. To start heavy loads, the dynamic boost provides up to 200% of the nominal current for up to 5 s.

The QUINT IV’s comprehensive and sophisticated diagnostics constantly monitor system-specific, critical operating states and report errors before faults occur. Plus, thanks to their integrated gas-filled surge arrester, the single- and three-phase 24 V power supplies ensure a high degree of immunity as well as a mains failure buffer time of more than 20 ms.

In addition to providing no-load losses the devices can be switched to an energy-saving sleep mode via the integrated remote input, saving both energy and money. Robust and offering reliability under extreme conditions, the QUINT IV has a low start-up at -40°C and operates effectively in environments up to +70°C.

Easy to configure and compact, the QUINT IV is available in single- and three-phase models and is suitable for usage in the process industry, machine building, and energy and water industries.