Chicago, Ill.—Terminal blocks and connectors exhibited at National Manufacturing Week included:

• A new company, Automation Systems Interconnect (Carlisle, Pa.), introduced an insulation displacement connection terminal blocks that requires no tools.
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• Phoenix Contact's (Harrisburg, Pa.) spring clip terminal block, which requires no tools for installation. The slim relay terminal block family welcomes a DPDT addition in a 14-mm package. A current transducer block provides linearized analog output with a setpoint relay.
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• Wago's (Brown Deer, Wis.) programmable field control to the I/O module line, which allows local loop control even if the controller network goes down. Its new compact I/O family gives users more installation flexibility.
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• Weidmüeller's (Richmond, Va.) expanded line of small signal conditioners and power supplies. The recently expanded "Railworks" design software allows users to design terminal block layouts and choose components. A line of insulation displacement terminal blocks was also exhibited.
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• Wieland's (Burgaw, N.C.) series of DIN-rail power supplies and a unique junction for DeviceNet wiring. Wieland also showed a line of insulation displacement terminal blocks
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