Bangalore: element14 (formerly Farnell Electronics), the industry’s first fusion of commerce and community supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals worldwide, today announces its 130,000-strong inventory now includes over 14,000 electromechanical products for electronics design engineers and purchasing professionals across Asia Pacific. The comprehensive selection of electromechanical products is applicable to key industries including industrial control, communication, medical, transportation, alternate energy and consumer electronics.

element14 is committed to provide a comprehensive inventory of electromechanical products with next day delivery in most cities in Asia Pacific to meet the multitude of challenges faced by design and maintenance engineers, in addition to minimizing them from any adverse impact of product availability from various manufacturers. These solutions include:

— Best in class PCB solution with board level relays from TE Connectivity and Omron, and the latest cutting edge solid state relay technology, with more than 1,600 relay & SSR products stocked in Asia Pacific.

— Over 1700 power converters which include unregulated and regulated DC/DC converters, step-down switching regulators, LED drivers and high temperature/isolation voltage converter from leading suppliers such as XP Power, Murata Power and RECOM.

— Comprehensive range of electronic & electrical fuses from leading suppliers such as Littelfuse, TE Connectivity and Bussmann.

— Latest miniaturized switch products like toggle switches, pushbutton switches and micro-switches that cater to the increased demand of applications for miniaturization in switching products. These include technologies from leading suppliers such as Honeywell and APEM.

— One-stop offering for axial AC/DC fans and accessories from leading suppliers such as EBM Papst and NMB Technologies.

William Chong, Regional Director of Supplier, Product & Purchasing Management, element14, Asia Pacific said, “element14 offers a one-stop source for an unrivalled inventory of innovative high performance electromechanical solutions from leading suppliers. Through element14, professionals and electronics enthusiasts will have access to cutting-edge solutions and industry-leading support services to ensure they have every resource available to support them at every stage of the design cycle from concept to production.”

Alain Furio, South East Asia & Pacific Zone Director, Crydom said, “Our strategic partnership with element14 provides us an excellent opportunity for our products to reach out to a larger base of consumers across the Asia Pacific region. With element14’s multi-channel services and fast delivery, design engineers have quick and easy access to Crydom’s latest technologies to meet their design needs.”

Coleman Lim, Managing Director, EBM Papst, South East Asia said, “element14 is a leading distributor of electronic components that offers design engineers full design support for EBM Papst’s superior axial fans and blowers. From its unique online community to its 24-hour customer and technical service, element14 promotes and enables innovation by supporting design cycles from concept to end of life.”

Some of the latest technologies from element14’s electromechanical product portfolio include:

Crydom Series OneDR

— Features Crydom’s thermal management technology and unique integrated heat sink that allow the board to effectively dissipate considerable amount of heat.

— Compact 11 and 18 mm wide IP20 housing.

— Carefully designed for quick and easy installation onto any standard 35mm DIN rail profile, the board can be paired with high output power ratings.

RECOM AC Input LED driver series

— 70,000 hours of operating lifetime, reducing the hassle of regular replacement or maintenance.

— Features both screw terminal and socket output connections, which enable engineers to avoid the possibility of miswiring and damaging the LED load if the LEDs are preassembled into a wiring harness or lamp fitting with a mating plug.

— Can be applied in a wide selection of devices, including indoor lighting, fluorescent replacement and Cree MPL applications.

EBM PAPST DC fan controller series

— Optimum performance with minimum energy consumption, allowing the component to function without a dedicated power supply, and optimise energy usage design.

— Integrated Controller is fitted with an open drain fail safe alarm output. This alarm is activated if a fan fail is detected or if the upper temperature limit is reached.

— When the alarm condition is activated, the fan will be run at full speed, thus cooling the device and preventing or limiting any damage from overheating.