
Coupling modules are available either with relays or
semiconductors. Semiconductor couplers offer some
significant advantages: The electronic components
are extremely reliable and have a very long service
life (refer to the diagram below). The input coupler
combines the best of both worlds – improved technical
features and a lower price. When considering output
couplers, the question of “relay or semiconductor”
needs to be taken into account as well as the mak-
ing/breaking capacity and the number of operating
cycles. If a relay has to be replaced just once during
the complete lifetime of a machine, then a semiconduc-
tor coupler will have paid for itself.
Your advantages:
• Reliable input couplers with semiconductor output
• Graduated series of output couplers with semiconductors
• Extremely long electrical life
• Extremely high contact reliability
• High DC making/breaking capacity
• Short switching times
Applications:
• Providing electrical isolation, converting voltages
• Switching DC loads
• Switching capacity loads
• High number of switching cycles
• Overvoltage and EMC protection of controls
Lebensdauervergleich
Coupling Relays – Narrow Design
3TX70 Semiconductor Couplers
Electronic coupling modules have a significantly higher lifetime
than electromechanical devices.
Electronic control
Semiconductor
coupler
Motor
contactors
Actuators
24 V DC
M
Input Output
Use of semiconductor couplers Comparison of lifetimes
High
Lifetime
Average
Low
Probability of failure
Start of wear for
mechanical
components
Probability of
failure for
electronic
components
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