The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine Security Cybersecurity The ongoing battle for network security Sensitive bouncers How controllers for assembly teach automatic roller shutters their technical manners With thunder and lightning Why lightning is most welcome in Großenmeer, Lower Saxony

Torsten Gast, Director Competence Center Services for Safety & Industrial Security E D I T O R I A L Gauls and cyberspace Dear readers, “Let the sky fall on our heads.” The world has changed considerably since the times of Asterix, Obelix, and their Gallic chief Majestix. But the desire for security is still omnipresent. That is the challenge we face at Phoenix Contact. First and foremost, of course, it’s always about protecting life and limb. What happens when lightning strikes? How do we secure machines? And how do we keep out unwanted intruders? Today, we solve such challenges a little less tangibly than the Gauls, for example by implementing read- able RFID markings on our lightning protection systems (see page 40). And even the ancient Romans would have respect for reasonable video surveillance (see page 44). The only thing today that’s as environmentally friendly as ancient chariots are electric cars. We took a look at how their batteries are test- ed for reliability (on page 34). Even the god-fearing Gauls were well-ac- quainted with the wind and the sun. However, feeding these energies into the grid poses new challenges for our modern-day distribution networks. Starting on page 30, the Kempen public utility company reveals how they manage to do this safely. People today are confronted with completely new threats to our net- worked world. We meet the challenges presented by cyberspace with a plethora of measures, from hardware and software development to ho- listic consulting services. This provides 360° comprehensive protection for our customers. Even the chief of the small Gallic village would have no fear that the sky might fall on his horn-rimmed head after all if he had this kind of protection! The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 3

P I O N E E R S Safety at doors and gates is what it’s all about at ASO Safety GmbH 26 Preventing wind rotors from becoming ice-chucking machines 22 A report on a company that celebrates lightning 34 Nobody can get past this video surveillance solution undetected 44 SAFE WIND TURBINES Bandage for the blades When aphids install ice detectors at dizzying heights | 22 SECURE SYSTEMS Sensitive bouncers Who says PCB connection technology has to be boring? It all depends on the product! | 26 SECURE NETWORKS Who invented it? With its KOMBISAVE protection device, NSE, based in Switzerland, is still making smart power grids secure | 30 SAFE BATTERIES Hellish journey for lith- ium-ion batteries High-performance loads for the propulsion systems of the future — under controlled conditions | 34 LIGHTNING PROTECTION Thunder and light- ning go digital How do you keep track of things when climate and weather put strain on your protective devices? | 40 SECURE SPACE Video box of all trades It’s the universal genius between camera and headquarters | 44 Editorial | 03 From the industry | 06 Behind the scenes | 48 Legal information | 51 Preview | 51 The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 5

F R O M T H E I N D U S T RY 5G learns to walk Energy race Research project 5G Industry Campus Europe The East becomes a high-tech zone Europe’s largest industrial research project on 5G is starting on the campus of RWTH Aachen University. Under the direction of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT), they plan to develop and test the possibilities for using high-speed cellular networks. The goal is to be able to control the use of mobile robotics, for example. They also plan to monitor larger production processes or entire production chains. www.ipt.fraunhofer.de/en.html Heating with the server Green IT – a clever use of superfluous waste heat For a long time, the topic of batteries was ba- sically foreign to Western industries. Asian market leaders’ technological lead seemed to have progressed too far. But ever since Tesla announced its plans for a Gi- gafactory near the Berlin airport, something’s changed. BASF is now following suit by planning a battery factory at its traditional Schwarzheide site. The goal is to produce battery cathodes for about 300,000 electric cars per year, BASF announced. The base materials such as nickel-cobalt-aluminum oxide or nickel-co- balt-manganese oxide come from the Finn- ish factory in Harjavalta. However, according to BASF, there are no plans to do the final manufacturing on batteries or battery cells. The decision to become one of the mobile energy distributors is expected to be announced in spring of 2020, according to the company management. basf.com The greatest savings factor in data centers can be found in air conditioning and ventilation technology. This accounts for up to 60 percent of the energy costs. Theoretically, with computer processors, you could easily fry eggs given how hot the digital powerhouses get. “A hotplate emits a heat of about eight watts per square centimeter,” explains startup founder Nicolas Röhrs. “The latest generation of server processors easily reaches 31 watts per square centimeter.” Server rooms can quickly become unbearably warm if the heat isn’t dissipated, for example if the rooms aren’t sufficiently air-conditioned. This is a proverbially hot topic in times of climate protection and CO2 efficiency. The startup company Cloud&Heat has developed a smart solution for this purpose. The Dresden-based company uses an innovative hot water direct cooling system, which allows waste heat to be reused to heat buildings or to connect to district and local heating networks. This can keep the temperature level constant at 60 degrees while not using heat pumps. Green IT calls the startup its vision, and sees it as much more than just a heating system. To make the impact of computing jobs on the climate transparent, Cloud&Heat has developed new software that determines the CO2 impact of computing jobs in real time. cloudandheat.com Instead of energy-intensive cooling, these server racks are used for heating The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 7

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The network guardian When data needs to be secure, it’s his finest hour. Dr. Lutz Jänicke is responsible for the security of products and solutions at Phoenix Contact. An interview about castles, slouch hats, mafia, and motivation. D r. Lutz Jänicke is actually an electrical engineer by na- ture. But while doing his doctorate and postgraduate work, he stumbled upon the topic. In the meantime, he has become an internationally renowned expert on data se- curity, and the very first person to go to at Phoenix Contact when it comes to the systemic protection of networks. Appro- priately, the interview was held in the old castle and palace complex of Bad Pyrmont. è Dr. Jänicke, are we safe and secure here? (chuckles) Well, maybe 1,000 years ago. But how were castles attacked in the past? They fired, stormed, laid siege, and even- tually dug tunnels to bring down the walls. In other words, they looked for weak points. This is no different today than it was 1,000 years ago. Security was and is not a technical issue, but a process is- sue. The important thing is that there is no gap. è Once you set up security once, you’re secure for good? No, it’s an ongoing process. You have to consider beforehand how to organize your defense in such a way that you are pre- pared for as many eventualities as possible. And then the de- fense needs to be as many steps ahead of the attacker as pos- sible. In the Middle Ages you had years to do this, today it has to be done more quickly. Errors often occur in classical patterns. When program- ming, you also rely on your colleagues having done their job well. If mistakes creep into a labor division, these are the open gates for an attack. The four eyes principle helps in this re- spect. As with classical castle construction, the defense con- cept needs to be in place from the very beginning. This is what we mean by security by design. This is labor-intensive, annoying for creative minds, and also expensive. In the end, you end up with a product that doesn’t even look different from an unsafe product, just more expensive. You have to make an argument from that stand- point first. The legislature is helping with the critical infra- structure. Or look at your our own bitter experience of produc- tion downtimes. This can quickly cost several million euros, and can even lead to massive loss of customers due to inability to deliver or corporate collapse. This is referred to as “saving at the wrong end.” à The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 11

I N D E M A N D è How does cybersecurity harmonize with classic industry and conventional IT? Quite well, actually. We are the experts for our specialized field. This is generally appreciated in IT. The situation is often quite different in production. Usually there’s no one in charge of security. When a machine is set up, nobody thinks about how it will be cleanly integrated into the network. The last thing they’re going to moan about is why the controller isn’t connected. There’s still a lot of “pulling strings” to be done. But in financial controlling, we are usually looked at as just a cost factor. That’s not half bad. You can do without. We often suffer very large damages, but these are quite rare. Therefore, everyone believes that it won’t affect their company. è In which fields is Phoenix Contact active when it comes to cybersecurity? We are active both in our own company and with customers. This helps in both directions, because it also increases our understanding of consulting in the production areas. And our new certifications show that we can competently map and offer all processes, including stocktaking, installation, commissioning, and training. This is TÜV-tested, quite literally. We have just completed and successfully passed a very complex, multi-stage certification process with TÜV Süd. This shows how seriously we really take this. è In your opinion, what does the future hold for companies when it comes to security? In principle, it can be assumed that the massively growing threat will put management under pressure. In the supply chain, customers are putting more pressure on since security is increasingly becoming an issue in supplier evaluation. Legislatively, new rules are also inevitable. è Openness and privacy – isn’t the network protection industry itself becoming too invested in exaggerating privacy when it comes to cyber attacks? It’s a question of culture. It is true that an exchange about threats and attacks that have occurred is important for everyone. Companies that aren’t listed on the stock exchange already communicate quite openly here. Concealment is downright harmful. But if, for example, a DAX company reports a successful attack, then share values will also fall. But even here, the way of thinking about it is slowly changing. Everyone is being attacked. It isn’t a sign of weakness. Only those who do not act are acting negligently. And those claiming they haven’t been attacked probably just didn’t notice the attack. è Does that also apply to Phoenix Contact? Of course. If we, with our importance on the market, are NOT attacked by certain states from Southeast Asia for the purpose of industrial espionage, then we would have done something wrong. We also constantly educate ourselves in daily defen- sive combat, so we’re training for ourselves as well as for our customers.  phoenixcontact.de/services “Being attacked doesn’t mean you’ve done a bad job. Not fending them off means you’ve done a bad job.” Dr. Lutz Jänicke The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 13

Thorsten Hamann always has the supply of “his” Bad Pyrmont in view in the control room F rank Jakob and Thorsten Hamann can only be ap- proached if the gentlemen want to be: their empire is separated from the rest of the Bad Pyrmont public util- ities by a security door. For good reason, because the two of them work in the public utility company’s Control Engineer- ing department. This is where information on the supply lines for electricity, water, wastewater, and gas all comes together, is checked and repair or service work is initiated if necessary. It’s not exactly an area where visitors should be able to come and go as they please. “That’s precisely a part of the first stage of our security concept.” Spa resort with tradition “In this control room, we monitor the supply for around 18,000 residents of our metropolitan area,” says Frank Jakob, Head of the Control Engineering department. “In addition to the elec- tricity, water, and gas networks, we also monitor the supply of district heating to key accounts. Bad Pyrmont is a spa town rich in tradition with numerous public facilities and a wealth of history, including the local state spa with the Steigenberger Hotel, the concert hall, and the pump room.” 4 areas are monitored in the control room: gas, water, electricity, and district heating 18,000 inhabitants live in the supply area served by the Pyrmont public utilities and more reliably. Not only do we install them, but we also assemble our own control cabinets and program our own con- trol systems, which provide remote maintenance on site.” The technician is not only well-versed in the numerous special cases that arise from the mix of topics involving gas, water, and electricity. Hamann is also responsible for monitoring surveillance, particularly for IRMA. “As an energy provider, we are subject to the requirements for what is often called critical infrastructure. The lawmakers require us to take particularly strict measures to protect and secure the systems.” “The sensor technology with which we monitor the sup- ply is almost completely connected by copper cable,” explains Thorsten Hamann. “Of course, we too are relying more and more on the digitalization of our systems in order to act faster These measures are continuously monitored by experts who analyze the facilities and their structures in detail during regular visits to the Bad Pyrmont public utilities. These visits are called audits. If a supplier passes this audit, it receives the à The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 15

Cyber attacks Public utilities in sight October 2019 Attack Langenfeld Public Utilities September 2019 Attack Stuttgart Public Utilities More than 150 cyber attacks on critical in- frastructure reported in 2018 By 2032 more than 40 million smart meter gateways will be installed in Germany is monitored, but the data traffi c. Data is constantly buzzing back and forth in the Pyrmont public util- ity network; control systems transmit measured values, smart meters report power consumption, sensors send water levels. This data communica- tion is fi rst recorded and “learned” by IRMA. “This is the real work for us,” says Thorsten Hamann. “We have to ‘teach’ IRMA the individual commu- nication partners and virtually register them. Once IRMA is smart enough, the system knows which activities are normal. And most importantly, she’ll know if there are any anomalies. For example, when a controller starts to communicate not just with the control room but also with other control- lers in the network. Or a network participant estab- lishes a connection to the Internet that isn’t one of their tasks. “Then IRMA will sound the alarm and alert us to any malfunctions. But IRMA always stays in the background. She’s a purely a monitor- ing system, and therefore has no impact on our ac- tive systems.” We get to know our network For Frank Jakob and his colleagues, this is one of the main advantages of the system. But there is also a very pleasant side effect, as Thorsten Hamann de- scribes: “With IRMA, we’ve gotten to know our own network in a completely new way. Only IRMA has shown us who actually communicates with whom. And from this knowledge, IRMA conjures up a con- stantly updated network plan for us, which is im- portant for the upcoming round of certifi cation. At the push of a button.” (lo)  stadtwerke-bad-pyrmont.de Center photo: Have everything in view and alert the technicians if necessary: Thorsten Hamann and Frank Jakob This pump is really still running. And it’s remotely monitored! 17

T hey were a startup. Young, bold, successful. And somehow they’re still a startup, albeit as part of the Phoenix Contact Group. Cyber Security Berlin has retained its independence. You notice that immediately when you knock on their door in Berlin-Adlershof. Or better yet, ring the bell. Modern facade, cool reception. And then it’s over for good. Anyone who wants to continue from this point will have an escort. Because things are not so casual in Richard-Willstätter- Straße. When it comes to data security and cybercrime, there is no need for it. “Of course we follow the latest cyber attacks closely,” Kilian Golm tells us in conversation. The latest victim is a company that is itself active in the field of data security. “But there’s no gloating,” emphasizes the General Manager of the Berlin-based Phoenix Contact subsidiary. “This incident clearly shows us how much the threat of cybercrime has increased in the meantime.” With m to the breakthrough The Berlin-based company started out in 2001 as a typical startup with four employees, located at the innovation location in Adlershof from the very beginning. It all started with the idea of making business travelers’ data more secure. But soon the newcomers got their bearings and devoted their attention to communication in industrial networks. “We developed industrial security at a time when no one else had it on their radar,” says General Manager Kilian Golm. “This has granted us customer relationships, some of which still last to this day. Trust is an existential factor in the security business.” Martin Dickopp is one of the people who has been with the company almost from the beginning: “One of the foundations of our success was the development of the mGuard products and solutions,” the security expert explains. “These hardware and software components are practically a mobile firewall. Hence the m for mobile. However, these do not intervene in systems and play an active role, but rather act as an invisible device in the background to monitor security; in other words, we always act in stealth mode.” The idea became a success story, the technology was registered for patents, and their former customer, Phoenix Contact, took over the startup in 2008. In 2016, the Berlin-based company was then renamed Phoenix Contact à 40 employees 2008 Takeover by Phoenix Contact 2001 Founded as a startup 100s of security vulnerabilities docu- mented daily The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 19

In principle, the cyber bodyguards distinguish between two types of attack. Some are random, spreading out in every direction and attacking any network they encounter. The others are targeted cyber attacks. These are either staged by private hackers who, with sporting ambition, pounce on firewalls and security concepts to demonstrate their own finesse. Or it may be organized groups with criminal intentions or even state actors. “In our threat analyses, which we prepare for our customers, we look at attackers with different resources,” says Kilian Golm, describing the service concept of Cyber Security, which is integrated into the comprehensive security service portfolio of the corporate Group. mGuard The hardware is assembled at the Bad Pyrmont site Research in twilight If you want to fight properly, you have to know who you’re up against. So do gangsters and slouch hats come and go on Richard-Willstätter-Straße? Martin Dickopp has to smile: “No, it’s nothing that dramatic. But it’s true, we also attend hacker conferences, do research in more difficult-to-access parts of the Internet, and exchange information in forums and communities.” Anyone who wants to can have the Berlin experts carry out a mock attack on their supposedly-secure company network. “Find the gap” is the motto around here. Who needs the protection of professional data bodyguards? “As a matter of fact, every business does. Our customers range from small, family-owned machine builders to large industrial companies worldwide. And of course, our own company. Cyber- crime knows no boundaries,” Golm stresses. “Cybersecurity is a constant process, not a one-time procedure. You have to think of security as a system – security by design. Today’s companies and technologies should consider security in their products, as well as in their production facilities, from the very start — not see it as the last safety check at the end of its development and graft it onto the system.” (lo)  phoenixcontact.com The most famous cyber attacks The list of security incidents in industry is growing longer all the time. One of the most famous was the Stuxnet attack of 2010, which had specifically affected SCADA systems. The virus Industroyer ,caused a sensation in 2016, and one year later, Triton specifically pounced on safety controllers. WannaCry was a ransomware that had infested over 230,000 systems by 2017. URGENT/11 is a security vulnerability that became known in the summer of 2019, affecting over 2 billion industrial devices worldwide, and against which customers can protect themselves with the help of the mGuard product family. The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 21

The aphids have chosen a really cozy place there. At a height of more than 100 meters, above the Swabian Forest, under the light of the setting sun. The task of the professional industrial climber: installing an innovative ice detection system meant to protect everyone who has to stay below. 23

The blade intelligence system prevents ice from being thrown and increases availability “We know there’s ice. Others only suspect that it has formed.” Karl-Heinz Meiners, Senior Project Manager at Phoenix Contact And if there’s a thaw or the elastic blades start to vibrate unintentionally due to the uneven load, ice sheets weighing several kilograms can lose their grip and be thrown off in the direction of rotation. An ice detection system is already in use at the towers in Lauterstein, so nobody has to duck their heads. There are also warning labels about flying ice in this Swabian wind farm. On the trail of the crystal The only remedy is to shut down the plant. Or a heater. “But it is very expensive, because it is extremely complicated to man- ufacture or retrofit,” explains the expert Meiners. “It’s only worthwhile if the systems are in really permanently cold en- vironments.” The trained industrial electrician and graduate precision and medical engineer knows what he’s talking about, having been a part of the Wind team from Phoenix Contact for ten years and having worked on wind turbine generators Safety first: industrial climbers scale the wind tower from outside. Work on the con- trol cabinet in the nacelle is then performed by the experts from Phoenix Contact practically everywhere. “The innovative thing about our sys- tem, which we call Blade Intelligence, is the actual measure- ment of ice and its thickness. No other system on the market is able to do this.” “Such an ice detection system is already in operation in the selected wind farm of the project partner wpd windmanager. Parallel to this, blade intelligence is now being tested. wpd windmanager hopes to obtain even more precise results from the new sensor technology.” The marathon sensor The underarm-sized patch that the aphids stick to on the sur- face of the wind blade, on the other hand, uses inductive mea- surement to detect actual ice seizure and its thickness. It also measures the temperature. “This data is then transmitted to the control cabinet in the nacelle and evaluated by a control- ler,” explains Karl-Heinz Meiners. “And since the actual for- mation of ice is determined in this way, the system can also restart automatically when there is no longer any threat of ice formation.” The costly deployment of service teams is signifi- cantly reduced, and the availability of the system is drastically increased. The flat apparatus not only contains inductive sensors and temperature probes, but also a small solar panel, an antenna, and a battery. “The system is active for many years without maintenance,” Meiners says when asked about the durability of use. No wonder that the freelance aphid makes a special effort, at a height of 100 meters, to make high-tech patches’ adhesion meticulously clean. (lo)  The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 25

The SKEDD connection tech- nology makes solderless connections possible Norbert Pewny and Dennis Mettner are in charge of the new gate controller C losing is part of their job, but project man- ager Norbert Pewny and hardware developer Dennis Mettner are not at all closed off when it comes to the latest product from their ranks: “With Drico 2.0, we have achieved an unprecedented level of fl exibility on the market,” says Pewny, summarizing the advantages of the new gate controller. The two experts work at ASO Safety Solutions in Lippstadt. The company is one of the leading developers, manufacturers, and distributors of security solutions for doors, gates, and machine building. Around 170 employees work here and at locations in the US and China on solutions for convey- ing technology, lifting and access technology, industrial truck technology, and the safety, sensors, & controls sector. The gate is a machine In the latter area, ASO manufactures three large product groups that ensure that moving door and gate elements don’t get out of hand: safety contact strips, safety contact buffers, and safety contact mats. What they all have in common is a control unit that collects the data from the sensors and trans- mits necessary commands to the system or vehicle controller. It sounds simple, but it is full of technological challenges when it comes down to the details. Because what is most im- portant is signal acquisition and processing that are reliable and as fast as possible. Who wants a fast-moving roller shut- ter to turn into a guillotine when it closes? Dennis Mettner shows what’s important for the safety contact strips used here at the bottom edge of the gates: “Contact strips are attached to the fl exible rubber elements. If they touch each other, such “We look at a gate like a machine. With the same strict safety regulations.” Norbert Pewny, Hardware Developer, ASO Safety as when the door meets resistance, the system control switch- es the drive off at lightning speed, the motor stops, and the door comes to a halt.” Project manager and electrical engineer Norbert Pewny adds: “We look at a gate like a machine. That’s why the same strict safety regulations apply.” Machine stopper ASO knows all about this, because their contact mats and bumpers ensure that even machines in operation have the right manners when they come into close contact with their human operators. This becomes clear, for example, in the case of the contact buffers, which are say the bumpers that are attached to the moving portals of large CNC milling ma- chines. These gantries are mounted onto a machine table on which the workpiece, say a wooden plate, is fi xed. The tools for à The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 27

S E C U R E S Y S T E M S Plugging instead of soldering The developers have implemented central functions of the gate controller using clas- sic PCB terminal blocks and PCB connec- tors. In order to allow additional functions such as brake choppers and relays, rotary transducers, or thermal switches, ASO re- lies on SKEDD direct connectors: until now, electronics manufacturers had to connect the connection technology to the PCB in an irreversible soldering process. Plugging instead of soldering – and reversibly at that! With SKEDD direct connection tech- nology, this mounting process is no longer necessary. Only the corresponding bore holes need to be provided during the PCB manufacturing process. The connectors are inserted directly into the plated-through bore holes of the PCB by hand, without soldering, and interlocked with body-bound rivets, which makes them reversible. In this way, the PCB does not become thermally loaded again. “This allows us to add certain components after the fact or simply omit them in fi nal as- sembly, depending on the device design,” explains Dennis Mettner. 480 gate controller variants are possible with SKEDD direct connectors. “Our vertical range of manufacturing is one of our argu- ments that wins us customers,” reports Mettner. “It is precise- ly this that allows us to respond individually to every custom- er request. Our customers are mainly from industry and the manufacturing sector, where custom-made products are quite commonplace.” It is precisely this fl exibility that is also the focus of the ex- change between the two experts and the Phoenix Contact ex- perts. The gate controls are available in different performance classes with correspondingly scaled functional equipment. “The upper performance range we offer includes gates that are used very frequently, such as those with several drives, induc- tion loops for control when starting up conveyor vehicles, or with our own signal light system,” explains Pewny. “The more complex the overall system is, the more important safety-re- lated functions become. The functionality of the controller must keep pace accordingly. The basic idea behind developing the new control system was to achieve the most transparent hardware scaling possible, the benefi ts of which our customers can immediately understand.” The respective hardware equipment carries out central functions of horizontally or vertically opening gates, depending on the features. These include controlling frequency converters and three-phase motors to open and close the gates, safety functions such as photoelectric barriers or dead man’s switches, and additional features such as thermal switches, wireless receivers, position encoders, or LC displays. And of course, this area also includes possible electronic access control in numerous variants. Gentle thanks to the module option The more sensors a gate controller has, the more sensitively it reacts to signals from the operator. Mettner and his development team use SKEDD direct connectors from Phoenix Contact to connect the drive-relevant functions. The modular system includes a total of nine different PCB layouts, enabling developers to scale the scope of functions of their gate controller precisely. Hundreds of combinations are possible, which the automated doormen from Lippstadt are supposed to make more and more precise. The more gentle the entrance, more secure and comfortable the user feels. (lo)  asosafety.com The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 29

J ust follow the 110 kV line to the end, there are no num- bers there.” It was clear from the directions that a visit to the substation in Kempen on the Lower Rhine would be a special one. In other words, look up, with the high voltage line fi rmly in view, and slowly follow it down the road. Kempen is a city of 36,000 people on the Lower Rhine. It is beautifully situated, has a past rich in tradition, and is cur- rently prospering. Reinhard Bretzke and Michael Kairies are waiting for us in the industrial park on Industriering Ost. The two are employees of the local public utility company that is responsible for the energy supply to their home town. And fi rst of all, they take us right to the heart of their work – their network control center. Houston – we have landed The wall of monitors is a bit reminiscent of the famous NASA control room for the astronauts at Cape Kennedy. But things are all very earthly here. “We are responsible for our city’s en- ergy supply,” Reinhard Bretzke says simply. It sounds quite down to earth at fi rst, but it is a job with a direct connection to the future. “We are currently converting our networks entirely to a centralized operation with digital power distribution con- trol systems.” So a little NASA after all! The power grids are part of what is referred to as the crit- ical infrastructure; i.e., they are subject to particularly strict standards and demands for safety and reliability. No wonder, because without electricity, not even the water supply can run in modern civilization. Bretzke is an old hand at energy. For a good 45 years, he’s been faithful to the topic, and for a long time was responsible for the energy supply in Hildesheim in Lower Saxony. He has been responsible for the power supply in Kempen for fi ve years. “I was attracted to the green meadow for the network mon- itoring division in the most beautiful city on the Lower Rhine. Together with my twelve employees, I look after the medi- um- and low-voltage grid and the associated communications technology for grid monitoring. The tasks are really varied, so the range of demands is extreme.” One person who takes it in stride is Michael Kairies. The 38-year-old energy electronics technician is responsible for the network control center, among other things. He’s therefore à “We need smart power grids in the future.” Reinhard Bretzke, Head of Energy Supply, Stadtwerke Kempen “It didn’t even take us an hour to get the device operational.” The protective device has easy startup and parameterization The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 31

S E C U R E N E T W O R K S nix Contact subsidiary NSE, the trick is to be able to safely locate the ground fault current and only switch off the power grid locally. The low-resistance neutral earthing of the medi- um-voltage transformer reduces dangerous single-pole earth short-circuit currents and prevents an impermissible voltage increase in the immediate vicinity of the fault location. By switching over to other existing reserve feed-ins, security of supply can be quickly restored within a few minutes thanks to the digital power distribution control systems. Keep your hands in your pockets Reinhard Bretzke opens the doors in the substation, where the 110 kV voltage from the transport network is transformed and distributed to the 10 kV medium voltage of the distribution network. “Better keep your hands in your pockets,” he says, warning against overly exploratory camera angles with fatal consequences. In this case, negligence is a danger to life. Behind a control cabinet door with the inscription “Stern- punktbildner” (neutral point-former), the NSE KOMBISAVE is already lighting up for us. “We were really able to adjust and operate the protective device almost immediately, and are still enthusiastic about the easy installation. The integration into our automation system was problem-free, and the required parameters were quickly set in the protective device. In the end, it took us less than an hour to have a ready-to-use and parameterized protective device for a special application out of the box – and that without reading us in. The experts from Phoenix Contact were there to help us with one or two de- tails in no time,” says Michael Kairies, visibly satisfied with the teamwork. “And the Digicom parameterization software of the NSE devices is not only free of charge, but also intuitive to use.” This not only saves Kempen public utilities time and ef- fort in renewing its power grids. They are also investing in the supply security of their businesses and citizens in the “most beautiful city on the Lower Rhine.” (lo)  nse.ch Where the 110 kV line ends – the substation in Kempen The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 33

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Michael Jonca in a part of the modular battery labs the sensitive energy sources to such an extent that it corre- sponds to far more than what is sustained over one vehicle service life.” A virtual time machine. A little magic after all! “We strictly follow the manufacturers’ specifi cations,” Jonca says, explaining his tasks. Phoenix Testlab is an independent test institute found- ed in 1994 by Phoenix Contact and which is now operating under the name Phoenix EMV-Test GmbH. The reason it was founded was the electromagnetic compatibility test (EMC for short), which has been mandatory since that time. From the very beginning, the independence of the institute was an important feature of the test laboratory, despite its proximi- ty to the founding company. This independence is one of the cornerstones for the rapid success of this high-tech company. Another one is that the customer is king. Therefore, in the hallowed halls at Königswinkel 10, strict customer specifi cations often apply. “Sorry, but these de- vices and test objects are off-limits to photographers.” This applies especially to the automotive industry. Since 2011, Phoenix Testlab has been an almost indispensable partner for these companies and their up to 800-kilogram energy storage systems. In spring of this year, one of the most modern labo- ratories in the entire industry for testing lithium-ion batter- ies and modules began operation on an area of approximately 950 square meters. “The construction of this test center began with these con- tainers.” Together with Thomas Worsch, the marketing expert from Phoenix Testlab, we start a tour of the test institute. “Containers are ideal because we can handle the respective test complexes and the test specimens individually for safe- ty reasons,” Michael Jonca explains. “Although we don’t test any destruction scenarios here, so we don’t intentionally ex- pose the test object to destructive force. But our durability and service life tests also stress the large batteries considerably. ””Therefore, there is also a very close cooperation with the lo- cal fi re brigade, which has to quickly get a potential fi re under control without endangering the rest of the test lab and the employees and surrounding residents.” In the torture chamber The large battery blocks are subjected to months of hard work. à The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 37

The shaker can shake test objects up to a weight of four tons Shaken, jostled, shocked, and fi nally sent for a bath The modules make it easier to separate any potential breakdowns from the rest of the test program The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 39

Thunder and lightning go digital When Reyno Thormählen looks up and sees thunderclouds, his face brightens. Thunderstorms are good. If things flash and thunder properly, his system can prove its protective function. Because Reyno Thormählen is the boss of a lightning protection company. I n the middle of the province of Lower Saxony, in Großenmeer near Oldenburg, you will find one of the most innovative craft enterprises in Germany. “We are the market leader in lightning protection,” Thormählen says confidently. 120 employees are working at seven locations in the north of the Federal Republic of Germany on systems that make buildings safer. “North” is a broad term in this. “We’re active as far as Cologne and Leipzig,” the general manager explains. “Ap- proximately 80 percent of our customers come from the industrial field, ten percent from the pub- lic sector, and just as many from the private sector.” Barracks, airports, industrial plants, wind farms – for Thormählen’s teams, things often get high up. No wonder Lower Saxony even has its own industrial climbers among its ranks. “We install lightning protection at places like North Stream 1 and 2, or are involved in the noise protection cover à Reyno Thormählen is one of the General Managers of Blitzschutz Thormählen The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 41

L I G H T N I N G P R OT E C T I O N “Our customer should get a talking measuring station that gives them direct information about their lightning pro- tection system via smartphone and a suitable app,” Reyno Thormählen explains is the reason for the introduction of the “smart badges”. “We’ve conducted the real basic research to- gether with Phoenix Contact. The fi rst step was to test RFID “Lightning protection is be- coming increasingly import- ant due to climate change and the increased use of low voltage in the IoT sector.” Jens Barghorn, Managing Director, Blitzschutz Thormählen chips and their antennas for their lightning compatibility. No- body knew, for example, how the data storage on the badges would react if a lightning strike caused high-impulse currents to fl ow through the conductors. What material do we need to use?” Lightning protection with vision A separate system maintenance app has also been developed together with Phoenix Contact which allows contactless read- ing thanks to RFID technology. A gimmick? “Absolutely not. With this technology, facility management can integrate the system into their maintenance concept, i.e., act on their own initiative and not just follow our maintenance routine,” says Jens Barghorn, describing the advantages of disconnection point marking. “We are currently equipping every new order with individ- ually printed RFID badges, which currently number around 2,000 orders.” “For us, this is an investment in the relationship with our customers,” Reyno Thormählen adds. “Lightning pro- tection is a long-term issue. We don’t want to supply lightning protection systems, we want to offer lasting safety” (lo)  thormaehlen.com Individually printable RFID badges facilitate maintenance With the information from the chip, the technician immediately recognizes the most important details of the system to be tested The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 43

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V I D E O S U R V E I L L A N C E purpose, the box has its own light wave splice cassette. Here, fiberglass can be connected and fitted with a plug so that the camera cable only has to be plugged in.” illuminated if required. “We’ve also placed a top-hat rail. This is where our Wi-Fi access points or cellular routers find their place. A 24 V output is provided for the required energy.” If, on the other hand, the video camera is located close to the control center, a standard Ethernet cable can also be con- nected. And if the Smart Camera Box is to be integrated into an existing older network, then the possibility of using a two- wire line, such as a coaxial cable, to connect it to the modern Ethernet world is also being considered. Speaking of the modern world, “We’re talking about high- end video cameras. There’s a lot more to it than just an optical module. In the meantime, they have become computers them- selves, evaluating the images while they are still in the cam- era; in other words, they can detect when a person approaches the fence.” Actually, it’s not a box, it’s a device “Up to four cameras can be connected to the box. We supply the required energy using the new Power over Ethernet stan- dard IEEE 802.3bt, which permits significantly higher current strengths. It can also be used to drive motor-driven camer- as.” To get a view of every nook and cranny. It can even be The last and decisive trump card in terms of video com- munication is then played out on-site. Tommy Göring grabs a ladder, holds his box securely under his arm, and darts up the rungs. Above, he demonstrates how easily the box and camera can be connected and installed. “Thanks to our development of a special mast adapter, one installer is sufficient for the in- stallation. It’s usually a two-person job.” The Smart Camera Box, according to its official name, will be presented at the Hannover Messe 2020. And those who need to deal with the topic of video surveillance should have the patience to wait for the crisp winner and its delivery. And many thanks to the colleague and her persuasiveness. My wildlife surveillance camera can’t compete! (lo)  update.phoenixcontact.com/en/ The video lighting can also be controlled using the box The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 47

B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S World-class scientists as guests in Bad Pyrmont Professor Suzanne D. Berger from MIT on a research tour through Germany A delegation of four scientists from the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology traveled to Bad Pyrmont to visit the Phoenix Contact location and the Smart Factory located here. Prof. Suzanne D. Berger visited Germany to do research for a new book. In 2013, the study “Making in America: From Innovation to Market” was published. In it, Prof. Berger examines the question of whether the US needs to strengthen the effi ciency of its production sector in order to create value from innovations. Now, she is embarking on a new project: in the “Work of the Future” task force, staff from the various MIT faculties are working together to determine what infl uence new technologies have on employees. The MIT team became aware of Phoenix Contact when they were looking for companies that were on the cutting edge of new technologies. At the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum at the end of 2018 in Tianjing (China), Phoenix Contact was named as one of the world’s nine leading smart factories that already use IIoT technologies in practice. A guided tour of the production area showed how machines and systems can be converted to the production of new products within a short space of time. Based on a digital twin, the products to be manufactured are so smart, they can fi nd their way through the processing stations themselves. In this way, even small series and special productions can be realized that would be uneconomical in a pure mass production. Prof. D. Berger (middle) with her team and Production Manager Dr. Tilman Potente (right) New GM in South Africa The newcomer relies on teamwork Shortly before the end of 2019, the Springbok state on the Cape of Africa got a new general manager in Carl Kleynhans. The graduate business manager has more than 18 years of pro- fessional experience in the IT and electron- ics industry, including in German electronics companies. According to his own statement, teamwork is his means on the path to further success. phoenixcontact.com Innovation from the printer Protiq prints pure copper With 3D printing of pure copper, Protiq has achieved a breakthrough in additive manufacturing. At the specialist trade fair formnext in late November 2019 in Frankfurt, the team surrounding General Manager Dr. Ralf Gärtner presented the global- ly unique process. With the new process, it’s possible to reduce the conventional processing time to a few hours. In addition, the manufacturing data of the component can be uploaded, confi gured, and ordered directly on the Protiq online platform. Until now, printing pure copper protiq.com was not considered possible, be- cause the metal refl ects the rays of the melting laser until it is destroyed. Due to its excellent electrical conductivity, copper is used to make inductors for the partial hardening of components, among other things. The production is complex and time-consuming, usually taking weeks. The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 49

The next issue will be published in May 2020: Craft Current reporting is often dominated by the fascinating topics surrounding Industrie 4.0 and the Internet of Things. But the basis of all action is in the hands of work. The next issue will deal with the manual foundation of industry and trade. SMART HOME BY HAND Building automation From Frankfurt to Mallorca – Stephan Christmann and his team make life easier and buildings safer. TOOL PRODUCTION Sweden power Who knew? In the land of moose and Vikings, high-quality hand tools are produced for Phoenix Contact customers. CAREER Industry career A visit to our own training workshop. Why Phoenix Contact has a heart for the trade. Legal information Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG Corporate Communications Lutz Odewald (Editor-in-Chief) Telephone: +49 5235 3-42153 E-mail: lodewald@phoenixcontact.com Design and implementation: Ralf Tegtmeyer, Christian Brill Photo credits: Cover picture: © S_D_Brath/Shutterstock © Shutterstock: 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 20, 40, 48, 51 Andre Köller: 3, 4, 5, 10 ff, 34 ff, 44 ff, 49 Thomas Franz: 22 ff Lutz Odewald: 5, 14 ff, 18 ff, 26 ff, 30 ff, 36, 40 ff From the industry: Bosch Sensortec, Cloud & Heat Copyright © 2020 Phoenix Contact All rights reserved.