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InIndustrialAutomation,generallywhenpeoplesay'interposingrelay'itmeansarelay
thatisusedforinterposing,meaningtoseparateorputabarrierbetweentwocircuits.

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ItnormallyconsistsofacoilthatisenergisedbyeitherACorDCpowerandactivates
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It'snormallydoneforseveralreasons:
Galvanicallyorelectricallyisolateseparatecircuits.ForexampleanACcircuitfroma
DCcircuitora24VACcircuitfromanother220VACcircuit.Thispreventsonecircuit
frombeingdirectlyaffected(electrically)byanelectricalfault(humanerror,
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Allowalowpoweredorincompatiblevoltagelevelcircuittocontrolorsendsignalto
anothercircuit.Thepicturebelowshowsapowersupplyof12VDCandswitchbeing
usedtocontrolanACloadusingarelay.ThesameconceptcanbeusedforaPLCto
controlACloads.

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Aninterposingrelayisdefinedasarelaythatisolatesthedrivingcircuit,switchinga
highervoltageorcurrentthanthecircuitdrivingitcanprovide.Arelaydeviceclosesor
opensacircuitunderthecontrolofanisolatedandseparatecircuit.

Interposingrelaysaremostlyusedinautomationindustrytoisolatefieldequipmentand
automationequipment(IOmodules).
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InIndustrialAutomation,generallywhenpeoplesay'interposingrelay'itmeansarelay
thatisusedforinterposing,meaningtoseparateorputabarrierbetweentwocircuits.It
normallyconsistsofacoilthatisenergisedbyeitherACorDCpowerandactivates
contactsthatareusedtotriggeranothercircuit.
Relaysusedasinterposingrelaysaregenerallynecessarybecausethecircuit(s)being
switchedhavevoltagesand/orcurrents
WrittenJul28,2015

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