The Schaffner product portfolio offers a wide range of filter solutions for data & communication equipment as well as for complete datacenter installations. Covering power entry EMI filtering, system interference mitigation, and power quality requirements from the electrical network, Schaffner is a one-stop partner for the most demanding data & communication applications.

Schaffner's Expertise within the Data & Communication Industry:
Schaffner helps data and communication equipment manufacturers build dependable products and datacenter operations that run smoothly and reliably over years while maintaining high service continuity and low energy consumption.

Datacenters:
Working in the shadow of our ever-growing online service consumption, datacenters come with high availability and reliability requirements. IT equipment must be cooled down to work reliably and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) are protecting servers from any power cut that risks damaging equipment, resulting in service downtime and data loss.

Networks:
The communication backbone of business and individuals is the connectivity enabled by networks. Information and communications technology equipment used in networks is highly sensitive hardware prone to electrical hazards from the grid.

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Schaffner has extensive know-how in dealing with electromagnetics. Our solutions can be found in power electronics, onboard chargers, batteries and keyless authentication systems.

Schaffner’s Expertise in the Automotive Industry:
Schaffner helps customers meet the most demanding EMC requirements in power electronics for e-mobility. We also supply very compact and energy-efficient magnetic components for onboard chargers. With our low frequency antennas, Schaffner has long been well positioned for keyless authentication systems. Our highly qualified engineers are committed to providing exceptional expertise, a pragmatic approach as well as fast customer service.

E-Mobility:
EMI filters and magnetic components for power electronics, batteries, and onboard chargers.

Authentication Systems:
Low-Frequency antennas for keyless access and keyless start.

Application for On-Board Charger (OBC):
Charging your Electric Vehicle (EV) at home requires converting the Alternating Current (AC) of the grid into a Direct Current (DC) that is compatible with your EV battery. Every electric vehicle needs an on-board-charger (OBC) that matches your home electrical infrastructure to your charging needs in terms of battery voltage and charging speed.

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The Schurter Group is the world's leading Swiss technology company ensuring clean and safe supply of power, ease of use and sophisticated overall solutions.

Electronic Components:
Components encompasses the equipment protection, equipment connections, switches and EMC products business units including the measurement service as well as the Solutions unit. Solutions offers business partners a total solution package to fulfill the most demanding customer wishes in their entirety through the coordination and networking of all Schurter core competences.

Quality & Approvals:
Schurter guarantees consistent high quality and absolute reliability in each and every one of its products. Our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, as well as our up-to-date technical know-how assures that we can fulfil our motto: “Safe Power – Ease of Use.” Our products carry all major country-specific approvals such as VDE, ENEC, UL, CSA, CCC, METI or KTL.

The quality, environment, occupational health and safety management is certified according to ISO 9001, ISO 13485, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and IATF 16949. The SIX Sigma Lean Methodology, as well as the EFQM Model are used to further develop the integrated management system at Schurter.

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Machinery and robotic systems – as part of factory automation – consist of different modules in a fully integrated process flow. The range of products from Schaffner for these applications covers an entire spectrum of dedicated filter families which are deployed in almost every manufacturing and production process.

Schaffner's Expertise within the Machinery & Robotics Industry
• To support reliable and stable production processes
• To facilitate energy and cost-efficient workflows
• To comply with local and international standards

We deliver components that ensure an efficient flow of energy and the reliable operation of applications by minimizing electromagnetic and harmonic interferences.

Motor Drives:
Motor drive systems enable a reliable and precise control by handling torque, speed, and position. For accurate and real-time motor control, these systems are also coupled with advanced processing of signals. The motor drive system has innovative power, motor control and drives solutions that reduce energy consumption. They deliver greater efficiency with many advanced approaches to switch supplies - all ultimately reducing the carbon footprint. The motor drive system also boosts a manufacturer’s competitive edge and time-to-profit.

Machinery:
The machinery market covers several industrial applications such as food and beverage manufacturing machinery, semiconductor manufacturing machinery, sawmill and woodworking machinery, machinery for making paper and paper products, printing and binding machinery and equipment, textile making machinery, and many others. Rapid advances in technology are expected to drive innovation in this market. As examples, technologies such as 3D printing, artificial intelligence, and big data analytics are being used in manufacturing yielding higher productivity, lower operating costs, and higher margins. IoT applications are also being integrated into these devices to enable services such as remote monitoring, central feedback systems, and other services.

Factory Automation:
Factory automation implies technologies and automatic control devices to enhance the productivity and quality of products and simultaneously decrease production costs. Also known as industrial automation, it minimizes human intervention in industry and ensures a superior performance compared to humans. Factory automation includes the use of computers, robots, control systems, and information technologies to manage industrial processes.

Robotics:
Robots refer to multifunctional, automatic, and re-programmable industrial machines, which can be embedded in a variety of high-tech devices. They are designed to perform several tasks automatically with speed, intelligence, and accuracy. The essential components of a robot are body or frame, control system, manipulators, and drivetrain. Robots perform tasks across various industries, including healthcare, aerospace, defense, and automotive. The emergence of this technology has facilitated convenience, increased output levels, reduced human errors, enhanced quality, and process automation.

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Electrification is a global trend. In hospitals, the number of electronic medical devices is rising constantly. In the field of medical equipment, electromagnetic interference (EMI) between several medical devices may be life threatening. For example, in MRIs, Schaffner filters are used to mitigate EMC noise.

Schaffner's Expertise within the Medical Industry:
Schaffner offers a broad range of components for the medical industry and has consistently extended its proven IEC Inlet family with single- and dual-stage solutions adapted to market needs. Especially when it comes to protecting human life, Schaffner is dedicated to continuously improving state-of-the-art of interference suppression for devices in medical applications.

Medical Equipment:
Durable medical equipment provides freedom, independence, and quality of life not possible without these products. One key trend in the industry is the growth of the aging population requiring access to vital and necessary medical equipment for treatment using X-rays, CTs, and MRIs. Another key trend is the growing interest in wearable and in-home devices. Portable and movable components are becoming popular not only in the field of preventative healthcare and fitness but also in the medical equipment sector as well.

Laboratory & Analyzer Equipment:
The medical laboratory plays an important role in the healthcare system, providing clinical, diagnostic, and research services that contribute to the quality of health care. Medical laboratory equipment is an essential tool in these services, providing accurate and precise results that can improve diagnosis and treatment plans, as well as contributing to advances in health care research and development of new treatments. Laboratory equipment includes medical as well as other equipment such as chemical and biological.

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IEC C14 Appliance Inlet Filter
• Ultra compact IEC C14 inlet filter
• Optimal high frequency mains input filtering
• Fully closed steel housing
• V-Lock cord retaining

Schurter launches a new very compact filter series with the 5121 appliance inlet filter. An IEC C14 inlet is surrounded by a closed metal housing and thus effectively shields the mains input. The new filter series is available as a standard or medical technology version for a rated current up to 10 A / 15 A with wire connections.

The mains input is often a critical opening in the housing. Interference via the power cables and interference radiated through the opening gets into, or out of the housing. The new 5121 appliance inlet filter series offers a very compact solution to prevent interference.

Applications
The new filter family is especially suitable for applications with very small installation depths that require high-frequency filtering of the mains input at the same time. The 5121 appliance inlet filter reliably shields high-frequency interference conducted through cables or radiated thanks to a completely closed metal shield and capacitors. Interference in the lower frequency range can be reliably attenuated with additional capacitors and chokes on the PCB. Especially the interferences in the low frequency range < 10 MHz are mainly conducted through the cables, which means that the filter components do not necessarily have to be located at the mains input and can simply be placed on the printed circuit board. Schurter offers a wide range of current-compensated and linear chokes for this purpose. Typical applications are medical, laboratory, audio- and video equipment and industrial systems.

Multiple Mounting Versions
The new filter series is available in three mounting versions: Screw mounting from the front side with plastic flange, screw mounting from the front or rear side with metal flange and snap-in mounting from the front side. All variants guarantee optimal electrical contact of the mounting panel thanks to the wide metal flange. The closed filter housing acts as optimal shielding of the mains input.

Approvals
The 5121 series is certified for currents up to 10 A/250 VAC according to IEC and 15 A according to UL/CSA at 125/250 VAC. It has ENEC, CQC and cURus approvals.

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Single Phase Block Filter
• Filter with ground choke
• Excellent symmetrical attenuation
• Fully closed steel housing
• Optional wire leads

Schurter is expanding the successful FMAB NEO single-phase filter family with new variants. The filter is now available with an additional ground line choke to suppress high-frequency interference on the earth conductor. The new filter series is available in standard and medical versions for a rated current range of 1 A to 20 A with quick connect terminals.

Standard filters only filter the pole and neutral conductors, the earth line stays untouched. This can be a problem with the occurrence of high-frequency earth conductor currents, because in this case even the best filter can’t do any improvements. The new filter versions with integrated earth conductor chokes
offer a simple solution.

Ground Choke
New variants of the FMAB NEO single-phase filters are equipped with a ground line choke. In addition to the current-compensated choke on the pole and neutral conductor, the mains filters have a second choke on the earth line. The ground line choke is located between the filter input and output. The filters
therefore have two earth connections at the input and output, whereby the earth connection at the mains input is insulated from the housing. This ensures that possible high-frequency interference currents on the earth conductor cannot bypass the filter via the housing. Especially medical filters (without Ycapacitors) benefit from an improved asymmetrical attenuation in the higher frequency range due to the earth conductor choke.

Applications
Filters with earth line chokes are used in most applications with critical high-frequency earth line currents. High-frequency earth conductor currents are generated by any type of fast energy conversion such as switching power supplies, frequency converters or motor drives. Earth loops can occur in devices that are connected to other devices with shielded cables. The high-frequency interference current occurring on this earth loop is effectively attenuated with a ground choke. Typical applications are medical and laboratory equipment, audio and video as well as industrial systems.

Approvals
The single-stage FMAB NEO filter family has a particularly compact design combined with high performance. It is suitable for applications in the temperature range from -40 °C to +100 °C and has ENEC and cURus approvals.

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Single Phase Block Filter with Excellent Performance
• Ultra compact double stage filter
• Excellent symmetrical and asymmetrical attenuation
• Very broad band attenuation
• Completely closed steel housing

Schurter complements the successful FMBB EP 1-phase filter family with variants for medical applications. The new filters meet their requirements up to a maximum of 100 µA leakage current.

The double-stage filters FMBB EP have a compact design with highest performance at the same time. Thanks to high-quality components, very high attenuation is guaranteed over a wide frequency range. This makes the filters ideally suited for demanding applications such as those frequently found in medical technology. The new variants are specially specified for medical applications.

New Filter Variants
The new filter variants meet the medical requirements 1 MOOP according to IEC 60601-1. The standard allows a maximum leakage current of 100 µA, for which the new variants with their maximum leakage currents of 73 µA are very well suited.

Part No.        Description
3-142-126      FMBB EP FILTER 1PH 2ST 1A 250VAC M80
3-142-127      FMBB EP FILTER 1PH 2ST 3A 250VAC M80
3-142-128      FMBB EP FILTER 1PH 2ST 6A 250VAC M80
3-142-129      FMBB EP FILTER 1PH 2ST 10A 250VAC M80
3-142-130      FMBB EP FILTER 1PH 2ST 12A 250VAC M80
3-142-131      FMBB EP FILTER 1PH 2ST 16A 250VAC M80
3-142-132      FMBB EP FILTER 1PH 2ST 20A 250VAC M80
3-142-133      FMBB EP FILTER 1PH 2ST 30A 250VAC M80
3-142-134      FMBB EP FILTER 1PH 2ST 36A 250VAC M80

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3-Phase Block Filters for Machine Applications
• For machine applications according to IEC 60204-1
• Compact design with small footprint
• 1-stage filter with high efficiency

Schurter is expanding the successful FMAC NEO and FMAD NEO 3-phase filter families with new variants for machine applications. The new filters meet the requirements of machine safety according to IEC 60204-1. They are suitable for 3-phase or 3-phase-with-neutral conductor applications at rated currents from 16 to 230 A.

The FMAC NEO and FMAD NEO single-stage block filters have a particularly compact design with a small footprint and high performance at the same time. They are suitable for industrial or energy applications such as EV fast charging stations or battery storage.

IEC 60204-1: Machine Safety
Any machine or equipment that is to be brought onto the market in the EU and associated countries must bear a CE marking issued by the manufacturer himself. With this marking, the manufacturer guarantees that his product complies to all applicable legal and technical requirements. Minimum standards with regard to safety and occupational health requirements are defined in Europe by the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU.

The details for implementation are defined in separate specifications, known as harmonizing standards. One of these harmonizing standards is IEC 60204-1, which applies to electrical, electronic and programmable electronic equipment as well as to groups of networked machines, including control cabinet construction.

New Filter Variants
The new filter versions meet the requirements of this standard IEC 60204-1. The filters have a short discharge time of the capacitors, so that they have a touchable residual voltage of <60 V in 1 or max. 2 seconds after disconnecting the voltage. Further, the insulation value between phases and ground is at least 1 MΩ thanks to larger resistors. The filters are designed for currents from 16 to 230 A at an ambient temperature of 50 °C.

All family members have ENEC and cURus approvals and are recommended for applications up to 520 VAC. The standard variants are designed for industrial applications with leakage currents <13 mA. Special variants with leakage currents <3 mA are available for particularly leakage-critical applications.

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