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Electrical components are devices which support the generation, transmission, distribution, and consumption of electric power. These electronic parts are usually not visible for the workers in industrial manufacturing plants or the end consumer as they are packaged and stored in cases. Electronic components, such as cable components, relays, timers, batteries and wiring components, fulfil the task of connecting each others.

Components can be single devices, for example a resistor, capacitor or an electronic transistor, or are arranged in groups as integrated circuits. Integrated circuits might include electrical parts such as battery components, technical generators, relays, wire and cable components or timers. Wire is used to connect the two poles of a battery. Further electronics components are electrical switches, semiconductors and inductors which provide a circuit with inductance for windings of electric motors and electric generators.

 

These electrical connectors or even complete electronic kits are integrated and illustrated in a so called electronic circuit diagram. This diagram simplifies the complex and sophisticated electric circuit of electrical equipment. The various included electric parts, such as Ac generators, smd components or transistors are represented by simplified and internationally standardised symbols. However, the arrangement of the electrical parts in the diagram does not  correspond to their physical locations, for example in a consumer electronics appliance such as a dvd player or a TV.

 

As both, industrial plant engineering and consumer electronics, have become international markets in the last decade, it was vital to establish so called electrical or digital standards which bring positive benefits for electronic parts suppliers, electrical manufacturers and wholesalers: Companies around the world can participate in standardisation programs which make their electric parts compatible and comparable. These standards are designed, introduced and amended by international associations and institutions which have in-depth market insight and knowledge. Standards support an electrical manufacturer and also an electrical distributor insofar as produced components are interoperable when manufactured according to the standard, as coordination, quality characteristics and uniform measures are defined. Assuming that producers of a semiconductor or a 3 phase generator have the same technological know-how and resources, a subcontractor in China or Germany might manufacture a component which a US factory implements in its end consumer product. When an electrical supplier or manufacturer decides to participate in a standard program, the entry in new regions and company growth can be facilitated. Furthermore, trade barriers, which might occur in the international electronics market, can be avoided.