“We wanted both a flexible control system that we could easily update later, and a vendor with a global presence,” explains Tobias Ahlberg, Sales Manager at TTS Marine AS. “Our loading systems travel around the world and have an average service life of 25–30 years, so it is important that the products we use are also robust.” And reliable, as Ahlberg adds, because failures or incidents cannot be allowed in the TTS systems – they are key points in ship safety.

“Initially, we decided not to replace all components with WAGO parts,” states Martin Andersson, Design Engineer at TTS. Andersson is essentially responsible for everything: From developing electrical systems and component specification, to the writing of all programs for the programmable logic controllers, up to implementing acceptances. “Because there was absolutely no pressure from WAGO, we could concentrate on one aspect of the conversion at a time. We gradually expanded our inventory of WAGO's components, including the TOPJOB® S Rail-Mount Terminal Blocks and relays.”