Customer application September 18, 2020

A Terminal Block System for All Switchgear Units

JOKIEL GmbH designs and manufactures switchgear units for various sectors. TOPJOB^® S Rail-Mount Terminal Blocks from WAGO are an important component for meeting demands on low throughput times and high quality, qualities for which the family-owned corporation in the Upper Palatinate is known.

“The systems for our customers are used all over the world,” says Thorsten Jokiel, who serves as managing director of JOKIEL GmbH together with his brother Markus. “Therefore, we only collaborate with leading manufacturers, who recognized worldwide and produce correspondingly certified products.” When it comes to connection technology, JOKIEL relies on WAGO; it has been equipping its control cabinets with TOPJOB^® S Rail-Mount Terminal Blocks since 2006.

The Benefits of WAGO for You:

The right actuation variant of WAGO’s preassembled TOPJOB® S Rail-Mount Terminal Blocks is available for any application
Reliable, easy, intuitive handling with Push-in CAGE CLAMP®
The WAGO-smartPRINTER Prints Marking Strips in Seconds

From Buildings to Automotive Manufacturers

JOKIEL, headquartered in Amberg, around 50 kilometers east of Nuremberg, manufactures switchgear units for a wide variety of applications. In 1982, when the company was first established, Bernhard Jokiel initially concentrated on building technology; however, the switch to the construction of switchgear units for specialized systems occurred soon after. Today, 50 employees manufacture control cabinets for companies from domains including filtration and refrigeration technologies, the automotive sector, various industrial sectors and low voltage distribution boards up to 3200 A – and still for building technology too. Up to 1,200 control cabinets are built in Amberg annually, with dimensions that extend from those of wall cabinets – the size of an A4 sheet of paper – up to 20 meter long switchgear units. “The variety of applications that we provide offers our industrial customers an advantage: In addition to constructing the switchgear units for their production, we are also involved in the construction of new production halls,” says Thorsten Jokiel. “Our customer always has the same contact person.”

One Spring Clamp for All Applications

It is naturally also advantageous if the components used in the switchgear units are also certified for all applications, like the TOPJOB^® S Rail-Mount Terminal Blocks from WAGO. Their spring pressure connection technology has the necessary certifications, so that JOKIEL can work everywhere in the world and in all applications using only this single rail-mount terminal block system. JOKIEL has used TOPJOB^® S for around ten years, and, even before that, the switchgear manufacturer used other spring clamp terminal blocks from WAGO. “We were one of the first switchgear builders to use spring clamp terminal blocks,” says Thorsten, recalling that “the conversion from screw connections to spring pressure connection technology was a real milestone. WAGO’s spring clamp terminal blocks were such a relief for us during wiring, since there were no more screws to be tightened. And our customers have benefited since then from maintenance-free connections.” Whereas the screws in screw clamp terminal blocks have to be regularly re-tightened, this labor is no longer necessary with spring pressure connection technology. “Thus, our customers could significantly reduce their maintenance expenses, while the connections remain fail-safe. In the meantime, spring pressure connection technology has been accepted by our customers, and this technology is now used in all sectors without reservation,” says Jokiel.