AIPHONE
Aiphone is a Japanese manufacturer of intercom and access-control communication equipment, founded in 1948 and headquartered in Nagoya. The company's product line spans audio-only and video intercom systems for residential, commercial, and institutional buildings, along with the peripheral components required to complete an installation: door and master stations, sub-stations, power supplies, mounting enclosures, blank panels, and intercom wire. Aiphone systems are organized into named series, each with its own station compatibility, wiring topology, and power requirements. Commonly encountered series include the IX Series (IP-based video intercom with 24V DC or 24V AC power, CMOS camera door stations, and primary stations available in indoor and outdoor configurations), the GT Series (entrance panels with vandal-resistant surface-mount enclosures and blank filler panels), the JP Series (video intercom primary stations operating on 24V DC for indoor commercial and institutional use), and the LEF Series (12V DC surface-mount audio master stations for indoor two-way voice communication). Across these families, Aiphone equipment is specified by control rank (primary or subordinate), mounting method (surface or desk stand), and location rating (indoor or outdoor), which allows a system to be assembled from compatible stations rather than a single fixed kit. 3G Electric supplies the Aiphone line as individual SKUs, covering door stations, master and sub-stations, enclosures, panels, and wire. The catalog includes both current and legacy series components, so a maintenance or expansion project can source a replacement station or a matching enclosure without changing the rest of the system. Technical buyers can filter by series compatibility, power input, control rank, and physical dimensions. Because Aiphone wiring is not interchangeable across all series, the catalog also lists low-capacitance, non-shielded intercom wire intended for Aiphone systems, along with the mounting hardware that ships with many stations and panels. For specifying engineers and maintenance managers, the practical selection criteria are the series already installed, the power available at each station location, whether the station is primary or subordinate, and whether the mounting surface is indoor or outdoor. 3G Electric lists these attributes per SKU so a quote request can be matched to the correct part number, including the manufacturer model number, overall dimensions, and compatible series.
