The industrial connector specialist, highlights the issue of connections having to be released – for inspection or maintenance – which reduces the environmental protection for that period of work.
The cap can ensure meeting IP67 requirements of protection – against dust and temporary immersion – even when the bayonet locking connector is unmated, it says.
Spring-loaded plastic covers protect the female panel mount parts and ensure the contacts are safely enclosed in the housing. Now, due to the protective caps, the male cable connectors also achieve IP67 when unmated.
Typical applications, says Binder, include test equipment, metrology and lighting as well as in signage and other devices that need to be washable.
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