We give you a choice of strong durable plastic cable glands made from nylon or extremely robust brass cable glands. When you want to safely and securely pass cables through plates into items such as electrical cabinets, these cable glands give superior performance. These high quality cable glands are not to be confused with cheap cable glands. Components Direct cable glands can be used to meet the demanding IP68 requirements.
"IP" stands for "Ingress Protection" and an approximate summary of the IP codes is shown below:
The first digit of the IP rating designates protection against solid items or particles…
0 No special protection against contact and ingress of objects
1 Protection from a large part of the body such as a hand (but no protection from deliberate access); from solid objects greater than 50mm in diameter
2 Protection against fingers or other similar objects not greater than 80mm in length and 12mm in diameter
3 Protection from entry by tools, thick wires etc, with a diameter of more than 2.5 mm
4 Protection against solid bodies larger than 1mm
5 Protected against dust that may interfere with the satisfactory operation of the equipment
6 No ingress of dust
The second digit of the IP rating designates protection against moisture…
0 Not protected
1 Protection against water dripping vertically
2 Protection against water droplets deflected up to 15° from vertical
3 Protected against water spray up to 60° from vertical
4 Water splashing against the enclosure from any direction shall have no harmful effect
5 Protection against low pressure water jets (any direction)
6 Protection against powerful water jets (any direction)
7 Protected against temporary immersion up to 1 metre
8 Protected against prolonged effects of immersion under water
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