Suitable L‑coded cables for the food industry

In many appli­ca­tions in the food indus­try, dai­ly clean­ing of equip­ment with a high-pres­sure jet is the norm. Com­po­nents used in this process must meet hygien­ic require­ments, for exam­ple with regard to the mate­r­i­al, as well as a high degree of pro­tec­tion. The new IO-Link mas­ters of the Per­for­mance­Line series are spe­cial­ly designed for such appli­ca­tions. They meet pro­tec­tion class­es IP65, IP67 and IP69K, the M12 sock­ets are made of stain­less steel and the seals are made of EPDM.

The new IO-Link mas­ters have either four or eight ports and are avail­able in two ver­sions for either PROFINET or EtherNet/IP. Since the ports can sup­ply actu­a­tors with up to 2 A, actu­a­tors with high pow­er require­ments, such as valve ter­mi­nals, can also be con­nect­ed. A cur­rent lim­it can be set sep­a­rate­ly for each port, and cur­rent and volt­age mea­sure­ment enables easy mon­i­tor­ing. If sev­er­al mas­ters are used in an appli­ca­tion, the pow­er sup­ply can be cas­cad­ed via L‑coded M12 cables with a daisy chain. This saves mate­r­i­al, time and costs dur­ing instal­la­tion. The para­me­ter­i­za­tion of the IO-Link mas­ters as well as all con­nect­ed sen­sors can be done con­ve­nient­ly via the moneo|configure SA software.

Suitable L‑coded cables

For the con­nec­tion of sen­sors to the IO-Link mas­ters in the food indus­try suit­able cables are required which also meet the high require­ments. Here ifm now offers a com­pre­hen­sive range of cables with L‑coded con­nec­tors accord­ing to IEC 61076. The proven ecol­ink tech­nol­o­gy ensures a reli­able and tight con­nec­tion through secure assem­bly even with­out tools: the inte­grat­ed mechan­i­cal fixed stop pro­tects the O‑ring from destruc­tion by over-tight­en­ing the nut and the asym­met­ri­cal­ly act­ing vibra­tion pro­tec­tion keeps the union nut firm­ly in posi­tion. The L‑coding and the cable cross-sec­tion of 2.5 mm² allow trans­mis­sion of cur­rents up to 16 A. The con­nect­ing cables are avail­able with straight and angled con­nec­tors and in lengths from 0.25 m up to 50 m.