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Cable glands - 9224 accessories

A range of accessories and thread conversion adaptors and reducers are offered to compliment the 8163/2series cable glands. These include locknuts, serrated washers, sealing washers, earth tags and shrouds. Locknuts are recommended to secure cable glands, unions, adaptors, reducers, and stopper plugs to a gland plate or into equipment. Serrated washers fitted internally to the equipment and before a locknut act as an anti-vibration device to prevent the cable gland or other cable entry device and locknut arrangement from inadvertently loosening in service. Entry thread sealing washers fitted at the equipment interface are fitted to maintain the ingress protection level of the equipment. For explosion protected equipment it is essential to maintain the integrity of the degree of ingress protection at which the equipment has been rated. Slip on earth tags installed between the cable gland and equipment, provide an earth bond connection as specified in BS6121:Part 5:1993 and also comply with category B rating as specified in BS EN 50262. A range of push on shrouds, which are used to minimise the risk of dirt or foreign substances gathering on the cable gland body, and/or point of cable to gland interface are also available. Standard shrouds are produced in black PVC. Thread conversion adaptors and reducers are available that convert the cable gland to a different thread type, or enlarge or reduce the threaded connection between the equipment entry hole and the cable entry device.