Cable Selection Guide for Industrial Automation
Cable Selection Guide for Industrial Automation
- Flexible Cables: Suitable for fixed installations or occasional movements, including control, data, single cores, motor & servo, feedback, PROFInet/Industrial Ethernet, and BUS cables.
- Highly Flexible Cables: Designed for continuous movements, such as drag chains, covering similar categories as flexible cables.
- Drag Chain Classifications: Cables are classified by color codes indicating halogen-free (red), bio-oil & microbe-resistant (green), and intrinsically safe (blue).
- Performance Metrics: Includes movement distance, bending radius, speed, acceleration, and cycle limits for different drag chain classes (DC1, DC2, DC3).
- Key questions to determine the appropriate cable include installation type, cable type, sheath material, screening, and compliance with standards like UL/CSA or NFPA 79.
- Production Facilities: Located in Germany and China, focusing on high-quality, flexible cables using advanced manufacturing techniques.
- Logistics Centers: Located in Hemmingen/Stuttgart and Neuenhagen/Berlin, featuring extensive storage and processing capabilities for efficient distribution.
- Emphasizes innovation through material development and testing, ensuring cables meet diverse application requirements, including extreme conditions.
- Includes systems for bending, torsion, drag chain, fire, abrasion, and aging tests to ensure product reliability and compliance with international standards.
- Drag Chain Cables: Available in various materials such as PUR, TPE, and PVC. They are designed for high flexibility and continuous movement. Specifications include temperature ranges from -40°C to +105°C and compliance with standards like IEC 60332-1-2.
- Control Cables: These are highly flexible, oil-resistant, and available with or without screening. They are suitable for exposed runs and have voltage classes of 300/500V and 600V.
- Data Cables: Designed for high flexibility and continuous movement, these cables are available in halogen-free versions and comply with DIN 47100 color coding.
- Single Core Cables: These are available in screened and unscreened versions, suitable for special drag chains, and are halogen-free.
- Many cables comply with IEC standards and are available with or without UL/CSA certification.
- Halogen-free cables are marked in red, and bio-oil & fuel-resistant cables are marked in green.
- Cables are recommended for use in environments requiring high flexibility, such as drag chains and continuous movements.
- Special applications may require consultation due to extreme oil resistance needs.
- Additional accessories such as cable glands, tools, and core end sleeves are available in the cable accessories catalogue.
- Connectors are designed for extra-low voltages and are suitable for signal transmission, motor control, and system monitoring.
- Power plug connectors can handle voltages up to 630 V and currents up to 200 A, with cable cross-sections up to 50 mm².
- HELUTEC® connectors are resilient to strong vibrations and sudden stops, ensuring reliable performance in demanding conditions.
- Various cable types are available, including motor cables, servo cables, feedback cables, and industrial Ethernet cables.
- Cables are highly flexible, suitable for continuous movements such as drag chains, and are available in halogen-free and oil-resistant versions.
- Temperature ranges for cables vary, with some capable of operating from -40°C to +80°C.
- Cables comply with UL/CSA standards and are available in UV-resistant versions.
- Flame-retardant properties are specified for certain cable types, ensuring safety in various applications.
- HELUTEC® connectors and cables are used in applications requiring safe connections in limited spaces, such as torque-heavy drive motors and servo motors.
- They are suitable for industrial environments where continuous movement and high flexibility are required.
- Highly Flexible Cables: Designed for continuous movements such as drag chains.
- End Caps & Core End Sleeves: Suitable for telecommunication cables, low-voltage, medium-voltage, and accessories/component parts.
- Cable Protection Tube Systems: Includes corrugated tubes for standard and oversized applications, dividable corrugated tubes, and highly flexible cable tubes made of plastic with coil springs or metal, spiral wound. Heavy-duty applications are also covered.
- Additional accessories can be found in the cable accessories catalogue.
- Prices are subject to change, and technical modifications may occur without prior notice.
- All products are produced in accordance with national and international standards, ensuring application safety as per safety directives and statutory regulations.
- Installation and processing should be performed by qualified electricians, adhering to applicable DIN VDE specifications.
Catalog excerpts
Cable Selection Guide Motor, servo, and feedback cables Single core • Control cables Data cables • Bus cables Industrial Ethernet cables Includes page references Cables, Wires & Accessories Flexible cables for fixed installation or occasional movements d. Motor & Servo cables 8-9 II. Highly flexible cables for continuous movements, such as drag chains d. Motor & Servo cables 18-19 5 CABLE QUALIFYING QUESTIONS 1. Are you looking for a flexible cable for fixed installation or occasional movements (page 4) or a highly flexible cable for continuous movements (page 14) such as a drag chain? 2. What kind of cable do I need (control cable, data cable, servo cable, BUS cable,...)? 3. What kind of sheath material? 5. Without UL/CSA, with UL/CSA or according to NFPA 79? Drag chain class This classification is intended as an initial pre-selection. The exact drag chain values can be found in Version 27 of the Cables, Wires and Accessories catalogue. Halogen-free cables Bio-oil & microbe-resistant cables Intrinsically safe cables Please contact us first for special applications. Dimensions and specifications may change without prior notice. Errors excepted.
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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT We develop optimal, customized cable solutions for our customers. I. lexible cables for fixed installation or F occasional movements Continue: PRODUCTION Research and development are the foundation of our work and are an impor- By continuously optimizing our manufacturing processes and procedures, tant engine for growth. In interdisciplinary teams we continuously develop we have become more efficient and economical, and yet we are still able to our products and seek to enhance them for multiple applications. Moreover, take the complex requirements of a wide variety of applications...
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Flexible cables for fixed installation or occasional movements Sheath material CONTROL CABLE | Flexible cables for fixed installation or occasional movements UV-resistant Voltage class 300/ 500V JB-500 flexible, colour coded without screen 300/ 500V H05VV5-F (NYSLYö-JZ) flexible, numbered, extremely oil resistant 300/ 500V JZ-500 orange flexible, VDE-Reg., for interlocking purposes 300/ 500V H05VV-F PVC sheathed cable 300/ 500V OZ-BL intrinsically safe, flexible, numbered 450/ 750V JB-750 flexible, colour coded 450/ 750V JB-750 yellow flexible, for warning indication 300/ 500V F-CY-JZ flexible,...
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Flexible cables for fixed installation or occasional movements Sheath material DATA CABLES | Flexible cables for fixed installation or occasional movements Voltage class (Peak operating voltage) Core number/ Number of pairs Temperature range flexing Laying outside Cross section grey no grey no gb/or no grey/bw no 300/ 500V PAAR-TRONIC twisted pairs, flexible, colour code according to DIN 47100 350V 300/500V SENSORFLEX Senor actuator cable, colour coded VERTEILERFLEX for senor actuator cable, colour coded with screen PAAR-TRONIC-Li-2YCY PE-insulated, low capacitance, Termi-Point®, colour-coded...
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Flexible cables for fixed installation or occasional movements Sheath material MOTOR AND SERVO CABLES | Flexible cables for fixed installation or occasional movements UV-resistant Voltage class Core number/ Number of pairs Temperature range flexing Laying outside TOPFLEX® 600-PVC Motor cable without pair, flexible, numbered TOPFLEX 600-C-PVC Motor cable without pair, flexible, Cu-screened, numbered TOPFLEX -EMV-2YSLCYK-J Motor cables for power supply connections to frequency converters TOPFLEX®-EMV-3 PLUS 2YSLCY-J Motor cables for power supply connections to frequency converters TOPFLEX®-EMV-UV-2YSLCK-J...
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Flexible cables for fixed installation or occasional movements Sheath material PROFINET / INDUSTRIAL ETHERNET | Flexible cables for fixed installation or occasional movements UVresistant Frequency range without UL Standard Laying outside Article number Increased oil resistance* Temperature range Flame resistant Frequency range UVresistant Laying outside yes HELUKAT® 100IND PROFInet B, flexible CMG 2x2xAWG22/7, Fast Connect HELUKAT 100IND PROFInet B, Festoon 2x2xAWG22/7, Fast Connect HMCB200 Industrial Ethernet PVC green UL Style 2502 HMCB500S Industrial Ethernet PVC green UL Style 2502 HELUKAT®...
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Flexible cables for fixed installation or occasional movements Installation range Sheath material BUS CABLES | Flexible cables for fixed installation or occasional movements UVresistant without UL Standard Laying outside Article number Increased Outer-Ø oil ca. resistance* Temperature range Flame resistant acc. to UL/CSA (please note exceptions) Indoor Indoor Cables are only available with UL/CSA standard; shown on the opposite column, right page Halogen-free cables are marked in red Cables are only available with UL/CSA standard; shown on the opposite column, right page DeviceNet™ Thick PVC...
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Highly flexible cables for continuous movements, such as drag chains with screen Core number Temperature range flexing Laying outside 300/ 500V JZ-HF highly flexible, numbered, oil-resistant, VDE-Reg. Cross section Fixed installation JZ-602 RC highly flexible, red cores MULTISPEED® 500-PVC UL/CSA safety against high bending, low torsion, 7 or more cores are bunch stranded, extruded as filler w/ pressure MULTIFLEX 600 Highly flexible, oil-resistant, numbered, for exposed run TC-ER, PLTC-ER, ITC-ER JZ-602 RC-CY Highly flexible, Cores red, screened (D-screen) MULTISPEED® 500-C-PVC UL/CSA safety...
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Highly flexible cables for continuous movements, such as drag chains without UL Standard Increased oil resistance* 300/ 500V SUPERTRONIC®-C-PVC Drag chain cable, colour code acc. to DIN 47100, Cu-screened grey no gb/or no grey no SUPERTRONIC®-PURö Drag chain cable, colour code acc. to DIN 47100, Cu-screened Core number/ Number of pairs Cross section Temperature range flexing Fixed installation Drag chain class Drag chain class UV-resistant Laying outside UV-resistant According to UL/CSA Core number/ Number of pairs Temperature range Laying outside Voltage class Cross section flexing Fixed installation...
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