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Industrial automation and connectivity
Industrial automation and connectivity
The METZ CONNECT Group is a leader in high-quality contact technology and connection elements for the electrotechnical and electronic sectors. Their products facilitate reliable connections, ensuring smooth information flow from circuit boards to infrastructure environments.
- Circuit Board Connection Technology: Terminal blocks for signal and data streams, ideal for building and industrial automation.
- Network Cabling Solutions: Includes copper, fiber optic, and WLAN components for structured network cabling.
- Intelligent System Components: Components for building and process automation, including switch cabinet components.
METZ CONNECT emphasizes quality with production sites in Germany, featuring in-house capabilities such as punching shops, tool manufacturing, and special machinery construction.
- Terminal Blocks: Screw type and spring clamp terminal blocks for various wire types and sizes.
- M12 Connectors: Industrial connectors for field level and Industrial Ethernet, offering high mechanical strength and environmental resistance.
- Ethernet Terminal Blocks: Designed for permanent installations, offering easy handling and cost-effective solutions for data transfer up to 10 GBit/s.
- Single Pair Ethernet (SPE): Universal Ethernet communication to the field level, reducing weight and space requirements, supporting data transfer up to 1 GBit/s.
- IP Protected Solutions: IP protected housings for RJ45 and fiber optic connectors, suitable for harsh industrial environments.
METZ CONNECT provides MCO IP69k protective housings for outdoor applications, ensuring protection against dust, water, UV radiation, and other environmental factors. These solutions are designed for flexible installation and reliable protection of outdoor connections.
- Products are dust- and waterproof, resistant to ozone, UV radiation, saltwater, high pressure cleaning, high temperatures, and strong vibrations.
- Tested according to IP69k, IP67, and IP66 standards.
- Suitable for cable sheath diameters from 4.5 to 15 mm.
- Ethernet cabling solutions for outdoor and mechanically stressed applications.
- Suitable for gardens, balconies, patios, garages, workshops, industrial production halls, warehouses, and schools.
- IP44 enclosures are ideal for outdoor use, damp rooms, and areas with high mechanical stress.
- A wide range of copper and fiber optic data cables with IP67-protected connectors.
- Industrial cables with IP-protected connectors for high-speed data transmission up to 10 GBit/s.
- Configurators available for custom cable specifications.
- Structured cabling solutions for office and industrial environments.
- Patch panels and patch cords for copper and fiber optic connections.
- IP67 protective casing for RJ45 and fiber optic connectors.
- M12 circular connectors for Industrial Ethernet, offering robust, vibration-proof, and shock-resistant connections.
- Fiber optic transmission technology for singlemode and multimode connections.
METZ CONNECT provides universal systems for secure data flow from sensors and actuators to data centers, offering integrated, system-capable, and intelligent network components for building automation and process control.
- Monitoring relays for protection and control of electrical processes.
- Interface modules for separation between logic and load levels in control and automation technology.
- Energy controlling solutions with high-performance data loggers for energy and consumption monitoring.
- Minimum space requirement in the control cabinet: 125 mm width (7HP).
- Controller with ARM Cortex-A7 Dual Core Processor, 1GHz, 512 MB RAM, and 4 GB Flash.
- 1 x Modbus RTU interface for 32 subscribers.
- M-BUS interface with integrated level converter for 80 M-Bus loads.
- 2-port Ethernet switch with daisy chain function.
- Integrated graphical programming/visualization tool.
- Supports E-Mail (SSL) and FTPS.
- Maximum of 6 extension modules.
- The solution provides recording and analysis of data with galvanic 3-way isolation (RS485 Ethernet supply).
- Integrated web server for simple configuration via web interface.
- Easy device search and fast connection via jumper plug technology.
- Connection of up to 32 slaves per line with virtually no restrictions on line lengths.
- Technology and manufacturer-independent use for network connection of fieldbus components.
Facilitates integration of Modbus RTU devices into a Modbus TCP network, acting as a protocol converter for easy and cost-effective communication between Modbus TCP clients and Modbus RTU replicas.
- BACnet routers BMT-(F)-RTR connect BACnet MS/TP devices to a BACnet/IP network.
- BACnet/SC (Secure Connect) router BMT-(F)-RTR/SC ensures secure, encrypted data transmission in critical infrastructures.
- Features an integrated web server for configuring and parameterizing device-specific functions.
- Supports simultaneous connection and routing of BACnet MS/TP, BACnet/IP, and BACnet/SC networks.
METZ CONNECT offers a comprehensive range of products and solutions for industrial automation and connectivity, emphasizing durability, flexibility, and compliance with international standards.
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Industrial automation and connectivity METZ CONNECT Highlights at a glance
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METZ CONNECT – Highlights – Industrial automation & connectivity METZ CONNECT – YOUR partner for company-wide networking The METZ CONNECT Group stands for high quality contact technology and connection elements in the electrotechnical and electronic area. Around the world, our products guarantee safe and reliable connections for smooth information flow – from the circuit board to the infrastructure environment. Cabling solutions for networks Connection techn
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METZ CONNECT – Highlights – Industrial automation & connectivity Cabling solutions for networks Connection technology Intelligent system components Copper, fiber optic and WLAN components for structured network cabling Circuit board connection technology for connecting devices and controls in building and industrial automation Intelligent system and switch cabinet components for building and process automation Intelligent system component
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METZ CONNECT – Highlights – Industrial automation & connectivity Our competencies At METZ CONNECT, we focus on quality and we are dedicated to maintaining our production sites in Germany. In addition to highly qualified technicians, our secret to success is our high degree of vertical integration, which ranges from our in-house punching shop to operating equipment and tool manufacturing, special machinery construction and an in-house laboratory. Product development Special machine construction Plastic injection molding
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METZ CONNECT – Highlights – Industrial automation & connectivity Tool and mold making Automated assembly Fiber optic manufacturin
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METZ CONNECT - Highlights - Industrial automation & connectivity METZ CONNECT has been successfully manufacturing and selling terminal blocks for circuit boards for decades. The portfolio includes products for signal and data streams and moderate control currents. From a single supplier - whether developed in partnership, whether in Design-In with existing or modified products or even catalog products - you will find we have your circuit board connection technology. Screw type terminal blocks, a connection technology tested and proved millions of times, are based on a metal terminal body, which...
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METZ CONNECT – Highlights – Industrial automation & connectivity Portfolio Spring clamp terminal blocks Screw type terminal blocks Ethernet terminal blocks Insulation displacement terminal blocks PCB connection technology M12 The M12 connector is an industrial connector used in the field level and in Industrial Ethernet. It is a circular connector with metric thread, which has been developed in several variants and codings for different protection classes. Fully shielded, EMC-compliant versions are available for applications in electrically sensitive environments. Here, the contact carrier is...
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METZ CONNECT - Highlights - Industrial automation & connectivity Circuit board terminal blocks instead of connectors are of interest for permanently installed devices that do not need a frequent plug/removable connection and are typically installed permanently in one location. Examples are sensors, lights, and IP cameras, etc. Circuit board terminal blocks are and increasingly will be a beneficial alternative to the standard Ethernet connectors and connection technologies. In principle, corresponding mechanical requirements, data transfer rates, and PoE power supply are needed for different applications....
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METZ CONNECT - Highlights - Industrial automation & connectivity For some time now, companies like METZ CONNECT have been working with transmission and cabling technologies such as the IoT and IIoT networks of today and tomorrow. As fiber glass, 5G and WLAN transmission media become increasingly widespread, the justified question arises about what is gong to happen with twisted-pair network cabling. The good news here is that new applications are being created with Ethernet interfaces as a result of the further development of Ethernet transmission technology and PoE power supply of up to 90 W...
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METZ CONNECT – Highlights – Industrial automation & connectivity Connection technology M12 The product family connection technology M12, consisting of X-, D-, and A-coded female connectors for PC boards, plugs for field assembly, cable assemblies, and panel feed through adapters for electrical cabinets, and also jacks for field assembly: M12 X-coded / D-coded with or without flange. M12 printed circuit board jacks/inserts The M12 connector is an industrial connector used in the field level and in Industrial Ethernet. It is a circular connector with metric thread, which has been developed in several...
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METZ CONNECT - Highlights - Industrial automation & connectivity Shielded M12 Industrial Ethernet connection cables for safe and industrial data transmission in automation and fieldbus technology. Suitable data transmission in automation and fieldbus technology. Different cable types for increased mechanical stresses such as abrasion, bending, vibration, drag chain operation and torsion, in various performance classes Cat.5 (100 MBit/s), Cat.6A (10 GBit/s) with D- and X-coded connectors. Ml2 sensor/actuator connection cables with molded Ml2 A-coded connectors meet the typical requirements of...
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METZ CONNECT – Highlights – Industrial automation & connectivity IP protected solutions For RJ45 and fiber optic connectors, METZ CONNECT offers IP protected empty housings for wall/surface mounting or as freely laid cable couplings and flanges as housing wall feed-throughs in the industrial variants V1, V4, V5, V6 and V14.
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METZ CONNECT – Highlights – Industrial automation & connectivity The technology brand STEADYTEC ® stands for pioneering connection technology in the field of data, energy and signal transmission. Created by the industry's top three companies, it provides the foundation for reliable, user-oriented and standard-compliant solutions, both in the office as well as in the harsh environment of industry. Pursuant to the fit-for-all principle, you simply select the required housing and the desired material! Plug inserts E-DAT Industry RJ45 field plug insert* 1401400810-I E-DAT Industry RJ45 field plug...
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