Pre-assembled and tested M12 connectors with ready-to-connect cables

Binder provides pre-assembled, over-moulded and already tested cables in the standardised M12 segment. Customers in industrial automation can employ these to shorten installation time and avoid errors. Mandatory national and international standards provide that products can be replaced quickly and easily.

Thanks to standardisation, M12 connectivity solutions are compatible with manufacturers: DIN EN 61076-2 regulates geometric requirements, electrical characteristics, and application-related specifications for the products and prescribes testing requirements. Eg, DIN EN 61076-2-101 regulates M12 connectors with codings A to D for signal transmission, fieldbus use, and Industrial Ethernet. DIN EN 61076-2-109 defines mandatory characteristics of industrial X-coded data connectors up to 10 Gbit/s, DIN EN IEC 61076-2-111 concerns S-, T-, K- and L-coded M12 power connectors.

As the focus of all installations is on cost-effectiveness, the simple and fast handling of the connection technology is of huge importance. Using pre-assembled, over-moulded, and already tested cables provides a particular advantage. Such cables eradicate the demand for time-consuming and error-prone single-core wiring, considerably lowering the installation and cabling effort and helping implement efficient plug&play or plug&work concepts.

The portfolio of ready-to-connect cables in the M12 segment includes many connector types with different codings. Designed with three to 12 pins, straight and angled products – moulded on one or both sides – are offered in various cable qualities. As well as the M12 size, the company offers further ready-to-connect products, for example, the smaller and standardised M8 form factor.