Control and signal cable from AutomationDirect is available in customer specified 1-ft increment lengths in sizes from 22 to 16 AWG with 2, 3 and 4 conductors, shielded and unshielded. The cable carries both UL and CSA approvals. Individual conductors are stranded tinned copper with PVC insulation in black, red, white and green color codes […]
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Wire crimping tool features a rotatable die for easy self-adjustments
The new DN-FE-16T crimping tool from AutomationDirect has a rotatable die and a trapezoidal crimp profile. The crimper is self-adjusting for use with insulated and non-insulated wire ferrules in sizes from 26 to 8 AWG. The crimp head is rotatable to accommodate crimping from the side or from the front. This new crimper is identical […]
Five-conductor flexible portable cord for electrical power connections
Type SOOW and Type SEOOW flexible cord with 5 conductors in 16, 14, 12 and 10 AWG have been added to the existing 2, 3 and 4-conductor styles available from AutomationDirect. Flexible portable cord or service cord is used for electrical power connections requiring flexibility in indoor and outdoor wiring applications. Grounded Wye or 5-wire […]
Continuous flexing cut-to-length motor supply cables from AutomationDirect
Continuous flexing motor supply cable is now available from AutomationDirect in customer specified 1-ft increment lengths. igus Chainflex continuous flexing CF30 and CF31 motor supply cables are specifically designed, tested, and manufactured to be exposed to constant flexing, providing a cable service life between 5 and 10 million cycles. The cables are available with four […]
AutomationDirect offers cut-to-length VFD cables
VFD cable from AutomationDirect is now available in customer specified lengths in 1-ft increments. VFD cable is used to organize and protect the input and motor power wiring for variable frequency drives. It is specially designed using grounding, shielding, and insulation to reduce VFD-related interference (EMI) on nearby equipment. AutomationDirect VFD cables utilize cross-linked Polyethylene […]
Automation Direct offers customer specified cut-to-length cables
Bulk multi-conductor industrial automation cable from Automation Direct is now available in customer specified lengths in one-foot increments from 20 to 5,000 ft. Cut-to-length cable eliminates waste and lowers cost (only as much cable as required is purchased). With a low minimum cut length of 20 feet, the price per foot per cable type is […]
AutomationDirect adds continuous flexing control cable
Continuous flexing control cable is now part of the AutomationDirect bulk multiconductor wiring and cable product line. Continuous flexing cables are designed to be exposed to constant flexing during their operation and withstand millions of these flex cycles. CF5 and CF6 multi-conductor control cables from igus are specifically designed, tested, and manufactured for continuous flexing, […]
AutomationDirect adds flexible multi-conductor shielded control cable
AutomationDirect, Cumming, Ga., now offers flexible multi-conductor control cable in shielded and unshielded versions ranging in sizes from 18 to 10 AWG and with three to 41 conductors (including green/yellow ground). Individual stranded copper conductors have black PVC/nylon insulation and are marked with identification numbers. With a rugged premium grade TPE outer jacket, cables are […]
AutomationDirect adds industrial Cat5e M12 Ethernet patch cables
AutomationDirect has released a new series of Ethernet cables for industrial communications applications. Ethernet is a multi-purpose communication protocol that has become the data standard for the industrial market. AutomationDirect offers several PLCs, HMIs and drives that support the Ethernet protocols for data distribution, software programming and configuration. The new high-flex, shielded M12 Ethernet CAT5E […]
AutomationDirect adds continuous flexing industrial Cat5e Ethernet cable
DataMax Extreme Ethernet cable from Quabbin has a specially designed jacket developed to survive the many industrial hazards that commercial jackets will not. The DataMax cable jacket is pressure extruded over the cable core, “locking” the conductor pairs in place. This type of jacket construction provides very stable electrical performance, even when impacted, bent, or […]