Adopting Ethernet standards from the office environment into the industrial world has opened up new perspectives for automation technology. From control level via factory networking to field level, communication has to be provided with high transmission rates and in real time in order to enable remote maintenance and control of complete plants and systems via networks. However, the precondition is robust and high-quality connection technology.

The CONEC M8 connector for Industrial Ethernet und EtherCAT applications is the ideal solution for those requirements. The connectors are assembled to a Cat5e 4 x AWG 22 trailing cable with PUR jacket and is suitable for flexible installation with high amount of bending cycles.
The connector provides a 360 ° integrated shielding. The M8 heads are available in an axial or angled variants.

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