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News Release from: Moeller Electric | Subject: CI-K miniature enclosures
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 03 September 2003
Small enclosures boast of big benefits
With high-quality construction and a host of design benefits, Moeller Electric believes its CI-K miniature enclosure range will have a major impact in the industrial housings market.
With high-quality construction and a host of design benefits, Moeller Electric believes its CI-K miniature enclosure range will have a major impact in the industrial housings market Suitable for housing a wide range of protection and control devices, such as miniature circuit breakers, contactors, control relays, rotary switches and pushbuttons, the robust CI-K enclosures incorporate unique cable entry membranes
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Apr 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Cables are simply pushed straight through the membrane, which closes tightly around the cable to create a seal that provides protection to IP65.
This not only reduces installation time and cost but also ensures a high level of protection against dust, moisture and chemicals.
Optional cable glands meeting the new EN50 262 standard can also be fitted.
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Miniature enclosure additions provide more choice
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Metric cable entry knockouts positioned top, bottom and in the rear of the enclosure facilitate easy installation.
A choice of the push-through membrane or hard knockout versions provides added flexibility.
Moeller has also introduced hard plastic plugs for use with the push-through membranes.
These blanking plugs can be fitted above the membrane and flush with the enclosure case, to prevent items such as fingers and screwdrivers from being inserted into the enclosure via unused cable entry knockouts.
The enclosures are fully insulated with no need to earth, while a halogen free, glass-fibre reinforced, self-extinguishing polycarbonate casing provides a high level of safety and robustness, superb chemical resistance and is corrosion proof.
This gives resistance to flaking or rusting which is particularly important for the food industry.
Flexibility and ease of mounting is facilitated by a choice of mounting rails and plates, together with fixing holes for vertical or horizontal positioning.
Additional features to simplify installation include captive cover screws, base fixing centres printed on the base, rubber feet on the base to compensate for wall unevenness and an external fixing bracket.
All models have a shallow base unit, which provides ease of connection to the devices mounted in the enclosure.
Abrasion-resistant markings to customer specifications can be provided, with texts and graphics laser printed on the enclosure surface.
A novel design feature is the inclusion of moulded eyelets on the top of the base and cover of the enclosure.
Passing tie wraps through these eyelets effectively forms a temporary hinge for the cover allowing maintenance engineers to access the contents of the enclosure, while keeping the cover firmly attached to the base.
Five basic enclosure sizes with different heights, ranging from 80 x 120 x 95 to 200 x 280 x 160mm, respectively, ensure easy selection.
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