Product category:
Accelerometers and Vibration Sensors
News Release from: Hansford Sensors | Subject: M12 connector
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 22 May 2007
Connector offers performance/price
compromise
Hansford Sensors customers can choose either the MS series or the M12 connector on most of the company's range of vibration sensors.
Hansford Sensors has selected an alternative 12mm connector style, the M12, as offering the best combination of performance and price The result - today, you can specify either the standard MS series or the M12 connector on most of their range of vibration sensors
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 29 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The main advantages of the M12 connector are its smaller size and the fact that its associated cable assemblies have a tighter bend radius.
It is a well accepted and proven connector used across many industries including process control, automation and sensing.
They are particularly suitable for use in vibration monitoring equipment, the IP67/68 sealing making them usable in difficult environmental conditions often found in maintenance condition monitoring applications.
With its wide use in industrial electronic equipment, the cost-effective connectors and numerous cable assemblies are readily available from electrical distributors worldwide making off the shelf delivery a reality.
Hansford Sensors has applied the connectors across the HS-100, HS-100S, HS-420 and HS-421 series of vibration sensors.
All models are constructed in robust welded stainless steel and offer either top or side entry for the electrical connection.
The M12 mating connector is available in both a straight or right-angle version.
The HS-100 sensors are industrial accelerometers offering a 100mV/g AC output with a top entry connection, whilst the HS-100S is a low profile unit with a side entry connection.
The HS-420 is a PLC accelerometer with integral circuitry providing a 4-20mA output proportional to the velocity level.
The HS-421 model offers a dual output of 4-20mA for velocity and AC g suited for the many commercially available data collectors.
For those needing to measure both vibration and temperature levels at the same monitoring point, Hansford Sensors has also introduced dual-output versions of the HS-100T (100mV/g output) and the HS-420T (4-20mA output) sensor models, both fitted with M12 connectors as standard.
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