Shanghai,8May,2018---preLinkPCBdeliverspreLinkEthernetconnectiontechnologydirectlytothecircuitboardviathehousingwall.Toachievethis,HARTINGisextendingitspreLinkcablingsysteminspring2018.Inthiscontext,thecablingsystemrepresentsmeansatrulyuniversalsolutionforIT,buildingautomationandindustry.Theidealsolutionforeveryscenario.ThisfeaturesnewM12cablesockets,whichcanalsobeusedaswallducts,andacircuitboardsocketthatcanaccomodatetheconnectorblockthecentrepieceofthepreLinksystemdirectly.

ThepreLinksystemsspecialoperatingfeatureistheseparationofthetodatefixedfixedandinseparableconnectionbetweencableandconnectorintotwoseparateunits.Whereasinthepastcableandconnectorcouldonlybeconnectedonce,preLinkfeaturestwoseparableunits.Thefirstunitiscomposedofconnector,sockets,couplingsandPCBconnectionswithanidenticalconnectorforthepreLinkconnectorblock.

Theconnectorblockisthesecondunitthecentrepieceofthesystem.Itcanaccommodateuptoeightstrandedorsolidconductors,whichareshortenedandcontactedwithnippersatthesametimeinasingleprocess.Completelyreliableandsuitableforassemblyinsitu,thecablefitsanypreLinkcomponentandcanbeinsertedorremovedandswappedatanytime.Thismeansthatcablesandconnectorscanbeinterchangedindividuallyorinstalledseparately.

ThismodularsystemisalreadyavailablewithtriedandtestedRJ45solutionsforIP20,aswaterproofPushPullconnectorsorsockets,forlinkingM12connectorsandalsoasextendersforlineextensions.Inordertoadaptthesystemtotherequirementsofdevicedevelopersevenfurther,HARTINGisexpandingthepreLinkportfolioinspring2018withtheadditionofanM12socket,whichcanalsobeusedasawallduct.ButthemainpreLinkfeatureatthisyearsHANNOVERMESSEisthedirectconnectionofapreLinkconnectorblockandacircuitboardwiththepreLinkPCBsocket.ThisgivesdevicedevelopersaquickandeasywayofmakingasecureEthernetconnectionwithacircuitboard.Unlikehardwiring,theconnectioncanbereversedatanytime.

DeploymentinconjunctionwithHARTINGpre-assembledpreLinkcablesprovidesuserswithtotallyreliableanduser-friendlyconnectiontechnology.Wheresensitivesystemssuchasfirealarmsandothersafetyapplicationsareconcerned,thepotentialforerrorassociatedwithindividualwiringiseasilyreduced.

TheadditionofthePCBsocketmakesthepreLinksystematrulycompletecablingsolutionfor1/10GbitEthernet.IT,buildingautomationorindustrialapplicationsallpossibleinterfacescanbeconnectedwiththemodularpreLinksolutionrapidly,securelyandreversibly.

ModularpreLinkconnectiontechnologytakesthenewPCBsocketstraighttothecircuitboardwithinthedevice.