China,29November2018---Theflexibleandreliablesupplyforfast,linearlymovingcomponentsofmachinesandsystemsismadepossiblebytheHan-ModularFlexboxanovelinterfaceinthemodularplastichousingsystemfromHARTING.Longer,movingcablerunsformachinesandmachinemodulesareeasiertoinstallandmaintain.

TheHan-ModularFlexboxmakesitpossibletosub-divideenergychainsintoflexiblymanageableandeasilyreplaceablesegments.Themodularhousingconceptreplacesthepreviousimplementationconsistingofmultipleindividualconnectionsandoffersasingleplug-inanddisconnectionpointasacompactoverallsolution.Thisreducestheassociatedconstructionandconnectioneffort,andlessspaceisneeded.Fasteningelementscanbeusedtojointhehousingstogetherindifferentconstellations.Asaresult,theheightandwidthoftheinterfacecanbeflexiblydesigned.TheHan-ModularFlexboxthusfitstherequirementprofileofawidevarietyofapplications.TheHan-ModularFlexboxwasdevelopedinaco-engineeringprocesswiththepartnerigus.

TheFlexboxshousingandothercomponentsaremadeofhigh-performanceplasticandcomplywiththeapplicablestandardsintermsoffireprotectionandresistancetoenvironmentalinfluences.Thesealsonthecableglandsaredesignedforeasyhandlingandareavailableforcablediametersfrom4to24mm.Thesystemisroundedoutbyintegratedstrainreliefthatcanwithstandforcesinexcessof150Newton.TheFlexboxisastand-alonesolutionthatboastsallthefeaturesofhousingforindustrialconnectors.

HARTINGhassucceededincontinuingthemodularityinsidethehousingaswell.NearlyalloftheHan-Modularportfolio-whichfeaturesmorethan100modulesfortransmittingcurrents,signalsanddata,aswellascompressedairandfibre-opticsignals-canbeusedintheFlexbox.Thisresultsinalmostendlesscombinationpossibilitieswhenitcomestoimplementingtherightinterfaceforeveryapplication.AplasticplasticframeenablesintegrationoftheHan-ModularmodulesintheFlexbox.Currently,amaximumoffourmodulescanfitinoneframe.

TheconnectionsintheHan-ModularFlexboxaresecurelyprotectedagainstenvironmentalinfluencessuchaswateranddust.Screwlocksindifferentdesignsensuretightness.

Caption:Buildingblockforeasy-to-handleinterfacesforenergychains:theHan-ModularFlexbox.