None of these cables are cheap, but they will take a lot of abuse - like being slammed in the door of a dishwasher and run through a wash cycle day after day.
http://www.belden.com/products/industrialcable/flexible-automation-cable.cfm <http://www.belden.com/products/industrialcable/flexible-automation-cable.cfm> Mark Radabaugh Amplex 22690 Pemberville Rd Luckey, OH 43443 419-837-5015 x1021 419-261-5996 (cell) [email protected] > On Apr 2, 2017, at 8:15 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Question for Jaime or anyone else who has an opinion.... > > I'm in the process of getting the wire harnesses put together for the > automatic test equipment in the manufacturing plant. These are the cables > which go from the test equipment to the actual connectors on our products. > > I have two scenarios I need to figure out a more reliable termination for: > > The first is how best to terminate into a removable terminal block. This > termination would be permanent, but the terminal would end up plugged in and > removed a lot of times. In the past I've just terminated the wire to the > block and potted the whole thing with an adhesive. Works mostly. Until > the adhesive comes off the block or the block itself fails. At which point > you start over on the cable. > > I'm wondering if using crimp ferrules on the wire and terminating the wire in > the terminal block normally would be more or less robust. Having not used > ferrules for a long time, I'm not sure if these will handle the type of > abuse one would expect in this application... Ie repeated motion of the > removable terminal block as it is inserted or removed. > > The second application is where I have a fixed terminal block and need to a > harness which will survive multiple terminations to said blocks. I.e. we > have to hook up each product we manufacture to this harness. I'm not sure > if a typical ferrule will survive repeated terminations or if there's a > better option here as well. > > Any opinions on the above would be helpful
