Acheive a clean connection with stainless steel cable glands

12th November 2013

RST Gmbh

Nat Bowers

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RST has introduced a new stainless steel cable gland, the “Euro Top Hygienic” (1.4305/303), which is designed to meet the special demands in the field of hygiene. Meeting IP68 and IP69K protection standards, the new Euro-Top Hygienic cable gland features all active components on the inside, ensuring a completely smooth surface. It also features sealing rings made of TPE material (in accordance with FDA 21 CFR 177.2600), which is especially approved for the food industry.

Special importance is placed on hygiene in many industries, because if contamination appears in the product, whatever the source, an expensive product-recall is unavoidable. To limit the innate risks in these situations, legislators want to impose strict conditions: it is not just employees who must meet the highest hygiene standards. Mandatory standards and norms must be taken into account from the start with the assembly of machines and their peripheral components. The surface of a cable gland must be constructed in such a way that, for example, no dust can settle or production residues collect, and no harmful micro-organisms can be created.

Another advantage of the Euro-Top Hygienic cable gland is that it offers rapid and therefore cost-saving cleaning. Resistant to chemical cleaning products, the construction of the new cable glands allows cleaning with high-pressure cleaners. This, along with the high level of tightness of the screw thread, prevents the intrusion of any foreign matter and contamination of any kind from forming.

Typical applications for the new cable gland include food and drink production, the pharmaceutical and the chemical industries, cleanroom operations and biotechnology.

The Euro-Top Hygienic cable gland is produced as a standard version suitable for the assembly of unshielded cables. Shielded cable options with EMC contact system are available.