Product category: Plugs and Sockets
News Release from: Phoenix Contact | Subject: PC 5
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 12 June 2007
Plug connectors click
into place without tools
Plug connectors feature tool-free click and lock locking system
Plug connectors from Phoenix Contact's PC 5 line are now outfitted with the tool-free click and lock locking system. Plugging the 6mm2 plug into the PC 5 base terminal automatically produces a clearly audible locking sound. This system requires half the space of screw flanges and offers more connection security to device manufacturers.
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The click and lock system accepts PC 5 screw plugs and SPC 5 spring cage plugs with two to 12 positions.
With the push-in spring of the SPC 5 plug, flexible wires with ferrules can be connected with moderate force and without a tool.
The SPC spring also uses a direct plug-in principle to create a kind of cage in order to ensure that the wire fits perfectly into the terminal.
Automatic click and lock locking in inverted IPC 5 plugs enables flying wire-to-wire connections to be quickly locked in place.
The system establishes secure connections especially for vibration-intensive applications in power electronics.
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