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The globally proven SKINTOP® cable gland system will be highlighted by LAPP Australia at AUSPACK March 26-29 as a range that cuts cable system assembly time while offering optimised protection indoors, outdoors and in hot or cold conditions.

The new LAPP Australia operation of one the world’s leading providers of branded cable and connector systems, LAPP, will debut at AUSPACK 2019 in March with a range of quality technologies vital to integrated electrical, process and automation engineering solutions.

Quick-connect circular connectors are becoming an ever more popular solution for cabling in servo drives: Plug in, turn the housing to the right, done. LAPP has developed a robust and practical locking mechanism. 

The new ÖLFLEX^® CONNECT CHAIN configurator: You can use it to digitally engineer a power chain online with just a few clicks of the mouse. Configuring power chains is no longer a complicated task as this tool makes it easy, even for less experienced users. The ÖLFLEX^® CONNECT CHAIN configurator automatically switches off all error sources and always finds the best solution.

LAPP have developed cables specifically for robot applications that transmit control and monitoring signals as well as power. These cables have the ability to withstand extreme twisting and bending stresses.

Cables and connectors used in production-critical and production automation applications can withstand a great deal if specifiers choose the right materials. But this choice is a science in itself, particularly in the food, beverage, dairy and meat industries, because the world of connection technology offers all kinds of materials and combinations. This article sheds some light on tricky issues encountered by global automation technology and cable technology leader LAPP Group.