Only Connect: Introducing the world's smallest cable gland!

Welcome to another in the series by Nick Locke, of Nicab Ltd, who has more than 15 years experience in the electronics manufacturing industry specialising in interconnection cable assembly. This post is about a very small cable gland.

If you have a design challenge that requires small cables requiring glands to provide IP rated entry points then look no further!

Specialist German component supplier Walter Logan now offers the industry’s smallest cable gland, the PFLITSCH UNI Dicht cable gland system from PFLITSCH, the German industrial cable routing and gland manufacturer.

Responding to demands for smaller cable glands, the PFLITSCH UNI Dicht M4 has a mounting height of just 8.8mm (max) with a connection thread length of 2.7mm.

The PFLITSCH UNI Dicht cable gland is particularly suitable for use in cable and pipeline routeing for sensor systems and in projects where space is a premium. It offers a compact construction with maximum sealing range, from 0.9 to 1.6mm, ensuring it can be used with a wide variety of cable types.

Offering protection against dust ingress the PFLITSCH UNI Dicht M4 cable gland is certified to IP68 and up to 10 bar / one hour. Additionally, an O-ring in the gland provides a seal to the enclosure wall. A wide operating temperature of -40 to +130̊C makes the cable gland suitable for use in harsh and extreme environments.

This is awesome and really useful as I can personally think of many products where the design have had to use connectors where as these are ideal for products that are designed to have the wires fixed at the exit point. A whole new world has opened up in miniature connectivity!

Nick Locke, Nicab Ltd