Cat6A S/FTP GigE Vision Screw-lock Cable for Drag Chain, 26AWG High-Flex

Overview

A camera bolted to a linear axis or a robot wrist moves every cycle, and the gige vision screwlock cable feeding it moves with it. That single fact drives every decision in this build: high-flex stranded conductors instead of patch cord copper, a jacket chosen for the motion duty, and thumb screws that carry the axial pull on threads rather than on a plastic latch tab.

Key Specifications

What the camera side expects

GigE Vision is the interface standard that lets a gigabit camera be controlled and read over ordinary Ethernet, and the camera makers who implement it almost all put two threaded posts beside the RJ45 jack instead of trusting the latch. Those posts exist because a camera on a moving axis generates a continuous axial pull along the cable. The plug on this assembly carries knurled thumb screws that engage them, so the threads take the load.

Drag chain: what actually sets the service life

Cycle life is not a property of the cable alone. It is a property of the cable, the chain and the way the run is dressed, and a number quoted without all three will not survive an audit. Instead of publishing a single figure, we size the chain with you.

Shielding, and why S/FTP here

Each pair is wrapped in its own foil and the four pairs sit under an overall braid. The foils hold alien crosstalk between the pairs down; the braid handles broadband noise picked up next to servo drives and weld controls. The braid is bonded to the plug shell with a full 360-degree termination rather than a pigtail, because a pigtail is an antenna at exactly the frequencies a camera link cares about.

Eight plug orientations

Cable exit direction is the detail that decides whether a run is serviceable. Getting it right at the specification stage removes the sharp bend that normally shortens drag chain life.

Construction at a glance

• 26AWG stranded high-flex conductors, S/FTP construction with double-layer shielding.
• Jacket choice: high-flex PVC for fixed routing and light motion, PUR for continuous drag chain, oil and coolant exposure.
• Nominal overall diameter about 6.6 mm.
• M2 x 24 mm nickel-plated thumb screws captive in the overmold.
• Shielded plug shell bonded to the cable braid with a full 360-degree termination.

Typical applications for this gige vision screwlock cable

• Cameras on linear axes, gantries and pick-and-place heads
• Robot wrist and end-effector vision in continuous motion
• Fixed camera stations that still need the screw retention, where the Cat6A RJ45 screw-lock GigE Vision cable is the equivalent build
• Cabinets feeding a switch, using the Cat6A PUR high-flex patch cord for the static section
• Multi-cable arms, alongside the hybrid robot torsion cable where power and data share one track

Camera fitment

This is a generic GigE Vision assembly intended for cameras from Cognex, Keyence, Basler, Hikvision, IDS, Daheng Imaging and Allied Vision, among others. Those names are given as fitment guidance only; the product is not supplied or endorsed by any camera manufacturer, and the buyer should confirm the jack thread and the required exit direction against the camera drawing before release.

Ordering

• Standard lengths: 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15 and 20 m; cut lengths on request.
• Jacket: high-flex PVC or PUR, chosen for the motion duty and the fluids on the machine.
• Plug orientation: eight variants, selected at the time of order.
• Optional right-angle plug where the camera sits close to a machine surface.
• Chain geometry: width, radius, speed and the other occupants, if you want the life sized properly.

Cat6A S/FTP GigE Vision lots run from 1 to 50 pcs, out in 3 working days; volume starts at MOQ 500 pcs shipping 14 working days after approval. Tooling not already held adds around 10 working days. Your part number and labeling go on Cat6A shipments, and material certificates with first-article reports are available.

Workmanship and testing

ISO 9001 covers the system and IPC/WHMA-A-620 Class 3 covers the work on Cat6A S/FTP GigE Vision builds, across 32 to 12 AWG. continuity and pinout are tested on each Cat6A unit before it is packed, and seal checking is quoted whenever an ingress rating is on the drawing.

RoHS and REACH declarations are provided per project together with the agreed test reports; the documentation scope is listed under certifications and compliance. If your drawing specifies a UL style, we build to that drawing and supply the UL reference with the shipment instead of substituting an equivalent. Flex life is a construction decision made before tooling, following the conductor and jacket approach set out under continuous-flex construction and flex-life testing. Related reading: build-to-print cable assemblies. Any tooling we cut for this part stays yours, maintained in our own tool room under your part reference.

Related assemblies

• Cat6A RJ45 screw-lock GigE Vision cable
• M12 X-code to RJ45 screw-lock cable
• Cat6A high-flex drag chain patch cord, PUR
• USB3 Vision camera cable with locking screws

Full range: screw-lock molded cable.

Frequently Asked Questions