Hi all,
Hope this is not too off-topic,
The question:
Does anyone have an idea how much distance typically is available between the cable ducts of a PLC cabinet in industry? Would you be able to mount a DIN-rail device of 5.1 inches height, that requires ethernet cables to be plugged in from the bottom?
The context:
For an manufacturer of industrial equipment we are developing a gateway device that converts the serial bus data of the machines to industrial ethernet (OPC UA, Ethernet/IP and Profinet) so the machines can be connected to the customers PLC or SCADA system. The device can also run control logic, it contains I/O, and has other features making it quite bulky. The device is typically installed in industrial electrical cabinets, close to the PLC of the customer.
We are writing the software, but our supplier is developing the hardware. We now got their first design: it is a box of 5.1 inch (13 cm) height, 1.5 inch thickness, 7 inch wide, sitting on a DIN rail (in the middle of the device, so vertically centered). It has about the same height as a Phoenix Contact TRIO-PS power supply, or a tiny bit smaller than an S7-1500, as a reference. But ethernet cables and 24VDC power wires need to be plugged in from the bottom, requiring some extra space below the device.
Because the device is quite big, and we need space between the cable duct and the bottom of the device to plug in the RJ45 and power cables, we are wondering if the dimensions would be acceptable for typical PLC cabinets.
Hope this is not too off-topic,
The question:
Does anyone have an idea how much distance typically is available between the cable ducts of a PLC cabinet in industry? Would you be able to mount a DIN-rail device of 5.1 inches height, that requires ethernet cables to be plugged in from the bottom?
The context:
For an manufacturer of industrial equipment we are developing a gateway device that converts the serial bus data of the machines to industrial ethernet (OPC UA, Ethernet/IP and Profinet) so the machines can be connected to the customers PLC or SCADA system. The device can also run control logic, it contains I/O, and has other features making it quite bulky. The device is typically installed in industrial electrical cabinets, close to the PLC of the customer.
We are writing the software, but our supplier is developing the hardware. We now got their first design: it is a box of 5.1 inch (13 cm) height, 1.5 inch thickness, 7 inch wide, sitting on a DIN rail (in the middle of the device, so vertically centered). It has about the same height as a Phoenix Contact TRIO-PS power supply, or a tiny bit smaller than an S7-1500, as a reference. But ethernet cables and 24VDC power wires need to be plugged in from the bottom, requiring some extra space below the device.
Because the device is quite big, and we need space between the cable duct and the bottom of the device to plug in the RJ45 and power cables, we are wondering if the dimensions would be acceptable for typical PLC cabinets.