Title: HEIDENHAIN 35900201 High-Performance Connecting Cable for Industrial Encoders

Product Overview:
The HEIDENHAIN 35900201 connecting cable is an essential component for establishing reliable and robust communication between HEIDENHAIN incremental and absolute encoders and your industrial control systems, PLCs, or digital readouts. Engineered to meet the demanding requirements of modern manufacturing and automation environments, this high-performance cable ensures precise and interference-free signal transmission. Its durable construction and high-quality materials guarantee long-term operational stability, minimizing downtime and maximizing the accuracy of your measurement and positioning applications. Ideal for a wide range of industrial machinery, the 35900201 cable is a testament to HEIDENHAIN's commitment to precision and reliability in motion control, providing a critical link for accurate feedback in dynamic and harsh settings.

Key Features & Benefits:

Optimized for HEIDENHAIN Encoders: Specifically designed for seamless compatibility with a broad range of HEIDENHAIN incremental and absolute encoders featuring an M23 connector interface, ensuring perfect fit and function for critical motion control applications.
Superior Signal Integrity: Features advanced shielding (tinned copper braid shield) to effectively protect against electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio-frequency interference (RFI), guaranteeing clean, accurate, and reliable data transmission even in electrically noisy industrial settings.
Robust Industrial Construction: Manufactured with a durable PUR (Polyurethane) outer jacket, providing excellent resistance to oils, coolants, abrasion, chemicals, and mechanical stress, making it highly suitable for harsh industrial environments and extended operational life.
Flexible and Dynamic Application Ready: Designed for both static and dynamic applications, allowing for flexible routing and installation in moving machine parts, robotic arms, or cable chains without compromising performance or longevity.
Pre-Assembled M23 Connector: Comes equipped with a high-quality, pre-assembled M23 circular connector on one end for quick, secure, and error-free connection to your HEIDENHAIN encoder, significantly reducing installation time and potential wiring errors.
Open End for Custom Wiring: The opposite end is left open, providing maximum flexibility for custom wiring to various control systems, terminal blocks, or specific connector types as per your unique application requirements.
Enhanced System Reliability: By ensuring stable power supply and signal integrity, this cable contributes directly to the overall reliability and precision of your entire motion control system, preventing signal loss, data corruption, and operational errors.
Long Service Life: Built to HEIDENHAIN's rigorous quality standards, this cable offers exceptional durability and a long operational lifespan, reducing the need for frequent replacements, minimizing maintenance costs, and ensuring continuous productivity.

Applications:

CNC Machine Tools: Essential for connecting encoders on milling machines, lathes, grinding machines, and other precision machining centers to ensure accurate axis positioning, feedback, and synchronized movements.
Robotics and Automation Systems: Provides reliable signal transmission for robotic arms, automated assembly lines, material handling systems, and pick-and-place units where precise motion control and repeatability are critical.
Metrology and Inspection Equipment: Used in coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), optical comparators, profile projectors, and other high-precision measurement devices to ensure accurate data acquisition and dimensional analysis.
Printing and Packaging Machinery: Ensures synchronized and precise movements in high-speed printing presses, packaging lines, labeling machines, and converting equipment, maintaining product quality and throughput.
Textile Manufacturing Equipment: Facilitates accurate control and feedback in weaving, knitting, spinning, and finishing machines, contributing to consistent fabric quality and efficient production.
General Industrial Automation: Applicable across a wide spectrum of industrial processes requiring robust and reliable encoder connectivity, including process control, material handling, test benches, and specialized machinery.
Medical and Laboratory Equipment: Utilized in sensitive applications where precise motion, reliable data feedback, and high cleanliness standards are paramount, such as diagnostic equipment and automated lab systems.

Technical Specifications:

Part Number: 35900201
Alternate Part Number: 359-002-01
Product Type: Connecting Cable / Encoder Cable Assembly
Encoder End Connector: M23 Circular Connector, 12-pin (male, common for HEIDENHAIN incremental and absolute encoders)
Control System End: Open End (for custom termination)
Cable Length: 5 meters (16.4 feet)
Cable Diameter: - Approximately 7.5 mm (0.3 inches)
Conductor Material: - High-purity Copper
Jacket Material: - PUR (Polyurethane)
Shielding: - Tinned Copper Braid Shield
Operating Temperature Range: - -20 °C to +80 °C (-4 °F to +176 °F)
Bending Radius (Static): - 5 x Cable Diameter
Bending Radius (Dynamic): - 10 x Cable Diameter
Protection Class (Mated Connector): - IP67 (Dust tight and protected against temporary immersion in water)
Weight: - Approximately 0.35 kg (0.77 lbs) for 5m length