Hawke IGC 653/ Universal/L Hazardous Area Cable Glands ATEX Exd Exe

By Chris Dodds on 17th August, 2012

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Hawke Hazardous Area Cable Glands

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ATEX & IECEx - Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 21 & Zone 22

Hawke IGC 653/Universal/L Cable Glands

 

The Hawke ICG 653/Universal/L cable gland is suitable for indoor or outdoor use for cable terminations in hazardous areas Exd or Exe. Hawke ICG 653/Universal/L glands are for use with single wire armour ‘W’, wire braid ‘X’ and steel tape armour ‘Z’ elastomer and plastic insulated cables with a lead inner sheath.

Pictured: Hawke ICG 653/Universal/L Hazardous Area Cable Gland

Hawke ICG 653/Universal/L cable glands are for particular use with the following:-

• Cables that are not effectively filled, compact and/or circular, have tape bedding or have hygroscopic fillers.
• Cables that exhibit ‘cold flow’ characteristics.
• Enclosures containing an ignition source in gas group IIC areas or containing an ignition source in a Zone 1 area and exceeding 2 litres in volume

Hawke ICG 653/Universal/L Cable Gland Features

• Hawke ICG 653/Universal/L provides an inspectable, repairable barrier seal to the individual insulated cores within the cable, and prevents entry of the products of an explosion into the cable
• Assembly of the cable gland compresses and distributes the compound evenly to create a barrier seal at the point of entry into the enclosure
• Provides armour clamping, using one clamping arrangement for all armour / braid types
• Provides a seal and an electrical bond on the cables lead inner sheath
• Provides an outer deluge seal to prevent moisture ingress to the cable armour/braid
• Hawke hazardous area gland provides a cable retention and low smoke and fume, zero halogen seal onto the cables outer sheath
• Manufactured in Brass (standard), Nickel Plated Brass, 316 Stainless Steel or Aluminium
• Brass NPT entries are nickel plated as standard

 

 

Hawke ICG 653/Universal/L Hazardous Area Cable Gland Specifications

Size Ref	Entry Thread 'F'	Cable Acceptance Details					'G'	Hexagon Dimensions
		Inner Sheath/ Cores		Outer Sheath 'B'	Armour/ Braid 'C'
		'D' Max Over Cores	Max Inner Sheath 'E'		Orien-tation 1	Orien-tation 2		Across Flats	Across Corners
Os	M20	8.5mm	10 mm	5.5mm - 12mm	0.8mm/ 1.25mm	0mm/ 0.8mm	67 mm	24mm	26.5mm
O	M20	8.5mm	10 mm	9.5mm - 16mm	0.8mm/ 1.25mm	0mm/ 0.8mm	67 mm	24mm	26.5mm
A	M20	10.8mm	12.5 mm	12.5mm -20.5mm	0.8mm/ 1.25mm	0mm/ 0.8mm	67 mm	30mm	32.5mm
B	M25	16.2mm	18.4 mm	16.9mm - 26mm	1.25mm/ 1.6mm	0mm/ 0.7mm	73.6 mm	36mm	39.5mm​
C	M32	21.9mm	24.7 mm	22mm - 33mm	1.6mm/ 2mm	0mm/ 0.7mm​	78 mm	46mm	50.5mm​
C2	M40	26.3mm	29.7 mm	28mm - 41mm	1.6mm/ 2mm	0mm/ 0.7mm​	82.4 mm	55mm	60.6mm
D	M50	37.1mm	41.7 mm	36mm - 52.6mm	1.8mm/ 2.5mm	0mm/ 1mm​	88.7 mm	65mm	70.8mm
E	M63	47.8mm	53.3 mm	46mm - 65.3mm	1.8mm/ 2.5mm	0mm/ 1mm​​	92.7 mm	80mm	88mm
F	M75	59mm	64 mm	57mm - 78mm	1.8mm/ 2.5mm	0mm/ 1mm​​	99.4 mm	95mm	104mm

 

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