When engineers design a control panel, they spend countless hours selecting the right PLC, power supply, terminal blocks, relays, and circuit protection. But one component often gets very little attention. The cable grip. Yet every cable entering your enclosure passes through one. A quality cable grip does much more than hold a cable in place….
How Cable Grips Are Replacing Conduit and Cutting Real Costs
For decades, conduit has been the default answer for cable protection and strain relief. But in many real-world applications, it’s also one of the most expensive and labor-intensive parts of an install. More contractors and OEMs are starting to ask a simple question: Do we really need conduit here? In many cases, the answer is…
Cable Shield Grounding Made Easy with AGRO Easyconnect
If you work with VFDs, servo motors, or industrial control panels, you know the pain of getting cable shields grounded properly. Too often it’s slow, messy, or inconsistent. AGRO’s Easyconnect cable grip fixes that. It lets you connect the cable shield directly to the cable grip, creating a clean, fast, ground connection in a few…
Lighten Up: Lose Weight and Cost with Nylon Cable Grips
If you are using Metallic Cable Grips (or maybe even running conduit) and your environment allows for the use of Nylon Cable Grips then you are in for two huge benefits. One being that the weight of your system will drop dramatically and two, the cost will be significantly lower. Not only will your shipping…
EMI: Throwing the Flag on Interference
In the Controls Industry, Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) is a big deal. Control System cables and equipment running all over production facilities creates antennas, electric fields and cross communication. EMI can have a significant negative impact on control signals in various ways. EMI can introduce noise into control signals, leading to distortion. This distortion can alter…
