Harnessed Drive Cliq cables

As early as 2010, Siemens presented the Drive Cliq interface for encoder manufacturers. With Drive Cliq technology, parametrisation and control data are transmitted between drive components. The ready-to-connect Drive Cliq cable from igus for use in an energy chain consists of a high-quality chainflex® data cable and the Y-Con 40 PP plug-in connector from Yamaichi.

Another highlight of this technology is Power over Ethernet (PoE). This allows power to be supplied to the network client over the Ethernet cable. Devices with low power consumption such as VoIP telephones or network cameras can be operated with a single cable thanks to PoE - a separate power supply is not required. This saves costs and reduces the installation effort. The Y-Con Cover 40 was replaced by the Y-Con 40 PP in 2022, which is 100% backwards compatible with the old Y-Con Cover 40.

Special feature of the plug-in connector

Another special feature of this data cable harnessed with the Yamaichi Y-Con 40 PP is that the RJ45 specification also includes two additional, fully integrated contacts for the power supply. This means that the industrial plug-in connector for Industrial Ethernet, Profinet and field bus can reliably transmit up to 3.1A without an additional power supply.  

Peculiarity of the cable

Behind the harnessed Drive Cliq cable is a measuring system cable, which is usually easy to recognise on every drive unit due to its bright green colour. This colour has its origin in DESINA and in the meantime has established itself beyond machine tools. Its job is encoder system signal feedback to the frequency converter. It is also called a tachometer cable or encoder cable. It contains many data cores for signal transmission. The various signals generated by the angular encoder map the exact movement of the motor and are transmitted along with this movement. In the cable, however, not only the data of the encoder system is usually conveyed, but also the power supply of the encoder with Drive Cliq.