Mounting; Tightening Torque For Connectors; Fig. 4 Mounting Rail - Beckhoff CU2608 Documentation

3.2

Mounting

Protect connectors against soiling
Protect all connections from contamination during module installation! Protection class IP65
can only be guaranteed if all cables and connectors are connected! Unused connections
Note
must be protected with the appropriate connectors! Connector sets see catalogue.
Modules with narrow housing are installed with two M3 screws.
Modules with wide housing are installed with two M3 screws in the mounting holes in the corners or two M4
screws in the central mounting holes.
The bolts must be longer than 15 mm. The mounting holes in the modules have no thread.
Note when mounting that the overall height is increased further by the fieldbus connections. See the
Accessories section
Mounting rail ZS5300-0001
The mounting rail ZS5300-0001 (500 mm x 129 mm) allows time-saving configuration of the modules.
The rail is made of 1.5 mm thick stainless steel (V2A) and features ready-made M3 threads. The rail has 5.3
mm slots for mounting on the machine with M5 screws.
Fig. 4: Mounting rail
The mounting rail is 500 mm long and enables the installation of 15 narrow modules, with a distance of 2 mm
between them. It can be shortened as required for your particular application.
3.3

Tightening torque for connectors

M8 connector
We recommend fastening the M8 connector with a torque of 0.4 Nm.
CU2608 Version: 2.0.0
Mounting and cabling
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