Connectors for electrical and electronic equipment - Product requirements - Part 3-106: Rectangular connectors - Detail specification for protective housings for use with 8-way shielded and unshielded connectors for industrial environments incorporating the IEC 60603-7 series interface

This part of IEC 61076 constitutes a detail product specification for 8-way connectors for data transmission with frequencies up to 600 MHz. It covers protective housings for upgrading existing 8-way shielded and unshielded connectors utilizing the interface described in the IEC 60603-7 series to IP65/IP67 rating according to IEC 60529, for use in industrial environments. The housings cover a variety of different locking mechanisms according to this document and a variety of different mounting configurations and termination types which are detailed in the IEC 60603-7 series. Common mating configurations for all variants are defined in IEC 60603-7. The mating dimensions for the housings under Clause 3 allow the mating conditions under IEC 60603-7 to be fulfilled. The fully assembled variants (connectors) described in this document incorporate fully compliant IEC 60603-7 series fixed and free connectors.