User's Manual

Options—Installation

4.9 Cable Management

When designing the equipment layout in the Knurr DCM, consider how cables must be run for each

configuration and how cable runs affect cooling, access and operational factors, such as separating

power and communication cables to reduce electromagnetic interference.

Good cable management contributes to:

• Effective airflow for cooling

• Easier cable identification

• Improved access

• Reduced electromagnetic interference

• Proper bend radii, particularly for fiber optic cables

• Adequate support for large cables and heavy cable bundles

Once equipment has been installed, cables for power and communication may be connected. Before

making any connections, check the equipment to ensure that all power switches are in the Off

position.

Numerous cable entrances and management provisions are built into the various Knurr DCM

configurations to ease cable installation.

Additionally, these cable management options are available to assist with routing power and control

cables to reduce electromagnetic interference and to improve airflow:

•Cable Fingers—Part # 010200078

• Lobster Claw

pack of 10, Part # 002185050

pack of 100, Part # 002185070

• Velcro Straps

pack of 10, Part # 002185060

pack of 100, Part # 002185080

• Cable Trough, (482.6mm), Part # 050400558

• 1U Cable Routing Panel—Part # 011170208

• 1U Cable Routing Panel with D Rings—Part # 011171448

Velcro straps are field-attached in any number of ways. They can be wrapped through slots in the

internal mounting rails and support vertical cable management, attached through small brackets or

to other components.

NOTE

When installing cables, leave enough slack for the unit to be rolled forward or sideways for

access to components.

Do not defeat the ground/earth connections between the utility/mains outlet and the Knurr

DCM.