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Everything about technical terms, abbreviations, protection classes & the determination of the X-dimension from the KRONENBERG world. Here you find answers to the most FAQ’s.

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Service is important to us and part of our corporate culture. That is why we provide you with useful information about the technical terms and abbreviations used in our catalogue on this site. We also offer you information on the protection classes described in the catalogue and valuable information on how to determine the X-dimension.

AC alternating current
DC direct current
NC normally closed contact
NO normally open contact
CO changeover contact
Ui rated isolation voltage
Ith conventional thermal current in free air
Uimp rated impulse withstand voltage
Ue rated operational voltage
Ie rated operational current
AC-15 utilization category for alternating voltage with inductive load
DC-13 utilization category for direct voltage with electromagnetic load
B10d number of cycles at which 10% of electromechanical components have failed dangerously ausgefallen sind
TM mission time
ED duty cycle in %
The levels of protection are indicated by an abbreviation (IPxy), which is composed of the two constant code letters IP (international protection) and two index numbers for the level of protection. first index number x: level of protection for protection against contact and foreign bodies second index number y: level of protection for protection against harmful ingress of water
IPxy index number x index number y
IP00 no protection against contact and foreign bodies no water protection
IP20 protection against solid objects greater than 12 mm greater than 1 mm no water protection
IP40 protection against grain-shaped solid objects no water protection
IP44 protection against grain-shaped solid objects greater than 1 mm front side protection against splashing water from all directions
IP54 protection against dust front side protection against splashing water from all directions
IP65 protection against dust ingress protection against  water jets from all directions
IP67 protection against dust ingress protection against immersion (in depths from 150 mm until 1000 mm no detrimenta quantity of water may ingress with time limitation)