HIROSE ELECTRIC Adds the Right Angle Plug as a New Variation to the IEC Standard Compliant Industrial Ethernet Interface Connector Lineup, the ix Industrial™ May 21, 2021

ix Industrial™ was released in 2017 in collaboration with our Germany-based development partner, Harting Technology Group, and has been used in a variety of industrial markets such as Factory Automation, robotics and machine vision. The ix Industrial™ has been adopted by several large industrial application manufacturers for Ethernet connectivity, due to its space-saving and durable design. Hirose has released the new right angle plug variation in response to market needs for space-saving routing, free of stress on the connector resulting from cable bending when space on the interface connection side of the device is limited. While straight plugs are already a part of the ix Industrial™ lineup, the right angle type allows the cable to be pulled out at a right angle in respect to the mating axis, reducing the height of the equipment interface connection and making it easier to route the cable in tight spaces. The ix Industrial™ lineup provides more wiring flexibility, with two cable assembly options of solder and IDC, 2 keying options, and both downward cabling and upward cabling right angle plug variations for use based on your application.