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Understand Connector Selection to Avoid Downtime

From Lapp USA

A typical manufacturing plant today will have thousands, or
even many thousands, of electrical connections on both
fixed equipment and moving machines. And it's just a matter of
time before some of those connections fail or wear out, bringing
production machines to a dead stop. One way to minimize this
downtime is to "connectorize" power and signal cables.

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