Junction Box
Type KPEX-6 / KPEX-8 / KPEX-10
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Flintec GmbH
Bemannsbruch 9
74909 Meckesheim
GERMANY
www.flintec.com
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NOTICE: The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.
Copyright © 2007 by Flintec GmbH, 74909 Meckesheim, Bemannsbruch 9, Germany
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AFETY INSTRUCTIONS
CAUTION READ this manual BEFORE operating or servicing this equipment. FOLLOW these
instructions carefully. SAVE this manual for future reference. DO NOT allow untrained personnel to
operate, clean, inspect, maintain, service, or tamper with this equipment. ALWAYS DISCONNECT this
equipment from the power source before cleaning or performing maintenance. CALL FLINTEC
ENGINEERING for parts, information, and service.
WARNING ONLY PERMIT QUALIFIED PERSONNEL TO SERVICE THIS EQUIPMENT.
EXERCISE CARE WHEN MAKING CHECKS, TESTS AND ADJUSTMENTS THAT MUST BE MADE
WITH POWER ON. FAILING TO OBSERVE THESE PRECAUTIONS CAN RESULT IN BODILY HARM.
WARNING FOR CONTINUED PROTECTION AGAINST SHOCK HAZARD CONNECT TO
PROPERLY GROUNDED OUTLET ONLY. DO NOT REMOVE THE GROUND PRONG.
WARNING DISCONNECT ALL POWER TO THIS UNIT BEFORE REMOVING THE FUSE OR
SERVICING.
WARNING BEFORE CONNECTING/DISCONNECTING ANY INTERNAL ELECTRONIC
COMPONENTS OR INTERCONNECTING WIRING BETWEEN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ALWAYS
REMOVE POWER AND WAIT AT LEAST THIRTY (30) SECONDS BEFORE ANY CONNECTIONS OR
DISCONNECTIONS ARE MADE. FAILURE TO OBSERVE THESE PRECAUTIONS COULD RESULT
IN DAMAGE TO OR DESTRUCTION OF THE EQUIPMENT OR BODILY HARM.
CAUTION OBSERVE PRECAUTIONS FOR HANDLING ELECTROSTATIC SENSITIVE
DEVICES.
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NTRODUCTION AND TECHNICAL DATA
The Polyester junction box is designed for the parallel connection of up to 6, 8 or 10 load cells.
Type No. of load cells Housing size Inputs Output Designation
KPEX-6 up to 6 160 x 260 x 90 mm 6x M16
KPEX-8 up to 8 8x M16
KPEX-10 up to 10
The junction box type KPEX can be connected to the instrumentation with a shielded 6-wire signal cable.
Corner correction is not prepared.
Housing material: Polyester
Protection class: IP66
Cable connection: With screw terminals
Corner correction: Not prepared
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ECHANICAL INSTALLATION
Look for a mounting location which is more or less dry and protected from environmental stress.
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OAD CELL CABLE CONNECTION
First the cable gland must be loosened. Then you have to feed the load cell cable through the cable gland
unless the shrink tube is fully disappeared in the box. The wires have to run below the printed circuit board
and will be pulled back to the top at the upper end of the printed circuit board. Afterwards you can connect the
cables to the screw terminals as indicated below.
For KPEX-6
Cable coulour Description
yellow = Cable shield 1 2 3 28 29 30
red = –Output / Signal – 22 23 24 25 26 27
white = +Output / Signal + 10 11 12 13 14 15
black = –Input / Excitation –
(if appl., brown)* = Sense –
green = +Input / Excitation +
(if appl., blue)* = Sense +
For KPEX-8
Cable coulour Description
yellow = Cable shield 1 2 3 4 37 38 39 40
red = –Output / Signal – 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
white = +Output / Signal + 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
black = –Input / Excitation –
(if appl., brown)* = Sense –
green = +Input / Excitation +
(if appl., blue)* = Sense +
For KPEX-10
Cable coulour Description
yellow = Cable shield 1 2 3 4 5 46 47 48 49 50
red = –Output / Signal – 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
white = +Output / Signal + 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
black = –Input / Excitation –
(if appl., brown)* = Sense –
green = +Input / Excitation +
(if appl., blue)* = Sense +
* if load cell is equiped with 6-wire conductor cable
160 x 360 x 90 mm
Terminal no.
LC1 LC2 LC3 LC4 LC5 LC6
16 17 18 19 20 21
4 5 6 7 8 9
Terminal no.
LC1 LC2 LC3 LC4 LC5 LC6 LC7 LC8
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Terminal no.
LC1 LC2 LC3 LC4 LC5 LC6 LC7 LC8 LC9 LC10
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1x M20 EEx ia IIC T6
10x M16
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UTPUT CABLE CONNECTION
The signal cable (connection between junction box and the following electronics) should be a 6 – wire
shielded cable and has to be kept as short as possible. Depending on type and manufacturer signal cables
may have different colours. Therefore make your own choice.
outer cable screen = Shield 1 1 1
pink = –Output / Signal – 22 29 36
white = +Output / Signal + 10 13 16
grey = –Sense 17 22 27
brown = –Input / Excitation – 16 21 26
yellow = +Sense 8 11 14
green = +Input / Excitation + 9 12 15
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ORNER CORRECTION AT SCALES WITH FLINTEC LOAD CELLS
Flintec load cells are manufactured with rather tight tolerances, so in most cases an additional corner
correction is not required. The best conditions are achieved if you use load cells of the same class
(Designation is done with capital letters A to I on the load cell package besides the type label).
Hint: Corner errors can have a mechanical background, e.g. sloped mounting surface of the load cell.
If the junction box type KPEX-6 / KPEX-8 / KPEX-10 is used, a corner correction is not possible.
Check the cover sealing and install the cover of the box.
Terminal no. Cable colour, example Description
KPEX-6 KPEX-8 KPEX-10
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