Custom Cable & Sensor Brackets
Cable and sensor brackets put a sensor, switch, or cable run where the machine needs it, and the component's mounting drawing sets the bracket. K-Display makes slotted sensor and switch brackets, cable clamp brackets, and cable carrier brackets to your component drawings.
Sensor and cable brackets we build
We build the bracket around the component it holds, cut and formed from stainless steel, aluminum, galvanized steel, galvannealed steel, or carbon steel. Self-clinching nuts and studs are pressed in, the bonding pad is masked, and the bracket is powder coated. Brackets ship loose or kitted for each machine variant.
Sensor and cable brackets on a conveyor rail are also part of Conveyor Guards, Covers & Brackets, and a bracket that carries a housing or a panel off a frame is one of the Mounting Brackets.
The slotted bracket sets where the sensor sits, and the separate tab sets where its cable runs. Each does one job, so a change to the cable route leaves the sensor's setting alone.
Brackets built around a component
- Sensor and switch brackets
- Slotted right-angle, offset, and tab brackets that hold photoelectric, proximity, and limit devices at a set stand-off, with self-clinching nuts or studs where the back side has no access.
- Cable management brackets
- Brackets that carry purchased cable clamps, saddles, and tie points and hold a cable's route along the machine clear of moving parts and hot surfaces.
- Cable carrier and conduit brackets
- Brackets that mount an energy chain end, conduit clamp, or cable tray to a machine frame, with the slots and hole pattern the frame and carrier need.
How the bracket sets the sensor and the cable
- Component mounting pattern
- The sensor or switch maker's mounting drawing gives the holes, slots, and stand-off. A bracket cut to a different pattern leaves the device off its target.
- Slot travel and offset stiffness
- A slot holds a position only while its fastener clamps, and a long offset in thin sheet flexes under the sensor's weight and its cable's pull. The setting then drifts.
- Sensing face and clear zone
- Some inductive sensors need a metal-free zone around the sensing face, and the bracket sits beside the head. Bracket metal inside the maker's zone changes how the sensor responds.
- Cable diameter and bend limit
- Clamp size follows the cable's outside diameter, and saddle radius follows the maker's minimum bend radius. A saddle tighter than that radius strains the cable.
From blank to kitted bracket
Pressed-in nuts and studs need bare sheet, so they go in first and the powder goes on around them.
Laser cut the blank
We laser cut the blank with its slots and mounting holes from the component's mounting drawing.
Form and fit hardware
We form the flanges and tabs and press in self-clinching nuts or studs, before or after forming depending on where they sit.
Mask, coat, and kit
We mask the bonding pad and the threads, powder coat, and kit the brackets for each machine variant.
Plan adjustment through final assembly
Specify the required slot travel and the fastener that clamps each slot. Review the sensor envelope and cable exit at both ends of that travel, then confirm the slot dimensions on the finished coated bracket.
Slots provide adjustment; the bolts and washers hold the chosen position. The finished slot width must leave room for that movement while giving the washers enough surface to clamp the bracket.
What to send for a cable or sensor bracket quote
- Component details
- Part number or mounting drawing for the sensor or switch, and the surface it mounts to.
- Cable details
- Outside diameter and the maker's minimum bend radius, fixed and flexing.
- Bracket model or sketch
- 3D model, drawing, or dimensioned sketch with material, thickness, slot travel, the fastener in each slot, and stand-off distance.
- Hardware and finish
- Part numbers for the self-clinching hardware, coating color, any bonding pad left uncoated, and whether slot and hole sizes apply before or after coating.
- Quantity and variants
- Quantity per machine variant and the number of variants.