USB3 Vision Movable Cable

Oki Electric Cable Co., Ltd. (President: Masasuke Kishi, Head Office: Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken, hereafter referred to as Oki Electric Cable) has recently developed the "USB3 Vision (*1) Movable Cable", the first heavy-duty movable cable in Japan to support USB 3.0. This product will commence sales in February 2013.

This new interface cable product features USB 3.0 high-speed transmission and heavy-duty movability, making it suitable for machine vision (*2) applications including image inspection equipment.

Machine vision cables are used as interface cables between the inspection equipment and cameras and require high-speed transmission capability when capturing the images of objects in high definition. Moreover, these cables must be heavy-duty movability as cameras and inspected objects such as components and substrates often move during inspections.

Oki Electric Cable has recently developed the "USB3 Vision Movable Cable", the first cable product in Japan to meet the two key requirements for machine vision cables: high-speed transmission and heavy-duty movability. Oki Electric Cable has combined its cable manufacturing technique that enables 5Gbps high-speed transmission with its design technique accumulated through development and manufacturing of robot cables to produce the new USB3.0 Vision-compatible, heavy-duty movable cable. This product is suitable for use in applications that require high reliability with high-speed transmission and superior sliding (*3) performance, such as automatic component mounting equipment, visual inspection systems, medical inspection equipment and semiconductor/LCD steppers.

Oki Electric Cable will demonstrate this product at the "INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL EXHIBITION ON IMAGE TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT 2012" (http://www.adcom-media.co.jp/ite/) to be held at Pacifico Yokohama (Minatomirai, Yokohama-shi) as a reference exhibit. (Oki Electric Cable’s booth: NO. 63)

Features

1. Durability of over 1 million times in a sliding fatigue test
2. Ensures highly reliable connection by means of USB3 Vision-compliant connector with a screw lock
3. Suitable for accommodation in a cable carrier for use in moving parts
4. RoHS compliant

Main specifications

Item		Specifications
Cable	Outer diameter	7.8mm
	Color	Black
Maximum transmission length		3m
Compatible connectors		Standard A, Micro B (with a screw lock)
Sliding/bending performance		Over 10 million times (R = 100mm, Reference value)

Sales plans

Sales start period	Feb 2013
Target sales	100+ million yen in fiscal 2013

Production introduction page

Refer to the following link for details of Oki Electric Cable's machine vision interface products:
http://www.okidensen.co.jp/en/prod/cable/interface/index.html

Glossary of terms

• *1：USB3 Vision

  A USB3.0-based interface standard for machine vision systems set by AIA (Automated Imaging Association), a machine vision industry association in the United States. HS-Link cables use connectors with a screw lock that is designed to prevent accidental unplugging.

• *2：Machine vision

  Machine vision systems replace human vision in application-specific visual inspections such as when using board mounting equipment and product label printers. Machine vision systems are used to check product appearance and printing defects using one or more cameras, light source, image capture device, image processing equipment, etc. that often have a movable structure.

• *3:Sliding

  Repetitive reciprocating movement of the cable while bending it in a U-shape and sliding it linearly.

• * Product names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of respective companies or organizations.

---

• Information
• Product Releases

•