This is the future and the present in factory automation: functions like presence inspection, defect detection, measurement and more must be highly responsive in real time. Advanced machine vision systems must capture increasingly complex information and deliver it with greater clarity. More than ever, machine vision depends on the deep expertise required to connect it all together.
You can improve the performance, robustness and reliability of your machine vision equipment – often at lower system costs – with industrial cables, connectors and cable assemblies from 3M.
Our broad range of industrial machine vision solutions is backed by decades of expertise in signal transmission, as well as electrical and mechanical cable design and technology. And our global presence provides the cable solutions you need are always within reach.
Our machine vision cable solutions cover three major industry standards for high speed/high density I/O applications.
3M offers a higher functional cable length than any other known USB3 connector solution – more than 10 meters for stationary cables (depending on system requirements) and up to 7 meters for cables tested to repetitive motion. We also provide cables drag chain tested from 10 million to greater than 100 million cycles.
Bandwidth
400MB/s
Cable Length
10m
Realtime Triggering
Fair
System Cost
Low
Featured products:
3M™ USB3 Vision Industrial Camera Cable Assembly, 1U30G Series
3M™ USB3 Vision Industrial Camera Cable Assembly, 1U30E Series
3M™ USB3 Vision Industrial Camera Cable Assembly, 1U30A Series
3M™ USB3 Vision Industrial Camera Cable Assembly, 1U30S Series
| Multiple camera connection | Standard PC architecture | Need additional hardware | Easiness of system integration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair | No | Yes | Low |
As one of the originators of the Camera Link standard, 3M offers a truly broad selection including Miniature Delta Ribbon (MDR) and Shrunk Delta Ribbon (SDR) boardmount connectors, as well as MDR & SDR cable assemblies for Camera Link and Power over Camera Link (PoCL) cables.
Bandwidth
225 MB/s (Base)
680 MB/s (Full)
Cable Length
8-10m
Realtime Triggering
Excellent
System Cost
High
Featured products:
3M™ Camera Link Industrial Camera Cable Assembly, MDR, 14x26 Series
3M™ Camera Link Industrial Camera Cable Assembly, MDR, 1WL26 Series
3M™ Camera Link Industrial Camera Cable Assembly, MDR/SDR, 1Mx26-x5xx Series
3M™ Camera Link Industrial Camera Cable Assembly, MDR/SDR, 1Mx26-xFxx Series
3M™ Camera Link Industrial Camera Cable Assembly, SDR, 1Sx26-x1xx Series
| Multiple camera connection | Standard PC architecture | Need additional hardware | Easiness of system integration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair | No | Yes | Low |
The CoaXPress interface is excellent for longer transmission distance, durable cable flex life and high-bandwidth applications. 3M offers two types of industrial camera cables for a range of requirements to meet the CoaXpress 2.0 standard.
Bandwidth
600 MB/s (CXP6)
1.2 GB/s (CXP12)
Cable Length
10-35m
Realtime Triggering
Excellent
System Cost
High
Featured products:
3M™ CoaXpress Industrial Camera Cable Assembly, 1CX Series
3M™ CoaXPress Industrial Camera Cable Assembly 1CXx-xx-OS Series
| Multiple camera connection | Standard PC architecture | Need additional hardware | Easiness of system integration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair | No | Yes | Low |
| USB3 Vision® | Camera Link® | CoaXPress® | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 400 MB/s | 225 MB/s (Base) 680 MB/s (Full) |
600 MB/s (CXP6) 1.2 GB/s (CXP12) |
| Cable length | 10m | 8-10m | 10-35m |
| Multiple camera connection | Excellent | Fair | Fair |
| Standard PC architecture | Yes | No | No |
| Need additional hardware (Frame Grabber Board) |
No | Yes | Yes |
| Realtime triggering | Fair | Excellent | Excellent |
| Easiness of system integration | High | Low | Low |
| System Cost | Low | High | High |
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3M™ USB3 Vision Industrial Camera Cable Assembly 1U30E-MB Series
3M Stock
B5005387003
3M™ CoaXPress Cable Assembly 1CXx-xx-0S Series
3M Stock
B5005143008
3M™ PoCL Cable Assembly 1SB26-L137-00C-300, Beige
3M Stock
B5005143010
3M™ CoaXPress Cable Assembly 1CXx-xx-0G Series
3M Stock
B5005505061
3M™ USB3 Vision Industrial Camera Cable Assembly 1U30G-MB Series
3M Stock
B5005143006
