Technical Specifications

Parameter Name	Parameter Value
Product Model	3HAC2530-1
Manufacturer	ABB Robotics (Västerås / Shanghai / Romania)
Product Type	Control / Signal Cable (SMB chain, cabinet-to-manipulator)
Supersedes	3HAB2679-1 (legacy 15 m SMB cable)
Length	15 m (1510 cm net depth)
Core Count	9-core (multi-strand Class 5/6 flexible Cu)
Signal Carries	Resolver/Encoder (A/B/Z or EnDat/SSI per axis), Brake 24 V DC, STO, DI/DO
Shielding	Aluminum foil + tinned Cu braid (≥85 % coverage)
Outer Jacket	PUR (polyurethane), oil / abrasion / UV resistant
Bending Radius	≥ 7.5 × cable OD (dynamic / drag-chain rated)
Operating Temp.	-20 °C to +80 °C
Connector (Both Ends)	ABB original circular metal (17-pin or 21-pin), bayonet lock, one straight + one bent
Protection (Mated)	IP67
Weight	1.46 kg (net & gross)
Compatible Robots	IRB 1200, IRB 2600, IRB 6600, IRB 6700, IRB 7600 (mid-large 6-axis)
Compatible Controllers	IRC5, IRC5C Compact, OmniCore (with matching Axis/SMB card)
Certification	CE, UL, ABB Robot Safety Spec, IEC 60204-1, ISO 13849 (safety conductor isolation)
HS Code	85444290
Origin	Romania (per ABB BOM; CN also circulates in secondary)

 

 

Main Features and Advantages

SMB chain continuity = robot stays live.​ The 3HAC2530-1​ is not “just a cable” — it’s the only path for all 6 axes’ resolver feedback + brake + STO from the manipulator back to the IRC5. If the 15 m segment fails (open shield → CRC on resolver data, or braid fatigue → brake 24 V V-drop → “Brake Error”), the IRC5’s SMB watchdog trips → robot goes Safe State → brakes clamp → production stops. The 3HAC2530-1‘s double-shield (foil + 85 % braid) is what keeps the resolver A/B/Z (MHz-class sin/cos) clean in a weld shop where six IRB 7600s’ servo drives are switching IGBTs at 8 kHz — a single-shield cable would CRC-flap within a week. ABB tuned the 3HAC2530-1​ impedance and capacitance to the resolver-card’s expectation — third-party “equivalent 9-core PUR” cables often have wrong capacitance → “Encoder Fault 38106” that clears on reseat, returns in 2 shifts → plant blames robot, actually cable.One straight + one bent connector — strain relief at the base.​ The 3HAC2530-1​ ships with one straight circular plug (controller-side SMB port, fixed) and one bent​ plug (manipulator base junction, where the cable exits the cable-track / pendant and needs to seat without a 90° kink) . This matters because the base junction on an IRB 6600/7600 is a crowded corner — motor power, SMB signal, air (gripper), Ethernet (camera/vision) all land there. A straight-plug-only cable would need a 90° adapter or would kink the PUR — kink → braid breaks → shield integrity lost → 3 months later, intermittent SMB fault. The bent plug is molded into the cable (not a screw-on adaptor), so the strain is distributed over the PUR bend, not the pin interface.PUR + IP67 for weld/paint/palletizing shops.​ The 3HAC2530-1​ jacket is PUR, not PVC (which 3HAC2493-1 7 m some BOMs list as PVC — shorter intra-axis spends less time in weld spatter). PUR resists: weld spatter (brief contact, doesn’t melt-stick like PVC), paint overspray solvent (automotive paint shop), hydraulic oil (stamping/press shop), and UV (outdoor palletizing gantries). The metal circular connectors are nickel-plated brass with O-ring — IP67 when mated, so a hose-down in a food/pharma robotics cell (IRB 2600 washdown variant) or a paint-shop drench doesn’t kill the SMB chain. For plants running IRB 7600s in body-weld (spot-weld guns, 1500–2100 kN, 0.5–0.8 sec/spot, 3000 spots/car), the 3HAC2530-1​ lives in a ceiling-pendulum with weld-spatter rain — PUR is the right jacket.Legacy 3HAB2679-1 → 3HAC2530-1 cross-source.​ ABB’s SMB cable family went through a part-number reshuffle ~2010s: the old 3HAB2679-1 (15 m)​ was superseded by 3HAC2530-1​ — same length, same 9-core, same connector family, BOM update on jacket material/PIN count alignment. For MRO buyers, both trade in secondary market — 3HAB2679-1 is new-old-stock from decommissioned S4C+ / early IRC5 cells; 3HAC2530-1 is current-production for IRC5 / OmniCore. They’re electrically interchangeable (SMB pinout stable across generations), but the connector keying matches the controller’s SMB port generation — early S4C+ SMB ports used a slightly different circular shell; late IRC5 / OmniCore use the current 17/21-pin. When procuring, confirm controller generation: S4C+ → 3HAB2679-1 preferred (or 3HAC2530-1 if keying matches); IRC5/OmniCore → 3HAC2530-1. Mixing generations can seat but O-ring seal may not IP67.Family sparing: 7 m / 15 m / 22 m as a set.​ Smart MRO on IRB 6600/7600 cells stocks the SMB family as a 3-SKU set: 3HAC2493-1 (7 m, intra-axis, ~4–5× per robot), 3HAC2530-1 (15 m, base-to-cabinet, 1× per robot), 3HAC2540-1 (22 m, long-reach / gantry-mounted, 1× per robot if gantry). The 7 m fails most often (it’s on the arm, flexing every cycle — 10⁶–10⁷ bend cycles over 15 years), the 15 m fails second (pendulum swing at base), the 22 m fails on gantry only. Storeroom ratio: 2× 3HAC2493-1 per robot, 1× 3HAC2530-1 per 4–6 robots, 1× 3HAC2540-1 per gantry cell. For automotive body shops (IRB 7600 2100 kg payload, 12–20 robots/line), that’s ~30× 3HAC2493 + ~4× 3HAC2530-1 + ~2× 3HAC2540-1 per line — storeroom standard.

 

Application Field

The 3HAC2530-1​ deploys wherever an IRB 1200/2600/6600/6700/7600 connects to an IRC5/OmniCore controller via SMB chain — the application map follows ABB Robotics’ installed base:

• Automotive body-in-white (BiW) — spot welding: IRB 6600/7600 150–210 kg payload, 6-axis, ceiling-mounted pendulum, 12–20 robots/line, 3000 spots/car. The 3HAC2530-1​ is the 15 m base-to-cabinet SMB on each robot — cabinet is typically on the mezzanine behind the line, 10–15 m pendulum drop to base junction. Weld spatter rain, 3-shift, €500–€2000/hr line stop. SMB fault mid-cycle = gun stops mid-spot, clamps release, line paces. Body shops keep 3HAC2530-1 + 3HAC2493 on the tool-cart per line.
• Automotive paint shop — painting / sealing: IRB 2600 / IRB 6700 (paint variant, IP67 on the arm itself), 6-axis, drenched periodically. The 3HAC2530-1​ here is the SMB out of the paint-booth wall (purge-air cabinet outside, robot inside) — 15 m gets from the booth-penetration junction box to the IRC5/OmniCore outside. Paint-solvent resistant PUR matters.
• General industry — palletizing / machine-tending / stamping: IRB 6600/7600 floor-mounted, 10–15 m from controller (controller on skid next to press/palletizer). Stamping shops have oil mist — PUR jacket + IP67 connector keep SMB clean. Palletizing gantries (IRB 7600 on 7th-axis gantry rail, 22 m reach) use 3HAC2540-1 for the long gantry hop, but the base-to-cabinet on the gantry-end still uses 3HAC2530-1.
• IRC5C Compact + smaller IRB (1200/2600): The IRC5C Compact controller is a smaller cabinet (wall-mount or skid) used with IRB 1200 (10 kg) and IRB 2600 (20 kg) — often in machine-tending cells (CNC load/unload) or smaller palletizers. The 3HAC2530-1​ 15 m is sometimes over-length for IRB 1200/2600 (those often use 7 m 3HAC2493 for cabinet-right-next-to-robot), but in cells where the Compact cabinet is 10–15 m away (safety fence separation), the 15 m seats fine — SMB pinout is same.

 

etrofit and service context: IRB 6600/7600 installs peaked ~2005–2018 (IRC5 era), now 8–21 years old. The 3HAC2530-1​ ages via: (1) PUR hardening/cracking at the bent-connector mold (heat cycling from weld-cell ambient + robot-self heating → PUR durometer rises from Shore A 85 → A 95+, loses flex, cracks radially at the bend), (2) braid fatigue at the base-track exit (the 15 m hangs in a pendulum loop; the top 200 mm where it exits the track/carrier gets the most twist — braid strands break → shield coverage falls from 85 % → 40 % → CRC errors under load), (3) O-ring on the circular connector hardening (IP67 → IP5x, washdown seeps in, pins corrode → intermittent SMB). Symptom progression: first “SMB CRC Error” once/week (clears on re-plug), then daily, then “Encoder Error 38106” persistent → robot Safe State. Proactive SMB cable refresh at ~15 years on 3-shift BiW lines is common — ABB’s Robot Care programs recommend SMB family inspection every 2 years, replace at first braid-showing.