Waterproof cable gland

A method of forming a waterproof cable gland comprising:

• locating a seal assembly having plurality of rigid carriers and one or more cable seals onto a cable, wherein at least one cable seal is located between mutually adjacent carriers and at least the carriers between which the at least one cable seal is located, seat respective body seals;
• housing the seal assembly in and between first and second mutually engageable parts;
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• longitudinally compressing the seal assembly by engaging the first and second mutually engageable parts to squeeze the at least one cable seal on to and circumferentially about the cable to form a substantial seal about the cable preventing the ingress of particles or fluid along the cable and through the gland.

A front mount system comprising a module and a housing having an external surface, the module being connectable to the housing, wherein the housing contains one or more housing components and associated housing component connectors;

• the housing having a recess that opens onto the external surface and surrounds the one or more connectors;
• a circumferential channel formed in the recess and inboard of the external surface;
• the module having a module body containing a module component and one or more connectors of the module component, the module body and the recess relatively configured to enable the module to be inserted into the recess by way of relative linear motion when the module is in a specific rotational orientation relative to the housing to connect the one or more connectors of the module component with the one or more connectors of the housing component;
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• a locking arrangement configured to engage both the channel and the module when the connectors of the module component and the housing component are connected together, the locking arrangement acting to resist withdrawal of the module from the housing.