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title: "What Are Liquid-Tight Cordgrips Used For?"
description: "Liquid-Tight Cordgrips (Trade series (liquid-tight cord grips)) are used for routing, bundling and strain-relieving cable at a panel entry or a fixing point."
url: https://engineeringhardware.com/applications/liquid-tight-cordgrips/
source: Engineering Hardware & Fasteners
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# What Are Liquid-Tight Cordgrips Used For?

Cable & Cord Management · Trade series (liquid-tight cord grips) · Application guide

Typical applications, the industries that specify liquid-tight cordgrips, and how to choose the right size, material and finish for the joint.

Liquid-Tight Cordgrips are used for routing, bundling and strain-relieving cable at a panel entry or a fixing point. They are manufactured to Trade series (liquid-tight cord grips), and selection is driven by the nominal size, the fit and tolerance the assembly requires, and the service environment.

- **Primary duty:** Routing, bundling and strain-relieving cable at a panel entry or a fixing point
- **Governing standard:** Trade series (liquid-tight cord grips)
- **Category:** Cable & Cord Management

Application notes are general engineering guidance. Verify the property class and any approval requirement against your own design calculation.

![What Are Liquid-Tight Cordgrips Used For? application image](https://engineeringhardware.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Liquid-Tight-Cordgrips.webp)

Liquid-Tight Cordgrips are selected when an assembly calls for routing, bundling and strain-relieving cable at a panel entry or a fixing point. This application guide to the Trade series (liquid-tight cord grips) type covers concrete end-uses, the specification checklist, correct installation, and where an alternative fastener performs better.

## Typical Applications for Liquid-Tight Cordgrips

The most common settings where these are specified:

- **General machine building:** fastening covers, brackets, motors and sub-assemblies on production equipment.
- **Maintenance & repair (MRO):** a stocked size for servicing existing plant where the original fastener spec must be matched.
- **Fabrication & metalwork:** bench and on-site assembly of steel frames, enclosures and weldments.

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## How to Specify Liquid-Tight Cordgrips for Your Application

- **Size:** Match the size to the mating part — see the dimension table below for each option.
- **Material:** Choose the material and finish for the service environment — plated steel for general use, stainless for corrosion resistance.
- **Environment:** For damp, coastal or chemical exposure prefer A4/316 stainless or a suitable coating; indoors, plated steel or A2 is usually sufficient.
- **Standard:** This product is supplied to Trade series (liquid-tight cord grips). Quoting the standard on your order guarantees interchangeable dimensions between suppliers.

## Where Liquid-Tight Cordgrips Are Not the Right Choice

Match the fastener to the load, environment and whether the joint must be reopened; the wrong class or style is the usual cause of joint failure.

Custom manufacturing · Made to drawing

## Need a liquid-tight cordgrips outside the standard range?

The geometry is whatever the drawing says. A machined component has no standard to depart from, so the drawing and the tolerance scheme are the whole specification.

Minimum order from 2,000 pieces; samples within 7 days of drawing approval.

[Custom cable management manufacturing](https://engineeringhardware.com/custom/cable-management/)[Send a drawing](https://engineeringhardware.com/custom/cable-management/#rfq)

## Technical Drawing

Dimensioned line drawing of NPT Liquid-Tight Cordgrips to Trade series (liquid-tight cord grips). Side view and top view, drawn to the dimensions in the table below and redrawn for any size selected.

- **Sealing:** compression gland with sealing ring
- **Cable grip:** integral jacket grip
- **Selected by:** hub size and cable outside diameter range

## Dimensions & Specifications (Trade series (liquid-tight cord grips))

| Hub thread | Sealing | Cable grip | Selected by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NPT | compression gland with sealing ring | integral jacket grip | hub size and cable outside diameter range |
| metric (PG or M) | compression gland with sealing ring | integral jacket grip | hub size and cable outside diameter range |
| NPT, with locknut and gasket | compression gland with sealing ring | integral jacket grip | hub size and cable outside diameter range |

Inside the plant

## Manufactured in our own plant

This part is cold-formed, threaded, heat-treated and finished in-house. The stages below are where its class and finish are actually decided.

1. ![Wire rod feeding into a cold heading machine](https://engineeringhardware.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/09-wire-rod-feed-cold-heading-machine.webp) 01 **Cold heading** Wire rod is drawn to size and cold-formed into blanks. Forming rather than cutting keeps the grain flow continuous around the head, which is where a bolt is most likely to fail. Head dimensions and under-head radius checked at set-up and per shift.
2. ![Thread rolling machine producing bolt threads](https://engineeringhardware.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/03-thread-rolling-machine-bolt-production.webp) 02 **Thread rolling** Threads are rolled between hardened dies rather than cut. Rolled threads are stronger in fatigue than cut threads and hold pitch and flank angle far more consistently across a batch. Go / no-go ring gauges to ISO 965 tolerance class 6g.
3. ![Baskets of bolts staged for heat treatment](https://engineeringhardware.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/05-heat-treatment-baskets-black-bolts.webp) 03 **Heat treatment** Quench-and-temper brings carbon and alloy steel to the property class ordered — 8.8, 10.9 or 12.9 — with the furnace charge tracked so a finished lot can be traced back to it. Core hardness and tensile tested per lot to ISO 898-1.
4. ![Zinc plated bolts in a treatment basket](https://engineeringhardware.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/23-zinc-plated-bolts-treatment-basket.webp) 04 **Surface treatment** Zinc, zinc-nickel, hot-dip galvanizing, black oxide, phosphate and Dacromet, selected against the service environment rather than against the price list. Coating thickness and neutral salt spray hours to ISO 9227.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### What are Liquid-Tight Cordgrips used for?

Routing, bundling and strain-relieving cable at a panel entry or a fixing point. They are supplied to Trade series (liquid-tight cord grips).

### Which industries use Liquid-Tight Cordgrips?

They are commonly specified in general machine building, maintenance & repair (mro) and fabrication & metalwork, among other sectors.

### How do I choose the right size of Liquid-Tight Cordgrips?

Match the size to the mating part using the dimension table on this page.

### Are Liquid-Tight Cordgrips made to a recognized standard?

Yes — they are manufactured to Trade series (liquid-tight cord grips), so dimensions are interchangeable between suppliers when you quote the standard on your order.

### Can I get a quote for Liquid-Tight Cordgrips in the size and material I need?

Yes. Use the technical drawing and quote form on this page to set the size and options, then send the exact configuration to our team for pricing and lead time.

## Related Pages

Product page: [Liquid-Tight Cordgrips — specifications & sizes](https://engineeringhardware.com/fastener/liquid-tight-cordgrips/)

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