In response to the rapidly changing technology in today’s aircraft, W. L. Gore & Associates is expanding its family of high-speed data cables for the aerospace industry. These products meet the industry’s unique challenges to improve pilot communication and passenger in-flight entertainment while reducing downtime for maintenance and decreasing operating costs. At the APEX (Airline […]
Military/Aerospace
Cable Installation Simulator Ensures Microwave Assembly Performance
Military aircraft manufacturers have accepted the practice of replacing microwave assemblies because they get damaged during installation in airframe platforms. Damaged airframe assemblies can lead to compromised signal integrity and failures over time, especially when exposed to normal flight conditions combining rapid changes in temperature and pressure with potential contamination from fuel, oils and fluids. […]
Kerite Announces Full Line of Preassembled Aerial Cables
Kerite, a manufacturer of high quality insulated medium voltage utility and industrial power cable, announces a full line of preassembled aerial cable, ideal for use between substation getaway riser cable and the circuit’s open-wire distribution portion, for express feeder circuits with site limitations, and for installation along space-constrained alleys and backyard boundaries and areas subject […]
Flexible microwave cable assemblies offer high electrical performance
Molex Inc., Lisle, Ill., will showcase its Flexible Microwave Cable Assemblies at the International Microwave Symposium, June 1 – 6, Tampa Bay, Fla., Booth 508. The assemblies replace stiff, semi-rigid assemblies with a combination of Temp-Flex coaxial cables and high-performance radio frequency (RF) connectors. They offer excellent electrical properties, and are assembled using a proprietary […]
Wire and cable manufacturer continues growth globally
After a two-hour visit to TPC Wire & Cable in Macedonia, Ohio, I learned that this local supplier of high-end cables and cable assemblies is considered by some of its customers as the Apple of the cable world. Why? Because when you visit the company’s facility, you learn that TPC specializes in engineering and design, […]
Low-pressure overmolded backshell cable assemblies from API Technologies
Low-pressure, overmolded backshells are now available from API Technologies Corp., Orlando, for connector interfaces on its Electromagnetic Integrated Solutions (EIS) product line. Ideal for use in military, aerospace, high-end industrial, oil and gas, as well as medical applications, these durable, waterproof and weather resistant backshells offer improved reliability and a simplified specification process. There is […]
Backplane cable assemblies for defense, aerospace
Ruggedized Backplane Cable Assemblies from Molex Inc., Lisle, Ill. are ideal for defense and aerospace contractors looking to deliver high-speed data transfer between commercial backplanes or servers, to commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) connectors including Impact, Impel, VHDM or full military-qualified interfaces. Customized backplane cables have gone through extensive engineering testing to ensure they meet their respective application-specified data rates and […]
Shielded, twisted pair cables for high-speed data transmission
Gore Shielded twisted pair cables from W. L. Gore & Associates, Landenberg, Pa., are constructed with uniquely engineered fluoropolymers to significantly reduce weight while maintaining reliable signal integrity for the most demanding environments of civil and military aerospace applications. These cables maintain high-speed communication between avionics transmitters and receivers and meet the performance requirements of […]
L-com adds DVI Cable Assemblies with Crush Resistant Metal Armor
L-com, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of wired and wireless connectivity products, now offers a variety of metal-armored DVI cable assemblies with up to 1500 PSI (pounds per square inch) resistance to crushing impacts. The new products are designed for use in the punishing environments commonly found in military/aerospace, security, medical facility and industrial applications. […]
Space flight assemblies offer high shielding, signal integrity
A new line of 5G series Gore Spaceflight Microwave/RF assemblies from W.L. Gore & Associates is optimized for Ka-band uplink and downlink satellite applications. They provide outstanding shielding effectiveness and ensure reliable signal integrity with excellent insertion loss and return loss performance up to 32 GHz. They have been qualified for spaceflight applications in three […]