General Cable, Highland Heights, Ky., has launched TC-Flex industrial tray cables for use in industrial plants, factory automation, wind turbines, and appliance applications. They meet a full range of UL and CSA listings. Featuring a rugged PVC/Nylon/PVC construction they are easy to install, resilient and durable. TC-Flex tray cables are available in shielded and non-shielded […]
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Wire and cable assemblies for medical device design at MD&M West
Medical device engineers constantly need to design machines and components that are smaller, portable and reliable. It’s up to interconnect manufacturers such as Molex Inc., Lisle, Ill., to meet those demands. This is why it’s not surprising that several new product releases from Molex are being showcased at MD&M West, February 11 – 13, Anaheim, […]
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 […]
Single-cable Designs Cure Wiring Woes
By Chris Gottlieb and Mike Schweiner, Global Product Managers, Rockwell Automation A look at four ways that single-cable motion solutions can simplify system design. Have complex cabling systems tied you up? OEMs today are expected to reduce system cost and inventory, while simultaneously increasing sustainability and ease of use. These tasks can be difficult with […]
Know what cable jacketing material is right for your application
I love when I stumble upon great engineering resources just by digging through websites of companies I don’t know much about. Like this morning, when I was looking at The Okonite Co.’s website. The more than 130-year old company makes 300 V to 345 kV insulated products for industrial, utilities, renewable energy and railroad and […]
Alpha Wire Catalog: PC and Mobile Devices
Alpha Wire is pleased to present its newest Digital Literature App, available for viewing on PCs, Apple, and Android mobile devices. The new app currently houses the complete 2011 Master Catalog in digital form, with the latest Alpha Wire brochures to be added soon. The new app, which is available free-of-charge, provides the complete catalog […]
SilverFox cable labels: low-smoke, zero halogen
This is interesting news, and not something I would really have thought about as a critical accessory to cable design, but it clearly is. A UK-based manufacturer of labeling solutions for the cable and wire industry, Silver Fox Ltd., has successfully flame tested its Fox-Flo Low Smoke Zero Halogen Tie-On Cable Labels against a direct […]
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 […]
Space saving alternative to servo cables in machine tools
Spindle drives are becoming larger and more efficient in the case of machining centers and machine tools. To guide higher streams of energy, larger conductor cross-sections are required. As a result, servo cables are becoming thicker with larger bend radii, and in some cases are going beyond the permissible space of the machine tool. A […]
New 1U Power Supply Rack Offers Dual 3kW Outputs
TDK Corporation announces the extension of the TDK-Lambda HFE1600 series of racks with the addition of a new dual-output model. Built to house the high-efficiency HFE1600 power supplies, the HFE1600D1U racks allows the user to install supplies with different output voltages on either side of the rack’s split power bus. Measuring 1U in height, this […]