{"id":3680,"date":"2018-01-05T09:30:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T09:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=3680"},"modified":"2018-01-05T11:41:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T11:41:19","slug":"female-power-contacts-for-2mm-pitch-connectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/female-power-contacts-for-2mm-pitch-connectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Female power contacts for 2mm pitch connectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harwin.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\">Harwin<\/span> <\/a>\u00a0has announced the introduction of a new female contact for its\u00a0Datamate\u00a0connectors that enables significant increases in power delivery levels to be realised.<\/p>\n<p>Utilising a six6-finger design which is machined from a single piece of beryllium copper, the T-Contact raises the current capacity on compact 2mm pitch interconnection systems, with up to 8.5A per contact being supported.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7565662001938327\" data-ad-slot=\"7585079586\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nAs a consequence, it further improves the size, weight and power (SWaP) parameters of the company\u2019s Datamate offering, and addresses the growing need for engineers to ramp up the power in modern space-constrained designs.<\/p>\n<p>The design employed in these components presents more contact points, which thereby enhances their resilience to shock (100G) and vibrational forces (40G for 6 hours \u2013 2 hours on each axis).<\/p>\n<p>The crimp barrels accept 22AWG wire and comply with IPC-A-620 cable harnessing specifications.<\/p>\n<p>The contacts are also gold plated in order to ensure that reliable performance is maintained in even the most demanding of application environments (allowing US military requirements to be met, etc). It also means that a far greater number of mating cycles (up to 1000) can be undertaken, thereby extending the operation lifespan of connectors into which they are incorporated. Their operational temperature range spans from -55\u00b0C to +125\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p>The T-Contact exhibits 60% greater contact wipe compared to existing Datamate contacts \u2013 which improves the self-cleaning action and reduces the possibility of surface contamination arising.<\/p>\n<p>To accompany these groundbreaking contacts, <span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/harwin-bestows-digi-key-with-global-distribution-accolade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harwin<\/a><\/span> supplies a variety of dual-row housings with different jackscrews which are available direct from stock in a broad range of different sizes, from 4 to 50 position options.<\/p>\n<p>Among their main target applications are defensce, avionics (control systems, radar, UAVs, etc), motorsport (navigation systems, sensors, telemetry equipment), industrial automation (drives\/controls, robotics, motion control systems) and satellites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harwin \u00a0has announced the introduction of a new female contact for its\u00a0Datamate\u00a0connectors that enables significant increases in power delivery levels to be realised. Utilising a six6-finger design which is machined from a single piece of beryllium copper, the T-Contact raises the current capacity on compact 2mm pitch interconnection systems, with up to 8.5A per contact &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[1255,546,1771,550,1768,1770,1776,547,1758,1777,548,1774,1772,226,1778,855,1769,1775,1773],"class_list":["post-3680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-electronics","tag-avionics","tag-connectors","tag-control-systems","tag-controls","tag-datamate-connectors","tag-defensce","tag-drives","tag-harwin","tag-industrial-automation","tag-motion-control-systems","tag-motorsport","tag-navigation-systems","tag-radar","tag-robotics","tag-satellites","tag-sensors","tag-t-contact","tag-telemetry-equipment","tag-uavs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Female power contacts for 2mm pitch connectors - Engineer News Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/female-power-contacts-for-2mm-pitch-connectors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Female power contacts for 2mm pitch connectors - Engineer News Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Harwin \u00a0has announced the introduction of a new female contact for its\u00a0Datamate\u00a0connectors that enables significant increases in power delivery levels to be realised. 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