Product category:
Connectors, Terminals, Busbars and Slip Rings
News Release from: Amphenol Industrial Operations
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 08 October 2002
Amphenol acquires Radsok
The Industrial Operations Division of Amphenol has completed the acquisition of the Radsok Business Unit of K and K Stamping, based in Detroit, MI.
The Industrial Operations Division of Amphenol has completed the acquisition of the Radsok Business Unit of K and K Stamping, based in Detroit, MI Radsok technology allows higher amperages to be used in electrical connectors with lower insertion forces, which helps to alleviate millivolt drop and associated temperature rise
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 29 Mar 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Radsok contact and connector series is now available in smaller package sizes that provide a lower insertion force than larger connectors, while providing increased durability.
Martin Booker, General Manager of Amphenol Industrial Operations, stated, "This acquisition significantly enhances Amphenol's global position as a leader in interconnect solutions.
Radsok allows us to provide our customers with unique packaging solutions as well as with connectors that have higher amperage with a smaller footprint and lower insertion forces".
Radsok is a patented electrical terminal based on a hyperbolic grid configuration that ensures a large coaxial, face-to-face engagement area for a low millivolt drop connection with a low insertion force.
The cylinder contains elongated contactor strips connected in spaced, parallel relationships, twisted into a hyperbolic shape.
As a male pin is inserted, the grid deflects, imparting high normal forces.
The stamped grid and cylinder are very rugged, allowing for a high quantity of insertion cycles and off-axis insertions.
Amphenol plans to expand the current market focus of Radsok technology from electric vehicle and automotive applications to additional target markets such as rail, mass transit, heavy equipment, industrial power, communications, military and aerospace as well as process control.
Amphenol connector solutions with Radsok contacts provide a significantly lower insertion force and higher current capacity than conventional power solutions.
Current Amphenol products with Radsok technology include Power P-lok connectors, a positive locking, spring loaded coupling, and the Amphe-Base connector series, which allows users to provide power to busbars and backplane assemblies.
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