Product category:
Connectors, Terminals, Busbars and Slip Rings
News Release from: Icore International | Subject: Band 8 and Band 12 sprung contact elements
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 06 December 2001
Sprung contact elements simplify
connector design
The design of high-current electrical connectors can be made much easier by using the strip-form Band 8 and Band 12 sprung contact elements from interconnect specialist Icore International
The design of high-current electrical connectors, and systems which require dependable electrical connections between rotating or sliding components, is made much easier by using the strip-form Band 8 and Band 12 sprung contact elements which are featured in a new 20-page A4-format brochure from interconnect specialist Icore International The contact elements are intended for insertion between two conducting surfaces to provide a reliable low-loss electrical connection, with a high continuous current rating, and a high short-circuit withstand capability
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 18 Oct 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Band 8 products have current transfer elements which are separate from the sprung supporting tape, whereas with Band 12 products, the required spring force is provided by the contact bridges themselves.
The new brochure clearly explains the benefits of Icore's contact band technology, as well as highlighting the relative merits of the two product types.
In addition, it provides full technical data for each product, together with detailed design guidelines, characteristic curves, and formulae which allow the performance of connections based on the contact band system to be readily calculated.
Also included in this invaluable publication are dimension drawings showing how the contact bands are incorporated into connectors and similar products, and practical application examples.
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