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News Release from: Icore International | Subject: Custom high-current connectors
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 05 December 2002
Custom connectors run to 10kA and beyond
Icore International's custom design and manufacturing capability for high-current connectors solves interconnection problems involving currents from 50A to over 10kA.
Designers seeking compact, convenient and cost-effective solutions to electrical interconnection problems involving currents from 50A to over 10,000A now need to look no further than Icore International's custom design and manufacturing capability for high-current connectors The connectors offered are based on Icore's innovative contact band technology, which provides high reliability, long service life and high fault current withstand capability, as well as minimising the physical size of connector needed for a given current rating
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 22 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Icore's contact band technology can be used with advantage in almost any type of connector where a dependable high-current solution is needed.
Typical applications for custom connectors include inter-coach connections in rail systems, connectors for withdrawable switchgear and motor control equipment, and high-current connections for fuel cells and large batteries.
Rotating connections, such as those encountered in welding robots, can also be provided.
When designing and manufacturing the connectors, Icore has access to a wide range of insulating materials.
Cost-effective products can, therefore, be supplied to suit any working voltage, from a few volts up to tens of kilovolts.
For every application, the experienced Icore design team analyses the customer's requirements in detail, and offers a solution which not only matches these technically, but also offers minimal cost combined with ease of use.
All Icore custom connectors are manufactured in the company's modern UK plant.
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