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Plugs and Sockets
News Release from: Lemo UK
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 February 2003
Investment boosts connector capacity
Lemo has completed a significant production investment project, which has included machining, plating and moulding facilities to provide additional capacity for its range of push-pull connectors.
Lemo has completed a significant production investment project, which has included machining, plating and moulding facilities in order to provide additional capacity for its range of push-pull connectors The new installations include sophisticated multistation contact machining centres, which take the original bar stock and turn out completed precision female contacts
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 7 Mar 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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These centres accurately machine the outer shape, solder bucket and drain hole and central bore of the contact.
In addition they cut and form the tongue of the contact to extremely precise dimensions.
Such precision has long been a hallmark of the Lemo range, but the new technology provides even greater consistency of dimensions, resulting in even longer life for the contacts as well as almost zero defects.
Contact reliability is central to the performance of connectors in test and measurement applications, for which Lemo connectors are extensively employed.
Other features of the Lemo range include: a push-pull latching system for ease of mating, but safety of operation; a metal shell and 360-degree shielding to give maximum EMC protection; size and construction that provide opportunities for space saving; a modular construction that provides the right solution for any application; a range of contact configurations including coaxial, triaxial, multipole, HT and hybrids; high-performance fibre-optic multiway and hybrid connectors; and ruggedised and waterproof versions for demanding applications.
An example of one of the new developments is the new miniature ruggedised multiway connector.
The F series connector was originally developed to meet the demanding environment of the motor racing industry, and evolved from a market survey of the top F1 teams.
The new tiny FF connector is the smallest in this family of connectors, all of which provide real opportunities to significantly reduce space requirements of electronic enclosures.
The range has been subjected to the MIL gunfire test and the FF connector is probably the world's smallest ruggedised connector.
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