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News Release from: Molex UK | Subject: MX64 multipocket headers
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 20 December 2004
Multipocket headers meet automotive OEM
demands
The new MX64 multipocket unsealed headers from Molex offer increased design flexibility to automotive and commercial control module manufacturers.
The new MX64 multipocket unsealed headers from Molex offer increased design flexibility to automotive and commercial control module manufacturers The first to-market products are both two- and three-pocket unsealed headers
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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These headers meet USCAR approved footprints and testing requirements for 0.64mm square blade systems, ensuring they are in compliance with OEM (original equipment manufacturer) directives.
Currently, the MX64 multipocket unsealed headers are approved for use by major us automotive OEMs.
Available in vertical and right angle configurations, the MX64 multipocket unsealed headers enable easy PCB configuration.
They offer three polarisation options for individual pockets to prevent mismating.
These individual pockets provide flexibility in circuit count with their interchangeability to match any of the USCAR circuit sizes (8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20) for 0.64mm square signal blade terminals.
The MX64 multipocket unsealed headers also offer three hybrid pocket options for higher current rating requirements.
These hybrid options use 1.50 or 2.80mm blades, allowing for power (up to 25A) and signal blades to be in the same header.
"Automotive and commercial control module manufacturers are looking for a product that provides them both tooling and assembly flexibility", said Scott Reynolds, Product Manager, Automotive Division, Molex.
"By developing the MX64 multipocket headers, Molex delivers the first product to market that addresses these challenges, while still offering a low-cost solution".
The MX64 multipocket headers also feature high temperature resin housings, which allow multiple soldering processes, as well as environmentally friendly, lead-free and post-plated terminals with no bare edges.
They are also fitted with external flanges which provide added strain relief for the PC solder joints, and PC board locks that eliminate the need of screws to hold the header to the PCB during soldering.
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