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High-Flex Versus High-Flex-Life Cable

September 2013 – Once you’ve established that high-flex-life cable is appropriate for your application, you face the dilemma of choosing a supplier. Is high-flex-life cable a commodity, or does it really matter which supplier you choose?

Heavy Industry Drives the Industrial Market

September 2013 – Year-over-year heavy duty transportation market sales growth slowed substantially starting in 4Q11 and has been negative in 1Q13 and 2Q13, while sequentially, 2Q13 sales increased 3.8% vs 1Q13.

Choosing the Right Cutting and Stripping Machine is All About the Apps

September 2013 – Choosing a new wire cutting and stripping machine can be like shopping for a new car: With so many choices, where does one start? A nice little sports car might be fun to own, but how often will it just sit in the driveway because it can’t carry a load of kids or some odd-sized goods from the home improvement store? Schleuniger’s Pete Doyton walks us through the steps to follow when choosing a new C&S machine.

Heilind Now Stocks TE’s ITB Card-Edge Connector

Heilind Now Stocks TE’s ITB Card-Edge Connector Heilind Electronics now stocks TE Connectivity’s inverted thru-board (ITB) card-edge connector, which provides a direct power connection between driver boards and the underside of LED array boards. This surface-mounted connector was developed for LED lighting applications and other devices to provide a cableless, space-saving power connection between aRead More

Molex Showcases High-Speed Solutions at ECOC 2013

Molex Showcases High-Speed Solutions at ECOC 2013 Molex will demonstrate a complete end-to-end 100G link operating at 25.78 Gb/s per lane during this year’s European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC), which will be held at ICC London ExCel, September 22-26. The demonstration will showcase Molex PSM4 (Parallel Single Mode Quad 4) Active OpticalRead More

TE CLOUDSPLITTER System

TE CLOUDSPLITTER System TE Connectivity (TE) has developed the CLOUDSPLITTER connector system, a single-cable solution for powered devices that delivers Cat5e performance and up to 250 watts of power over a single cable. The eight-position RJ45 jack is surface-mountable and includes integrated LED indicator lights. The jack accepts CLOUDSPLITTER or standard RJ45 shielded plugs andRead More

HDMI Forum Releases Version 2.0 of the HDMI Specification

HDMI Forum Releases Version 2.0 of the HDMI Specification HDMI Forum announced the release of Version 2.0 of the HDMI specification. This latest HDMI specification, the first to be developed by the HDMI Forum, offers a significant increase in bandwidth (up to 18Gb/s) to support new features such as 4K@50/60 (2160p), which is four timesRead More

Pasternack’s Armored RF Coaxial Test Cables

New Line for Pasternack’s Armored RF Coaxial Test Cables Pasternack Enterprises introduced an all-new line of flexible, armored SMA and Type-N test cables, designed to handle harsh industrial environments common in production test systems and antenna ranges. Pasternack’s armored test cables utilize stainless steel connector construction, with the SMA designed to operate to 20 GHzRead More

Top 10 Connector Manufacturers: The Rest of the Story

When we identify the top 10 connector companies, we generally refer to the 10 largest in annual sales. These companies definitely stand out, due to their global presence, broad product offering, and technical capabilities. Certainly, they are very capable enterprises and have a significant impact on the competitive landscape of the connector industry. The followingRead More

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