ARINC 600 Press Fit Contact Series Expands With New Sizes

TE Connectivity (TE) extended its ARINC 600 portfolio. In addition to the size 22 press fit contacts, the company now offers size 20, 16 and 12 power contacts as well as press fit quadrax contacts. The addition of these new sizes makes TE among the first in the industry to offer a complete press fit solution for ARINC 600 receptacle connectors. The new contacts complement the company’s Next Generation ARINC 600 receptacle connector, which combines stamped and formed contacts with a one-piece insert, positions it to help reduce cost, size, and weight of connectors for a variety of applications including in-flight entertainment systems, air-to-ground communications, collision avoidance, and many other avionics systems.