Modular and Custom Connectors Product Roundup  

This week’s Product Roundup highlights modular and custom connectors from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers.

Modular and Custom connectors

ITT Cannon VEAM MOVE-MOD modular connector series, available from PEI-Genesis, offers a range of evolutionary circular modular connectors with snap-in modules that enable a variety of contact layouts and the ability to deliver power, signal, and data.

The KN01 Series from JAE has an insert structure that can be customized to comply with various pin counts by configuring the different insulator blocks. This makes it ideal for use in a wide range of applications. KN01 is a large yet lightweight and high-density waterproof rectangular connector that is ideal for industrial equipment that requires resilience against environmental conditions, such as robotics, automated machinery, and machine tools. The rack and pinion system locking lever enables mating and unmating with minimum effort. The KN01 Series can be used as an I/O connector for a wide range of general devices over various markets requiring multi-contact wiring.

At Nicomatic, “modular” and “custom” aren’t just features, they define the company’s global offering. From high-performance connectors to fully integrated systems, Nicomatic delivers tailored solutions that empower innovation across the most demanding high-tech industries. Nicomatic’s expertise and experience delivers support for your projects at every stage. Beyond products, Nicomatic offers value-added services such as laboratory testing, EN9100-certified processes, and leadership development programs like Liberating Leadership. Nicomatic’s product lines are just as flexible, with over 20 million configuration options on the CMM series alone, and millions more across its DMM and full connector range.

The L Series high density, modular, rack & panel connector from Smiths Interconnect comes with frames in various lengths to accommodate a variety of module combinations. The frames range from a basic frame with just two side rails and two end caps, to more complex versions with jackscrews, backshells, cable clamps, etc. The L Series includes coax and high current contacts up to 200 A and is used in high demanding applications where the environment requires durability, ruggedization, and extended operating life. Utilizing Hypertac hyperboloid contact technology the interconnects offer high mating cycles (up to 100,000) combined with low insertion and extraction mating forces, as well as unsurpassable immunity to shock and vibration. This modular building block system enables custom connectors with large numbers of contacts to be configured into a single frame. Therefore, the user can select and customize the connector to meet the exact requirements with off-the-shelf components and shortened lead times.

The Industrial Battery Connector (IBC) from Anderson Power features a patent-pending modular design with an innovative contact cartridge, enabling easy assembly and quick, tool-less contact repair or replacement. Engineered for industrial applications up to 450A, the IBC can also be customized with an industry-first IP68-rated accessory kit that delivers exceptional moisture and debris resistance, an ergonomic latching handle for strain-free disconnections, and a patent-pending negative temperature coefficient (NTC) sensor to help prevent overheating. The IBC supports up to 10 signal wires for excellent battery monitoring capabilities and meets DIN VDE 0623-589 and EN1175-2020 standards.

Amphenol LTW delivers rugged modular connectors you can tailor from the ground up. Start with basic customization of cable length, jacket color, labeling, contact count, and plating (Ni/Au/Sn). Scale to full customization with all-new connectors, housings, keying, pinouts, hybrid power+data layouts, overmold geometry, and sealing stacks built to your spec. Choose unshielded or shielded, multiple cable types (PVC, PUR, TPE, LSZH), and non-ALTW end terminations for easy integration. Options include IP69K sealing, 3,000-hour salt-spray resistance, 20G vibration resistance, and bayonet, quarter-turn, push-pull, or threaded coupling — even enclosures with built-in connectors. Deliverables span panel receptacles, overmolded cable assemblies with optimized strain relief, and field-termination kits. From quick tweaks to clean-sheet builds, ALTW shortens integration and protects performance.

Adam Tech’s MTJ Series is a complete line of PCB modular jacks that are UL and CSA approved and meet all required FCC rules and regulations. Adam Tech offers a multitude of sizes (4P2C thru 10P10C) and styles including single, ganged, and stacked versions with options of ferrite or magnetic filtering and metal shielding. Jacks with integral LEDs and combination hybrids such as MTJ/USB jacks are also available. These jacks are available in thru-hole or SMT mounting. This product line is composed of single, dual, and quad port configurations.  Adam Tech’s integrated magnetics (transformers) are designed to support 10/100, 100, 1G, 2.5G, 10G, 25G, and 40G Base-T applications such as hubs, routers, ADSL modems, and ATM transmission equipment. The integrated magnetics allows the design engineer to save PC board real estate and lower the total part count per system. This series meets all applicable specifications for CAT 5, 5e, 6, 6a (according to TIA/EIA 568-C-2), and 8, supporting speeds of up to 40 GBs in performance. These jacks support all Gigabyte and Ethernet protocols. Versions include PoE (Power over Ethernet), metal shielding for EMI protection with ground peg location options, ground fingers, and LEDs for link/activity indication and network speed verification. Adam Tech’s magnetics configurations and schematics are highly customizable and interchangeable due to our in-house winding design and production. In general, Adam Tech’s modular jacks series is highly customizable with high flexibility in tooling new designs or making modifications for a specific style to accommodate applicational requirements.

CABLINE series connectors from I-PEX deliver high-speed performance in a low-profile form factor, with optional mechanical locking and 360° EMI shielding. They support a range of micro-coaxial, twinaxial, and discrete cable gauges, along with multiple outer jacket types, enabling optimized flexibility, routing, and signal integrity for both high speed differential data signals and low speed control signals in portable consumer electronics like smart phones, tablet PCs, notebook PCs, and AR/VR glasses. These harness solutions provide high design flexibility with a choice of multiple cable sizes and easier routing with higher cable flexibility. With flat or bundle type outer jacketing made from acetate or fluorine, UL compliance, and UV glue, these harnesses can be used in high temperature applications with challenging bending and twisting requirements.

COAX Connectors’ highly experienced team based in Twickenham, UK, specializes in microwave/RF coaxial connectors and cable assemblies. Our engineers have all the skills and equipment to design products to your specifications and rapidly turn these designs into products that meet your exact requirements. Connectors can be supplied in small or large volumes on their own or as a par t of a fully terminated cable assemblies which can be supplied fitted with various accessories such as strain relief, cable glands, marker sleeves, and waterproofing seals to meet the most stringent of installation or environmental requirements.

Heilind introduced the 70A 1500V Crimp Module. This latest expansion of Han Modular delivers reliable high-voltage performance with longer creepage/clearance, 70A and 1500V ratings, crimp termination, and UL 94 V-0 flammability. Built for safety and durability, it suits energy storage systems and power conversion systems.

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