Hypertac hyperboloid contacts are available as loose or spare parts
Electronic components, subsystems, microwave, optical and radio frequency specialist, Smiths Interconnect has added Hypertac hyperboloid contacts to its Hyper Series catalogue, making them available as off-the-shelf loose or spare parts.
Hypertac hyperboloid contacts provide a stable and durable connection in applications in challenging conditions where reliability and safety are critical.
The Hyper Series catalogue offers 53 hyperboloid contacts in 14 different pin dimensions, from 0.4mm diameter for signal contacts to 6.12mm for high currents. There are also different termination types (crimp, solder cup, straight, open both ends and closed end) and platings options.
According to Giuseppe Lancella, commercial director of the connectors business unit at Smiths Interconnect: “The catalogue includes some representative types of sockets and pins that we design, test and produce as part of our core business and that have the appropriate characteristics to be sold as loose parts to support our customers’ developments”.
The topology of the original Hypertac contact technology uses a set of contact wires aligned hyperbolically to the axis of the inserted pins, forming a sleeve around the contact and providing a large, 360 degree contact surface. Hyperboloid contacts are extremely resilient under rough environmental conditions and combine low insertion and extraction force to provide a high number of mating cycles, reported Smiths Interconnect.
The contact itself is enclosed in a housing that can be PCB-mounted, D-shape, rectangular, rack-and-panel, circular, or customer-defined. Smiths Interconnect has experience in designing and manufacturing all the connector parts, from the insulator to metallic frames, grommets and any kind of docking system and cable clamp.
The Hypertac Hyperboloid contact is characterised by “exceptional resistance” to shock, vibration and fretting, low insertion and extraction forces, long contact life, uniform electrical and mechanical characteristics over a high number of mating operations (up to 100,000) and a high current rating.
The Hyper Series contacts are tested to ensure a low cost of ownership because they do not need replacement during the life of the equipment and reduced system costs and reduced qualification costs because there is no re-testing due to contact failures. In addition, in high density interconnect systems, when using a large number of contacts, the design does not require additional hardware to overcome mating and un-mating forces, said Smiths Interconnect.
Smiths Interconnect provides technically differentiated electronic components, subsystems, microwave, optical and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical applications in the commercial aviation, defence, space, medical, rail, semiconductor test, and industrial market segments.
Smiths Interconnect is part of Smiths Group.
