Compression Lug has field-installable design.
Press Release Summary:
Plastic SurLok features 2 locking mechanisms that ensure secure connection to maintain voltage and amperage levels. Head of pin locks into place once mated to socket and snaps into inside of plastic cap. Industry standard color codes are used to specify required wire size. Featuring RADSOK® contact technology, products come in 4 sizes with 3.3-10.3 mm contact rated from 70 A with 8 AWG to 350 A with 2/0 AWG respectively. Each has tapped tail termination.
Original Press Release:
Amphenol Industrial Introduces High Reliability Compression Lug
Sidney, NY, October 2005 -- Amphenol Industrial Operations, a manufacturer of high reliability connectors and interconnection systems for the industrial markets, has introduced a new field-installable compression lug that offers higher ampacity, lower insertion force, higher cycle durability, and increased reliability. The Plastic SurLok compression lug is ideal for medical, process control, heavy equipment, and railroad applications or any other application using high current cables that are frequently plugged and unplugged.
The Plastic SurLok features two locking mechanisms that ensure a secure connection to maintain voltage and amperage levels. The head of the pin locks into place once mated to the socket. In addition, the head snaps into the inside of the plastic cap for an even more secure connection.
The new compression lug utilizes industry standard color codes to specify the wire size needed. Any industry standard U-indent/clamshell or four-indenter crimp tool can be used to perform the crimp termination on the wire, eliminating the need to purchase a special crimp tool. Plastic SurLok is RoHS-compliant.
Plastic SurLok features Amphenol's patented RADSOK® contact technology to increase ampacity. With millions of parts in the field, the RADSOK electrical connection has proven to be extremely reliable, with almost no reported connection failures in Amphenol RADSOK-designed applications. RADSOK utilizes the tensile strength properties of the flat, high conductivity alloy grid for the high normal forces required for conductivity, while providing a large conductive surface area. This results in a correspondingly low voltage drop and low temperature rise while maintaining low insertion forces.
Plastic SurLok is available in four sizes. The 3.3 mm contact (70 amps with 8 AWG) features a threaded tail termination. The 5.7 mm contact (95 amps with 6 AWG), the 8.0 mm contact (170 amps with 6 AWG), and 10.3 mm contact (350 amps with 2/0 AWG) feature tapped tail terminations.
Pricing for 10.3 mm pin and socket starts at $6.75 per mated pair in quantities of 1,000. Delivery is twelve weeks ARO.
For more information, please contact Chris France, Business Manager - New Products, Amphenol Industrial Operations, Amphenol Corporation, 40-60 Delaware Ave, Sidney, NY 13838. Tel: 607/563-5366; Fax: 607/563-5157; E-mail: cfrance@amphenol-aio.com;
Web: www.amphenol-industrial.com.
Amphenol Industrial Operations, headquartered in a 675,000 square foot facility in Sidney, NY, provides a full range of high reliability connectors and interconnection systems specifically for the industrial markets including base stations, rail/mass transit, process control, automotive manufacturing, heavy equipment, and petrochemical/power generation. Products include ruggedized-for-industry cylindrical, fiber optic, rectangular, and industrialized versions of Amphenol's MIL-C-5015 cylindrical, MIL-C-26482 miniature cylindrical and GT reverse bayonet cylindrical connectors. It employs more than 1,400 people and is both ISO9001 and MIL-STD-790 certified. Amphenol Industrial Operations is a division of Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, CT, one of the largest manufacturers of interconnect products in the world, with year 2004 sales topping $1.5 billion.
