Terminal Blocks optimize printed circuit board connections.

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Euro-style Elettro GiBi terminal blocks make mechanical and electrical connection without damaging conductors. Screws are captive, are supplied unscrewed for faster and easier termination, and prevent transmission of screw torque to soldered pins. Blocks are available in single and pluggable versions; with rising cage clamp, spring, and screw connection wire terminations; and with pitch spacings of 3.81, 5.0, 5.08, 7.5, 7.62, 10.0, and 10.16 mm.



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New, High Quality, Rugged, Euro-Style Terminal Blocks Opimize Printed Circuit Board Connections


Bolingbrook, Ill. - ITW Pancon has announced that it is marketing a new line of extremely high quality, rugged Euro-style "Elettro GiBi" terminal blocks especially designed to reliably connect a wide variety of circuits to printed circuit boards.

ITW Pancon's new board-level Elettro GiBi terminal blocks feature guaranteed optimum mechanical and electrical connection without damage to conductors. These interconnect solutions may be wired and rewired several times without compromising the design. Screws are captive and are supplied unscrewed for faster and easier termination. In addition, the design prevents transmission of screw torque to the soldered pins.

The line features both single and pluggable versions. Pitch spacings are available in 3.81, 5.0, 5.08, 7.5, 7.62, 10.0, and 10.16 mm. The designs conform to industry standard dimensions, pitches, and PCB hole sizes. The new units are made of polyamide 6.6 in self-extinguishing UL94VO rated material.

ITW Pancon's Elettro GiBi products are offered in rising cage clamp, spring, and screw connection wire terminations. Other configurations include multi-level, angled wire entry, and low- and high-profile versions. For more information about the product line, contact ITW Pancon customer service or visit the Elettro GiBi web site at www.elettrogibi.com.

For a product data sheet, sample, and detailed specifications on ITW Pancon's new Elettro GiBi terminal blocks, contact Alan G. Steiner, Sales and Marketing Mgr., ITW Pancon, 309 E. Crossroads Parkway, Bolingbrook, IL 60440; telephone (voice) 888.515.2100; (fax) 630.972.8900; and URL: www.itwpancon.com.

ITW Pancon markets the interconnect solutions of ITW Elettro GiBi, a Milan, Italy, based ITW subsidiary specializing in the design and manufacture of connector components for the worldwide market.

With manufacturing facilities located in a new facility in Bolingbrook, Ill., and Bad Homburg, Germany, ITW Pancon, a division of Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) produces a broad line of two-piece insulation displacement connectors, DIN connectors, flat ribbon cable, and a complete line of application tooling and accessories. Formerly the Panduit Electronic Connector Division, ITW Pancon was acquired by ITW in 1997. For more information, visit www.itwpancon.com. ITW Pancon has a worldwide network of distributors.

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