Amphenol Industrial Enhances Connectors’ Standard Shell Plating to Better Resist Harsh Environments
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Amphenol Industrial Products Group has enhanced its standard shell plating from standard cadmium to gray zinc over electroless nickel (Gray ZnNi) to be used in the harshest environments. Initially designed for use in marine applications, this plating is now used in military and industrial applications or where RoHS-compliant plating is required.
Amphenol’s Gray ZnNi offers high corrosion resistance and no significant galvanic reaction when mated with leading standard market plating options. This light gun metal gray plating is cadmium-free.
“Standard cadmium plating can only sustain 96 hours of salt spray and is not RoHS-compliant. Electroless nickel and zinc cobalt can only reach 48 and 96 hours. But, our new Gray ZnNi is rated for 500 hours of salt spray and is RoHS-compliant,” said Mark Cunningham, general manager, Amphenol Industrial.
Compatible with market standard plating options, Gray ZnNi is non-magnetic so it can be used safely in magnetic environments in conjunction with a connector shell that is also non-magnetic. It has an operating temperature range of -65 degrees C to 200 degrees C.
Amphenol’s AC Threaded, PT, and GT product lines are currently available in Gray ZnNi plating through its distribution partners Mouser Electronics and PEI-Genesis.
About Amphenol Industrial
Amphenol Industrial Products Group, headquartered in a 675,000 square foot facility in Sidney, New York, provides a full range of high reliability power/signal connectors and interconnection systems specifically for the industrial markets including rail/mass transit, process control, automotive manufacturing, heavy equipment, wireless base stations, and petrochemical/power generation. Products include ruggedized-for-industry cylindrical, fiber optic, rectangular, and industrialized versions of Amphenol’s SAE AS50151 cylindrical, MIL-DTL-26482 miniature cylindrical and GT reverse bayonet cylindrical connectors. It employs more than 1,400 people and is ISO9001, TS96949 and MIL-STD-790 certified. Amphenol Industrial Products Group is a division of Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, Connecticut, one of the largest manufacturers of interconnect products in the world, with year 2014 sales topping $5.3 billion.
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