Product category: Terminals and Power
News Release from: ODU UK | Subject: Springtac
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 27 May 2003
Contacts withstand autoclaving
in medical kit
ODU manufactures a range of single contacts for applications requiring very secure contact coupled with low insertion force and a high number of mating cycles
ODU manufactures a range of single contacts for applications requiring very secure contact coupled with low insertion force and a high number of mating cycles - features particularly needed for connection tasks in medical equipment. A typical use sees the Springtac single contact used with dental equipment where it must be possible to disinfect, autoclave or exchange treatment instruments.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Socket speeds automotive upgrades
Compact springwire 'flat socket' connector can be plugged on 0.64mm square pins, which are frequently found in automotive electronics
Connector offers 100Mbit transmissions
The Mini-Snap range offers over 300 catalogue inserts and the company can also design and manufacture bespoke components based on the standard design principle
In addition this type of contact has many other medical equipment applications such as power supply connection to portable respiratory equipment and ECG unit-to-patient leads.
Three designs are available.
The Springtac, as used on the dental equipment, provides the highest number of contact points, having spring wires inside to independently contact the mating pin surface.
The lamella, or louvered, variant has radial contact points on stamped contact bands and can be manufactured cost effectively.
Slotted sockets have one slot and are the simplest and generally suitable for lower mating cycles.
The mating contact pins can be solid or spring-wire depending on the socket design.
All three types of single contacts can be used without housings or insulators but can also be integrated in to panels, connectors and modules where power and signal are required.
They are capable of handling very high voltages and in some instances up to one million mating cycles.
Apart from medical use they also have applications in power supplies, testing and monitoring equipment, lighting, aeronautics and, in heavier duty situations, robotic docking systems, and other industrial equipment.
• ODU UK: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Electronicstalk email newsletter
• Electronicstalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
