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News Release from: ODU UK | Subject: Springtac
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 23 May 2003
Single contacts for wide-ranging
applications
Components withstand autoclaving in medical and laboratory 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 laboratory and 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 Laboratorytalk on 27 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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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.
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