News and New Products

Connector has nonmagnetic appeal

By Bill Schweber -- EDN, 7/6/2005

Specialty applications often require special components, such as Amphenol’s modified version of its established Amphe-Lite series of connectors. The new version provides a nonmagnetic interconnect for applications such as MRI (magnetic-resonance imaging), in which magnetic materials distort the intense magnetic field and affect image quality, and SQUIDs (superconducting-quantum-interference devices). The connector housing comprises composite materials, and, when you mate them, they meet IP67 ratings.

The nonmagnetic contacts handle power, signal, and coaxial cabling, ranging from a single twinaxial contact to 128 contacts that accept crimped #22 AWG through #28 AW, in various combinations. A mated pair sells for $20 (Picture).

Amphenol Industrial Operations, www.amphenol.com.