A P Products GREAT JUMPERS - Manual (Page 3)

A P Products
Technical Information: Molded-On Concept
Integral Molding
Flat ribbon cable conductors are
IDC mass terminated to
preformed contacts and the entire
terminated cable end is enclosed
in a mold configured as a
connector. Hot, molten polyester
thermoplastic is then injected into
the connector mold under intense
pressure. The pressurized molten
plastic penetrates and fills all mold
cavity space while simultaneously
engulfing the shouldered portion
of the contacts, the cable cut off
end, and the insulated lead-in
portion of the cable itself. The PVC
insulation is thermally fused to the
polyester plastic of the connector
body.
The finished part, now an integral,
single-end assembly, cools and is
ejected from the mold. For double-
ended assemblies, the opposite
cable end also is IDC mass
terminated to contacts and
molded into a connector body.
One-piece daisy chain assemblies
are produced by using through-
cable molds that permit any
connector body style to be molded
around IDC mass terminated
contacts anywhere on the cable. Molded-On is the term we at A P
Products use to describe the
integration of cable and contact
into one-piece, inseparable cable
assemblies by means of injection
molding. The process, itself, is
unique in the industry, and so are
the resulting functional and
economic advantages in
interconnection systems.
The most obvious advantage of
"molded-on" cable assemblies is
that they are one piece and
therefore inseparable. There are
no individual components to come
apart, lose, stock, assemble, test
or scrap. They are factory tested
and ready to install when shipped.
Special configuration, one-piece
assemblies incorporating any
number of connectors, with the
same or different body styles and
Great Jumper