A P Products GREAT JUMPERS - Manual (Page 4)

A P Products
A P Products GmbH
Postfach 1158
D-71089 Weil im Schönbuch
Deutschland
Tel.: +49-7157-62424
Fax: +49-7157-63340
Web: www.ap-products.de
E-mail: [email protected] A P Products Ltd.
80 Cromwell Road
Saffron Walden, CB11 4BE
Great Britain
Tel.: +44-1799-526602
Fax: +44-1799-521408
Web: www.ap-products.co.uk
E-mail: [email protected] A P Products S.r.l.
Viale Abruzzi, 87
I-20131 Milano
Italia
Tel.: +39-02-29404697
Fax: +39-02-29523280
Web: www.ap-products.com
E-mail: [email protected]
sizes, are easily produced to
customer specifications with our
unique „molded-on“ process.
Structural and Electrical
A polyester thermoplastic was
selected for the connector body
material because of inherent
mechanical strength, dielectric
strength, flame retardants and
moldability properties.
The advantages for one-piece
cable assemblies (listed in the
picture) are numerous and
distinctive. These benefits derive
exclusively from the „molded-on“
concept, and are unachievable
with other manufacturers’ cable
assemblies consisting of many
separate plastic and metal parts
that rely on mechanical means of
attachment to the cable.
Unlike multi-piece mechanical
assemblies, A P Products’ one-
piece cable assemblies have no
air space between adjacent IDC
contacts. The contacts and cable
are embedded in a solid block of
plastic, providing significantly
improved insulation resistance
and higher breakdown voltage.
Because the body plastic encases
the shouldered portion of the
contact shank as well as the cable,
it functions as a unifying medium
that anchors both against relative
motion. This important advantage
is markedly absent in assembled
connectors where the contacts are
only loosely retained by
mechanical means.
Another unique advantage of
„molded-on“ cable assemblies is
that they need no added-on strain
relief as do mechanically joined
assemblies. Thermal fusing of the
cable to the connector plastic
creates the ultimate strain relief
that is unachievable by simply
clamping. The „molded-on“ strain
relief also permits a low profile
since bulky wrap-around covers
are unnecessary.
The constant overriding
consideration in the design of
each style of A P Products'
"molded-on" connector is that the
engineering design adheres to
accepted industry-standard
interconnection techniques for
plug/unplug and solder-in
applications. The resulting
engineered one-piece assemblies
interface with all industry-standard
interconnections with ease and
precision and may be used as
direct replacements for
mechanically joined connector/
cable assemblies.
The physical configuration of each
connector style is dimensioned to
mate precisely at every critical
OEM interconnection system
interface; electrical contacts; PC
board contact and mounting hole
patterns; polarity keys, slots and
tabs; lock/eject latches and where
necessary, external envelope
clearance dimensions. However,
in noncritical areas, such as those
portions of the connector bodies
that do not interface with OEM
system devices, space-saving low
These features are made possible
primarily because the molding
process permits elimination of
unreliable mechanical covers and
separate bulky strain reliefs.
All connectors are recognized
under the Component Program of
U.L., Inc. (File number and yellow
card available.)
profiles and generally more
compact housing are
characteristic of A P Products'
connector designs.
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