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Introduction
Your Complete IDC Connector Source
ADVANCED DESIGN & QUALITY
• Contact design pierces the cable insulation,
providing a reliable gas-tight termination, with
positive electrical characteristics
• Contacts accommodate solid or stranded wire
• Single beam contact face makes early contact with
mating pin to give maximum contact wipe
• Industry-standard P.C.B. footprints provide easy
circuit routing and efficient use of board real estate
• Popular header variations, such as press-fit, straight
(vertical) and right-angle (horizontal) through-hole, for
a variety of board thicknesses
• Headers in 4-wall configurations for pin protection
A FULL RANGE OF FEATURES
AND ACCESSORIES
• Lock & ejects that can accommodate sockets
with or without strain relief mechanisms, to avoid
stressing cable terminations
• Feed-through or closed-end sockets accommodate
daisy chain or cable-end applications
• Ridged covers and marked #1 contact positions that
provide accurate cable to contact alignment
• S.M.T. header styles molded in high thermal resistant
material
• IDC connectors are available in packaging designed
for automated cable or P.C.B. assembly
IDC HARNESSES
Elco provides custom harness design and manufacturing
expertise across a broad range of applications including
telecommunications, computing, industrial processing and
automotive.
Elco works closely with major manufacturers not just as a
supplier of IDC connectors and cable assemblies but as a
partner with its own design team working with the customer
to solve interconnect problems.
Harness design and manufacture is a strategic growth area
for Elco.
CABLE HARNESSING ASSEMBLY
SERVICE
The Company now has the in-house capability to produce
IDC cable assemblies for the high volume personal comput-
er and telecommunications market and the market for
process instrumentation. Other examples of harnesses are
built around the advanced range of VARICON™ connector
systems using crimp and solder discrete wiring techniques.
Design of connectors and harnesses are drafted in house
using the latest range of CAD equipment.
The Company’s quality management system is approved by
QS 9000, ensuring optimum reliability.
The Customer profile for cable harnesses substantiates
Elco’s reputation for total commitment to quality, service
and value. The Company’s team of interconnection
specialists provide Customers with the optimum, most
cost-effective interconnection solution.