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January
2016.
Amphenol's Gray ZnNi Shell Plating on Connectors is ideal for harsh environment

Hi - This is the latest release from Amphenol Industrial Products who has enhanced its standard shell plating from standard cadmium to gray zinc over electroless nickel (Gray ZnNi) to make it ideal for use in the harshest environments.

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Amphenol Industrial Enhances Standard Shell Plating on Connectors
for Even Better Resistance to Harsh Environments

New gray zinc over electroless nickel ideal for marine, military and industrial applications

 Sidney, N.Y. January 2016 – Amphenol Industrial Products Group, a global leader in interconnect systems, has enhanced its standard shell plating from standard cadmium to gray zinc over electroless nickel (Gray ZnNi) to be used for use in the harshest environments. Initially designed for use in marine applications, this plating is now utilised in military and industrial applications or where RoHS-compliant plating is required.

 Amphenol’s upgraded, cadmium-free connector offers high corrosion resistance and no significant galvanic reaction when mated with leading standard market plating options.
 
Mark Cunningham, general manager, Amphenol Industrial said, “Standard cadmium plating can only sustain 96 hours of salt spray and is not RoHS-compliant. Electroless nickel and zinc cobalt can only reach 48 and 96 hours. Our new Gray ZnNi is rated for 500 hours of salt spray and is RoHS-compliant.”

Compatible with market standard plating options, Gray ZnNi is non-magnetic so it can be used safely in magnetic environments in conjunction with a connector shell that is also non-magnetic. It has an operating temperature range of -65°C to 200°C.

 Technical Specifications

·         RoHS-compliant

·         500 hour salt spray rating

·         Compatible with market standard plating options

·         Non-magnetic

·         Operating temperature range of -65°C to 200°C

 For more information, please visit http://www.amphenol-industrial.com or e-mail tech@amphenol-aio.com.

 

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Editor’s Note: Amphenol Industrial Products Group, headquartered in a 675,000 square foot facility in Sidney, N.Y., provides a full range of high reliability power/signal connectors and interconnection systems specifically for the industrial markets including rail/mass transit, process control, automotive manufacturing, heavy equipment, wireless base stations and petrochemical/power generation.

Products include ruggedised-for-industry cylindrical, fiber optic, rectangular, and industrialized versions of Amphenol’s SAE AS50151 cylindrical, MIL-DTL-26482 miniature cylindrical and GT reverse bayonet cylindrical connectors. It employs more than 1,400 people and is ISO9001, TS96949 and MIL-STD-790 certified.

Amphenol Industrial Products Group is a division of Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, CT, one of the largest manufacturers of interconnect products in the world, with year 2014 sales topping $5.3 billion.

 

European PR Contact: Jennie Tovey

TOVEY PR

21 School Lane, South Cerney, Cirencester, United Kingdom GL7 5TY

Tel : +44 (0)1285 869848

E-mail jennie@toveypr.co.uk

 

Reader Enquiries please to: Silvana Allegra

AMPHENOL INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS EUROPE

Via Barbaiana n.5, I-20020 Lainate (MI), Milano, Italy

Tel: +39 02 93254.204  Fax : +39 02 93254.444

E-mail: sallegra@amphenol-aio.com

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