TE Connectivity has announced its FORGE drawer modular power interconnect product line for designers of power systems and electrical hardware, including data communications applications. This tooling platform provides a wide variety of different configuration possibilities, providing engineers with more flexibility in design.
TE Connectivity Forge Drawer connectors. (Image courtesy of TE Connectivity).
With TE’s FORGE drawer line’s modular tooling platform, a single housing can have up to 10 modules with the flexibility to use one of five different contact types in each module. This flexibility enables customers to get a better fit for their application, without having to compromise by using housings that are not a match, and without the cost and lead times associated with tooling new housings when a new configuration is needed.
By using existing contacts as well as their associated application tooling, design engineers can use FORGE drawer connectors to reduce costs and slash product lead times. FORGE drawer connectors are modular power interconnects suitable for direct current (DC) power, alternating current (AC) power and signal. The interconnects are offered in 2 x 2 through 2 x 5 configurations, and also in a 1 x 5 configuration. Each position can accommodate a different contact. Five different contact solutions are offered, ranging from size 22 (signal/3A) up to size 0 (200A). High-voltage offerings are possible, as are configurations that can support more than 1000 A.
