New Industry Products

Amphenol Presents Amphe-Base Connector Series

March 27, 2002 by Jeff Shepard

Amphenol Industrial Operations, a division of Amphenol Corp. (Sidney, NY), announced the introduction of its Amphe-Base connector series, which provides power to bus bars and backplane assemblies. The connectors, available in either two- or three-position patterns, have a 50A current capability per position with 8-AWG (American Wire Gauge) wire and 100A capacity with 4-AWG wire.

The new Amphe-Base Series offers easy one-handed mating. The connectors feature molded-in contact retention and no special tools or external clips are needed for socket contact installation. The connectors are made of injection-molded UL94 V-0 rated polycarbonate, providing strength while maintaining cost-effective manufacturing.

Pricing for a typical three-position, rectangular, molded connector with three 6mm RADSOK sockets is $12.86 in quantities of 500 pieces. Delivery is six weeks ARO.