When designing industrial equipment, the operating temperature of the product is often at the top of the list for design engineers. This makes sense - after all, you don't want to keep replacing failed equipment. However, while engineers give a lot of thought to heat in the equipment itself, the performance of the connectors and cables that join different devices is often overlooked. Here, Craig Burgess, Product Manager at PEI-Genesis, explains how to choose an extreme temperature connector. For the average member of the public, choosing a connector is often as simple as deciding between a one- or two-metre USB cable, and we still get very annoyed when the connection starts to become unreliable.
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