PennEngineering® has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 9,113,567 for a unique three-piece heat sink mounting system designed to securely attach heat sinks to printed circuit boards while providing firm and constant contact to the chip component for optimized heat dissipation. The inventor of this dynamic mounting system is Robert F. Stotz, Jr. The patented mounting…
WAGO WINSTA® Pluggable Connectors Disconnect Under Load
Germantown, WI – WAGO Corporation’s 770 Series WINSTA® MIDI and 890 Series MINI Pluggable Connectors are UL Recognized 600V devices for disconnection under load. This enables WINSTA® MIDI and MINI to serve as a safe means of disconnection for hot swappable components (e.g., small motors, LED drivers, pumps, or actuators). Its touch-safe design protects against…
Cables To Go Celebrates 25 Years in Business
When Cables To Go was founded in 1984, the company was manufacturing printer cables and other computer connectivity cables for products that were the cutting-edge technology of the time. That was long before the advent of anything like HDTV, DVDs or fiber optics and was even a few years before the introduction of VGA ports…
Belden Opens Sales and Marketing Office in Shanghai
Broadview, IL – Belden Inc., the leading universal joint manufacturer in North America and Europe has opened a sales office in Shanghai. Belden specializes in custom universal joints and drive shaft assemblies. The Shanghai office will offer many benefits to the growing customers in the Asian mechanical power transmission market. The Shanghai office will establish…
SchmartSolder for Through-Hole Soldering
Fremont, CA ‚– SchmartBoard released a new product that makes it simple to hand solder through-hole components. SchmartSolder are loops of solder produced in just the right diameter to fit over the component leads. One places the solder over the lead and flush to the circuit board and simply touches the soldering iron to the…
Cory Thiel to Lead WAGO Interconnect Division
GERMANTOWN, WI — Cory Thiel has joined WAGO Corporation as Product Manager — Interconnect to oversee the growth of: Printed Circuit Board-mount terminal blocks and connectors, Multi Connection System (pluggable PCB connectors), 773 Series WALL-NUTS™, 222 Series LEVER-NUTS™ and the 770 Series WINSTA® plug-in connectors. Thiel brings substantial depth and a breadth of electromechanical experience…