Maxnetic® Spring-Loaded Connectors
Mill-Max announces its first magnetic mating connectors. The Maxnetic® spring-loaded connectors are designed to make connecting components effortless, reliable, and durable. This series of magnetic connectors feature self-alignment, self-location, and zero force mating, in response to the growing field of applications requiring connections to be made quickly and easily.
Maxnetic® spring-loaded and mating target pins establish an electrical connection as the magnetic force pulls and holds the connectors together; no aligning or plugging is required to mate the connectors, and no hardware is needed to keep them mated.
Benefits
- The Maxnetic® product line is introduced with a connector pair consisting of a through-hole PCB mount spring-loaded connector (P/N: 878-22-00X-10-011101) and a shrouded target connector with solder-cup terminations (P/N: 879-20-00X-00-011000); the combination is ideal for cable to device applications. The connectors are single row, 2-6 positions, with a pin to pin spacing of 4 mm (.1575”). The spring-loaded connector has an above- board height of .378” (9.6 mm) and contains spring-loaded pins featuring .090” (2.3 mm) maximum stroke, a cycle life of up to 1,000,000 cycles, 20 milliohms contact resistance, *7.2 amp per pin current rating, and gold plating on all components.
Applications
These attributes make magnetic connectors attractive for use in medical environments with repeated mating and un-mating of cables into devices and with
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- Portable device docking/charging stations by enabling quick connections
- Blind mating
- Ability to break away for emergency release without damage to the components
- Surface-to-surface connections between circuit boards
- Mobile phones
- Radios
- Barcode readers
- Medical Instruments
- Test Instruments
- Cable to device
