Electronic connectors are crucial devices that link electronic circuits, playing a key role in assembling, installing, and powering electrical devices. They are integral to various electronic equipment, including industrial machinery, consumer electronics, communication systems, and home and commercial appliances.
Regular connectors are mostly used for general applications in benign, controlled, or indoor environments. As their usage areas don’t expose them to many environmental factors, these typically are not designed to prevent the ingress of dust, moisture, etc. With limited resistance to environmental stress, vibration, and temperature, these may degrade over time in harsh conditions but would be completely safe in general-purpose applications. Made with standard plastics and metals, they focus mostly on cost efficiency and ease of use.
In cases of more challenging conditions, the connector requirements must meet strict performance and environmental standards to withstand complications and protect the electronic system’s integrity.
Hermetically sealed connectors provide the high level of protection required by such environments and applications as aerospace, medical devices, military systems, oil and gas, and harsh industrial environments.
Unlike plastic, hermetic products protect against various environmental conditions, including changes in atmospheric pressure, humidity/moisture, soil/grime, and other natural hazards that would otherwise disrupt electrical connections or damage delicate electronics within a hermetic product. Hermetics are constructed from materials that offer continuity of use over a long time so you can rest assured that your electronics are secure and safe.
Martec, an Amphenol company, manufactures and improves an extensive range of hermetically sealed connector solutions.
Martec’s hermetic products provide safety and efficiency in a variety of applications:
- Hermetic interconnect solutions for sensors are miniature threaded, hermetically sealed connectors that exceed mechanical and environmental application demands.
- Their MIL-Spec hermetic connectors provide high performance in the harshest environments, protecting the system’s integrity for critical applications. The ever-evolving connectors have improved interfacial seal design, resisting moisture and withstanding temperatures up to 200°C.
- High-pressure hermetics with up to 60,000 PSI endurance capacity can be used both underwater or on the surface where connectors are frequently exposed to water. High-temperature hermetics have an incredibly effective fire barrier at around 900°C – 1000°C. In cases where electrical performance has to be maintained for longer periods in high temperatures, these connectors can withstand up to 450°C.
- High-integrity data hermetic interconnect solutions minimize signal attenuation, allowing a broader physical network while lowering signal levels for rather sensitive equipment.
- Considering harsh environmental conditions, hermetic packaging becomes essential in protecting electronics against harmful factors such as pressure changes, moisture, and temperature. Martec utilizes glass as insulation material to ensure the electrical systems are not disrupted.
- Martec’s hermetic cryogenic connectors and feed-throughs are highly efficient in quantum computing, medicine, science, and space and aerospace fields as they can endure extremely low temperatures.
A company of Amphenol Corporation, Martec is a center of excellence for design. With innovation in mind, Martec surpasses expectations when it comes to hermetically sealed solutions that offer performance, quality, and reliability where they are needed the most. They stand proud and sure of their quality since Martec’s first customer from 1987 is still a customer today.