According to TE Connectivity, contactless connectivity is “a hybrid interconnection system, based on both contact-less power and contact-less data technology, which can easily connect over a short distance without physical contact.”
Knowing this helps us better understand their exciting new ARISO Contactless Connectivity technology, which allows for fully connectivity where traditional connections are otherwise not possible.
ARISO Contactless Connectivity allows for tremendous design flexibility, reduces maintenance, and cuts down on standard installation efforts. It also allows today’s engineers the option of replacing complex, expensive harness constructions / slip rings and in doing so, provides them the ability to create stable connections where traditional connectivity is limited due to things like space restrictions, vibrations, dust, and dirt.
Among the features TE Connectivity highlights about this technology:
• Unlimited mating cycles in wet and dusty environments for reduced maintenance costs
• Power input reverse-polarity protection
• Power output short-circuit protection/data output short-circuit protection
• Data input/output reverse-polarity protection
• Over-temperature protection
• Foreign object protection
• Dynamic pairing
• In operating range/status, OK indication (12 position versions)
• Freedom of movement that includes tilt, angle, or misalignment
• Rotational freedom that enables faster rotation, around more than 360°
• Easy, on-the-fly connections, such as connecting remote IOs or sensors on moving machine parts
• Vibration resistance that enables safe and reliable connections in harsher environments
• Design flexibility and cost savings by transfer of power and signals through fluids and walls
In terms of applications, the ARISO Contactless Connectivity can be used with rotary tables and material handling, robotics and tool changing, in instances where traditional connectivity is limited, where slip rings or spring cables have reached their limit, and in new applications such as through walls and other materials.
To learn more about this exciting new technology, or to purchase the ARISO Contactless Connectivity, visit the TE Connectivity page on the Digi-Key website.
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