Aerospace connector performs from −65°C to 440°C

To meet the increasingly stringent temperature range and leak rates required for the most highly demanding aerospace applications, the Hermetic Seal brand HTX connector works at temperatures ranging from  −65°C to 440°C, maintaining its hermetic integrity at a 1×10^-9 cc/sec of helium at 15 PSI leak rate and an insulation resistance value greater than 500 MΩ at 500 Vdc. (Current generation connectors used by the aerospace industry operate reliably only in the -65°C to 260°C range with a leak rate of 1×10^-7 .)

The connector uses a proprietary glass insulation material that enables full electrical functionality in the hermetic receptacle welded to a high-temperature instrument or device as well as the cable terminated plug with which it mates. It is available in shells and insert arrangements that meet the dimensional requirements of several MIL specifications.

Hermetic Seal/AMETEK Interconnect Technologies, www.ametekinterconnect.com