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Condition Based Monitoring and Hermetics: How Douglas Enables IoT and Predictive Maintenance September 24, 2024

Predictive maintenance and condition-based monitoring (CBM) are essential strategies for ensuring equipment safety, reliability, and efficiency. These approaches use measurements and data to assess the condition of equipment, prevent failure, and downtime, and optimize operational costs. Traditionally, condition-based monitoring involved non-invasive measurements, scheduled tests, and visual inspections performed at pre-set intervals. However, the Industrial Internet […]

How Hermetically Sealed Aviation Connectors and Cables Enhance Aircraft Safety July 9, 2024

Aerospace testing equipment, operating in the challenging conditions of high altitudes, severe weather, varying atmospheric pressures, and rapid temperature changes, tests the reliability and integrity of electronic and electrical connections. This is where aircraft cables and connectors come into play. They are instrumental in maintaining the functionality and integrity of the aircraft’s electrical systems. However, […]

MIL-DTL-83723 Hermetic Connectors: Key to Reliable Aerospace and Defense Operations June 24, 2024

MIL-DTL-83723 or MI-C-83723 Series connectors are medium-sized circular components, widely used in the aerospace and defense industries. These connectors are hermetically sealed to prevent the ingress of gases, moisture, and other environmental contaminants. This hermetic sealing also increases their efficiency in challenging work environments. Hermetic-sealed MIL-DTL-83723 connectors are quite popular over other military standard connectors […]

How MIL-SPEC Connector Performance Enhances with Hermetic Sealing May 30, 2024

Performance and reliability of connectors are essential in military and aerospace industries, where they are subjected to extreme environmental factors, mechanical stress, vibrations, and electrical performance requirements. Often commercial and industrial connectors cannot withstand environmental and operational extremities in this sector. This is where MIL-Spec connectors can make a difference. MIL-Spec standards for connectors define […]

Why Hermetic Sealing is Crucial for Space Electronics April 24, 2024

Space electronics are designed to withstand extreme conditions. They are used in many critical applications, such as navigation, scientific data collection, communication, and operational controls. These electronic devices are expected to operate reliably and efficiently in challenging conditions, such as vacuum, drastic temperature fluctuations, and high levels of cosmic radiation. This condition necessitates specialized approaches […]

Hermetic vs. Environmental Connectors: Which is Right for Your Application? March 22, 2024

Connectors are used in electronic devices to establish connections between components and cables, ensuring smooth signal transmission. Although designed to ensure efficiency and performance of components, these connectors may need additional protection in challenging work environments. This is where environmental and hermetic connectors gain prominence. Both these types are designed to protect components against contaminants […]

How to Choose Between MIL-DTL-5015 and MIL-DTL-38999 Connectors February 14, 2024

MIL-DTL-5015 and MIL-DTL-38999 are United States Military Standards for circular connectors used in various military and aerospace applications. These connectors ensure that critical systems maintain operational integrity in extreme environments, thus highlighting their essential contribution to the safety and effectiveness of many military and aerospace operations. Although these connectors may look similar, they differ in […]

High Voltage Feedthrough Solutions: Design, Types, and Applications January 17, 2024

Douglas Electrical Components manufactures hermetic feedthroughs for high voltage wire, cable, terminal, and connector applications. Utilizing a proprietary hermetic epoxy material and process, Douglas can seal wires , cables and connectors to 30kV and stud terminals over 20kV in a variety of applications and industries. Transmitting high voltages can be its own challenge but […]

Hermetic BNC Connectors in Vacuum Environments December 16, 2023

The importance of secure and reliable connections cannot be understated in vacuum systems. Airtight sealing is one of the essential requirements of this industry, and it can be achieved using many components including hermetic BNC connectors. Although they may seem simple, these connectors have a lot more to offer. This post aims to demystify hermetic BNC […]

Avoid Leaks or Moisture Damage With Hermetically Sealed SMA connectors November 28, 2023

SMA Connectors, or Sub-Miniature Version A, connectors are popular type of coaxial RF connector used to transmit signal. Since the 1960’s, these connectors have been adopted in various applications from Test & Measurement equipment to commercial TV, cable, and antenna connections. Douglas Electrical Components manufactures hermetic SMA feedthroughs and connectors. Feedthroughs allow the mechanical mounting […]

Solving Obsolete Hermetic Connector Challenges July 19, 2023

Finding obsolete connectors can be a frustrating problem for anyone working in the electronics or manufacturing industry. These connectors are often vital components in a product, and without them, it can be difficult or even impossible to complete a project. Hermetic connectors are a more limited subset of the general connector market. Check to […]

Hermetic Push-Pull Connectors March 21, 2023

Hermetic push-pull connectors are specialized electrical connectors designed to create a high-quality, hermetic seal in vacuum and high-pressure environments with the convenience of simplified connector engagement. Douglas Electrical takes standard, non-hermetic commercially available push-pull connectors and converts them into hermetic connector assemblies. We integrate a variety of connections including wires, cables, pins, flex circuits, and more. […]

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