Distributors Grow Line Cards Even as Supply Chain turmoil Deepens
Distributors continue to add line cards to expand offerings even as they initiate inventory reduction actions to support suppliers as global demand weakens. As the electronics industry went through another one of its supply chain disruptions over the last two years, component distributors responded with critical supply chain management moves…
Adding value: the most important component
In today’s challenging market, Hitaltech’s MD, Andy Fitzer, emphasises the importance of partnering with a component supplier who’s willing to be far more than a supplier It’s hard to be a manufacturer right now. In terms of having the right components, in the right quantities, at the right time, many…
Compact SMD TVS Diodes Provide High-Reliability, 66% Increase in Surge Handling for Aerospace and Avionics Applications
Up-screen components deliver aircraft electrical protection against lightning strikes and other transient surges. Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFUS), an industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world, announced the new 5.0SMDJxxS-HRA TVS Diode Series. The high-reliability TVS diodes are designed, manufactured, and screened to provide robust overvoltage protection, with…
UK made cable assemblies with short lead times
Patch cables, pig tails, jumper cables, feed cables, fly leads, and whole host of other bespoke cable assemblies to suit your requirements can be manufactured in-house by COAX Connectors at their Twickenham premises. COAX can support low volume for your prototypes or full production quantities. All cables are fully tested, and…
Never Go Short – Shortage Mitigation Solutions
Shortage Mitigation This year has been such a roller coaster for us all and has left us in a continuous loop. Countless unexpected events happened just within a year, and all of them had made huge impacts on most industries. In the world of electronics, it became a great struggle…
Automating connector manufacturing
PEI-Genesis’ European operations manager, Mark Bailie, walks readers through the process of automated connector assembly at its Southampton facility A typical cylindrical connector assembly comprises four components: shell, insert, contacts and accessories. The shell forms the strong outer cover and houses the other components. Inside sits the insert, an inner…
