 - In business since 1938, Molex manufactures electronic, electrical, and optical fiber connectors. Molex also makes a variety of switch and application tooling, especially crimp
application tooling. Crimping is the metallurgical compression of a
terminal around the conductor of a wire, which creates a common
electrical path of low resistance and high current-carrying
capabilities. A secondary crimp around the insulation of the wire
provides support for insertion into a housing and allows the
terminal to withstand shock and vibration. The crimp technology was
developed as a substitute to soldering and the problems associated
with it. Crimp terminations can be applied with a basic hand tool, a
press and die set, a stripper crimper, or a fully automatic wire
processing system.
Molex's Insulation Displacement Technology (IDT) is a wire
termination technique in which an insulated wire is pressed into a
terminal slot smaller than the conductor diameter, displacing the
insulation and forming an electrical contact between the terminal and
conductor.
Other Molex products include thermal acoustic products (noise reduction
and thermal component products for quieting and cooling personal
computers) and cable assemblies.
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