Electrical Connector Design and Manufacturing
Electrical Connector Design and Manufacturing
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Hey everyone,
I have a need to design an electrical connector - the shell is fairly straight-forward, but finding a company which can pot the contacts in ceramic seems to be the difficulty.
1) Is anyone out there an Electrical Contact Designer?
2) If so, what is the process of embedding contact pins in a ceramic plate (to isolate the back side of the pins from water intrusion)?
Thanks!
I have a need to design an electrical connector - the shell is fairly straight-forward, but finding a company which can pot the contacts in ceramic seems to be the difficulty.
1) Is anyone out there an Electrical Contact Designer?
2) If so, what is the process of embedding contact pins in a ceramic plate (to isolate the back side of the pins from water intrusion)?
Thanks!





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Also, there are plenty of waterproof connectors, and I don't believe that fused ceramic plates are the usual approach.
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Ceramics are very difficult to manage for tight tolerance fittings, and they are prone to fracture, none of which is conducive to watertightness.
How much water and how much pressure?
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There is an old Bendix Connector, which is based on a .750 Hex in 316 Stainless that has 6 gold plated conductors sealed in place in Ceramic. The Open-Face pressure rating of this connector is 10,000 psi. They were probably the best underwater connector ever made, but they aren't made anymore.
I want to re-create these connectors. Making the 316 Stainless Shell is no biggie - I can get those made very easily - but I need to find a company which can seal the pins in Ceramic, and also then seal the Ceramic into the Shell.
Thanks for your help.
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