October 28, 2009 - WINONA, MINNESOTA, USA - Connectors Unlimited, a producer of interconnect solutions for the electrical and electronics industry, worked with custom compounder RTP Company to formulate and supply plastic materials when developing a shielding solution for their analog cable and circuit connectors. Several static dissipative and conductive compounds were chosen for the improved static control they provided.
"The fundamental reason for using RTP Company's conductive plastics in our analog connectors is to minimize noise interference in the electronic signal, which is primarily caused by static charge," explained Marty Ignasiak, President of Connectors Unlimited. "By effectively reducing static charges, we're able to significantly improve the signal-to-noise ratio in our connectors and thus upgrade overall performance of devices."
When selecting a supplier of conductive plastic compounds, Connectors Unlimited engineers kept three critical requirements in mind: thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, and structural rigidity. Maintaining dimensional stability of the analog circuits during manufacturing was a huge concern for their engineers, noted Ignasiak.
Company engineers ended up choosing several different RTP Company conductive compounds that provide varying levels of static protection to circuit connectors. Base resins for the compounds are RTP 300 Series polycarbonate, and RTP 3400 Series liquid crystal polymer. To maintain rigidity during assembly that may include soldering processes, glass and carbon fiber reinforcement are utilized along with flame retardant packages to meet UL94 flammability requirements. The LCP materials are an invaluable option when components must undergo electronic or solvent cleaning.
"RTP Company materials we chose have the best combination of properties: they maintain excellent stiffness, while at the same time provide an array of static reduction levels, ranging from slightly static dissipating to fully conductive," said Ignasiak. "These materials are the only ones we tested that really, truly worked."
For more information on RTP Company conductive and custom engineered thermoplastics compounds, call (800) 433-4787 or (507) 454-6900, or visit their website at www.rtpcompany.com.
About RTP Company
RTP Company, headquartered in Winona, Minn., is a global compounder of custom engineered thermoplastics. The company has ten manufacturing plants on three continents, plus sales representatives throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. RTP Company's engineers develop customized thermoplastic compounds in over 60 different engineering resin systems for applications requiring color, conductive, elastomeric, flame retardant, high temperature, structural, and wear resistant properties.
About Connectors Unlimited
Founded in 1997, Connectors Unlimited of Painesville, OH, specializes in solving unique OEM challenges by providing high quality interconnect solutions for the electrical and electronics industries. For more information, visit www.connectorsunlimited.com.
"The fundamental reason for using RTP Company's conductive plastics in our analog connectors is to minimize noise interference in the electronic signal, which is primarily caused by static charge," explained Marty Ignasiak, President of Connectors Unlimited. "By effectively reducing static charges, we're able to significantly improve the signal-to-noise ratio in our connectors and thus upgrade overall performance of devices."
When selecting a supplier of conductive plastic compounds, Connectors Unlimited engineers kept three critical requirements in mind: thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, and structural rigidity. Maintaining dimensional stability of the analog circuits during manufacturing was a huge concern for their engineers, noted Ignasiak.
Company engineers ended up choosing several different RTP Company conductive compounds that provide varying levels of static protection to circuit connectors. Base resins for the compounds are RTP 300 Series polycarbonate, and RTP 3400 Series liquid crystal polymer. To maintain rigidity during assembly that may include soldering processes, glass and carbon fiber reinforcement are utilized along with flame retardant packages to meet UL94 flammability requirements. The LCP materials are an invaluable option when components must undergo electronic or solvent cleaning.
"RTP Company materials we chose have the best combination of properties: they maintain excellent stiffness, while at the same time provide an array of static reduction levels, ranging from slightly static dissipating to fully conductive," said Ignasiak. "These materials are the only ones we tested that really, truly worked."
For more information on RTP Company conductive and custom engineered thermoplastics compounds, call (800) 433-4787 or (507) 454-6900, or visit their website at www.rtpcompany.com.
About RTP Company
RTP Company, headquartered in Winona, Minn., is a global compounder of custom engineered thermoplastics. The company has ten manufacturing plants on three continents, plus sales representatives throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. RTP Company's engineers develop customized thermoplastic compounds in over 60 different engineering resin systems for applications requiring color, conductive, elastomeric, flame retardant, high temperature, structural, and wear resistant properties.
About Connectors Unlimited
Founded in 1997, Connectors Unlimited of Painesville, OH, specializes in solving unique OEM challenges by providing high quality interconnect solutions for the electrical and electronics industries. For more information, visit www.connectorsunlimited.com.
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