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Fretting Corrosion in Ruggedized Backplane Connectors

Overview

Fretting corrosion caused by the relative movement of contacts during continual shock and vibration in harsh environments is the leading cause of failure in aerospace, space, and defense systems platforms. Fretting is defined as accelerated surface damage occurring at the interface of the electrical contact due to micro-movements caused by temperature variation, vibration, and shock. This causes an increase in electrical contact resistance and eventually leads to an electrical failure.

This webinar will focus on common contact technologies used in the connector industry and how to avoid fretting corrosion by implementing Hypertac® hyperboloid contact technology in your connector designs. This contact technology offers proven benefits and our engineering teams over the years continue to creatively adapt the concept to meet the needs of so many diverse applications.

Key Takeaways

  • Understand the difficulties in surviving harsh environments
  • Find out how to avoid fretting corrosion
  • Discover Hypertac® hyperboloid contact technology for your connector designs

Presenters

  • Kevin DeFord

    Product Line Manager, Interposers & Backplane

    Kevin has over 25 years of experience in test and development of high-speed interconnects and manages the Spring Probe Interposer and VPX Backplane product lines for Smiths Interconnect. His experience in Test & Measurement and his product knowledge are key to the development of solutions for some of the most challenging applications. Kevin graduated from Devry University in Kansas City, Missouri with a degree in Technical Management and holds a degree in electronics.

  • Kyle Gobble

    Product Line Manager

    Kyle Gobble started over 4 years ago as a mechanical design engineer at Smiths Interconnect developing our LightCONEX active-optical backplane connectors and is currently editor of the newly published VITA 66.5 Optical Interconnects on VPX standard. His involvement in VITA standards, VPX and other open architecture standards are key to providing innovative solutions for next generation systems. Gobble graduated from the University of North Florida with a degree in mechanical engineering.