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Solving Wire Protection Issues on Integrator Rack Systems
Vertical solution integrators solve problems. They provide a single vendor solution for a wide and often complex range of issues like Critical Power, Thermal Management or Datacenter management. They make project implementation for businesses fast and efficient....
How EV OEMs Can Cut Costs/Help Profits- Using Key Wire Protection
Electric-vehicle (EV) growth is surging. Many markets are seeing big double digit growth of 50-60% and according to McKinsey’s EV Index in 2019 auto OEM’s launched 143 new electric vehicles—105 Battery EVs (BEVs) and 38 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). More...
Manufacturing Assembly Challenges with Nylon/PE Grommet Edging
Wire protection grommet edging is on the face of it, a relatively simple product. It helps prevent wiring chafe that can lead to arcing/sparking/loss of function. For years the SOP has been to use nylon PE strips like MS21266 or BACG20Z However most assembly workers...
How Spring-Fast® Can Contribute to DoD Lean Six Sigma Programs
The U.S. Department of Defense DoD has a “Lean Six Sigma” (LSS) in place to boost readiness at lower costs. For example, U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) applies LSS methods and analysis skills to achieve efficiencies, save time and money. LSS focuses on process...
Incidents Show Importance of Aircraft Wiring for OEMs and MROs/FBOs.
Two wire chafe issues in the news clearly highlight the critical nature of the Electrical Wiring Interconnect System (EWIS) and its importance to safe flight. The EWIS is the aircraft's "central nervous system" that connects all the aircraft's critical systems. Wall...
Wire Chafe & Its Impact on Flight Safety- Embraer 175 Incident
Chafing,abrasion and short circuit arcing in the vitally important "Electrical Wiring Interconnect System" (EWIS) has been and continues to be a major concern. Chafing and abrasion can have a serious impact on the safe functioning of aircraft systems. This problem was...
Securing Critical Data Flow: Preventing Macrobends on Fiber Cable Runs
What happens if there’s a kink in a fiber cable in a company’s server room? What happens if a fiber cable coming through a wall conduit ‘snags’ and bends to far before it reaches a computer? Slower download speeds? Lost data? Or worse — complete network failure?...
DTi to exhibit at AIX 2020 in Stand 6E80/C
DTi device technologies GmbH will be exhibiting at the 2020 Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) at Stand 6E80/C in the Hanse-Aerospace Pavilion in Hamburg, Germany, 31 March - 2 April 2020. Aircraft Interiors Expo is the world’s leading event for airlines and the supply...
Wiring Safety Issues Under Scrutiny on the 737 MAX
The New York Times has reported that wiring issues are being found on the 737 Max. Let’s face it …it was bound to happen. When the 737 Max went under the re-certification microscope it was almost certain that other non-MCAS issues would surface. The FAA is being...
The Danger from Foreign Object Debris (FOD) in Aerospace
What do these items have in common? A cleaning rag An adhesive tube cap Small pieces of nylon strip A disposable glove Answer: They are all Foreign Objects (FO) found on an aircraft ----after they were used to install MS21266 nylon grommet edging which has to be glued...