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Commercial
ACT's Challenge:
- Eliminate wiring errors
- Improve connector reliability
- Reduce connector cost
- Reduce assembly labor
- Improve cosmetic appearance
ACT's Solution:
1. A Self-Terminating Sculptured® Vertical Jumper
Advantage:
- Eliminated wiring errors; a 12% reduction in installed cost as compared to wire
- Improved cosmetic appearance
- Eliminated the need for a multi-layer printed circuit board by vertically bridging required signals
2. A Self-Terminating Standard Sculptured® Jumper
Advantage:
- Requires no tooling, available from stock at low unit cost
- Eliminated wiring errors
3. A Sculptured® Circuit and DCC-Post™ connector
Advantage:
- Improved reliability by eliminating crimped on contacts and significantly reducing assembly costs
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Computer
ACT's Challenge:
- Replace discrete wire and power cables
- Eliminate wiring errors
- Reduce assembly time
- Reduce installation time
- Improve system quality
- Improve cosmetic appearance
ACT's Solution:
Sculptured® Power and Signal Circuit
- Eliminated wiring errors; an 18% reduction in installed cost as compared to wire
- Circuit shipped complete, ready to install
- Improved quality-terminations are integral, not crimped on
- Enhanced cosmetic appearance-circuit accommodates both power and signal conductors within a single circuit layer
- Built-in contacts eliminated applied terminal stress
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Impedance Interconnects
ACT's Challenge:
- Control impedance to 55 ohms
- Eliminate wiring errors
- Increase density
- Reduce assembly time
- Improve cosmetic appearance
- Provide low profile, high density disconnect capability
ACT's Solution:
1. Impedance control cable
- ACT's Z-con® laminate controls impedance - a typical value might be 50 +/- 5 ohms
- Eliminated wiring errors; a 22% reduction in installed cost as compared to wire
- Raised pressure peaks(on .025" pitch) act as force concentrators when combined with the SNAP® Connector
- Significantly reduced assembly time
2. Miraco's SNAP® connector
- Provided high density, gas tight, direct circuit to circuit connection
- Offered a positive locking mechanism
- Is a zero insertion force connector
- Is field repairable, easily disconnected
- Encouraged automated component assembly; SNAP® is attached after components are surface mounted to the Printed Wiring Board
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Industrial
ACT's Challenge:
- Eliminate wiring errors
- Reduce weight
- Reduce assembly time
- Reduce installation time
- Improve Quality
- Improve cosmetic appearance
- Isolate sensitive signals
ACT's Solution:
Standard Vertical Jumper
- Eliminated wiring errors
- Increased board density
- Shipped complete, ready to install; a 17% reduction in installed cost as compared to wire
- Encouraged automated assembly techniques
- Improved quality-Sculptured® fingers are integral, not added on
- Improved cosmetic appearance
- Eliminated additional printed circuit board layers
- Sensitive signals were removed from the printed circuit board and placed in the vertical jumper
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Medical
ACT's Challenge:
- Eliminate wiring errors
- Improve quality
- Reduce assembly time
- Improve cosmetic appearance
- Reduce unit costs
ACT's Solution:
A Self-Terminating Sculptured® circuit that plugs directly into printed circuit boards
- Eliminated wiring errors
- Increased reliability-terminations are integral, not added on
- Encouraged automated assembly; circuit is plugged into a Printed Wiring Board and wave soldered
- Improved cosmetic appearance
- Terminal pads are raised above the dielectric to facilitate soldering and eliminate delamintation
- Reduced unit costs; a 10% reduction in installed cost as compared to wire
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Military
ACT's Challenge:
- Reduce unit cost
- Provide repairability; conventional flex-rigid assemblies cannot be repaired, a torn circuit means the entire unit is lost
- Eliminate long lead times and late deliveries
- Design a field compatible assembly that is easy to install
ACT's Solution:
Modular-Flex® combines two proven technologies- Self-Terminating Sculptured® circuits and conventional multi-layer boards
- Significant cost savings; A 35% reduction in installed cost as compared to flex-rigid assemblies
- Improved flexibility and system reliability
- Increased design freedom
- ACT modular approach is repairable; a torn circuit is unsoldered and a new one is installed, saving the cost of the unit and assembled components
- On-time delivery
- Component parts are easily assembled, by either ACT or its customer
- Improved manufacturing and assembly yields
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