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Prototyping Complex Harnesses

Prototyping Complex Harnesses

Designing, building and testing complex wire harnesses takes planning, attention to detail - and a good tester
Jon Quigley
October 10, 2019
Vehicles have become increasingly electrical over the years. This is not just power electronics, but also sensor data, communications and many other coordinated electrical signals. For aircraft or commercial vehicles, wire harnesses can be even more complex with hundreds of interconnection points.
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Soldering System is Powerful Enough for Engine Maker

Soldering System is Powerful Enough for Engine Maker

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Jim Camillo
October 9, 2019
Drones have come a long way in a fairly short time, commercially speaking. In less than 20 years, these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gone from being used by the CIA to attack the Taliban in Afghanistan, to soon being used by Amazon to deliver a wide range of packages to homes.
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Interesting and Unusual Applications of Cable Testing

Interesting and Unusual Applications of Cable Testing

From underwater vehicles to crash dummies, these case studies showcase the benefits of using a versatile and adaptable cable tester
Christopher E. Strangio
October 9, 2019
Over the last 26 years, since the founding of CAMI Research Inc., customers and friends have asked why the company would focus its efforts on such a mundane, low-tech, and uninteresting device as a cable tester, particularly since a variety of such devices already existed.
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OEE and Wire Processing

OEE and Wire Processing

Rob Boyd Robert Suess-Wolf
October 8, 2019
Digitization, Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) are buzzwords we hear quite often today. What do they mean for the wire processing industry? How will digitization affect our business, and how will we measure our performance?
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How Well Do You Know Your Crimping Process?

How Well Do You Know Your Crimping Process?

Engineers need objective evidence to determine if their equipment and operators are producing quality terminations
Terry Curtis
July 22, 2019
Companies make countless decisions every day. There are micro decisions affecting short-term operations and macro decisions affecting the company's big picture over the long term.
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Processing Thick Cables

Processing Thick Cables

Special equipment is needed to cut, strip and terminate large-diameter wire and cable
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John Sprovieri
July 19, 2019
About 2 million electric vehicles were sold worldwide in 2018, a whopping 57 percent increase over 2017, according to consulting firm Research and Markets. Some 69 percent of those were battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and 31 percent were plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).
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Handheld Wire Crimping Tools

Handheld Wire Crimping Tools

Automatic crimping systems may get the glamour, but handheld tools are the perfect choice when the project involves small to medium wire, limited production runs or tight working spaces
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Jim Camillo
July 17, 2019
To the general public, the term handheld is synonymous with mobility. But, to assemblers of wire harnesses, the term also refers to tools that offer simplicity, reliability and accuracy.
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