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In today’s increasingly connected world, interconnect technology is everywhere.
Although connectors are typically some of the smaller components in much larger and more complicated electronic systems, connector failures can have serious, and often costly consequences, including: decreased revenue resulting from equipment downtime and lost man-hours, reduced production volume, delivery delays, expensive equipment repairs, end-product damage, and dissatis ed customers. In applications throughout the medical, military, and aerospace markets, the consequences of connector failures can be even more damaging, extending to personal injury and the potential loss of human life.
Our How-to-Specify eBook features advice, tutorials, and best practices for specifying the most optimal, reliable, and high-performance interconnect solutions possible from the ground up, contributed by trusted thought-leaders and respected innovators across the interconnect industry. The articles on the following pages provide expert information about how to specify speci c types of connectors, how to specify connectors for demanding harsh-environment applications, how to work smarter rather than harder when it comes to speci cation, and how to specify precision equipment. This issue also provides information about some of the most speci ed and specialized products designed and manufactured by leading connector suppliers, and provides links that will guide you to both additional technical information and skilled supplier support.
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Alice Tanghe Christine Stieglitz
VP and Managing Director Assistant Managing Editor
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