Investigation of electrical connectors using high-resolution Synchrotron CT

With over 80 years of experience and a commitment to innovation, the LEMO Group is the inventor of the push-pull connector and a global leader in high-performance interconnect solutions. LEMO connectors are used in the medical, industrial, audio/video, telecommunications, scientific research, and test and measurement sectors.

To ensure the highest quality of our electrical connectors, a key challenge is to precisely understand which factors determine the contact force and the exact position of the contact points on the pin. The decisive factors here are the internal geometry, the coating, and the metallographic structure.

ANAXAM’s applied materials analytics using high-resolution Synchrotron CT has been successfully employed to visualize the internal structures of our materials and coatings in three dimensions and to derive sound insights into the functional mechanisms relevant to electrical contacts.