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PDM Expand Fibre Optic Connector Range

PDM enjoyed another successful DSEi Exhibition in September with visits from well established and potentially new customers from the UK and overseas. The area of most interest was in the recently expanded range of low loss underwater fibre optic connectors which were featured on the PDM stand.

If you are interested in this fibre optic product range, the hybrid options, or in any other services from PDM we will be delighted to discuss your requirements. Please contact us for further information - sales@pdmneptec.com

Ocean Business 2007

PDM Neptec exhibited at the recent, and very successful, Ocean Business 2007 exhibition held at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. Ocean Business 2007 was launched this year but despite being a new event, was well supported with many key decision makers from the oceanography industry being present. PDM Neptec capitalised on this and the stand was kept busy with visits from existing and potential customers.

Most of those visiting the stand came from the UK but there were also some from overseas including Turkey, Italy, France, and Ireland. As with most exhibitions, many of the other exhibitors were existing or potential PDM customers, and visiting their stands was a great way to quickly touch-base with current contacts and forge links with prospective clients.

Being aimed at the oceanography market, most visitors were interested in PDM Neptec's electrical and fibre optic connectors. Other areas of interest included polyurethane moulding material and cable splicing.

If you made it to the show and visited our stand then thanks again for your time; if you didn't get to see us, please do contact us and we'll be delighted to discuss your requirements.

PEEK Connectors

Under certain extreme conditions bond delamination can occur at the interface between a polyurethane moulding and metallic connectors. This has long been a major issue within our industry with potentially significant system reliability implications. It has proven to be a very difficult factor for connector and harness suppliers like PDM who have no influence over the service conditions of assemblies such as the proximity to system protective anodes.

A solution to this issue adopted by the US military has been the use of ceramic non conductive coatings applied to the connectors but this is a very expensive solution available from a limited number of suppliers and which still relies on a metallic bond interface.

PDM have addressed this issue by adapting the very popular and versatile MHD range of Impulse connectors and can now offer them with a non-metallic PEEK (polyetheretherketone) body hence eliminating any metallic bond interface and effectively preventing any delamination failure. The connector retains its robust metal engaging nut. The MHD connector series is available in 5 shell sizes with up to 78 contacts with conventional and inverted options.

If this solution is relevant to your application and you would like more details, please contact PDM on 01420 85848 or at sales@pdmnepetec.com.

Type 45 Launch 2006

HMS Daring, the first of the Royal Navy's new Type 45 destroyers, was officially launched early this year by the Countess of Wessex at BAE Systems' Scotstoun shipyard in Glasgow.

HMS Daring will be equipped with a state of the art air defence system which will be able to track and destroy a target the size of a cricket ball travelling three times the speed of sound - a quantum leap forward in capability for the Royal Navy. Over 150m long, weighing over 7,000 tonnes with a crew of 190 and a range of 7000 nautical miles, she, and the rest of the Type 45 destroyers, are designed using cutting edge technology to be flexible multi-role vessels able to carry out a variety of tasks across the globe, from their primary air defence role to humanitarian and anti-smuggling roles.

PDM is proud to be associated with the Type 45 project in the supply of a significant number of cable assemblies and connectors.

PDM is supplying interface connectors for the array transducers, multiway bulkhead connectors for hull penetration and a large number of interconnection cables on the wet and dry side of the ship's hull.

This project is very significant to PDM and together with the steady growth of MOD work over the past three to four years, demonstrates the ability of the company to successfully supply the MOD on major projects.

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