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Information on Coaxial Ribbon Cables
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Companies Used:
Tempflex
Makes Coaxial Ribbon Cables
Website: http://www.tempflex.com/
Product Information: http://www.tempflex.com/files/pdfs/coaxial-ribbon-cable.pdf
Contact of Interest: Ken Plourde. Phone number (508) 839-5987, extension 6142.
Sells in minimum quantity of 100ft, the 8-signal cable is $7.25/ft, the 17-signal cable is $14/ft, and the 34-signal cable is $26.75/ft
Hirose Connectors
Make connectors similar to what we want, but problematically only in one-row forms.
Product Information PDF for DF19 series (DF36, 38, and 49 also suggested as possibly relevant): http://www.hirose.co.jp/cataloge_hp/e68500012.pdf
Offered several PDFs explaining how they connect their connectors to the cable: df19_assy_procedure_thin_coax_cable.pdf, df36_assy_manual.pdf, df38_series_assembly_guide-line.pdf
Contact of Interest: Carrie Tanke, ctanke@hirose.com
Orvem
Italian, makes connectors similar to what we want, but with the wrong number of pins.
http://www.orvem.net/SPECIFICHE%20TECNICHE/Hirose/Ribbon/630-HIF6R-E.pdf
Molex
Tried to convince us that regular crimping tools would work for coaxial ribbon cables, apparently they don't understand how the shielding works on coaxial cables
Joy Signal Electronics
Makes custom cable headers
Uses a technique where they solder the coaxial ribbon cable to a circuit board, then solder the desired connect to the circuitboard as well
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