The HRi business unit has enabled us to significantly expand the scope of our custom cable assembly capabilities: Harwin
One of the leading players in the field of connectors, Harwin recently announced its new HRi business unit to cover multiple configurations and features, specifying cables to any length. It has rendered the company to significantly expanded the scope of its custom cable assembly capabilities. The company said that it’s important to expand given the rapidly rising demand being witnessed in the market.
The official notification mentioned that the HRi interconnects products for which custom cabling can be provided, including the company’s 1.25mm-pitch Gecko, 2mm-pitch Datamate, 3mm-pitch M300, and high-power Kona families, as well as the Mix-Tek combined power and data connectors. It added that robotics, UAVs, AGVs, satellites, and medical equipment are some of its applications.
Head of Product Management at Harwin, Ryan Smart remarked, “The ability to quickly and conveniently access cable assemblies that match their exact criteria is vital for an increasing percentage of our customers. Rather than doing this work themselves, they want to offload it onto a trusted supply partner with all the in-house know-how. The broad array of custom capabilities we can now provide complement our off-the-shelf cabling options.”
He further added, “By being able to deal with everything under one roof, we are bringing real value to customers; in terms of amenability, cost-effectiveness and short turnaround times. And what sets us apart is that we can take care of even the smallest volumes.”
The company believes that its custom cable offering is suitable for early-stage prototyping work as it caters to very small minimum order quantities (MOQs) and supports customers throughout their products’ lifecycles. Noting that the cable assembly facility is fully compliant with the IPC-A-620 standard, Harwin stated that the cabling implemented will deliver the maximum possible performance while still keeping the overall size and weight down.
Over 70-year-old company, Harwin supplies connectors for a range of markets and applications like space, avionics, defence, robotics, oil/gas, healthcare, motorsport, industrial drives, factory automation systems, autonomous vehicles, smart agriculture, and electric vehicle battery management, globally.
