Wire connecting solution replaces manual splicing in harsh environments

Littelfuse has announced the C&K SpaceSplice Series Wire Connecting Solution, designed to replace manual splicing processes in harsh environments.

These connectors provide a standardised, easy-to-use, high-reliability solution manufactured to very high standards.

The SpaceSplice connectors are a solution to wire-to-wire connection, designed to replace hand splice processes with a standardised solution that reduces labour time and is easy to use. It allows the connection of two wires using a D*MA crimpable and removable contact technology.

SpaceSplice is designed to accept the most relevant gauges, reducing cost, and ensuring that only the required wires are used. It is intended for demanding wiring systems, including:

  • Military/aerospace applications like satellites,
  • Launchers and payloads,
  • heater, thermistor, and multilayer insulator (MLI) connections, and
  • Other harsh environment applications.

The SpaceSplice Series Wire Connecting Solution, with its removable crimp contacts, provides a number of benefits. These include:

  • Employs removable, D*MA crimpable contact technology.
  • Allows for both manual and guiding-tool-assisted insertion.
  • Accepts the most popular cable gauges (AWG 20 – AWG 30).
  • Provides high radiation and temperature resistance.
  • Low residual magnetism and low degassing.
  • Compliant with European Space Agency (ESA/ESCC 3401/097) specifications.

The SpaceSplice Wire Connecting Solution is available in a one-way series that connects two wires with a standard solution and a four-way series that is a stackable wire-to-wire connector with removable contacts, which can be beneficial in space applications where more than four ways are required.