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• Handtooling available for power contacts #12 and #8

The outmost priority for any electrical installation is to protect personnel from any shock hazard.

In North America, Underwriters Laboratories insisted that connector manufacturers, depending of the application, respect their standards. The UTS series had thus been qualified and is certified by this organisation.

In Europe and in Asia, IEC standards are better known and trusted by end users. Like its American equivalent, the IEC refers to safety rules. The UTS series was obviously designed to respect these rules.

UTS series is rated at IP68/69K… even in dynamic conditions. This means that it remain sealed even when used continuously underwater or cleaned using a high pressure hose and cable is moving.

This extreme level of performance is achievable with jacketed cable or discrete wires.

If this same level of performance is required even when connectors are not mated, we have UTS Hi Seal; a product designed to remain watertight if an environmental cap is not fitted or if the equipment is likely to get wet when cables have been disconnected.

Being conscious about the difficulty to find a quick and a reliable harness manufacturer, we decided years ago to start in house cable assembly production. It allows customers to reduce the number of suppliers, and to take advantage of the "best in class" quality of the Souriau group. Overmoulding is a process that further enhances the sealing properties of the UTS range, especially over many years of use. Overmoulding provides the opportunity to change the cable exit from straight through 90 degrees and avoid any stress on the cable terminated to the connector. Also, as the wires are encapsulated inside the moulding, a barrier is created which prevents from any liquid from entering the equipment through the connector if the cable jacket is breached.