HARTING have been designing and manufacturing industrial connectors for the last 75 years, with a focus on developing products which are easy to handle, durable and adaptable. However, as markets and industries continue to evolve, customers are increasingly seeking bespoke, custom-made products.
With specialisms including box builds and inter-car jumpers for the rail market, HARTING designs and creates custom solutions that meet exacting requirements. The company can also support customers with thorough in-house testing of cabling and wiring.
No matter what the degree of complexity, HARTING has the capacity to produce bespoke box builds and project-specific assemblies to suit customer needs, including installing components, efficiently routing cable harnesses and fabrication. To further assist, its design team can create a 3D CAD visualisation of a build beforehand to ensure absolute accuracy before manufacturing begins.
HARTING also has forty years’ experience of building cable assemblies for the UK market and can offer standard or custom cable lengths and a range of plastic or metal housings. All its customised products are built at its manufacturing facility in Northampton and are based on market-leading connectors from the extensive HARTING range, including M12, RJ45 and modular solutions.
Using these standard products, HARTING designs cable assemblies for the transmission of data, signals and power. Its expertise has allowed it to create solutions for a wide range of markets, including transportation, mechanical and plant engineering, automation technology, data centres, and energy distribution.
For example, the company offers a wide range of all-purpose M12 circular connectors, available with a traditional screw connection or the new, fast PushPull locking mechanism. The two connector sections are clicked into place by hand, a tool-free installation method which simplifies tricky installations and means the assembly density can be significantly increased, helping to save valuable space.
Other cable assembly options include RJ45, the perfect solution for transmitting high data rates in harsh industrial environments. Like the M12, they are available with PushPull connection technology for installations where space is at a premium. HARTING also offers the innovative ix Industrial, which is the answer to the challenges presented by Industry 4.0 and the IoT. This solution is suitable for the next generation of miniaturised products as the PCB jack is 70% smaller than the RJ45 socket. In addition, the ix combines both data transmission and power supply into a single interface.
Inter-car jumpers are designed to run connections between train carriages, including roof or underfloor systems, ensuring a reliable supply of data, signals and power along the train. The Han-Modular series allows users to create a flexible and versatile solution by combining individual inserts for different transmission media into standard-sized industrial connector housings. The series offers over a hundred different inserts, enabling a wide range of customisable combination options.
The HARTING manufacturing facility holds ISO 9001 certification for Quality Management, the ISO 14001 Environmental Standard, and UL certification for Wiring Harnesses ZPFW2 / ZPFW8.
