TE Connectivity EN45545 Compliant HDC Inserts

TE Connectivity's (TE) new range of inserts for heavy duty connectors comply with the EN45545 European standard on flame retardancy for materials and products in railway rolling stock. The modular inserts provide customers with a high level of flexibility when configuring railway connector systems. They can be configured to hold anywhere from 1 to 216 pins and enable signal, data and power to be transmitted via one single connector. The EN45545 standard includes specifications on fire, smoke and toxicity (FST) compliance. It provides three classifications of hazard level, HL1, HL2 and HL3, with HL3 being the highest. The new inserts from TE meet R22 and R23 requirement set on level HL3. They have an operating temperature range that extends from - 40°C to 125°C.