HARTING wins Gold IDEA! Award for its har-modular connector series

The har-modular connector series by HARTING

For more than 75 years, The HARTING Technology Group has revolutionized connectivity and more with innovative industrial products, available in this country through HARTING Canada. In November, the company reached another important milestone in its history at the annual IDEA! Awards, where its har-modular connector series won a major prize.

The har-modular series received the Gold award in the Machines & Components category at the awards ceremony, presented by Machine Design and Hydraulics & Pneumatics.

Unique, flexible solution for PCBs

The winners at the IDEA! Awards are chosen by engineers from all over the globe. These professionals vote on product innovations from the previous year, ones that they believe most fulfill the potential of higher operational effectiveness in industry.

A unique and flexible solution for the connection of printed circuit boards, or PCBs, the har-modular line of connectors is a modular concept based on the reliable, and time-tested family of DIN 41 612 connectors. With these devices, engineers can develop custom connectors by using off-the-shelf parts. This allows them to achieve full customization without the usual issues of development costs and long lead times.

The HARTING har-modular line is a unique PCB connector system that provides more than one billion combination possibilities for data, signal, and power. It is configurable online, and customers can order it in quantities of one. The connector series blends the well-known DIN 41 612 footprint with the ongoing trend of modularity, giving engineers total flexibility in a familiar form. The HARTING team has also developed an intuitive online configuration tool, which enables fast, simple building of customized connectors for engineers.

Modularity and flexibility have grown more important in equipment design, as development times of new devices have become shorter and prototyping has become increasingly crucial. A common barrier in device development is a limited choice of available standard parts. A mix of modularity, flexibility, and higher speed have become the solution for this demand. The har-modular series is a plug connection with future potential, one that the customer can configure individually. Developers can adapt connectors to their needs, not vice-versa.

For more information, contact HARTING.

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