When a cable connection goes bad on some remote mountainside on a dark and stormy night, a skilled technician may be very far away. Connectors are often used in harsh environments — exposed to dirt, dust, mud, water, oil, etc. — and you need to be confident that they will work, over and over. Expanded beam [...]

Closed Bundle and Overmold Electrical Harness Configurations. This article is a continuation of our wire harness construction series. As a follow up to our previous article on Wire Harness Construction and Open Bundle Configurations (Click here to read Part 1), the following will discuss the characteristics of the closed bundle and overmolded harness designs. [...]

Introduction to Aircraft Harness Construction and Open Bundle Wire Harness Configurations. Electrical wiring harnesses are an integral part of today's’ aircraft. Used for signal, power and communication interconnects, harnesses can be found on gas turbine engines, nacelles, and airframe fuselages. With modern airliners relying on fly-by-wire technologies, the harnesses connecting the aircraft’s flight components [...]

Electrical cables, looms, and wiring harnesses – you hear these terms in the aircraft and aerospace industry, but what are they? What are the differences? Essentially, the only difference is in nomenclature. An electrical wiring harness, also known as a wire harness, cable harness, cable assembly, wiring assembly or wiring loom, is an assembly [...]