Hermetic Electrical and Fiber Optic Bulkhead Connectors And Wire Seals

Hermetic thru-bulkhead continuous stranded conductor electrical wire seals

While default leak tests of 80 psi (5.5 bar) of no air/nitrogen bubbles visible or a high vacuum helium leak test are shown on most PAVE hermetic seal drawings, significantly higher pressure tests are usually available upon request for most designs to several hundred or more psi(bar) pressures. Certain designs can be tested as high as 10,000 psi (650 bar) or more!

Regardless of the pressure differential amount whether low or high pressures, there will be NO detectable leakage of gases or fluids in any PAVE products, including those seals with stranded copper conductor wires and or shields that feed through the bulkhead using any type of wire insulation or wire lengths.

PAVE hermetic seals are any type of insulated, stranded or solid plated copper conductors in any combination or lengths, copper or brass connector pin contacts or glass fiber optic cables of any type, all sealed for low or high pressures or vacuums, helium gas tight, moisture tight bulkhead seals available in unlimited wide range of combinations that can be easily customized for cost effective small or large quantities. Wire connector terminations can also be included for a complete, ready to use hermetically sealed thru-bulkhead wire connector harness.

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Hermetic PAVE-Seal® piston o-ring installation
Hermetic thru-bulkhead continous conductor wire seals from 1 to 900 wires, #6 AWG to #30 AWG, any type insulation, low or high pressures or vacuums, gas-tight, moisture-proof, sealed including through the conductor or insulation.

Hermetic PAVE-Seal® piston o-ring installation
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PAVE-Mate I Dual Sided Circular Connectors
PAVE-Mate® I style connectors have dual sided electrical disconnecting plugs on BOTH SIDES with male pins on hex side and female sockets on thread side from 2 to 128 contacts, #4 AWG to #22 AWG. Also non-circular hermetic USB and RJ45 dual sided connectors.

PAVE-Mate I Dual Sided Hermetic Circular Connectors
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PAVE-Mate II Single Sided Circular Connectors
PAVE-Mate® II with a single side disconnect and either pre-wired and sealed insulated wire leads or solder cups on the other side.

PAVE-Mate II Single Sided Circular Connectors
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Fiber Optic Hermetic Seals Product Index
PAVE-Optic® Seals can be single or multiple fibers, single or multi-mode fibers of any lengths or connector types such as SMA, ST, FCPC, etc for low or high pressures or vacuums.

Fiber Optic Hermetic Seals Product Index
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Coaxial, Shielded Hermetic Cables & Connectors
Hermetically sealed coaxial or shielded cables of any type or PAVE-Mate® connector types with isolated shields (BNC, SHV, SMA, etc) and multi-pin coaxial PAVE-Mate® connectors, single or dual sided connections.

Coaxial, Shielded Hermetic Cables & Connectors
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Thermocouple Hermetic Seals Product Index
1 to over 100 insulated, hermetic thermocouple pair wires of any type or multi-pin thermcouple connectors. Welded wire junctions can also be ordered.

Thermocouple Hermetic Seals
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PAVE-Flex Flat Cable Hermetic Seals Index
PAVE-Flex® is an insulated flat cable or flex circuit hermetically sealed, any type can be specified though solid copper conductor flat cable is the most economical.

PAVE-Flex Flat Cable Hermetic Seals Index
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D-Sub Rectangular Hermetic Connector Index
Standard density, high density, micro d and nano d-subminiature DB hermetic connectors with either single or dual sided connectors from 9 to 102 pins. Also coaxial and low cost thermocouple contact versions for pressure or vacuum, light weight aluminum or plastic shells.

D-Sub Rectangular Hermetic Connector Index

Threaded Cu Terminal Rod Hermetic Seals Index
Threaded copper or brass terminals or studs hermetically sealed for 20 amps to 1000 amps service up to high voltages for pressure or vacuum, single or multiple terminal penetration seals.

Threaded Cu Terminal Rod Hermetic Seals Index
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Solder Cup Pin Feedthrough Hermetic Seals Index
#20 AWG or smaller Pins on either one or both sides for low or high pressures and vacuum hermetic header seal in small diameter seals.

Solder Cup Pin Feedthrough Hermetic Seals Index
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High Voltage Hermetically Sealed Feedthrus Index
Any type High voltage wire or cable up from 1-30 kV, single or multiple cables, with or without high voltage cable connectors.

High Voltage Hermetically Sealed Feedthrus Index
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Explosion-proof Wire Seals Product Index
ATEX, EExd, UL, FM, CSA approvals for metric or NPT custom threaded seals.

Explosion-proof Wire Seals Product Index
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