What is Arc Tracking of Kapton Insulated F-16 Wire?
Posted by John Ashour on October 23, 2017
Until 2001, all F-16’s were manufactured with wiring harnesses that contained Kapton insulated wires. In May 2001, Lockheed Martin asked the companies who were making F-16 wiring harnesses to replace Kapton insulated wires with TKT insulated wires. Kapton is a DuPont tradename as is TKT. TKT stands for Teflon/Kapton/Teflon. Kapton is a light-weight insulation • Read More >>
How Many Breaches in F-16 Wire Insulation is Acceptable?
Posted by John Ashour on October 16, 2017
Occasionally a customer will ask InterConnect how many breaches in a wire’s insulation is acceptable. The answer is an easy one; there should not be any breaches in the insulation of any wire inside an aircraft. So why is that? And, what is a breach? A breach in the insulation of a wire is when • Read More >>
Fourth Quarter Trade Shows
Posted by Clare McGarrey on September 25, 2017
In the fourth and final quarter of 2017, InterConnect Wiring will be attending many more trade shows and conferences! The first trade show of October is the AAAA Luther Jones Army Aviation Sustainment Forum from the 4th – 5th, located in Corpus Christi, Texas. This forum acts as a networking platform for those in the • Read More >>
Topics: Blog, Trade Shows
How Do You Refurbish Leading Edge Wing Multiplex Panels?
Posted by John Ashour on September 19, 2017
InterConnect Wiring is in the F-16 refurbishment business. We refurbish many F-16 electrical products including: (1) Cockpit Panels, (2) Circuit Breaker or Power Panels, (3) Relay Panels, (4) Fuselage Multiplex (Mux) Panels, and (5) Wing Mux Panels. The most common type of F-16 mux panels that InterConnect refurbish are the ones found in the leading • Read More >>
Topics: Blog, F-16, MUX Panel, Refurbishment
Who is LGA and What is Their Specialty?
Posted by Clare McGarrey on September 11, 2017
Long Global Aeronautics (LGA) specializes in distributing electrical and structural components to over 4,500 F-16 aircraft worldwide. LGA is based only 4 miles away from Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas, where the first F-16 was created. LGA is a certified HUBZone corporation and a registered Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) entity. The specific • Read More >>
F-16 TCG WWR, InterConnect Wiring, and Soft Style T-Shirts
Posted by Clare McGarrey on September 4, 2017
What does the 2017 F-16 Technical Coordination Group (TCG) World Wide Review (WWR), InterConnect Wiring, and T-Shirts have in common? A lot! All three will be in Ogden, Utah from September 10th through September 14th, 2017. InterConnect Wiring is celebrating 25 Years in Business by giving out t-shirts at this year’s F-16 TCG WWR. In • Read More >>
Topics: Blog, F-16, F-16 Electrical, F-16 TCG, F-16 TCG WWR, Kapton vs TKT
INTERCONNECT WIRING IS SAFE
Posted by InterConnect on August 28, 2017
InterConnect Wiring has received numerous calls of concern from our customers regarding the impact that Hurricane Harvey has had on us here in Texas. We are happy to say that we are safe and that our operations are not affected like our fellow Texans to the South of us. Fort Worth, the home of InterConnect • Read More >>
What Are The Options For Replacing Kapton Insulated Wire?
Posted by Randall Robinson on August 21, 2017
Lead paint is a hazard. In fact, most places in the US have regulations on how exactly lead paint is to be removed. If you live in a home with lead paint, then you live knowing a lethal time bomb sits idle on your walls. Old wiring is much the same in the aircraft • Read More >>
Topics: Blog, Insulated Wire, Kapton, Kapton Wire
Who is Simtech and What is Their Specialty?
Posted by Clare McGarrey on August 14, 2017
Founded in 1988, Simtech is an exporter and distributor of American-manufactured military aircraft components, based out of East Granby, Connecticut. Simtech’s main customer base is comprised of foreign-allied governments that are operating US military platforms. They have customers from all over the world, including Europe, North America, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia. Simtech • Read More >>
Topics: Blog, Distributors, F-16, F-16 Distributor, Quality, Quote, Rewire, Simtech
Four Reasons Why AS9100, Revision D, Is a BIG Deal
Posted by Clare McGarrey on July 31, 2017
Since the 1990s InterConnect Wiring has been ISO 9001 Registered. In 2000, AS9100 was released in conjunction with ISO 9001. Each time this Quality AEROSPACE STANDARD (hence the “AS” in the title) has made any updates or rolled its revision, we have dutifully and diligently risen to the challenge. So what’s the big deal with • Read More >>
Topics: AS9100, AS9100 Revision D, Blog, Certification
