13 Ways To Design A Wiring Harness Poorly For Manufacturability
Posted by Jeanie Peel on August 13, 2021
In honor of this lucky Friday the 13th, we’re going to remind you of the 13 ways to design a wiring harness POORLY for manufacturability. You can trust InterConnect Wiring to avoid these mistakes and manufacture the very best wiring harnesses. Keep your luck going strong with InterConnect Wiring – where Connections Matter. At • Read More >>
Topics: Aerospace, Aerospace Industry, Aerospace Vehicle, Aircraft Rewiring, Backshells, Blog, Braiding, Connectors, InterConnect Wiring, Manufacturing, Reference Designator, Repair, Rewire, Safety, Science, Support, Technology, Testing, Wire, Wiring, Wiring Diagram, Wiring Harness, Wiring Harness Design, Wiring Harness Specification, Wiring Harnesses
How Are Wiring Harnesses Built?
Posted by John Ashour on August 10, 2021
We’ve been talking a lot about how to Remove Insulation From A Wiring Harness, How To Mark Shrink Tubing for a Wiring Harness, and How To Laser Mark Wire For A Wiring Harness – but how are these wiring harnesses actually built? Today we’re going to tell you how! Although they can range in • Read More >>
InterConnect Wiring: A Small Business with Large Aerospace Wiring Solutions
Posted by Clare McGarrey on July 13, 2021
Since 1993, InterConnect Wiring has provided military aerospace electrical solutions. From partial and complete aircraft rewiring to the restoration of panels and systems, our partners in the U.S. and allied forces, as well as the commercial aircraft industry, trust InterConnect Wiring to complete the project on time, every time. Throughout our history, InterConnect Wiring • Read More >>
VLOG: Soldering a Wire to a Switch in an Aircraft Cockpit Lighting Panel
Posted by Steve Floyd on June 29, 2021
Hello! My name is Steve Floyd, Shop Foreman at InterConnect Wiring. Today we’re going to be soldering a wire to a switch on an internal cockpit lighting panel. Wiring Harnesses – Aircraft Rewiring – Cockpit Panels – Console Wiring Here we have our internal lighting panel. The first step in our process • Read More >>
What is Connector Clocking and Why is it Important in Wiring Harness Design?
Posted by Clare McGarrey on June 15, 2021
It’s nice to get back into the public as we are closer to being on the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just last Thursday I attended my first on-site conference since the December 2019 AIA Board of Governors with my friend Eric Fanning. At last week’s conference in Grapevine, I was asked, “Are you • Read More >>
WHAT IS CROSSLINKED TEFZEL INSULATED WIRE AND SPEC 55 WIRE?
Posted by Colton Peel on May 18, 2021
Some of our blogs in the past have focused on Kapton insulated wire and TKT insulated wire. This time we will discuss a different type of wire used on F-15 and F-18 military jets as well as commercial aircraft including the Boeing 737, 747,757, 767, and 777 as well as the Airbus A320, A330, A340 • Read More >>
Topics: Aerospace, Blog, Boeing, Crosslinked Tefzel, Electrical Harnesses and Panels, F-16, F-16 Electrical, How Built, Insulated Wire, Kapton, Kapton vs TKT, Kapton Wire, Rewire, Spec 55 Wire, Support, Technology, Testing, Wire, Wiring, Wiring Harness, Wiring Harness Specification, Wiring Harnesses
VLOG: Removing The Insulation From An F-16 Wiring Harness
Posted by Steve Floyd on May 4, 2021
Hello! My name is Steve Floyd, Shop Foreman at InterConnect Wiring. Today we’re going to be talking about how to remove and strip the insulation from an F-16 Wiring Harness. Wiring Harnesses – Aircraft Rewiring – Cockpit Panels – Console Wiring Stripping Insulation As a top supplier for Lockheed Martin and • Read More >>
Topics: Aerospace, Aerospace Industry, Aircraft Rewiring, Blog, Electrical Harnesses and Panels, Engineering Design, F-16, F-16 Distributor, F-16 Electrical, F-16 Electrical Wiring Harness, How Built, Lockheed Martin, Science, Technology, Wire, Wiring, Wiring Harness, Wiring Harness Design, Wiring Harness Specification, Wiring Harnesses
What Are the Disadvantages of Kapton Insulated Wire?
Posted by Marc Piloian on March 23, 2021
Hello readers! Today, we will present information about the Disadvantages of Kapton Insulated Wire (tap here to read about the Advantages of Kapton insulated wire). After years of use in many different civilian and military platforms including the F-16, UH-60, AH-1, F-15, and F-18, serious safety issues began to appear. Once the Kapton wire was • Read More >>
Topics: Arc Tracking, Blog, Kapton, Kapton Wire, Manufacturing, Safety, Technology, Testing, Wire, Wiring
How Do You Laser Mark Wire for an F-16 Fighter Jet Wiring Harness?
Posted by Steve Floyd on March 9, 2021
Today InterConnect Wiring releases its first Video Blog (Vlog) to assist the aerospace and defense (A&D) community. We hope you enjoy our Vlogs and learning all there is to know about manufacturing electrical wiring harnesses, circuit breaker panels, loose wire assemblies, cockpit panels, power panels, and complete aircraft rewiring. “Hello. My name is Steve • Read More >>
Topics: Aircraft Rewiring, Blog, F-16, F-16 Electrical, How Built, Laser Wire Marking, Lockheed Martin, Safety, Science, Technology, Testing, Wire, Wiring
Winter Blog Series: Can a Wiring Harness Be Repaired or Overhauled?
Posted by John Ashour on January 26, 2021
We hope you’re having a great week and are staying safe and healthy out there! Today we’re revisiting one of our top blogs from 2017 that asks the ultimate question: can a wiring harness be repaired or overhauled? Let’s find out! A common question asked of InterConnect Wiring is, “Can InterConnect repair or overhaul • Read More >>
Topics: Aerospace, Aerospace Industry, Aircraft Rewiring, Backshell Disconnect, Backshells, Blog, Braiding, Connectors, Harness Assembly, Overhaul, Repair, Repair and Overhaul, Shrink Tubing, Splices, Technology, Terminals, Wire, Wiring, Wiring Harness, Wiring Harness Specification, Wiring Harnesses
