PAVE-Flex® Flat Cable Hermetic Seals Specifications

PAVE-Flex® Flat Cable Hermetic Seals

MOST PAVE HERMETIC SEALS ARE BI-DIRECTIONAL SEALS FOR VACUUM OR PRESSURE.

PAVE-Flex® Flat Cable Seals is similar to a PAVE-Seal® except it seals a flat cable or flex circuit. Most flex circuits are custom designed while most any commercial flat cable can be specified if it fits the desired bulkhead housing.

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Upon your email request, a 3D CAD file of most of our drawing can be emailed to the customer for their design use. These 3D models can be supplied in either SolidWorks, STEP or IGS file formats. Please specify your file format preference if any.

Technical Data
Seal Integrity PAVE-Seal® PAVE-Mate®
PAVE-Optic-SealTM PAVE-Flex®

While all PAVE products will comply with helium leak rating from <10-6 cc/sec to 10-9 cc/sec (air equivalent) depending upon design, PAVE also uses more cost effective air bubble in fluid leak testing typically at 80 psi (5 bar). Special high pressure testing up to 10 k psi (600 bar) is also available.

HERMETIC EPOXY TEMPERATURE RATING
(Epoxy is proprietary and not sold separately)

PAVE Wire Seal® 150                                                     -40° to 150° C

PAVE Wire Seal® 200                                                     -60° to 200° C

PAVE Wire Seal® 200FR                             UL94V-O flame retardant

Toxicity Ratink K (NASA MAPTIS
Odor Rating A
Thermal Vacuum Stability Rating A
Flammability Rating X
FM Class 3600, EExd II 90° C TI

SPECIFICATIONS

Dielectric Strength                                                       >17.4 kV/mm

Dielectric Constant                                                         5.3@ 1 Mhz

Volume Resisivity                                    @ 125° C1x1015 Ohm-cm

Dissipation Factor                                                      0.03 @ 1 Mhz

Hardness, Shore D                                                                       96

Low Vacuum Outgassing:
TML                                                                                           0.25%
CVCM                                                                                        0.01%

High Fungus Resistance                                      MIL-STD–454J/4

Specific Gravity                                                             @ 25° C 2.3

Compressive Strength                                               >948 kg/cm2

Compressive Modules                                          7.7×104 kg/cm2

Tensile Strength                                                       >470 kg/cm2

Water Absorption (24 hours)                                            0.03%

The PAVE-Seal® epoxy is impervious to most oils, solvents, fuels, freons, gases, etc. Epoxy samples are available upon request for customer’s evaluation for any specific chemical compatibility.

Any type or size of wire or cable may be specified including coaxial cables, thermocouple wire pairs, high voltage wires, fiber optic cable, flat cables, etc. for length.

NO DETECTABLE LEAKAGE THRU CONDUCTOR OR INSULATION.

Wire Conductor Gage (AWG) O.D. Amperage Rating Nominal Insulation Overall Nominal Insulation Diameter (O.D.)
30 0.30 mm 2 .03 0.8 mm
28 0.40 2 .04 1.0
26 0.50 3 .05 1.3
24 0.60 3 .06 1.5
22 0.78  4 .06 1.5
20 0.90 6 .07 1.9
18 1.21 8 .08 2.0
16 1.50 10 .09 2.3
14 1.85 18 .11 2.8
12 2.4 25 .12 3.0
10 2.94 40 .21 5.3
6 4.67 80 .26 6.6