Today’s cars live on the numerous sensors and electronic assistants, which improve the comfort and safety of the passengers. On the other hand the number of components and the assembly costs have to be reduced considerably. Moulded Interconnect Devices (MIDs) combined with suitable fitting and connection technologies are ideally suited to achieve these aims.
For instance, typical electro-mechanical functions such as buttons, plugs and other connection elements can be simultaneously integrated within a functional component acting as a circuit carrier. LPKF-LDS
TM expands the opportunities when it comes to re-specify electrical components to achieve a more cost effective engineering and production.
Substitution of cable harness

Component for car steering made by TRW Automotive.
If a cable harness gets more and more complex, LPKF-LDS
TM assists the engineer to simplify the product in order to improve quality and reliability. The replacement of the cable harness makes the manufacturing more efficient, mounting becomes easier and faster.