BIRNS Achieves AS9100:2016 Certification
BIRNS, Inc., designer and manufacturer of high performance connectors, custom cable assemblies and lighting systems, has announced that its Quality Management System (QMS) has been certified to AS9100:2016 ( Rev. D) by DNV.This globally recognized standard serves the defense, aerospace and aviation industries, and demonstrates BIRNS’ ongoing deep commitment to outstanding quality and continuous improvements in its products and processes.“We’ve been proud to have been ISO 9001:2015 certified for years, and now in achieving the stringent and demanding AS9100 accreditation, we are
BIRNS Introduces 6,000m Open Face Rated Coax Cable Assemblies
BIRNS, Inc. is adding new meaning to its tagline of High Performance Under Pressure, with new capabilities for its lines of deep submergence RF connectors and cable assemblies. Recent stringent testing has led to coax “1C” contact configurations of the popular BIRNS Millennium™ connector series to receive certification to open face pressure to 6,000 meters.The company developed new coax contacts several years ago that were tested to withstand open face hydrostatic pressure to 1,443 meters. Its RF advancements were already leading the industry in low insertion losses and high
Birns Names Velezmoro as Quality Assurance Manager
Birns Inc. named Rafael Velezmoro as its Quality Assurance Manager, responsible for Quality Management of all the company’s design, manufacturing and supply operations and the oversight and management of its ISO 9001-2015-certified and 10CFR50 App. B-compliant Quality Management System.Velezmoro joined the team at BIRNS with 25 years of manufacturing and quality experience, having served in a range of leadership roles including Manufacturing and Process Engineer at EMLinQ, Quality Assurance Vice President for Polar Power, and Quality Assurance Manager with US Seismic Systems. He has more than
Birns Offers New Millennium Interconnect Catalog
Birns, Inc., introduced the new BIRNS Millennium Interconnect Catalog, a catalog that includes a significant expansion of pin configurations, direct links to downloadable configuration drawings, and comprehensive, strategic additions to product selection and part numbering guides, as well as highly detailed specification tools to walk the user through the selection process.The catalogue features a new, highly detailed RF section, which highlights BIRNS’ recent breakthroughs with low losses and better VSWR, for example: -.32dB loss and 1.17 VSWR at 1.5GHz. It also outlines the company’s
C-Power, Birns Connect on SeaRAY Autonomous Offshore Power System Demo
Birns Inc. and C-Power announced anew partnership in support of C-Power’s demonstration of its SeaRAY autonomous offshore power system (AOPS) at the U.S. Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site in Hawaii.Birns is supplying Birns Millennium subsea connectors and cable assemblies for the SeaRAY AOPS being deployed in Hawaii in the summer of 2021.C-Power has initiated commercial launch of the SeaRAY AOPS. The AOPS is an integrated offshore power generation, energy storage, data server, and communications system for support of unmanned mobile and static assets. It provides energy and bidirection
BIRNS Introduces New 1V and 1B Coax Connectivity Solutions
Connectors, cable assemblies and lighting systems manufacturer BIRNS, Inc. has introduced its new RF subsea connector contacts.Coax subsea connectors had in the past been challenged in a range of design requirements, in many cases resulting in poor impedance, high losses, and inability to provide open face pressure resistance. BIRNS said its proprietary RF technology has contacts capable of open face pressure ratings to 1433m, UHF insertion loss of ≤0.7 dB at signal frequencies to 3GHz and maximum UHF voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of 1.7:1.The newest product introductions with these features
BIRNS Launches Ecommerce Capability for NPT Penetrators
BIRNS, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of high performance connectors, cable assemblies and lighting systems, announced its new e-commerce offering for NPT (National Pipe Thread) penetrators on its website.This new capability provides customers an online one-stop shop for BIRNS’ ABS Product Design Assessment (PDA) certified penetrators. Available configurations on the site include sizes P25N-16-RA-LS, P25N-12-RA-LS, P13N-4-RA-LS and P19N-12-RA-LS, available with 4, 12 or 16 conductors. All of the offerings feature low profile 90° configurations, and Low Smoke Zero Halogen-insulated flying
Meredith Joins BIRNS Sales Team
Marine lighting and connector systems manufacturer BIRNS, Inc. announced that Bruce Meredith has joined its sales team as Technical Sales Manager, responsible for leading the company’s sales team, overseeing its global distributor and dealer networks and managing accounts for advanced deep submergence connectors and cable assemblies and high performance marine and nuclear lighting systems sales.Meredith brings decades of sales and marketing experience to his new role. Prior to his position at BIRNS, he served in a range of sales management leadership roles, including Western Regional Vice
Birns Hires Meredith
BIRNS, Inc. said that Bruce Meredith has joined its sales team as Technical Sales Manager. In his new role, Meredith will be responsible for leading the company’s sales team, overseeing its global distributor and dealer networks, and managing accounts for advanced deep submergence connectors and cable assemblies and high performance marine and nuclear lighting systems sales.Meredith brings decades of sales and marketing experience to his new role. Prior to joining the team at BIRNS, he served in a range of sales management leadership roles, including Western Regional Vice President for Custom
February 2024
