TE Connectivity (TE) announces its new LUMAWISE Type Z50 LED holders. The holders join the innovative LUMAWISE family of products that offer a solderless, easy to assemble termination solution for the LED lighting marketplace. Today’s design engineers want the most efficient, cost-effective, reliable solutions, and TE’s new circular holders offer a quick and easy connection to an array of LED families.
TE’s Type Z50 LED holders help reduce assembly costs, provide a quality solderless power connection and secure mechanical attachments, apply proper thermal hold down forces, and include a landing zone with attachment features for additional secondary optics. The holders are compatible with secondary optics, offering engineers a plethora of reliable LED design options. Our new product offering consists of three new products for Cree CXA Series, NICHIA COB, OSRAM Opto SOLARIQ series and Philips LUMILEDS.
The Type Z50 holders are available with low profiles, as well as with optic attachments. The poke-in style features contacts that support 18AWG to 22AWG solid, fused and stranded wires. The holders are built with RoHS compliant materials, operate among temperatures ranging from -40°C to 105°C, have a UL 300V rating and have a flammability rating of UL94V-0. They are ideal for spotlights, down lights, stage lights, wall washers, and architectural lighting.