28 July 2014, London, Farnell element14 is today launching and has stock of the new Vishay AY2 Seriesof capacitors.

High electrical and mechanical robustness makes the capacitors suitable for automotive applications.  The range is AEC-Q200 qualified and X1, Y2 according to IEC 60384-14.3.

Applications include AC line filtering, on-board chargers and battery management of e-cars and PHEVs and the capacitors are ideally suited for high-quality industrial applications.

The capacitors consist of a ceramic disc both sides of which are silver-plated. Connection leads are made of tin plated copper-clad steel having a diameter of 0.6 mm.

The capacitors may be supplied with straight leads having a lead spacing of 5 mm, 7.5 mm and 10.0 mm. Encapsulation is made of flammable resistant epoxy resin in accordance with "UL 94 V-0".

Supporting customer's production business the series is available with up to eight price breaks and fast and flexible quoting.  Scheduled orders and best in industry eProcurement solutions, which can be integrated in to any customers own infrastructure is also available. With the simple BOM upload online a quotation is available in less than 24 hours.

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