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The selection of country-specific power cords and cord sets is vital for manufacturers and exporters as to ensure compliance with country-specific plugs and power cords, North American and international cable, and components. Choosing a cord or cord set usually involves five steps:

Interpower has installed a new automated contact insertion cell to ramp up production of IEC 60320 Sheet F and Sheet J outlets at its headquarters in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

So, how are hospital-grade cords like bottlenecked supply chains? The longer the cord or the chain, the slower the “cargo” is transported whether electrons or goods.

Before cord sets are ready to be boxed for shipping, the colorants used in the resins, and the shiny brass and alloys of blades and pins may often resemble an electrical work of art that catches the eye—especially the orange and red cord sets preferred by Australian and Denmark hospitals respectively. Or maybe it’s a clear molded plug, or a hand-wired plug where one can see inside to tell whether every wire retains electrical continuity around the stainless steel ring that binds the conductors. Even standard colors like black and gray offer a semblance of eye candy while manufactured to carry hundreds of volts to equipment across multiple environments.