Lapp Oflex Connect
ÖLFLEX® CONNECT
WHERE QUALITY
MEETS CONNECTIVITY
Powering the World 
from the Inside

With more than 60 years of experience in delivering flexible and durable custom-cable solutions, LAPP offers expert connectivity services for your specific business needs. Bringing together 8 dynamic brands from LAPP, ÖLFLEX® CONNECT allows you to have complete connection solutions from a single source.

Ready to support diverse industries, discover how ÖLFLEX® CONNECT brings together the perfect combination of products, services and industrial know-how to handle your connectivity needs for maximum productivity.

Getting the Best Crimp for Your Wiring Harness
While crimping wires appears simple, lower tier manufacturers often lack the necessary equipment and expertise for flawless results. Whether using hand tools or fully-automated machines, engineers ought to oversee the process to ensure strict adherence to specifications. At LAPP, we meticulously address all aspects of wire harness crimping to deliver tailored solutions for our clients' unique needs.
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Full encasing of wire's insulation within crimp tab
Crimping relies on the tab to securely fasten the wire and fully encase its insulation. With stripped wires, adequate wire length is essential for complete encapsulation. This tab not only provides a firm clutch but also reinforces the connection by gripping the insulation. For unstripped wires, we employ crimp tabs capable of direct contact with the wire, creating efficiency and wire integrity. This process ensures each product performs as intended, from assembly line to client delivery.
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Checking connectors to ensure secure wire retention
Preventing loose connections is paramount for optimal power, data, or signal transmission. Throughout the wire terminal connection process, multiple checks are conducted to ensure robust retention.
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Identifying tears, pulls, or other defects in the insulation
To provide utmost quality, we keep a constant lookout for any insulation imperfections using a micrograph, enabling us to analyse cross-sections of crimped terminals at a microscopic level. Through polishing and/or electrolyte staining, our quality assurance team can spot even the smallest of defects in the insulation and other integral components, mitigating any risk of premature failure. This commitment instills confidence in our clients, especially those in critical sectors like medical, military, industrial control, and telecommunications, where our products are indispensable.
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Final product inspection
Strictly adhering to stringent quality standards as a custom wire harness manufacturer, we scrutinise every aspect to avoid any potential instance of wire separation, wire damage, insulation damage, or abnormalities within terminals, connectors, wires, or other components.
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Verifying wire integrity prior to crimping
Before exploring crimping options, it's imperative to evaluate the wire’s quality. At LAPP, we rely on UL-certified wires with precise specifications, empowering our engineers to accurately predict the final product's performance in diverse conditions. Starting with a proven, high-quality product establishes the groundwork for a reliable wiring harness. Even with superior crimping techniques, the end product's excellence will be compromised with faulty wires.
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Examining crimp indentations
In modern electronics, wiring harnesses serve as the backbone of wire management infrastructure. Crimp indentations are essential for both wire management planning and presentation. Proper alignment is important in ensuring the crimping tab establishes solid contact and securely grips the wire. With various crimping profiles available, achieving the appropriate indentation at precise angles is essential for maintaining the integrity of the connection.
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Preventing wire insulation damage by crimp tabs
While incorporating insulation within crimp tabs enhances connection integrity, engineers must remain vigilant to avoid wire insulation damage. Delicate wiring harness components are susceptible to inadvertent damage, necessitating continuous checks throughout the manufacturing process.

Applying an exact exertion of force when using crimping tools, especially hand-tools, is essential in gripping the wire without causing insulation damage. This principle of careful handling applies across all manufacturing phases, to prevent premature harness damage or degradation due to insulation defects.
1
Full encasing of wire's insulation within crimp tab
Crimping relies on the tab to securely fasten the wire and fully encase its insulation. With stripped wires, adequate wire length is essential for complete encapsulation. This tab not only provides a firm clutch but also reinforces the connection by gripping the insulation. For unstripped wires, we employ crimp tabs capable of direct contact with the wire, creating efficiency and wire integrity. This process ensures each product performs as intended, from assembly line to client delivery.
2
Verifying wire integrity prior to crimping
Before exploring crimping options, it's imperative to evaluate the wire’s quality. At LAPP, we rely on UL-certified wires with precise specifications, empowering our engineers to accurately predict the final product's performance in diverse conditions. Starting with a proven, high-quality product establishes the groundwork for a reliable wiring harness. Even with superior crimping techniques, the end product's excellence will be compromised with faulty wires.
3
Checking connectors to ensure secure wire retention
Preventing loose connections is paramount for optimal power, data, or signal transmission. Throughout the wire terminal connection process, multiple checks are conducted to ensure robust retention.
4
Examining crimp indentations
In modern electronics, wiring harnesses serve as the backbone of wire management infrastructure. Crimp indentations are essential for both wire management planning and presentation. Proper alignment is important in ensuring the crimping tab establishes solid contact and securely grips the wire. With various crimping profiles available, achieving the appropriate indentation at precise angles is essential for maintaining the integrity of the connection.
5
Identifying tears, pulls, or other defects in the insulation
To provide utmost quality, we keep a constant lookout for any insulation imperfections using a micrograph, enabling us to analyse cross-sections of crimped terminals at a microscopic level. Through polishing and/or electrolyte staining, our quality assurance team can spot even the smallest of defects in the insulation and other integral components, mitigating any risk of premature failure. This commitment instills confidence in our clients, especially those in critical sectors like medical, military, industrial control, and telecommunications, where our products are indispensable.
6
Preventing wire insulation damage by crimp tabs
While incorporating insulation within crimp tabs enhances connection integrity, engineers must remain vigilant to avoid wire insulation damage. Delicate wiring harness components are susceptible to inadvertent damage, necessitating continuous checks throughout the manufacturing process.

Applying an exact exertion of force when using crimping tools, especially hand-tools, is essential in gripping the wire without causing insulation damage. This principle of careful handling applies across all manufacturing phases, to prevent premature harness damage or degradation due to insulation defects.
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Final product inspection
Strictly adhering to stringent quality standards as a custom wire harness manufacturer, we scrutinise every aspect to avoid any potential instance of wire separation, wire damage, insulation damage, or abnormalities within terminals, connectors, wires, or other components.
TRANSFORMING CUSTOMER CHALLENGES INTO ADVANTAGES
LAPP's customer-centric approach transforms operations with ÖLFLEX® CONNECT, addressing unique challenges like optimizing Thai Cold Rolled Steel Sheet (TCRSS)’s existing 40-tonne Electrical Overhead Travel Crane (EOTC) system.
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We were impressed by LAPP team’s commitment to complete the installation; they were able to troubleshoot for us on-site promptly, and even returned 2 months later, to ensure the chain system was running well; and that every part (was) perfectly in place.
- Thai Cold Rolled Steel Sheet
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Substantial 
savings
Robust cable protection minimised maintenance downtime, unlocking cost savings.
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Safer & 
more efficient
Maximising productivity while addressing safety concerns boosted overall efficiency.
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Smarter use 
of space
No more cabling headache - the streamlined and tidy cabling system created extra space on the factory floor.
Quality Assurance for Peace of Mind: 
LAPP’s Dedication to Rigorous Testing & Custom Solutions
Our team dedicates a substantial amount of time for quality control throughout production as we believe it is crucial for success in everything we do at LAPP. Serving a wide array of applications and industries, all our products undergo rigorous testing to ensure integrity, safety, and functionality, providing clients a peace of mind. Priding ourselves on being custom wire harness manufacturers, we design over 50% of our assemblies and harnesses, building an extensive knowledge base.

With over 2,000 existing tools, connections and components, LAPP’s design team is capable in delivering prompt and cost-effective solutions. Embedding technology in each connectivity component, quality is inherent from the start.
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