Hermetic Threaded Flange Mount Receptacle — MIL-DTL-83723 Series III, Shell 08

Specifications

Part-Number Decode & Cross-Reference

Applications

• Hermetically sealed bulkheads where a leak-tight glass-to-metal seal is mandatory
• Pressurised avionics, sensor and inertial-navigation housings
• Vacuum and inert-gas environments on aerospace and ground-support equipment
• Three-conductor feeds needing solder-cup termination rather than crimp

The /88 slash number is the hermetic threaded flange (box) mount receptacle of MIL-DTL-83723 Series III: a four-hole square-flange body with a glass-to-metal sealed insert and solder-cup tails, for bulkheads that must stay leak-tight. The suffix decodes as service class Y (hermetic), shell size 08, insert arrangement 08-03 — three #20 contacts — and normal (N) keying. In the MIL-DTL-83723 part-number format the trailing character after the insert arrangement is the alternate-keying field: N is normal, while 6, 7, 8, 9 and Y denote the alternate keyed shells. Conesys / Aero-Electric build the same interface as AE83388.