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A system and method for connecting a plurality of terminal blocks. An expansion plug includes a first connector and a second connector which are electrically connected to each other. Each terminal block includes at least one plug connector to couple to one of the two connectors of the expansion plug

A system and method for connecting a plurality of terminal blocks. An expansion plug includes a first connector and a second connector which are electrically connected to each other. Each terminal block includes at least one plug connector to couple to one of the two connectors of the expansion plug, and may include both a top plug connector and a bottom plug connector to couple to a neighboring terminal block via the expansion plug using either top plug connectors or bottom plug connectors. Each of the plurality of terminal blocks couples to a corresponding switching module to form a plurality of switch matrices. Successive terminal block pairs are coupled via top and bottom plug connectors in an alternating manner, thus coupling any number of terminal block/module pairs together via expansion plugs in an interleaved manner, such that the plurality of switch matrices are integrated into a single integrated switch matrix.

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A system and method for connecting a plurality of terminal blocks. An expansion plug includes a first connector and a second connector which are electrically connected to each other. Each terminal block includes at least one plug connector to couple to one of the two connectors of the expansion plug

A system and method for connecting a plurality of terminal blocks. An expansion plug includes a first connector and a second connector which are electrically connected to each other. Each terminal block includes at least one plug connector to couple to one of the two connectors of the expansion plug, and may include both a top plug connector and a bottom plug connector to couple to a neighboring terminal block via the expansion plug using either top plug connectors or bottom plug connectors. Each of the plurality of terminal blocks couples to a corresponding switching module to form a plurality of switch matrices. Successive terminal block pairs are coupled via top and bottom plug connectors in an alternating manner, thus coupling any number of terminal block/module pairs together via expansion plugs in an interleaved manner, such that the plurality of switch matrices are integrated into a single integrated switch matrix. ectrical connector for use in coupling an electrical device to at least one conductor, the sealed electrical connector comprising: a connector housing including at least two terminal cavities normally used for receipt of conductors entering the housing; a first terminal cavity adapted to be in sealed electrical communication with the at least one conductor; and an air expansion compensator in sealed fluid communication with a second terminal cavity, whereby the compensator is coupled to the housing in a manner similar to that of the at least one conductor, the compensator varying in volume to compensate for fluid pressure variations within the connector housing. 6. The sealed electrical connector of claim 5, wherein said air expansion compensator includes: a chamber; a port having a first end in fluid communication with said chamber; a seal disposed at a second end of said port for sealing said air expansion compensator within said second terminal cavity; and wherein said second end is receivable into said second terminal cavity of said sealed electrical connector such that said air expansion compensator compensates for expansion of air through the sealed electrical connector. 7. The air expansion compensator of claim 6, wherein said seal includes a matte seal. 8. The air expansion compensator of claim 6, wherein said seal includes a cable seal. 9. 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In a CVI furnace for the densification of annular porous substrates arranged in a plurality of vertical annular stacks of substrates, comprising a susceptor having an internal side wall delimiting a gas preheating zone and a reaction chamber within the furnace and a bottom wall, and at least one gas inlet opening through the bottom wall of the susceptor, a gas preheater comprising: a sleeve made of heat conductive material resting upon the susceptor bottom wall and delimiting a gas preheating chamber, with at least one gas inlet opening in the gas preheating chamber, a heat exchange assembly located in the gas preheating chamber and comprising a plurality of spaced apart perforated plates surrounded by the sleeve and extending substantially horizontally between the susceptor bottom wall and the gas distribution plate, the plates of the heat exchange assembly including at least one pair of plates located one immediately above the other in which one plate has perforations only in a central part thereof and the other has perforations only in a peripheral part thereof, and the plates of the heat exchange assembly being made of a heat conductive foil material and being substantially circular and spaced apart by means of radially extending spacers interposed therebetween, a gas distribution plate resting upon the sleeve, covering the gas preheating zone and provided with a plurality of passages for preheated gas, a load supporting plate for supporting stacks of annular substrates to be loaded in the reaction chamber for densification and provided with a plurality of passages in communication with respective passages of the gas distribution plate and in registration with internal volumes of respective stacks of annular substrates, and nozzles inserted in passages communicating the gas preheating zone with the internal volumes of respective stacks of annular substrates for adjusting the flows of preheated gas respectively admitted in said internal volumes. 17. A process for controlling distribution of preheated reactive gas in a CVI furnace for densification of annular porous substrate loaded in a reaction chamber of the furnace in a plurality of vertical stacks, each stack comprising superposed substrates defining an internal volume of the stack, the reaction chamber being heated by a susceptor having an internal wall delimiting the reaction chamber, said process comprising admitting the reactive gas into a preheating zone at the bottom of the furnace, preheating the reactive gas by passing it through the preheating zone, dividing the preheated reactive gas into a plurality of separate flows at respective outlets of the preheating zone, and directing the separate flows of reactive gas into respective internal volumes of the stacks of annular substrates, wherein the separate flows of reactive gas are adjusted as a function of the location of the corresponding stacks of substrates within the reaction chamber.