Soft termination MLCC for Chile’s mining equipment is a two-number question. We matched 639 stocked Walsin general purpose and middle-to-high-voltage lines, as at 23 September 2026, to the soft-termination series: 229 have a twin on size, dielectric, capacitance, tolerance and voltage. 41 of those have only a taller one. Check the height before the series.
Venatech Limited, an authorised Walsin distributor in Hong Kong, holds the Walsin Technology (Walsin) MLCC parametric export: 24,026 rows, 23,601 distinct part numbers. This post is for a buyer or design engineer at a Chilean mining-equipment, drive or electrical-house supplier who is reading a capacitor line on a bill of materials and wondering what a flexible termination would change. Every part number below is real and every count is ours. Where it states a development, it names the source, the document date and the day we fetched it, 23 October 2026.
What did Chile’s copper forecast and a truck pilot show in 2026?
A smaller crop of copper and a larger interest in electric haulage. Cochilco cut its 2026 Chilean copper output forecast to 5,270,000 tonnes, down 2.6 percent, in a report covered on 11 August 2026, and expects 5,550,000 tonnes in 2027. A separate report dated 6 April 2026 says Codelco ran a pilot with a fully electric truck from SANY that carried 27 tonnes of copper over 680 km from its Radomiro Tomic division towards Puerto Angamos.
Neither report names a capacitor, a resistor or a supplier. The truck article does not say what electronics the vehicle uses, and we draw no conclusion about the parts in any mining machine. We have no relationship with Cochilco, Codelco or SANY.
| Point | What the source says | Source date | Match / mismatch |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 output | Forecast cut to 5,270,000 tonnes, 2.6 percent lower; weak first half cited | The Rio Times, 11 August 2026 | Mismatch with any component claim: no part or volume is named |
| 2027 output | 5,550,000 tonnes expected, about 5.3 percent higher | Same, 11 August 2026 | Match for context only |
| Electric truck pilot | One truck, 27 tonnes of copper, 680 km, SANY under an MoU with Codelco | Reporte Minero, 6 April 2026 | Mismatch: charging details and electronics are not reported |
How many stocked Walsin MLCC lines have a soft-termination twin?
229 of 639. We parsed all 24,026 rows of the MLCC export and joined our 639 stocked General Purpose and Middle to High Voltage lines to the 1,553 non-automotive soft-termination rows (SG and SH series) on size, dielectric, capacitance, tolerance and rated voltage: 168 of 490 general purpose lines match and 61 of 149 higher-voltage lines.
The twin is not always the same height. Of the 229, 182 have at least one soft-termination twin with the same nominal thickness; 41 have only taller twins, 29 of them at 0805; the other 6 are mixed. At 0201 the count is 0 of 68 stocked lines. Of the soft-termination parts themselves, 30 stocked lines are SH series, and none is SG or ST. We have not seen this counted anywhere.
| Stocked size | Lines | With a soft-termination twin | Match / mismatch |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0201 | 68 | 0 | Mismatch: the series does not offer the size |
| 0402 | 119 | 30 | Match on five fields; mismatch on series and termination |
| 0603 | 133 | 65 | Match on five fields; mismatch on series and termination |
| 0805 | 130 | 66 | Match on five fields; mismatch: 29 have only a taller twin |
| 1206 | 92 | 44 | Match on five fields; mismatch: 7 have only a taller twin |
| 1210 | 43 | 12 | Match on five fields; mismatch: 3 have only a taller twin |
| 1808 and 1812 | 54 | 12 | Match on five fields; mismatch: 2 have only a taller twin |
Which worked part numbers show the twins, and what differs?
Take the stocked 0805 line 0805B103K201: X7R, 10 nF, plus or minus 10 percent, 200 V. SH21B103K201 shares those five fields in the SH series, but its listed thickness is 1.25 mm against 0.80 mm for the standard part. The 1206 line 1206B104K500 has two twins, SG31B104K500 and SH31B104K500, both 1.25 mm. The last column is for your incumbent part.
| Walsin part | Series as exported | Size, dielectric, value, tolerance, voltage, thickness | Match / mismatch | Your incumbent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
0805B103K201 |
Middle to High Voltage | 0805, X7R, 10 nF, 10%, 200 V, 0.80 mm | Reference line, stocked as at 23 September 2026 | |
SH21B103K201 |
Soft Termination, SH, Ag-poly | Same five fields, 1.25 mm | Match on five fields; mismatch on series and thickness | |
1206B104K500 |
General Purpose | 1206, X7R, 100 nF, 10%, 50 V, 0.80 mm | Reference line, stocked | |
SG31B104K500 |
Soft Termination, SG, Cu-poly | Same five fields, 1.25 mm | Match on five fields; mismatch on series, termination metal and thickness | |
SH31B104K500 |
Soft Termination, SH, Ag-poly | Same five fields, 1.25 mm | Match on five fields; mismatch on series and thickness | |
0603B152K101 |
General Purpose | 0603, X7R, 1500 pF, 10%, 100 V, 0.80 mm | Reference line, stocked | |
SH18B152K101 |
Soft Termination, SH, Ag-poly | Same five fields, 0.80 mm | Match on five fields and thickness; mismatch on series | |
0402B102K500 |
General Purpose | 0402, X7R, 1000 pF, 10%, 50 V, 0.50 mm | Reference line, stocked | |
SH15B102K500 |
Soft Termination, SH, Ag-poly | Same five fields, 0.50 mm | Match on five fields; mismatch: thickness limit is plus or minus 0.20 mm, not 0.05 |
Our posts on soft-termination MLCC, SH, SG, ST and VT and on flex cracking and board bend explain the mechanism. The MLCC range lists the series.
What do Walsin’s datasheets say about bending and vibration?
They set different bend tests for different series, and the same vibration test, as our earlier posts on board bend also found. We read the test tables of all 26 MLCC datasheets we hold: 12 print a bend deflection of 1 mm, 2 print 3 mm, 6 print 5 mm, and 6 print none in that wording. The 5 mm group includes the SH, SG and ST soft-termination sheets, plus RT and the two Mega Cap sheets. The General Purpose and Middle to High Voltage sheets are in the 1 mm group.
Both the General Purpose and SH sheets set the same pass limit for X7R, within plus or minus 12.5 percent capacitance change, and the same vibration condition: 10 to 55 Hz, 1.5 mm total amplitude, 6 hours. The ST sheet lists 10 to 2000 Hz. These are Walsin’s laboratory test conditions, not field data, and a 5 mm deflection is a test, not a guarantee of how a board will behave.
What do Walsin’s documents say about mining?
Nothing. We converted all 28 Walsin datasheets we hold, 451 pages, to text and searched them: mining appears in 0 of 28 files. The word vibration appears in all 28, as a test line or a handling warning, and none connects it to an industry. We hold no qualification report for any machine type, and no mining customer is named on this page or implied.
The soft-termination sheets list “Lighting industry” and “Power supply and related industries” as typical uses for SH, and the SG sheet lists automotive; those are Walsin’s words, not ours.
What will we not tell you about Chile?
Anything about Chilean import, mining-safety or electrical-equipment rules. We hold no office, entity or stock in Chile; our locations are Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Singapore and Jiangmen, with Chengdu in preparation. We give no legal, customs or compliance advice and state no duty rate, transit time or carrier; confirm with your compliance team. We make no claim that any Walsin part is rated for a mine site.
How Venatech helps
Start with the cross-reference. Paste a capacitor line into the free cross-reference tool, which decodes 18 manufacturers’ part numbers across 800,000+ crossable parts and lists Walsin candidates with match and mismatch fields. Or upload a list to the BOM checker, up to 500 part numbers. The Hong Kong ready-stock list is a dated snapshot, 23 September 2026, never live-synced. Walsin is the only line we are authorised for; Stackpole and Viking are lines we supply. We work from Hong Kong, in small lots, and you can request a quote through the site. We offer lot and date-code traceability and a certificate of conformity per shipment on request. We hold neither ISO 9001 nor IATF 16949. The tables above came from our own export. Qualification stays with you.
The short version
For a Chilean equipment maker, the termination is a choice you can price in a footprint. 229 of 639 stocked lines have a soft-termination twin, 41 of those only in a taller package, and Walsin’s sheets test that series to 5 mm of bend against 1 mm for the standard one.
Send us one capacitor line from your drive or controller bill of materials and we will return the Walsin candidates with every difference stated. If a taller part will not fit your board, which of the 41 is yours?
Sources
Fetched 23 October 2026. The development statements come from these pages; the part data and the datasheet search come from our own Walsin exports, datasheets and stock list.
- The Rio Times, “Chile cuts 2026 copper output forecast to 5.27 million tonnes on weak first half” (Cochilco), dated 11 August 2026: https://www.riotimesonline.com/chile-cuts-2026-copper-output-forecast-to-5-27-million-tonnes-on-weak-first-half/
- Reporte Minero, “Codelco camion electrico mineria”, dated 6 April 2026: https://www.reporteminero.cl/noticia/noticias/2026/04/codelco-camion-electrico-mineria
Frequently asked questions
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What did Cochilco forecast for Chile’s 2026 copper output?
Cochilco cut its forecast to 5,270,000 tonnes, down 2.6 percent, in a report covered on 11 August 2026, and expects 5,550,000 tonnes in 2027. The report names no component. We draw no conclusion about which parts any mining supplier buys.
How many stocked Walsin MLCC lines have a soft-termination twin?
229 of 639 stocked General Purpose and Middle to High Voltage lines, as at 23 September 2026, share size, dielectric, capacitance, tolerance and rated voltage with an SG or SH part. 41 of the 229 have only taller twins. A twin is a catalogue match, not a qualification.
Is a soft-termination part the same height as the standard one?
Not always. 0805B103K201 is listed at 0.80 mm, its twin SH21B103K201 at 1.25 mm. Of the 229 matched lines, 182 have a same-thickness twin, 41 only taller ones and 6 are mixed. Check your board clearance before swapping.
What bend test do Walsin’s sheets state?
Of 26 MLCC datasheets, 12 print a 1 mm deflection, 2 print 3 mm, 6 print 5 mm and 6 print none in that wording. The SH, SG and ST soft-termination sheets are in the 5 mm group. These are test conditions, not field performance.
Do Walsin datasheets mention mining?
No. We searched all 28 datasheets we hold, 451 pages, and mining appears in 0 of 28. We hold no qualification report for any machine type. Request the sheet for the exact part number and qualify in your own assembly.
Can Venatech advise on Chilean import or mine-site rules?
No. We hold no Chile office, entity or stock and give no legal or customs advice. We supply Walsin parts from Hong Kong in small lots, with lot and date-code traceability, and can quote through the site.