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News Release from: ODU UK | Subject: Single contacts
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 09 March 2001
Single contacts for reliable mating
ODU has designed a range of single contacts for applications requiring very secure contact coupled with low insertion force.
ODU has designed a range of single contacts for applications requiring very secure contact coupled with low insertion force Typical uses are in power supplies, testing and monitoring equipment, docking systems, lighting and aeronautics
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 30 May 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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ODU manufactures a range of single contacts for applications requiring very secure contact coupled with low insertion force and a high number of mating cycles.
Three systems are available, slotted, lamella and Springtac, with contact diameters ranging from 0.6 to 50mm.
Solid pins are common to all three.
In a typical 4mm contact the slotted contact will offer two or four pin-to-socket contact points, the lamella will provide 18 and the Springtac 38.
Offering the largest number of contacts between pin and socket, the Springtac contact has a number of spring wires inside the socket each contacting the pin surface independently.
A very high number of mating cycles, in excess of one million, is one of the major advantages of this design.
The lamella, or louvred, contact has many contact points and one or more of the stamped contact bands can be used in the same socket.
It can be manufactured cost effectively and provide low contact resistance.
Slotted sockets in their simplest form have one slot with two contact points between socket and pin but are also offered with two slots to provide four contact points.
These are generally suitable for lower mating cycles and diameters up to 3mm.
Single contacts can be used without housings or insulators but can also be integrated in to panels, connectors and modules where power and signal are required.
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