Northern Connectors Souriau UTL Series Push-Pull Connectors - Manual (Page 21)

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UTL Series
Contacts
Contact plating selector guide
As soon as you know what contact size you need, you next have to decide on which type to use.
Souriau proposes mainly two different types of electrical contacts:
- Machined
- Stamped & formed
Machined contacts are generally chosen for low quantities purpose as well as a better solution for power applications.
Stamped & formed contacts offer the ability to be crimped automatically which makes them more suitable for high volume production
applications.
Then comes the question: What plating should I choose ?
Hereunder is a graph with criteria to guide you:
NB: do not mix different plating (e.g. tin plated pin contact with gold plated socket contact).
250
100
0.4µm of gold
min
Gold fl ash
Silver
Tin
5mA
5mV
Contact
size
#20 #12
#16 #8
Vibration
Number of
cycles
Current /
Voltage
Contacts