Basic Principles of Connectors

This blog written by Samtec aims to give you six design tips from a connector company on selection of the...

This blog written by Samtec discusses how much gold is needed to specify on the connector pins plating.  Gold Plating...

The number of individual engineering polymer products has exploded in the past years due to specialized requirements on the polymer...

There are two processes used to convert polymer resin pellets to a connector housing, compression/transfer molding and injection molding. Before...

The majority of connector housings are manufactured from thermoplastic polymers due to their combination of electrical and mechanical properties and...

Copper alloys are commonly divided into several categories depending on the alloying element(s) and the amount of alloying. The dominant...

Stamping process is used to convert blank metal strip into contacts or shields by cutting and forming it. The press...

The vast majority of connector contacts are stamped and formed from copper alloy strip. This discussion of copper strip processing...