News Release from: Edac (Europe)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 19 September 2005
IDC terminal saves automotive PCB costs
A new surface mount IDC terminal is achieving very substantial savings for a leading UK automotive component OEM producing miniature PCBs.
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A new surface mount IDC terminal, that has replaced a through-hole soldered wire joint, is achieving very substantial savings for a leading UK automotive component OEM producing miniature PCBs. The traditional method of stripping, tinning and soldering into a plated through-hole has been replaced by a simple press-in wire IDC contact fitted to a single-sided SMT PCB. The savings on PCB cost, stripping, tinning and terminating discreet wires is considerable.
Concerns for wire breakage at the solder joint shoulder, when bent through 90 degrees, are also removed.
Designed and manufactured by Milton Keynes based Edac (Europe), the SMT terminal is plated with pure matte tin and fully complies with RoHS requirements.
It can be reflowed at 260C.
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