Safety critical pins for EVs and automotive can be perplexing.
The EloPin is a press-fit pin which are cold welded to a PCB when they are pressed in. This unique design enables it to be inserted into a PCB with low insertion force, forming a gas-tight, low electrical resistance connection with a high push-out force creating a reliable electrical connection without soldering. This makes it suitable for safety critical applications, making it popular with automotive manufacturers and component suppliers, particularly for electric vehicles.
Premium tested pins offer peace of mind
To assure the quality of PCBs fitted with EloPin contacts, each batch of 20,000 pins requires testing to ensure that the insertion and extraction forces are within limits to avoid failure in service. This required a force measurement system and Optimax supplied a Starrett L2 Force Measurement System
L2 Systems
We recommend the L2 Systems, which feature a small footprint making them ideal for lean manufacturing environments and as a bonus, no programming experience is required. This is supplied with a purpose designed jig to hold a PCB sample and measure the force needed to insert then extract the pins. For this client, Optimax also provided training and support for the operators, wrote the test parameters (which include terminating the test if the insertion force exceeds limits), as this might indicate that the test pins are bent or misaligned. Being automated, the test can be carried out by shopfloor staff not trained in inspection.
