Electrical connector test equipment

摘要

A test station to determine the holding strength of an insulator body on an electrical connector contact retention clip located in a bore in the insulator. The insulator is fixed in position. Then a mandrel with a tool on one end engages the clip and a pneumatically operated piston rod connected to the mandrel pulls on the clip. A lamp may be illuminated or an automatic machine may be stopped when the strain at a selected higher stress exceeds that at a selected lower stress by a predetermined threshold amount.