Soldering iron and method for soldering a plurality of wires to a connector

摘要

A soldering iron for soldering a plurality of wires to metal liners in respective channels of a connector. The soldering iron can be used with a known wire positioning device. The iron is made from a plate of heat conducting material. A plurality of projections extend fron an end face of the plate. The projections are spaced to correspond to the spacing of the metal liners in the channels of the connector which is being joined to the plurality of conductors. The sides of the projections converge toward the extremities of the projections. These converging sides are plated with a material to prevent oxidation and to cause the solder to wet the sides. The projections are dimensioned so that their extremities can be positioned within the channels while the converging sides contact respective edges of the metal liners in the channels. In such position, heat is conducted by the iron in order to solder the wires placed within the channels to the metal liners.