Datasheet

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Common Contact System Technical Manual
Ratchet Control - A device to ensure the full crimping
cycle of crimping tools.
Sealing Plug - A plug which is inserted to fill an unoccupied
contact aperture in a termination assembly. Its function is
to seal all unoccupied apertures in the assembly, especially
in environmental connectors or junctions.
Seamless Terminal or Splice - Terminal or splice
conductor barrel made without an open seam.
Serration - Deformation of the inside surface of a
conductor barrel to provide better gripping of the
conductor or on the outside of the conductor body to
provide better gripping of the conductor.
Service Rating - The maximum voltage or current which
a termination is designed to carry continuously.
Socket Contact Sleeve - A sleeve that holds the contact
spring in the correct position within the socket contact
and provides a smooth exterior surface.
Solderless Connection - The joining of two metals by
pressure without the use of solder, braze or any method
requiring heat.
Strand - A single uninsulated wire.
Strip - To remove insulation from a connector.
Swedging - A term for crimping.
Taper Pin - A pin-type terminal having a tapered end
designed to be impacted into a tapered female terminal.
Temperature Coefficient of Resistivity - The change in
resistance (electrical) per degree change in temperature.
(It is usually signified by the symbol for alpha.)
Terminal - A device designed to terminate a conductor in
order to establish electrical connection.
Wiping Action - (See Contact Wipe.) Action of two
electrical contacts which come in contact by sliding
against each other.