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  • BS 6516-2:1990

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    Solderless connections Specification for solderless crimped connections (including test methods and practical guidance)

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  15-04-1997

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  31-12-1990

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Committees responsible
    National foreword
    Section one - General
    1 Scope
    2 Object
    3 Terminology
    4 IEC type designation
    Section two - Requirements
    5 Workmanship
    6 Tools
    7 Crimp barrels
    8 Wires
    9 Crimped connections
    Section three - Tests
    10 Testing
    11 Type tests
    12 Test schedules
    Section four - Practical guidance
    13 Current-carrying capacity
    14 Tool information
    15 Crimp barrel information
    16 Wire information
    17 Connection information
    Figures
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    2 Untitled
    3 Untitled
    4 Untitled
    5 Tensile strength of crimped connections
    6 Untitled
    7 Contact resistance Rc of crimped connections with
         copper barrels and copper conductors (K = 1)
    8a Example of crimp barrels with terminal ends
    8b Example of crimp barrels with separable contacts
    8c Example of crimped connections with contacts of a
         multicontact component (e.g. terminal block or
         connector)
    9 Test current for crimped connections
    10 Untitled
    11 Untitled
    12 Untitled
    13 Untitled
    14 Untitled
    15 Basic test schedule
    16 Full test schedule
    17 Untitled
    18 Examples of insulation grip
    19 Untitled
    20 Correctly stipped wire
    21 Examples of stripping faults
    22 Examples of correctly crimped connections with open
         crimp barrels
    23 Examples of correctly crimped connections with
         closed crimp barrels
    24 Examples of crimping faults with open crimped
         barrels
    25 Examples of crimping faults with closed crimped
         barrels
    26a Open crimp barrels
    26b Closed crimp barrels
    26c Pre-insulated crimp barrels

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    Requirements, tests and practical guidance information.

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    Committee EPL/48
    Development Note Also numbered as IEC 60352-2. (09/2005)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 5772-8:1985 Specification for electromechanical components for electronic equipment: basic testing procedures and measuring methods Connector tests (mechanical) and mechanical tests on contacts and terminations
    IEC 60130-7:1971 Connectors for frequencies below 3 MHz - Part 7: Circular multipole connectors with bayonet or push-pull coupling
    IEC 60203:1966 Dimensions of the crimp area of machined crimp type contacts
    BS 5772-6:SUPP1(1981) : 1981 BASIC TESTING PROCEDURES AND MEASURING METHODS FOR ELECTROMECHANICAL COMPONENTS FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - CLIMATIC TESTS AND SOLDERING TESTS TEST 11B
    BS 5772-2:SUPP1(1981) : 1981 BASIC TESTING PROCEDURES & MEASURING METHODS FOR ELECTROMECHANICAL COMPONENTS FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - GENERAL EXAMINATION, ELECTRICAL CONTINUITY AND CONTACT RESISTANCE TESTS, INSULATION TESTS AND VOLTAGE STRESS TESTS - TEST 4C
    BS 6156:1981 Specification for low-frequency miniature equipment wires with solid or stranded conductor, fluorinated polyhydrocarbon type insulation, single
    BS 5772-2:1979 Specification for electromechanical components for electronic equipment: basic testing procedures and measuring methods General examination, electrical continuity and contact resistance tests, insulation tests and voltage stress tests
    BS CECC 00009:1982 Harmonized system of quality assessment for electronic components. Basic specification: basic testing procedures and measuring methods for electromechanical components
    BS 427-1:1961 Method for Vickers hardness test Testing of metals
    PD 6455:1970 Metric dimensions for l.f. cables and wires for telecommunication
    IEC 60050-581:2008 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 581: Electromechanical components for electronic equipment
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