Our Tcom press® insertion technology meets the high standards of the automotive industry. When it comes to PCB contacting, our focus is on insertion technology, specifically the Tcom press® insertion zone, which we developed and have successfully implemented. We now manufacture over 5 billion insertion contacts per year for the automotive industry.
TCOM PRESS® stands out for:
Using press-fit technology, we produce an extremely robust and contamination-resistant PCB connector that withstands vibration, shock, gas, humidity, moisture, and dust. Robust PCB connectors manufactured using press-fit technology have a failure-in-time (FIT) rate ten times lower than that of automatically soldered PCB connectors. They are used, for example, in airbag systems, ABS, and ESP modules, as signal transmission in these applications must not fail under any circumstances.
How? Press-fit technology generates maximum holding forces between the connector and the PCB with minimal insertion force. During the press-fit process, a press-fit pin with a larger diameter than the hole diameter is pressed into a through-hole in the PCB. In the press-fit zone, the connector pin is flexible so that the PCB is not deformed by physical forces during the press-fit process. A cold weld forms between the contact pin and the metallized PCB hole: a gas-tight, corrosion-resistant, low-resistance, and electrically conductive mechanical connection that is also suitable for potting. This technology is specified in DIN EN 60352-5 and remains contact-secure even under very high mechanical and thermal stresses, such as vibration, bending, moisture, dust, and temperature changes, and can withstand acceleration loads from shock of up to 200 G. G-forces define forces acting on the human body, an object, or a vehicle due to changes in the magnitude and/or direction of velocity. For comparison: Upon re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, a space capsule is subjected to a G-force of approximately 7 G.
