Hi Collins:
                        We are using an Arbor press No 1 that we had here. It is about 19 inches tall, so this size or bigger will do the job.  The support block shaped like a wide teeth comb and a metal block that is placed on top of the connector cost 700 dls. That is all required. The company that sells the connectors should also sell the support block and metal block.


        Bolt down the support block to the press base. Install metal block to arbor.       Place connector on board,( check orientation ) and both over the support block. Pull down on lever, that simple.

        You may have to disengage gears and reengage them to have lever horizontal when metal block makes contact with connector. Wish you good luck
        Regards,

        Ramon




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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Collins Graham
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 1:59 PM
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Subject: [TN] press fit connectors


Hello Technet!
A question for the press fit connector gurus out there.  We are looking
at a job that uses a couple of 160 pin press fit connectors, and I've
never pressed connectors (yet).  We aren't going to be building a lot of
these, so I'm trying to figure out what the minimal tooling I can get
away with would be.  I am assuming that I will need:
 - some support tooling to hold the board and prevent the pressing
operation from destroying it.
 - tooling to hold the connector and distribute the load over the
connector
 - a press - will a manual press do?

Assuming the board is properly designed (a fair assumption as it's
being produced elsewhere already), is there anything else I need?  Is a
flat plate with holes matching up with the pin locations sufficient for
the base?

Thanks, and have a good weekend!

regards,

Graham Collins
Process Engineer,
Northrop Grumman Canada Corporation
Halifax
(902) 873-2000 ext 6215

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