Pin headers and female connectors
For a combination with terminal blocks, METZ CONNECT offers also a large product portfolio of pin headers and female connectors. We offer pin headers and female connectors for standard soldering processes as well as reflow-capable versions as THR or SMD/SMT, as loose bulk goods or as Tape & Reel solutions.
We offer pin headers and female connectors with various centerlines and different numbers of poles for vertical and horizontal mounting solutions.
We offer individual printing of your pin headers and female connectors according to your demands and do also offer various base colors.
Contact pins
Contact pins are made of a wrought copper alloy and have a surface protection. Silver plating is available as a standard procedure. Electro tin-plating, gold flash plating or hard gold-plating are possible on request.
Note regarding the storage of pin headers/female connectors with passivated silver pins
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closed in poly-bags and not directly in the cardboard packaging
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no direct sunlight
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room temperature
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no exposure to aggressive ambient conditions
Coding
Some of the pin headers/female connectors with open or closed ends can be coded by inserting coding pins into the respective slots. If coded correctly, the ridges of the respective coding pins slide past each other and terminal block and pin header/female connecter mate. This method of coding enables a plug connector to be distinctively assembled without loss of a pole.
Reflow-compatible components, Tape & Reel and METZ CONNECT standard
Reflowfähige Komponenten
METZ CONNECT offers a wide range of pin headers/female connectors in reflow-compatible designs. The demand for components that can be soldered by THR (through hole reflow) or SMT (surface mount technology) is constantly growing thanks to ever increasing degrees of automation in the production processes. In addition, the use of pin headers/female connectors in combination with the pluggable terminals and spring clamp terminal blocks as counter pieces is already an intelligent solution for flexible connection tasks in the PC board environment anyway.
Through the THR method, pin headers can be processed along with SMT components in the reflow soldering process.
Tape & Reel
"Tape & Reel" is the name given to a taped form of packaging. The aim of this packaging variant is to automate production processes. The components are packed in a blister tape and welded in a protective foil. This tape is then wound round a reel. Taping corresponds to DIN EN 60286.
METZ CONNECT standard
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Reel diameter: 15" (13", 7" on request)
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Tape width: according to standard, depending on the number of positions
Printing and color options
Printing options
We offer individual printing of your headers/socket panels. Figures or symbols, anti-clockwise or clockwise, legible or bottom up depending on the technical feasibility. Ink-jet print and pad printing are available as methods. Design your individual header with us.
Color options
You can order the headers/socket panels in a variety of basic colors. This is for instance helpful in housing integration to achieve an optically attractive overall picture and to us this as a further coding option. We would be pleased to advise you on the possible colors.
Product overview
