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Proper Spring Pin Alignment
 
The Importance of Alignment

V-Touch precision engineering puts the spring probe where it should be and the remarkable properties of Dupont Vespel® polyimide keep it there. That means you hold precise probe alignment far longer, providing:

  • Consistent spring probe contact, with a tightly constrained gap between spring probe and contactor body;
  • Precise alignment between floating nest and contactor body;
  • Minimal clearance between package and floating nest;
  • Repeatable electrical measurements;
  • Significantly increased cycle life;
  • Higher yields.

 
Degraded Spring Pin Alignment
 
Wider machining tolerances or dimensionally unstable materials used in less advanced contactors can create a host of problems:
  • Premature contactor wear due to spring probe shift;
  • Premature spring probe wear due to side loading;
  • Inconsistent wear marks;
  • Solder ball damage;
  • Jammed spring probes;
  • Shortened cycle life, higher reject rates, lowered yields.

Vespel® is a registered trademark of E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company.




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