[time-nuts] DC distribution crimp quality

[Warren Kumari]

On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 4:00 AM Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
>
> --------
> In message <CAPyrVOhgJufrjau1ZF_h6TxCpnBx=vi_++Gf4SS8YqHHnzo1Jg at mail.gmail.com>, Michael Smith writes:
>
> >A mil-spec connector must be crimped with a routinely CALIBRATED"  crimping
> >tool specified by the connector manufacturer, or equal.
>
> You forgot the bit about "X percentage of all crimps must be destructively
> pull-tested"
>
> If people want to learn about connections, soldered, crimped and otherwise
> some very good articles can be find in the BSTJ around the time when they
> invented wire-wrap.

Additional good reading on this topic is NASAs' "WORKMANSHIP STANDARD
FOR CRIMPING, INTERCONNECTING CABLES, HARNESSES, AND WIRING", at
https://nepp.nasa.gov/files/27631/NSTD87394A.pdf

It really is a fascinating and useful read.
W


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