Posts Tagged ‘electrical contact longevity’
Differences Between Soldering & Furnace Brazing
What’s the Difference Between Soldering and Furnace Brazing? Furnace brazing joins metals by melting a filler metal developing a metallurgical bond between substrates. This process works well in mass production applications because it produces strong joins without requiring a high degree of precision. It is also very flexible. The metallurgical bond developed between substrates has…
Read MoreMaterials and design for electrical contact longevity
Proper design and selection of materials can have a big impact on the longevity of your electrical contacts. Designing long-life contacts involves a number of important considerations and trade-offs, as well as iterative testing and sampling, to achieve an optimal performance for your electrical contacts. Keep these factors in mind when performance and reliability are…
Read MoreCommon Failure Scenarios For Electrical Contacts
Often, when a product or component fails, it’s because it wasn’t adequately designed for the environment or the application in which it was used. Think of the O-rings on the boosters of the Challenger Space Shuttle, which were never designed to survive a launch in cold weather. Or the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, which…
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