crimp contact
crimp contact
[′krimp ‚kän‚takt] (electricity)
A contact whose back portion is a hollow cylinder that will accept a wire; after a bared wire is inserted, a swaging tool is applied to crimp the contact metal firmly against the wire. Also known as solderless contact.
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