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Body Styles
Contact Types

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Body Styles    A DB Design Product

Solid, Standoff, or Standard
Solid: Excellent mechanical support of the test socket because the plastic body of the receptacle sits flush on the load board. This provides added support under test pressure from the handler.

Standoff Body: The best of both worlds where the underside of the receptacle is machined to form standoffs in the corners of the receptacle. It has the mechanical stability of the Solid Body with the maintenance accessibility of the Standard Body.

Standard Body: The barrels of the contact pins extend out from the plastic body in order to create an air gap for easier cleaning after soldering.

Notched or Square Corners
The Notched Corner style is used with some automated test handlers in which the test socket is mounted to the handler’s metal Docking Plate (interface). This is standard for Seiko Epson, Tesam JLSI, Synax and other pick & place handlers. The Square Corner style is common for hand test or burn-in.

The Bump™, Flat or Center Hole
The Bum™ mates with the body contour of the test socket and guides the terminals of the socket before insertion. This Antares-patented feature allows for quick and easy assembly and reduces bent or cracked pins. The Bump™ is available for most production sockets and on most receptacle body styles.

As an alternative to The Bump™, nearly all Antares receptacles can be made flat or with a center hole. The center hole permits access to the test socket or stacking with other receptacles featuring The Bump™.

Grooved
When the socket terminals have extra long leads that exceed the depth of the receptacle contacts, Antares' receptacles can be grooved. This eliminates the gap between the socket and the receptacle body to mechanically support the socket.

High-Temperature High-Stress Materials
The standard material for Antares' receptacles is Ultem™. All of Antares' receptacles are available in a variety of high-temperature / high-stress materials. For example, Techtron™ (shown here) is a chemical and temperature-resistant material that virtually eliminates cracking and warping under extreme conditions. Other materials are available if required.

Custom Receptacles
Antares can design any non-standard features to your specifications. We have receptacles down to 0.5mm pitch.

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