Institute of Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits (IPC)
Status
Scope
To determine the ability of electrical contacts to withstand
forces tending to displace them from their proper
location within the connector insert and to resist contact
pull out, These forces may be the result of (a) loads on wire
connected to the contact, (b) forces required to restrict
contact "push through" during assembly of removable type
contacts into connector inserts, during assembly of removable
type contacts into connector inserts, (c) forces
produced by mating of contacts during connector mating,
(d) dynamic forces produced by vibration and shock during
normal use of the connectors, and (e) forces relating to
bundling strains on wire.