Maybe it's because school is out for summer (and our kids are spending more time around the house), but we can't help but to draw similarities between our children and our electronic contact pins. We are proud parents of them both. Unlike most parents, at Bead, we welcome you to scrutinize our "children".
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Topics:
electronic pins,
custom contact pins,
hollow contact pins,
solid wire contact pins,
swaging
With so many metal forming methods to choose from when designing your product or application, the choice can be overwhelming. Some methods have been around for decades (we’ve been swaging for nearly 100 years) and new ones are currently being developed. The most common metal forming techniques in use today include:
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Topics:
PCB contact pins,
contact pins,
bead electronics,
hollow contact pins,
swaging
Bead Electronics has several vision inspection cameras throughout the factory that we use to inspect our solid wire and tubular contact pins as they are produced. But occasionally, certain parts can get bent or deformed during the plating process, which is outsourced to a reputable plating company post-production. How can we be sure they've maintained their quality and reliability after they've been plated, when it's our job to ensure customer satisfaction? Since we couldn’t find anything on the market, we built one ourselves.
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Topics:
electronic pins,
PCB contact pins,
contact pins,
custom contact pins,
custom connectors,
bead electronics,
hollow contact pins,
solid wire contact pins
Recently, I attended a presentation on Disruptive Technologies given by Martin Huddart of ASSA ABLOY at the New Haven Manufacturers Association (NHMA) Annual Meeting. In a nutshell, if manufacturers don't continuously improve their processes and products, they could be left behind when technology inevitably shifts the landscape.
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Topics:
electronic pins,
PCB contact pins,
contact pins,
custom contact pins,
bead electronics,
hollow contact pins,
solid wire contact pins,
swaging,
end to end contact pins
We have recently launched a new online CAD catalog, using ThomasNet's Navigator Platform. The catalog, intented to "enhance our customers' experience by increasing the level of customer support", does just that. The Navigator Platform is linked to our website so that users can pop in and out of it seamlessly. It is a comprehensive catalog that includes all of our contact pins broken down into the following categories:
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Topics:
electronic pins,
contact pins,
custom contact pins,
bead electronics,
hollow contact pins,
solid wire contact pins,
end to end contact pins,
engineering