The Consert process starts with specially shaped wire tape clad in precious metal. Supplied in long, continuous coils, the tape consists of a base metal bonded with a precious metal alloy and formed into a T-shaped cross section.
The tape is fed directly into a tooling system developed by Pylon Tool Corp. (Northbrook, IL). In one high-speed step, the tape is cut and inserted into a pierced hole in the contact substrate, where it is securely staked into place to form the electrical contact assembly.