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A well-designed connector will easily mate and de-mate throughout the course of its service life. Further, the insertion and removal force of the contacts should not change much from the initial installation. The maintenance aging test evaluates this.
The connector is mated and de-mated a dozen or more times. After the mating and de-mating cycles, the installation and removal forces are recorded for each of the contacts.
The following parameters may be changed for this test
- Preconditioning