Typical Configurations
- Circular and application-specific profiles
- Custom contact patterns and spacing
- Tailored guide thicknesses
- Connector-specific orientation features
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PC TAIL PROTECTION & ALIGNMENT
PC Tail Guides.
Keep PC tails protected, positioned, and ready for reliable board installation.
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Designed around
the application.
RCV PC tail guides provide a stable interface around connector tails to help prevent bending, maintain pin alignment, and simplify handling during assembly and integration. Hole patterns and geometry can be tailored to the connector arrangement and application.
Applications
- Board-mount connector assemblies
- PC-tail protection during handling
- Connector-to-board alignment
- Aerospace and defense electronics
Why RCV
- Helps prevent bent or damaged tails
- Maintains consistent pin alignment
- Simplifies board-level integration
- Custom patterns for specific connectors
CONNECTOR ALIGNMENT DISCS & GUIDES
Protect the contact pattern through installation.
PC-tail alignment guides—also called alignment discs—support extended connector contacts so the tails remain positioned in the correct pattern during handling and printed-circuit-board installation. The guide helps reduce bent contacts, crossed tails, and alignment problems before the connector reaches the board.
RCV tailors the outside profile, contact-hole pattern, spacing, thickness, orientation features, and tail support to the connector arrangement. Guides can be developed for circular and application-specific interfaces used in aerospace, defense, and other high-reliability electronic assemblies.
What does a PC-tail guide do?
It supports and aligns extended connector contacts, helping protect them from bending and preserving the pattern needed for board installation.
Is a PC-tail guide the same as an alignment disc?
The terms are often used for the same type of component: a shaped guide that maintains the PC-tail contact pattern behind a connector.
Can the hole pattern and guide geometry be customized?
Yes. RCV can tailor the contact pattern, spacing, thickness, profile, and orientation features to the connector and board interface.
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