Mini-Stack Connectors

3M’s mini-stack connectors provide a reliable connection with a simple termination process while reducing the required board footprint. Their compact size allows for 30% more board space than the 3M mini-clamp connectors. The mini-clamp connectors are a flagship product for 3M, but when the application requires greater density, the mini-stack connectors can provide reliability, time savings, and simple termination in a more compact package. They reduce wiring time by about 60% compared to crimping connectors, and with contacts integrated into the housing, there is no need to worry about loose parts. There is also no need to strip wires and potentially damage the wire and create waste. Wires can be connected simultaneously with the reliability of a double-IDC connection.

These mini-stack connectors are easy to mate and unmate in the field. They have been designed so that the wire mount plug can be stacked together with the help of molded-in-alignment bumps to form an easy-to-handle block.