This part of IEC 60512, when required by the detail specification, is used for testing
connectors within the scope of IEC technical committee 48. It may also be used for similar
devices when specified in a detail specification.
The object of this part of IEC 60512 is to detail a standard test method to measure the
insertion and withdrawal forces of mating connectors, or of a connector with the mating
insertion and/or withdrawal gauge(s) specified in the connector detail specification, without
the effect of any locking, latching, sealing, engaging, separating or similar device.
NOTE 1 This may, for some designs, involve irreversible alteration to the connectors.
The connector may be a single pair of contacts without the influence of any housing, or a
contact or contacts in a housing where parts of this housing have been disabled or removed
in order to eliminate their influence on the test and measurements.
NOTE 2 When in the following text the word “connector(s)” is used, this is also applicable to individual contact
pairs.