Off-the-shelf parts can work well in many applications, but in medical environments where size, performance, and reliability are critical, custom contact pins are often the better choice.

So how do you know when it’s time to move beyond standard catalog components? Below, we’re exploring off-the-shelf versus custom contact pins for medical interconnects, plus how Bead can help you simplify sourcing with quick turnaround and consistent quality.

In precision electronics manufacturing, small improvements in process capability can create outsized gains in performance and cost efficiency. That’s why Bead Electronics’ recent investment in a next-generation swaging press represents more than a production upgrade. It’s a meaningful advancement in the engineering, manufacturing, and delivery of custom contact pins, with meaningful gains in speed and flexibility.

When you manufacture HVAC louvers at scale, the small components add up fast. Louver pins may seem like simple hinge elements, but their material usage and assembly behavior directly influence your production cost, assembly speed, and overall performance.

When a leading HVAC equipment manufacturer found its assembly line bottlenecked by slow manual riveting, they turned to Bead Electronics for a faster, smarter solution.

When a U.S. based injection molder needed a right-angle pin for insert molding that didn’t exist in any standard catalog, they faced a unique manufacturing hurdle.

Their client, a global leader in motion and control technologies, required a molded pump cap featuring a contact pin longer than anything currently available on the market.

Through precision tooling and engineering, Bead Electronics developed a custom solution.