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[[File:Engineer_PA-09_crimping_pliers.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Engineer PA-09 crimping pliers]]
The ''header'' with pins is usually on the [[PCB]]. Inside the ''housing'' which mates with it, a metal sleeve is secured each conductor in two places, on the wire and on its insulator. Creating a ''gas-tight'' connection between the wire and terminal pin, prohibiting corrosion and the latter forming a ''strain relief'', providing additional resistance to mechanical stress.<ref>Molex Connectors Explained, as used in Pinball. [http://www.pinrepair.com/connect/ Termination–Crimping] by cfh@provide.net 3 Apr 2005</ref>
Molex KK housings mate with Molex KK headers on the [[PCB]]. The Molex headers look very similar to the [[MTA]] ones by TE AMP, but they are not the same. Do not try an force a Molex KK housing onto a MTA header or vice versa.<ref name="oakley">Oakley Sound Systems, [http://www.oakleysound.com/construct.pdf Construction Guide] by Tony Allgood, v1.2.4, 24th September 2013, p. 27</ref>
==Crimping==
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