Most manufacturers have tooling designed to terminate IDC connectors. These include hand tools, bench presses and semi- and fully automatic machines. The choice of tooling is determined by the volume of sockets that will be terminated. In the example shown here, the basic Bench Press, 3640 Series, from 3M can terminate around 200 3M™ Wiremount Sockets, 3000 Series, per hour. By adding the extension table and using pre-assembled 3M™ Wiremount Sockets, 891 Series, up to 700 connectors can be terminated per hour. This is a substantial productivity gain.