15-Pin Male D-Sub Plug, Solder Cup Termination
The Molex 1727040063 is a 15-position male D-Sub plug from the F, FCT 172704 series, terminated via solder cup — not crimp — making it a field-serviceable choice for point-to-point wiring where the harness builder solders each conductor directly into the contact cup.
Solder Cup vs Crimp — What the Termination Tells You
The 1727040063 terminates via solder cup, not a crimp barrel. That means each wire is tinned and soldered into the cup on the back of the pin — a method that gives the harness builder full control over the solder joint quality and lets them replace a single contact without a special crimp tool. The trade-off is assembly time: a crimp D-Sub can be wired with a pneumatic press in seconds per contact; a solder-cup plug like this one takes longer per joint but is rework-friendly in a prototype or low-volume build. The wire gauge is specified for 20 AWG, which is the typical size for signal wiring in a D-Sub harness.
The base product number is 172704, which covers the FCT D-Sub family; the full 1727040063 suffix specifies the 15-position male plug with solder cup termination.
The connector layout is 2 (DA, A), which is the standard 15-pin D-Sub footprint — mates with any standard DA-15 female receptacle. The shell size is DA, and the flange feature is housing/shell with unthreaded holes, so it accepts a standard D-Sub slide-lock or screw-lock hardware kit for panel mounting. The free-hanging (in-line) mounting type means it is designed for cable-to-panel or cable-to-cable connections, not direct PCB mounting — the solder cups exit the back of the plug and the cable exits through the hood.