MicroFit 3.0 Vertical Header — Nail-Head Termination
Molex 43045-1018 is a vertical pin header from the MicroFit 3.0 family, terminated with a nail-head (solder-tail) contact and plated with tin on the mating surface. This is the header half of a two-piece wire-to-board system — mates with a MicroFit 3.0 receptacle housing and the matching crimp terminal (e.g., Molex 43030 or 43031 series). The nail-head terminal gives a robust solder joint to the PCB, suited for board-edge or mid-board mounting where the cable strain pulls perpendicular to the board.
Bulk Packaging — Low-Volume or Hand-Load Assembly
Supplied in Bulk (loose pieces), not tape-and-reel. This suits low-volume builds, prototype runs, or hand-load assembly where pick-and-place is not used. For automated placement, a tape-and-reel packaged variant of the same header would be required.