Automatable connection terminal and method for contacting a conductor

A method for contacting a conductor, the method comprising steps of:

• providing a connection terminal including:
• a housing, a slide, and an insulation displacement contact, wherein at least portions of the slide and the insulation displacement contact are received in the housing, wherein the slide has an opening for inserting a conductor to be contacted, wherein the slide is movable from a first position toward the insulation displacement contact to a second position to engage the insulation displacement contact with the conductor to be contacted, wherein the slide has a first tool abutment configured to transmit, to the slide, an assembly force of a robot-guided assembly tool for moving the slide from the first position to the second position, and wherein the housing has a second tool abutment to support the robot-guided assembly tool on the housing when the slide is moved from the first position to the second position;
• providing the conductor to be contacted;
• inserting the conductor to be contacted into the opening in the slide;
• and
• moving the slide from the first position toward the insulation displacement contact to the second position in order to engage the insulation displacement contact with the conductor to be contacted,
• wherein the insulation displacement contact cuts an insulation of the conductor to be contacted and is brought to bear against a conducting core of the conductor to be contacted, and
• wherein the slide is moved automatically using the robot-guided assembly tool.

A method for contacting a conductor, the method comprising steps of:

• providing a connection terminal including:
• a housing, a slide, and an insulation displacement contact, wherein at least portions of the slide and the insulation displacement contact are received in the housing, wherein the slide has an opening for inserting a conductor to be contacted, wherein the slide is movable from a first position toward the insulation displacement contact to a second position to engage the insulation displacement contact with the conductor to be contacted, and wherein the slide has a tool abutment configured to transmit, to the slide, an assembly force of a robot-guided assembly tool for moving the slide from the first position to the second position,
• providing the conductor to be contacted;
• inserting the conductor to be contacted into the opening in the slide;
• and
• moving the slide from the first position toward the insulation displacement contact to the second position in order to engage the insulation displacement contact with the conductor to be contacted,
• wherein the insulation displacement contact cuts an insulation of the conductor to be contacted and is brought to bear against a conducting core of the conductor to be contacted, and
• wherein the slide is moved automatically using the robot-guided assembly tool.