What is just the plastic base of pin headers called?

Question

What is this part called? It's the plastic part of a row of pin headers, by itself.

I got a strip of these with a kit once but I don't know how to find more of them.

They're useful because stacking headers are often a bit too long.

Answer 1

In some datasheets it is a "bandolier", and this is the most common term I've encountered when it's called anything. In other documentation it is just "Insulator", and bandolier can refer to another carrier. (I know this is an old question, but this question didn't have a correct answer). I don't think I've ever seen a way to order just the bandolier, but maybe if you contact a supplier of pin row header (like Semtek), they might be able to offer something. That said, it's possible to order a variety of header lengths & features, so that might be easier than adding bandoliers.

Answer 2

I don't understand the stacking headers a bit too long comment. Also I was not able to find anything in https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/filter/rectangular-connectors-housings/319 or https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/filter/rectangular-connectors-accessories/340 matching this description, not that such a search would be on-topic - EESE is somewhat strict on the non-shopping policy.

Manufacturers of pin headers typically call this the insulator or housing, made out of nylon or glass-reinforced PBT thermoplastic.

In production I think it'd be rare to need this kind of thing - a spacer with no populated pins - since you'd want the pins prepopulated to reduce assembly labour.