Besides the selection of the most suitable contact materials, the design and type of attachment is critical for the reliability and electrical life of contact components for electromechanical switching devices. The materials most important factors here are the material-saving use of high cost precious metals and the most economic economical manufacturing method for contact parts are most important factors..

There are two basic manufacturing solutions available: One can start with single contact parts , such as contact rivets or tips , which then are attached mechanically or by brazing or welding resp. to carrier parts. In the second case , a base material coated or clad with the precious contact metal - for special applications also clad with another non-precious material – in the form of strips or profiles is manufactured as a semi-finished pre-material from which the contact components are then stamped and formed. Besides mechanical cladding other processes such as electroplating and deposition from the gas phase are utilized.Which of the following manufacturing processes is finally chosen , depends on the final application of the contact components in their respective switching devices or electromechanical components. Other considerations , such as the required number of electrical operations, the most economical use of precious metals and the anticipated volumes of parts are also important for the process selection.

The following segments give an overview of the usually applied attachment technologies for contact parts to carrier components. They include mechanical , as well as brazing and welding methods used for electrical contact assemblies.

Stamped electrical contact parts typically consist of a base carrier material to which a contact material is attached by various methods (<xr id="fig:Plated and contact containing pre-stamped strips and stamped parts"/><!--(Fig. 3.17)-->). <figure id="fig:Plated and contact containing pre-stamped strips and stamped parts">[[File:Plated and contact containing pre-stamped strips and stamped parts.jpg|right|thumb|Plated and contact containing pre-stamped strips and stamped parts for different applications]]</figure>

applications. On the one hand , they perform the mostly loss-free electrical current transfer and the closing and opening of electrical circuits. In addition , while on the other hand, the contact carriers are important mechanical design components , selected to meet the requirements on electrical, thermal, mechanical and magnetic properties.