What are the different types of crimping tools?

There are three basic types of crimping tools: handheld, hydraulic, and hammer.

WHAT IS A crimp type connector?

A crimp connector is a type of solderless electrical connector used for terminating stranded wire. The crimp fitting is then compressed (crimped) around the wire with a pair of crimping pliers. When done correctly, this connection is both mechanically sound and gas-tight.

What is mechanical crimping?

Mechanical crimping allows to combine dissimilar materials with the purpose to achieve a thermal, acoustic, magnetic or electrical decoupling. We preferably uses a special glass fiber reinforced polyamide (GRP) as web material and solid metals like common mild steel and stainless steel for the flanges.

What is AB crimp?

Crimps strip terminals with the proper “B” crimp that is hard to achieve with any other tool. Your crimp will look machine applied with open barrel terminals such as Packard and AMP connectors. Crimps both wings of open barrel U shaped non-insulated connectors. The wire conductor crimp range is 22-12 gauge.

What are the different types of indent crimping tools?

There are two different versions of indent crimping in use: the W-crimp for cross-sections from 0.5sqmm to 16sqmm the indent crimp for cross-sections from 6sqmm to 400sqmm

What kind of cable is allowed for indent crimping?

In this Article we cover the following: The permitted cable spectrum for indent crimping comprises both Class 2 multistranded copper conductors, as well as Class 5 and Class 6 fine and ultrafine-stranded types in accordance with VDE0295 up to a cross-section of 400sqmm

How many indents do you need for a hexagonal crimp?

The same number of indents as for a hexagonal crimp is required. For example, a professional hexagonal crimp of a tubular cable lug with a cross-section of 240sqmm calls for four narrow crimps; an indent likewise requires four crimps.

What kind of crimp do I need for my coax cable?

They also sell a ratch- eting crimp tool set (DXE-UT-KIT- CRMP2) for use with Amphenol Connex crimp-on connectors. Installing Figure 1— On the left, a type N crimp connector for LMR-400 coax cable and, on the right, a type N crimp connector for the thinner LMR-240 coax cable.