Crimping tool exchange device and method for exchanging a first crimping tool arranged at a process position in a crimping press with another second crimping tool

A method for exchanging a first crimping tool arranged at a process position in a crimping press with a second crimping tool, wherein the crimping press establishes crimp connections with the first and second crimping tools when arranged at the process position to connect a conductor end of a cable to a crimp contact, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing the second crimping tool at a second exchange spot of at least two exchange spots of a crimping tool exchange device while the exchange spots are located in a first exchange position;
• displacing the first crimping tool along a first direction of movement from the process position to a first exchange spot of the crimping tool exchange device;
• linearly moving the exchange spots with the first crimping tool and the second crimping tool from the first exchange position into a second exchange position in a second direction of movement that differs from the first direction of movement;
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• displacing the second crimping tool from the second exchange spot of the crimping tool exchange device into the process position along a third direction of movement that is opposite to the first direction of movement while the exchange spots are located in the second exchange position.

A crimping tool exchange device for exchanging a first crimping tool, the first crimping tool being arranged in a process position in a crimping press for establishing a crimp connection for connecting a conductor end of a cable to a crimp contact, with a second crimping tool, the crimping tool exchange device comprising:

• at least two exchange spots each for retaining one of the first crimping tool and the second crimping tool, the exchange spots being movably mounted on the crimping tool exchange device and being movable between a first exchange position and a second exchange position;
• wherein when the crimping tool exchange device is attached to the crimping press and the exchange spots are arranged in the first exchange position, the first crimping tool can be displaced from the process position to a first one of the exchange spots along a first direction of movement;
• then when the exchange spots are moved from the first exchange position into a second exchange position, the first crimping tool located on the first exchange spot and the second crimping tool located on a second one of the exchange spots move in a second direction of movement that differs from the first direction of movement;
• then when the exchange spots are arranged in the second exchange position, the second crimping tool can be displaced from the second exchange spot into the process position in a third direction of movement that runs opposite to the first direction of movement;
• wherein the first exchange spot includes a first exchange table for retaining the first crimping tool and the second exchange spot includes a second exchange table for retaining the second crimping tool;
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• including a support plate on which the first exchange table rests in part in the first exchange position and the second exchange table rests in part in the second exchange position, and on which the first and second crimping tools are arranged in the process position.

A crimping tool exchange device for exchanging a first crimping tool, the first crimping tool being arranged in a process position in a crimping press for establishing a crimp connection for connecting a conductor end of a cable to a crimp contact, with a second crimping tool, the crimping tool exchange device comprising:

• at least two exchange spots each for retaining one of the first crimping tool and the second crimping tool, the exchange spots being movably mounted on the crimping tool exchange device and being movable between a first exchange position and a second exchange position;
• wherein when the crimping tool exchange device is attached to the crimping press and the exchange spots are arranged in the first exchange position, the first crimping tool can be displaced from the process position to a first one of the exchange spots along a first direction of movement;
• then when the exchange spots are moved from the first exchange position into a second exchange position, the first crimping tool located on the first exchange spot and the second crimping tool located on a second one of the exchange spots move in a second direction of movement that differs from the first direction of movement;
• then when the exchange spots are arranged in the second exchange position, the second crimping tool can be displaced from the second exchange spot into the process position in a third direction of movement that runs opposite to the first direction of movement;
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• wherein the first crimping tool and the second crimping tool are each coupled to an associated contact roller holder feeding crimp contacts that move with the respective first and second crimping tools.