Crimping machine for different crimping and pressing processes, in particular for cable assembly

Abstract

A crimping machine for crimping and pressing processes, in particular for semiautomatic or fully automatic mounting of a contact element to a cable end during cable assembly. It has a crimping station including a crimping tool, a tool holder, a drive unit, a contact feed and a contact store. The crimping tool and the contact store are an assembly which can be separated from the drive unit. The crimping tool is formed as two parts, and the tool holder has a clamping device for one part of the crimping tool and an adjusting head fixing unit for orienting and fixing another part of the crimping tool. The assembly is an integrated tool unit which includes at least the crimping tool, the contact strip un-winder preferably with a contact strip spool, the contact strip guide and a drivable paper strip winder. The crimping machine preferably includes an automatic tool identification system.

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