Tongs for dressing conductor ends

Tongs for dressing conductor ends, comprising:

• two handles which are movable relative to one another;
• a first dressing station for dressing a conductor end;
• a drive device for driving the first dressing station during operation of the handles, the handles and the first dressing station being operatively connected to the drive device;
• a second dressing station which is selectively driven via the drive device, the second dressing station being a crimping station having a rotatable drum which rotates about a rotation axis, a core end sleeve being positionable in the rotatable drum and being crimped onto a conductor end during crimping;
• and
• means for selectively coupling the crimping station to the drive device only when the crimping station is moved in an axial direction, the crimping station being moved in the axial direction by the conductor end to be dressed being inserted into the crimping station, the axial direction in which the crimping station is moved being generally parallel to the rotation axis such that movement of the crimping station in the axial direction couples the crimping station to the drive device.