Crimping device
AssigneeKomax Holding AG
InventorPeter Imgrüt
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Abstract
A crimping device has for each crimper an anvil including a conductor anvil provided with a force sensor on which the force that arises in the conductor anvil during the crimping operation acts. The conductor anvil rests on a sensor body which in turn rests on a supporting part of the crimping device. The force sensor measures the force that is required to manufacture the conductor crimp, the quality of the crimped fastening being assessable by reference to the force curve generated by the force sensor.
Claims16
A crimping device for fastening a crimp contact to a wire, the wire having a conductor and a wire insulation being fastenable to the crimp contact by a crimper and an anvil, comprising:
- a conductor anvil;
- an insulation anvil separate from said conductor anvil;
- a conductor crimper cooperating with said conductor anvil to crimp the crimp contact to the conductor in a crimping operation;
- an insulation crimper cooperating with said insulation anvil to crimp the crimp contact to the insulation in the crimping operation;
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- a force sensor for sensing a crimping force that arises on said conductor anvil during the crimping operation wherein said conductor anvil rests on top of said force sensor, said insulation anvil does not rest on top of said force sensor, and said force sensor does not sense any force that arises on said insulation anvil during the crimping operation.
Method of operating a crimping device for fastening a crimp contact to a wire, the wire having a conductor and a wire insulation being fastenable to the crimp contact by a crimper and an anvil, comprising:
- a. providing a conductor anvil and an insulation anvil separate from the conductor anvil;
- b. providing a conductor crimper cooperating with the conductor anvil to crimp the crimp contact to the conductor in a crimping operation and providing an insulation crimper cooperating with the insulation anvil to crimp the crimp contact to the insulation in the crimping operation;
- c. providing a force sensor for sensing a crimping force that arises on the conductor anvil during the crimping operation wherein the conductor anvil rests on top of the force sensor and the insulator anvil does not rest on top of the force sensor;
- d. operating the crimpers to perform the crimping operation;
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- e. sensing the crimping force that arises only on die conductor anvil during die crimping operation using the force sensor.
A crimping device for fastening a crimp contact to a wire, the wire having a conductor and a wire insulation being fastenable to the crimp contact by a crimper and an anvil, comprising:
- a conductor anvil;
- an insulation anvil separate from said conductor anvil;
- a conductor crimper cooperating with said conductor anvil to crimp the crimp contact to the conductor in a crimping operation;
- an insulation crimper cooperating with said insulation anvil to crimp the crimp contact to the insulation in the crimping operation;
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- a force sensor directly contacting said conductor anvil for sensing only a crimping force that arises on said conductor anvil during the crimping operation, wherein the insulator anvil does not contact the force sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.