Method and apparatus for crimping an electrical terminal to an electrical wire

A method for crimping an electrical terminal to an electrical wire having electrical conductors, the method comprising:

• positioning the electrical wire and the electrical terminal between opposing crimp tooling members of a crimp tool;
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• pressing a crimp barrel of the electrical terminal against the electrical conductors of the electrical wire during a high speed crimping operation using the crimp tooling members such that the crimp barrel is crimped around the electrical conductors to mechanically and electrically the electrical conductors to the crimp barrel, wherein the crimp tooling members move relative to each other at a speed of at least approximately 30 meters per second and press the crimp barrel against the electrical conductors such that at least some contact portions of metallic surfaces of at least some of the electrical conductors melt and form hot weld bonds with one or more contact portions of the metallic surfaces of one or more adjacent electrical conductors during the high speed crimping operation.