Crimping apparatus
First Claim
1. A crimping apparatus comprising a crimping station having a crimping press and at least one set of crimping tools, each said crimping tool including a wire ram, an insulation ram, an anvil unit and a separating unit, wherein the wire ram and the insulation ram of each crimping tool are associated with a ram holder, wherein there is associated with each of the ram holders a crimping height-adjustment means, wherein crimping pressure-measuring elements are included between said crimping press and said ram holders, said crimping pressure-measuring elements being connected to a control unit, whereby during a crimping process a crimping force as determined by said crimping pressure-measuring elements is compared with a preset nominal value range, and when said determined crimping force is outside of said range, a corresponding correction signal is produced in said control unit, thereby effecting a corresponding correction of said crimping height-adjustment means.
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A crimping apparatus including a crimping station having a crimping press and at least one set of crimping tools. Each crimping tool includes a wire ram, an insulation ram, an anvil unit and a separating unit. The wire ram and the insulation ram of each crimping tool are associated with a ram holder and each of the ram holders includes crimping height-adjustment means. Crimping pressure-measuring elements that are connected to a control unit are included between the crimping press and the ram holders. During a crimping process a crimping force as determined by the crimping pressure-measuring elements is compared with a preset nominal value range. When the determined crimping force is outside of the range, a corresponding correction signal is produced in the control unit, thereby effecting a corresponding correction of the crimping height-adjustment means.
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- 1. A crimping apparatus comprising a crimping station having a crimping press and at least one set of crimping tools, each said crimping tool including a wire ram, an insulation ram, an anvil unit and a separating unit, wherein the wire ram and the insulation ram of each crimping tool are associated with a ram holder, wherein there is associated with each of the ram holders a crimping height-adjustment means, wherein crimping pressure-measuring elements are included between said crimping press and said ram holders, said crimping pressure-measuring elements being connected to a control unit, whereby during a crimping process a crimping force as determined by said crimping pressure-measuring elements is compared with a preset nominal value range, and when said determined crimping force is outside of said range, a corresponding correction signal is produced in said control unit, thereby effecting a corresponding correction of said crimping height-adjustment means.
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