A fully automatic stripping and crimping system might be the “glamour” technology of wire harness assembly shops. However, there’s still plenty of work for handheld electric, pneumatic and manually powered crimping tools.
Hand tools are typically used for prototyping, repair and small production runs. They’re used on workbenches for high-mix, low-volume applications, such as military aerospace electronics. But, hand crimping tools are also widely used for field-service applications in the telecommunications industry, such as repairing telephone cables in a junction box.