Articles Tagged with ''crimping''

Crimping a sleeve onto a wire rope requires a lot of force. Handheld pneumatic tools are just the ticket.

Insulation displacement connectors are a reliable alternative to crimping.

New technology solves age-old wire crimping problems.

Wires are rarely connected directly to an electrical or electronic assembly.

Crimp quality detection systems are a great tool, if they’re used correctly.

Making sure every crimp is a quality crimp is a critical function of all harness manufacturers. So critical, in fact, that many manufacturers mandate it within their own facilities or those of their suppliers to make sure each crimp meets all customer specifications.

Helping automakers is not a new challenge for Jabil Inc. In fact, the company has been providing quality-control systems, design services and electronics manufacturing to them for nearly 35 years.

Over its 30-year history, Bovie Medical Corp. has gone from making disposable penlights to becoming the largest manu-facturer of battery-operated cauteries in the world. The company manufactures products for some of the largest medical OEMs in the United States.

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.