Wire Cutting & Crimp Die Machine Setups: How To Limit Variability

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Having a great setup tech is key to a crimp die operating properly. Every aspect of the material from feeding the terminals into the fixture, positioning, application and cutting off of the terminal from the carrier reel can create variability in the finished product if everything is not aligned, sharp and accurate.

Wire To Wire Connections: How To Perform Commercial Grade Attachments

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Electricity does not discriminated on connection quality and will pass voltage so long as there is a physical link of any size from wire to wire. This creates variability in the quality of various connections because of other factors created as a result of less than adequate connection.

Electrical Resistance and Heat are the two main failures created when a wire to wire connection is done wrong…