A pair of crimping pliers for crimping, in particular for crimp joining, workpieces, has two oppositely arranged pressing jaws and two pliers jaws, wherein one pliers jaw is stationary and the associated pressing jaw is fastened to this stationary pliers jaw by means of a spring-loadable holder part. The holder part is fixedly connected at its end farthest from the pressing jaw to the pliers jaw. Between the stationary connection and the end of the holder part closest to the first pressing jaw, a stop connection is formed between the stationary pliers jaw and the holder part and comes into effect when a predetermined pressing force is exceeded.

A compression tool for fastening a cable to a connector comprising an elongated tool frame, an anvil secured to one end of the tool frame, a compression plunger slidable along a portion of the tool frame, a handle set adapted to move the compression plunger toward and away from the anvil and a spacer block for securing the connector a distance from the anvil. The handle set may include a first handle movable from a first position wherein the plunger is a first distance from the anvil to a second position wherein the plunger is a second distance from the anvil. The spacer block may include a first end and a second end having a different depth from the first end and be rotatable so that the first end when rotated to the active position secures the connector a first distance from the anvil and the second end, when rotated to the active position secures the connector a second distance from the anvil.

A hand crimp tool includes a handle having upper and lower handles having upper and lower handgrips hand squeezed to close the hand crimp tool. The hand crimp tool includes a head having upper and lower jaws defining a crimp zone therebetween. The lower jaw includes an anvil holding a terminal and the upper jaw includes a crimper crimping the terminal. The hand crimp tool includes a wire inserter coupled to the head having a carriage movable between an advanced position and a retracted position. The wire inserter has a wire clamp holding a wire in the carriage and the wire inserter moves the wire relative to the head to position and hold the wire in the terminal during crimping of the terminal between the anvil and the crimper.

Aspects and techniques of the present disclosure relate to a tool capable of terminating two different jack types (i.e. communication modules). That is, two different jack types can be arranged and configured to sit in the tool with a termination device. The tool can be a dual-purpose tool that has a configuration that allows a user to terminate different style jacks by adding termination device that becomes a lacing fixture.

A system for multi-stage crimping of a contact to a wire includes a first crimping die having a first portion of a selected shape defined therein, and a second crimping die having a complementary second portion of the selected shape defined therein. The system also includes the first and second crimping dies being operable to be displaced towards each other and along a first axis during a compression stroke. The first and second crimping dies are also operable to be displaced along a second axis during a closing stroke subsequent to the compression stroke, where the second axis is generally perpendicular to the first axis. In addition, the system includes the first and second crimping dies cooperating to crimp the contact into the selected shape to the wire upon completion of the closing stroke.

An adjustable coaxial cable compression tool, terminating a coaxial cable connector onto a coaxial cable end, comprising a plunger, a body, a fixed guideway plate, a first moveable guideway plate, a second moveable guideway plate, and a die block is provided. The plunger comprises a first plunger head and a second plunger head, both having different shapes conforming to different types of coaxial cable connectors and are interchangeable. The body has a body receiving end, wherein the plunger is slidable therein. The fixed, first moveable and second moveable guideway plates have fixed, first and second guideways, each having different diameters, respectively. The die block comprises first and second die halves. The plunger is axially advanced to force the coaxial cable connector onto the coaxial cable end, radially contracting the coaxial cable connector into compression engagement with the coaxial cable end.

An assembly comprises a compression member configured to receive a force input from a compression tool and a frame including a cradle at one end, an end fitting at the other, and at least one structural member linking the cradle to the end fitting. The cradle is configured to engage one end of the connector and receives the prepared end of the coaxial cable. The end fitting is configured to detachably connect the frame to the compression tool and includes an aperture for receiving the force input from the compression tool. The structural member defines at least one surface configured to guide the compression member along the axis in response to the force input. The compression member imposes an axial force on the other end of the connector and is guided along the axis by the guide surface of the frame.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a terminal crimping device and a terminal crimping method which provide improved machining quality. A terminal crimping device is configured to crimp-connect, to an electric wire, each of a pair of adjacent terminals of a plurality of terminals coupled to each other by a carrier, the carrier having a terminal connection section connected to each terminal and a coupling section coupling adjacent terminal connection sections, the terminal crimping device including a carrier cutting unit configured to cut the coupling section, a terminal positioning unit configured to position one terminal of the pair of terminals such that the one terminal is located close to another terminal of the pair of terminals, and crimp dies configured as a pair to crimp-connect each terminal to the electric wire.

An assembly comprises a compression member configured to receive a force input from a compression tool and a frame including a cradle at one end, an end fitting at the other, and at least one structural member linking the cradle to the end fitting. The cradle is configured to engage one end of the connector and receives the prepared end of the coaxial cable. The end fitting is configured to detachably connect the frame to the compression tool and includes an aperture for receiving the force input from the compression tool. The structural member defines at least one surface configured to guide the compression member along the axis in response to the force input. The compression member imposes an axial force on the other end of the connector and is guided along the axis by the guide surface of the frame.

A workstation and method for the installation of a pulling head assembly onto one or more conductors of a cabling system are provided. The workstation incorporates one or more of: a conductor clamp that holds the conductors of the cabling system in place during the installation of the pulling head assembly; a cutting guide having indicia marks that indicate the lengths to which to cut the conductors in order to achieve a staggered pattern of pulling eyes attached to the conductors in the pulling head assembly; a stripping tool that is used to remove a portion of the insulation from the terminal end of each conductor so that the end of the conductor may be inserted into the pulling eye; and a crimping tool that is used to crimp the pulling eyes onto the terminal ends of each of the conductors.