408-10175 Datasheet, PDF (3/7 Pages) Tyco Electronics – Reasons for reissue are provided in Section 8, REVISION SUMMARY.

Heavy Head PIDG STRATO-THERM Crimping Heads
4. CRIMPING PROCEDURE
NOTE
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Refer to Section 5 for information on the
insulation crimp adjustment.
Refer to Figure 3 and the following steps for terminal
crimping procedures.
PIDG STRATO-THERM Terminals
Insulation Barrel Wire Barrel
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3. Insert stripped wire into terminal until the end of
the conductor butts against the locator as shown in
Figure 3.
NOTE
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Do NOT allow wire insulation to enter the
terminal wire barrel.
4. Activate the tool to complete the crimp. The
crimp tool automatically returns to the first position
of the cycle when the crimp is complete.
5. Observe the dot code on the finished crimp to
ensure that the correct terminal and crimping head
combination was used. See Figure 2.
6. Refer to Section 4 and Figure 4 for terminal
crimp inspection procedure.
End of Conductor
Butts Against
Locator
Locator
5. CRIMP INSPECTION
Inspect crimped terminals by checking the features
described in Figure 4. Terminals, not meeting the
described conditions should NOT Be used.
Wire Barrel Butts
Against Locator
Figure 3
1. Strip the wire to the dimension provided in
Figure 2, being careful to avoid nicking or
damaging the conductor(s).
CAUTION
!
Do NOT use wire with nicked or missing
conductors.
NOTE
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Make sure terminal insulation color code matches
tool handle color.
6. INSULATION CRIMP ADJUSTMENTS
The insulation crimping section of the crimping head
has three positions: 1 (tight), 2 (medium), and 3
(loose). To adjust the section:
1. Insert the insulation crimp adjustment pins into
the No. 3 position. Refer to Figure 1.
2. Place the terminal into the crimping jaws as
shown in Figure 3.
3. Insert the UNSTRIPPED wire into ONLY the
insulation barrel (refer to Figure 3) portion of the
terminal.
4. Close the tool to complete the crimp.
5. Removed the crimped terminal and check the
insulation crimp by bending the wire back and forth
once. The terminal should retain its grip on the wire
insulation. If the wire pulls out, set the insulation
crimp adjustment pins to the next higher position
(No. 2).
6. Perform another crimp and repeat the
adjustment as necessary until the correct insulation
grip is attained. Do not use a tighter setting than
required.
2. Depress the trigger to advance the moving ram.
This action closes the crimp jaws in order to hold
the terminal in place. DO NOT deform the wire
barrel.
CAUTION
!
Make sure that both insulation crimp adjustment
pins are in the same position.
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