408-8582 Datasheet, PDF (2/4 Pages) TE Connectivity Ltd – Cumulative Trauma Disorders can result from the prolonged use of manually powered hand tools

Crimping the Center Contact
Cross Sectional View
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Plug
Contact
Flange on
End of Contact
Center Contact in
Crimping Chamber
Anvil Die
Stripped
Cable
Jack
Contact
Crimping
Die
Flange on
End of Contact
Crimping
Die
Figure 2
3. Holding the cable in place, close the tool handles
until the ratchet releases.
4. Allow the tool handles to open fully and remove
the crimped center contact from the dies.
4.2. Crimping the Ferrule (Figure 3)
1. Insert the crimped center contact into the
connector body until the cable dielectric butts
against the dielectric inside the connector body or
until the center contact is securely positioned within
the connector. Make sure that the braided shield is
over the support sleeve of the connector body and
that no strands from the shield enter the connector
body.
CAUTION
Make sure that both sides of the ferrule are started
evenly into the crimping chamber. Do not attempt to
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crimp an improperly positioned ferrule.
5. Carefully close the tool handles until the ratchet
releases.
Crimping the Ferrule
Shoulder on
Connector Body
Butts Against the
Edge of the Die
2. Slide the ferrule up over the braided shield and
onto the connector until the ferrule butts against the
shoulder on the connector body.
3. Place the ferrule in the appropriate crimping
chamber of the anvil die so that the shoulder on the
connector body butts against the edge of the die.
NOTE
i
Refer to the instruction sheet packaged with the
connector to determine the appropriate crimping
chamber for the ferrule.
Ferrule in 
Crimping 
Chamber on 
Anvil Die
4. While holding the assembly together, begin to
close the tool handles. Keep holding the assembly
until the dies have closed enough to clamp the
assembly in place.
Figure 3
Rev A
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