DESCRIPTION

1-456402-4 is a crimp tooling component used in wire termination processes to form electrical connections between wires and terminal barrels. The tooling is designed to achieve precise crimp height (CH) and crimp width (CW) dimensions that directly control the Area Index (AI), a critical quality metric defined as the ratio of total crimped area to total uncrimped area, typically targeted at 80%. Key dimensional parameters include nominal crimp height of 0.073 inches, crimp width of 0.110 inches, crimper leg taper of 3.0 degrees, and anvil width of 0.109 inches, with nominal anvil-to-crimper clearance of 0.005 inches. The tooling components, particularly the wire crimper and anvil, must be manufactured from materials capable of withstanding high loads, moderate shock, and significant shear loading during the plastic deformation and extrusion of terminal barrels. This crimp tooling is essential for maintaining consistent termination quality in production environments where crimp symmetry, pull test values, and lead throughput are critical performance measures.