DESCRIPTION

1-456134-9 is a crimp tooling component used in wire termination and barrel forming operations for electrical connectors. The tooling is engineered to achieve precise crimp height (CH) and crimp width (CW) control, with a typical design point for Area Index (AI) of 80%, where AI is calculated as the ratio of total crimped area to total uncrimped area expressed as a percentage. Critical dimensional specifications include a 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 a nominal anvil-to-crimper clearance of 0.005 inches. The tooling components, particularly the wire crimper and anvil, are manufactured from materials selected to withstand high loads, moderate shock, and the shear loading generated during the plastic deformation and extrusion of terminal barrels. This precision tooling is essential for maintaining consistent crimp quality, pull test values, and production throughput in high-volume wire termination processes used in automotive, telecommunications, and industrial connector applications.