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Deutsch Tooling
Tooling Overview
Deutsch Industrial manufactures two types of contacts, solid and stamped & formed. Both styles of contacts are designed for
crimp style terminations, no solder is required or recommended. A crimp style termination displaces the wire strands creating
a superior bond between the wire and the contact.
Deutsch offers several types of tools to assist with hand and production wire crimping, wire insertion and removal and wedgelock/
terminal position assurance removal. The tools are specifi c to the solid contacts or the stamped & formed contacts. To ensure
a proper crimp and achieve the highest performance specifi cations, Deutsch contacts must be crimped with Deutsch tooling.
Deutsch can only warrant electrical performance when proper parts, procedures, and tooling are used.
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Benefi ts of Crimping
Mechanically crimping contacts is the dominant wire termination method, for some very good reasons:
1. Since no wet process is involved, corrosion is not a
problem. No adhesive, fl ux, or additives are used.
2. Strength, accuracy and overall reliability of a crimped
contact are controlled by the crimp tool, not the
operator. The fi eld tools (except size 4 solid style)
release the contact only after the full crimping cycle
is completed.
3. The crimp tool is universal, accepts both pins and
sockets of many sizes.
4. Crimping can be done anywhere, without special
preparation. Terminations are replaced or modifi ed in
the fi eld exactly the same as in the shop, using the
same tools and the same techniques, and with the
same ease of operation and certainty of results.
5. Total installed and maintenance costs are lower.
Conductor
strands not
visible
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Solid Contact Crimp Inspection
BirdcageBi
r
Flayed
wire
Crimp centered be-
tween the inspection
hole and crimp barrel
end
Conductor strands
are visible through
inspection hole
Correct insulation gap
(.100” max)
Acceptable Crimp Unacceptable Crimps
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Stamped & Formed Contact Crimp Inspection
All strands
captured
Bare wire strands
extended from
conductor crimp
Insulation spaced
from conductor
crimp area
Conductor
strands not
visible on
both sides
of conductor
crimp
Conductor
strands bent
and not
completely
captured
r
Conductor
strand not
captured
Acceptable Crimp
Unacceptable Crimps