408- 10029

PIDG and PLASTI- GRIP Terminal and Splice Crimping Heads

3

of 9

Rev B

Tyco Electronics Corporation

1. Remove quick pins from the adapter assembly.

Refer toFigure1.

2. Insert crimping head into the adapter assembly.

3. After the crimping head is properly aligned,

insert the quick pins through the two holes in the

adapter and through the holes in the crimp head.

The quick pins will “snap” into position when they

are properly inserted.

3.3. Removal

To avoid personal injury, ALWAYS disconnect the

battery from the tool before removing crimping

head.

Remove the quick pins from the crimping head; then

remove the crimping head from the tool holder.

4. CRIMPING PROCEDURES

To avoid personal injury, ALWAYS keep fingers

clear of crimping jaws when operating the tool.

Never place anything within the crimping jaws

except Tyco Electronics terminals or splices.

4.1. Terminal Crimping Procedure

1. Strip wire to dimensions shown in Figure 2. DO

NOT nick wire strand or use wires with nicked or

missing conductor strands.

2. Center the terminal or splice wire barrel in the

appropriate crimp chamber. See Figure 3.

3. Depress the trigger to advance the moving ram.

This closes the crimp jaws in order to hold the

terminal in place. DO NOT deform the wire barrel.

4. Insert stripped wire into terminal until the end of

the conductor butts against the locator as shown in

Figure 3.

5. Activate the tool to complete the crimp. The

crimp tool automatically returns to the first position

of the cycle when the crimp is complete.

6. Refer to Section 5 and Figure 6 for crimp

inspection.

Figure 3

PIDG and PLASTI--GRIP Terminals

“C” “B”

“C” “B”

“C” “B”

PIDG

Terminal

PIDG

Nylon Insulation

Restricting

Terminal

PLASTI--GRIP

Terminal

“B” Equals Wire Barrel

“C” Equals Insulation Barrel

Terminal Tongue

Positioned Under

Locator

Locator

Locator

Wire Barrel Against Locator

4.2. Butt Splice Crimping Procedure

1. Strip wire to dimensions shown in Figure 2. DO

NOT nick wire strand or use wires with nicked or

missing conductor strands.

2. Position splice between crimping jaws so that

the window indent slides under the locator of crimp

head. See Figure 4A.

3. Depress the trigger to advance the moving ram.

This closes the crimp jaws to hold the terminal in

place. DO NOT deform the wire barrel.

4. Insert stripped wire into wire barrel of splice until

the end of the conductor is against the splice wire

stop. See Figure 4A.

5. Activate tool to complete the crimp.

6. To crimp the other half of the butt splice,

reposition it in the crimping jaws and repeat Steps

1 through 5. If the splice cannot be turned, rotate

crimping head. See Figure 4B.

NOTE

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