0011201271 Datasheet/PDFCrimpers, Applicators, Presses
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From industrial manufacturing lingo, a crimper, applicator, or press is a specialized machine designed to shape, join, form, cut, apply, or otherwise work with materials and objects. Crimpers, applicators, and presses are a part of essential factory automation devices used across various industries, such as aerospace, medical device manufacturing, electronics, automotive, and even in consumer product packaging.
A crimper, applicator, or press takes a wire, mold, or material and applies a precise amount of pressure to it, allowing for more precise and reliable joining, forming, or cutting. In the electronics industry, a crimper, applicator, or press is typically used for attaching components to printed circuit boards (PCBs). In the medical Field, these machines are used to attach wires or components to medical devices, such as pacemakers. Crimpers, applicators, and presses can also be used for joining pieces of plastic, metal, or wood, which is often used in the automotive industry.
Crimpers, applicators, and presses come in all shapes and sizes, from very small hand tools to large automated machines. Depending on the type of task being performed, the crimper, applicator, or press must be able to provide precise and consistent pressure. The most commonly used type of crimping, applicator, or press work is often referred to as cold forming, where C-shaped metal strips are crimped, pressed, or squeezed into shape using dies.
Presses are a type of crimper, applicator, or press that makes use of hydraulic, pneumatic, electric, or mechanical forces to change the shape of a workpiece. Hydraulic presses use fluid pressure to press pieces together, while pneumatic presses work on the same principle but use compressed air instead of fluid. Electric presses work on the principle of electrical current to heat and shape pieces of metal. Mechanical presses use an adapted mechanical arm to shape and form pieces together.
The components used in crimpers, applicators, and presses are often interchangeable and can be manufactured from many different types of materials, such as copper, brass, bronze, aluminum, steel, and stainless steel. They can also be fabricated using different methods such as drawing, welding, spinning, stamping, forging, extruding, and brazing.
Crimpers, applicators, and presses are used to join materials into a single unit, alter the shape of a workpiece, or make a component from scratch. They are also used to cut or strip wire and cable, cover components with protective coatings, package products for shipment, assemble parts, and create molds for production. Crimpers, applicators, and presses are essential for a variety of industrial applications, and are the cornerstone of automotive, electronics, and medical device manufacturing.