409-35009
Rev E
6 of 44
2.2.
Functional
These machines provide the force required to crimp terminals in the applicator. A terminal is attached to the
wire by placing the wire in the crimp area and pressing the foot switch. The machine consists of three
functional areas:
The
motor group
includes an AC motor that drives a crankshaft (Figure 2). The motor is activated
each cycle and rotates the crankshaft one full revolution.
Figure 2: Motor and crankshaft-ram groups
1
Motor group
2
Crankshaft-ram group
3
Electrical enclosure
4
Foot switch
5
AC power cord (customer supplied)
The
crankshaft-ram group
converts the rotational output of the motor to the linear motion of the ram
that cycles the applicator during the crimping operation.
