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INTRODUCTION
This instruction sheet provides procedures for product application, maintenance, and inspection of
SOLISTRAND crimping dies, which are used in crimping heads 69097, 69099, and 1752868-1. These dies are
used to crimp SOLISTRAND terminals and splices onto solid or stranded copper wire in AWG sizes of 8-4/0
(see Table 1).
Figure 1: Terminals and splices
1
Terminal
2
Butt splice
3
Parallel splices
4
Wire barrel for wire strip length (see Table 1 and Table 2)
Table 1: Crimping specifications
Wire
size
AWG
Die set numbers for
crimping head 69097
Die set
numbers for
crimping
heads
69099 and
1752868-1
Wire strip length for wire barrel
Stationary
die
Moving
die
Terminal
Butt splice
Parallel splice
Minimum
Maximum
Minimum
Maximum
Minimum
Maximum
8
46146
46145
69216*
8.33 [.328]
9.12 [.359]
10.31 [.406]
11.13 [.438]
10.31 [.406]
11.13 [.438]
6
46134
46133
69217*
9.93 [.391]
10.72 [.422]
11.91 [.469]
12.7 [.500]
11.13 [.438]
11.91 [.469]
4
46135
69218*
11.13 [.438]
11.91 [.469]
13.49 [.531]
14.27 [.562]
13.49 [.531]
14.27 [.562]
2
46136
45433*
12.7 [.500]
13.49 [.531]
15.09 [.594]
19.05 [.750]
16.66 [.656]
17.48 [.688]
1/0
46138
46137
45436*
19.05 [.750]
19.84 [.781]
17.48 [.688]
18.26 [.719]
19.05 [.750]
19.84 [.781]
2/0
—
—
45439*
3/0
—
—
45442
4/0
—
—
45445
19.84 [.781]
20.62 [.812]
* These dies can be used for STRATO-
THERM™ heat resistant post
-insulated terminals and splices.
Table 2: Dies for 90° bend terminals
Wire
size
AWG
Die set numbers for
crimping heads
69099 and 1752868-1
Wire strip length
for wire barrel
Minimum
Maximum
4
69218-1
11.13 [.438]
11.91 [.469]
2
45433-1
12.7 [.500]
13.49 [.531]
1/0
45436-1
19.05 [.750]
19.84 [.781]
SOLISTRAND™ Crimping Dies
(Used in Crimping Heads 69097, 69099, and 1752868-1
)
