Crimp Force Monitor
Doc. No: TM-638007950
Release Date: 03-21-13
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Revision Date: 03-21-13
HEADROOM
PEAK FORCE REFERENCE
SIGNATURE
PEAK FORCE OF CRIMP
WITH NO WIRE
INITIAL POWER ON
SCREEN
Peak Force of Reference Signature – Peak Force of Crimp with No Wire
X 100
Peak Force of Reference Signature
Performing the Headroom Calculation
The Headroom is automatically calculated after every crimp using the peak force of the last machine cycle and the
peak force of the reference signature. Because the headroom calculation is based on the peak force of the
reference, signature it is important to ensure the process is properly set-up and learned by the crimp force
monitor
.
When a headroom measurement is required simply, crimp a terminal without a wire.
3.4 Run Screens
3.4.1
Main Screen
The
Main
screen provides a snapshot signature of the last machine cycle, relative to the learned signature.
The box displayed is the analysis region of the crimp force signature. The error bar on the right side of the
display indicates both the + and - signature error variation relative to the learned signature. Two levels of
failure – “
Suspect
” and “
Gross Fail
” are determined if the + or – error exceeds the limits shown on the bar.
The Peak crimp force is displayed in engineering units in the top left corner for reference purpose.
There are two failure modes –
Suspect
,
and
Fail
with s
uspect tolerances indicated by a dashed line and fail
tolerances indicted by the outlined box. If the signature error exceeds either the “+” or “-“dashed marker, then
a suspect condition is annunciated in Yellow on the screen as shown below.
Black Bar = +/- error
Force Signature
Gross Tolerance Limit
Suspect limit – dashed line
