DESCRIPTION

1-456406-1 is a crimp tooling component used in wire termination processes to form and crimp terminal barrels onto wire conductors. The tooling is designed to achieve precise crimp height (CH) and crimp width (CW) dimensions, with a typical design point for Area Index (AI) of 80%, where AI is calculated as the ratio of total crimped area to total uncrimped area expressed as a percentage. Key dimensional parameters include a nominal crimp height of 0.073 inches, crimp width of 0.110 inches, crimper leg taper of 3.0 degrees, and anvil width of 0.109 inches, with nominal anvil-to-crimper clearance of 0.005 inches. The tooling components, particularly the wire crimper and anvil, are manufactured from materials selected to withstand high loads, moderate shock, and shear loading during the plastic deformation and extrusion process. This crimp tooling is essential for maintaining consistent termination quality in production environments where crimp symmetry, pull test values, and lead throughput are critical performance metrics.