DESCRIPTION

7-2837302-7 is a crimp tooling component used in wire termination and barrel crimping processes. The tooling is designed to maintain precise crimp height (CH) and crimp width (CW) parameters that directly influence the Area Index (AI), a critical quality metric defined as the ratio of total crimped area to total uncrimped area, typically targeted at 80%. The component incorporates specific dimensional controls including 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 a nominal anvil-to-crimper clearance of 0.005 inches. Dimensional control is critical as small variations in crimp width directly impact crimp height tolerance; for example, a 2% increase in crimp width requires approximately a 2% decrease in crimp height to maintain the same AI design point. This tooling is essential for production termination processes where quality, cost, and throughput must be precisely monitored through measurements such as crimp symmetry, pull test values, and leads per hour.