PREPARE TERMINATIONS- CRIMPING LUGS WITH CABLE ENDS
OBJECTIVES
At the end of this exercise you shall be able to
Use the crimping tool to crimp pressure terminal(lug) at the cable end
Requirements:
Tools/Instruments
Pressure pliers 200mm 1No
Electricians knife 100mm 1No
Wire stripper (manual) 200mm 1No
Combination pliers 200mm 1No
Crimping pliers150/200mm 1No
Wire stripper auto-ejrct 200mm 1No
Steel rule 300mm 1No
Side cutting pliers150mm 1No
Eyelet closing pliers 200mm 1No
with former for eyelets having inner dia. of 3,4,5,6,7 mm
MATERIALS
Cables
Compression connectors
Crimping eyelet, eye hole dia 6mm 12Nos
Crimping ferrulr 4mm ,10mm lon g 6Nos
Crimping spade lug 6A 6Nos
Crimping spade lug 10A 6Nos
Crimping spade lug 16A 2Nos
Conducting paste 1 tube
Training Aids:
Chart of crimping tool
O.H.P. transparencies of compression connectors , crimping and crimping pliers Charts of compression connectors
Procedure:
TASK 1: crimping of lug
1. Collect the cable (multi strand copper conductor) 2. Collect the spade connector suitable to the wire thickness and terminal size (6mm dia) 3. Select the wire stripper blade size to match the wire thickness or adjust the jaws of the stripper.(fig 4) 4. Strip off a length of insulation that suits the terminal size( spade connector).(fig 5) 5. Twist the strands of the wire lighty in the direction of strands(fig6) 6. Select the crimping pliers that matches with the terminal size 7. Clamp the spade connector with the crimping pliers in the matching position of jaws 8. Insert the wire far enough in the lug( fig 7) 9. Apply light pressure to create a light impression on the lug 10.Check whether the press is located in the middle of the band of lug and, if necessary ,make final adjustment 11.Apply sufficient pressure in the handle to press the lug fully, as shown in fig 12 12.Check whether the prepared lug joint is firm by pulling the cable 13.Repeat the crimping of lug for various sizes of copper and aluminium conductors of different lengths