SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING CRIMP APPLICATIONS

Abstract: systems and methods for evaluating a crimping application. a power tool includes a pair of jaws configured to crimp a workpiece, a piston cylinder configured to actuate at least one of the pair of jaws, and a pressure sensor configured to provide pressure signals associated with a crimping application. the power tool also includes an electronic processor connected to the pressure sensor. the electronic processor is configured to monitor, while performing the crimping application, a pressure applied by the piston cylinder, construct a pressure curve indicative of a change in the pressure applied during the crimping application, process the pressure curve into a vector indicative of one or more features, evaluate the crimping application based on the vector, and provide an output indicative of the evaluation.

Inventor(s): Timothy J. Radtke, Carl B. Westerby, Jonathan E. Abbott, Corey J. Dickert

CPC Classification: H01R43/0428 (for forming connections by deformation, e.g. crimping tool)

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