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Fiber Optic Center is dedicated to offering the best practices and solutions for manufacturing fiber optic cable assemblies. During the fiber termination process, proper crimping techniques are critical to ensure you achieve a durable connection.
FOC focuses on several areas to ensure industry-leading solutions and best practices including:
The FOC team of experts has decades of experience servicing customers with challenges related to crimping cable assemblies. Having seen these challenges multiple times, we can save you efficient engineering time to market with our perspective on and understanding of the many different cable constructions and type of crimp solutions.
We provide the highest quality equipment backed with industry-leading technical support and exceptional customer service. With cutting edge equipment, automation, and process controls.
Critical Areas in the Crimp STEP
- Proper Crimping: Ensuring that any pull-forces applied to the cable will be taken up by the connector body, and will not be felt by the ferrule, relies on quality equipment and practices.
- Improper Crimping: Can significantly reduce product tensile strength. A durable crimp is needed to ensure the pull force of your cable assembly. Properly selecting the correct geometric die and size to assure optimum tensile and pull put strength of the cable to connector is key.
- “Over-crimping”: Can crush cable or connector components, and can prevent the ferrule from having proper “spring action”. Using the right crimp sleeve (diameter, material, and thickness), dye set, crimper, will distribute the strength member evenly around the back end of the connector.
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FEATURED PRODUCT
SCHLEUNIGER CT 34S PNEUMATIC CRIMPING MACHINE
The CT 34S Pneumatic Crimping Machine is designed for loose-piece
crimping applications. Its parallel crimping action delivers up to 35 kN
(3.9 tons) of force for insulated and non-insulated crimping
applications up to 35 mm² (2 AWG). The quality of the crimp is
guaranteed by a full-cycle mechanism that assures that the dies have
closed completely before they are reopened.
Features
- Crimping force up to 35 kN (3.9 tons)
- Factory set, requires no adjustment
- Crimp terminals onto wires up to 35 mm² (2 AWG)
- Parallel crimping action
- Spring-loaded crimping head with safety function
- Full-cycle mechanism ensures dies close completely before they
are reopened
FEATURED PRODUCT
JONARD 5 CAVITY CRIMP TOOL (HEX .139 .151 .178 / RND .134 .190)
This fully ratcheted crimper offers exceptional performance. Designed for minimal closing force (higher crimp force produced with lower hand force), plus there is no break-over hand force making the last click easily achievable.
The head is angled to lessen the need to bend the wrist awkwardly, die changes are made quickly and easily, ergonomic handles are dual component with a soft rubber insert plus the tool includes a built in safety release mechanism. Very durable steel housing accommodates both Fiber Optic and Coax dies.
FEATURED PRODUCT
SCHLEUNIGER CT 34S PNEUMATIC CRIMPING MACHINE
The CT 34S Pneumatic Crimping Machine is designed for loose-piece crimping applications. Its parallel crimping action delivers up to 35 kN
(3.9 tons) of force for insulated and non-insulated crimping applications up to 35 mm² (2 AWG). The quality of the crimp is guaranteed by a full-cycle mechanism that assures that the dies have closed completely before they are reopened.
Features
- Crimping force up to 35 kN (3.9 tons)
- Factory set, requires no adjustment
- Factory set, requires no adjustment
- Crimp terminals onto wires up to 35 mm² (2 AWG)
- Parallel crimping action
- Spring-loaded crimping head with safety function
- Full-cycle mechanism ensures dies close completely before they
are reopened
FEATURED PRODUCT
JONARD 5 CAVITY CRIMP TOOL (HEX .139 .151 .178 / RND .134 .190)
This fully ratcheted crimper offers exceptional performance. Designed for minimal closing force (higher crimp force produced with lower hand force), plus there is no break-over hand force making the last click easily achievable.
The head is angled to lessen the need to bend the wrist awkwardly, die changes are made quickly and easily, ergonomic handles are dual component with a soft rubber insert plus the tool includes a built in safety release mechanism. Very durable steel housing accommodates both Fiber Optic and Coax dies.
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Crimp Blog Articles
Proper crimping techniques are critical when terminating fiber optic connectors
Marcel Buijs, EMEA Business Development, Technical Sales, Fiber Optic Center, Inc. with over...
Crimp Tips
Crimping process steps require checklists
Even for a seemingly straightforward process step such as crimping, you need to have good...
Use the proper crimp tool tip
For each connector body, the connector manufacturer specifies the crimp tool, die set (hexagonal...
Crimp Q & A
Advice for best-practice crimping techniques
QUESTION: What are the best practices for crimping techniques?...
Concerns about how crimping impacts cable assembly and optical connections
QUESTION: Does crimping weaken the cable assembly and optical...
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