Bürklin Elektronik Quarterly # 02/2022 Englisch

KNIPEX
CRIMPING TOOLS:
SAFE AND COMPLIANT
WITH STANDARDS
FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS
ELECTRONIC PLIERS:
COMPACT AND POWERFUL
FOR CUTTING AND GUIDING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
With the rapid increase
in electric drives and the
necessary control electronics,
the need for fast
and at the same time safe
connections is growing.
Connector types such as
Scotchlok connectors,
Western connectors, modular
connectors, Cannon
connectors and many more
are suitable for crimping
- i.e. pressing in which
the connection is made by
using a compression tool.
The complexity of possible
crimp connections is
constantly increasing. In
addition to flexible and solid
wires, fibre optic cables,
antenna cables, telephone
and LAN cables and many
other types of cables can
now also be processed with
crimping tools.
KNIPEX offers a wide range
of solutions for the safe
and standard-compliant
connection of cables and
connectors. From the inexpensive
wire end crimping
pliers as a light and
compact hand tool to the
universal crimping system
pliers Multi-Crimp®
to the semi-automatic
electrically driven eCrimp
system pliers with over
1,500 interchangeable,
different crimping sets -
at KNIPEX the user has all
the options in your hand.
And innovative support
to boot. For example,
universally adjustable
positioning aids or electronic
displays for wear
and necessary calibration
for crimping pliers for very
sensitive crimp connections.
CRIMPZANGES
IN DIFFERENT VERSIONS
Due to the large number
of different plug connections,
crimping pliers are
required in many different
versions. As a rule, these
pliers are operated with
one hand - for particularly
large conductor crosssections,
however, there
are also models that facilitate
two-hand operation
due to their favourable
design.
A battery-operated version
is also available. Versatility
is also demonstrated by
models that are suitable
not only for crimping but
also for stripping and cutting
cables.
FERRULES PLIERS
A wire end ferrule pliers
exerts pressure on the wire
end ferrule and wire from
all sides via four crimping
parts. The resulting plastic
deformation in the respective
crimp profile leads to
a mechanically strong and
electrically safe connection.
SELF-ADJUSTING
CRIMPING PLIERS
Crimping pliers that are
able to automatically
adjust to the crosssection
of the sleeves to
be processed have been
developed especially for
the professional sector.
This guarantees the use of
the correct crimping jaws
at all times - which makes
crimping faster and more
comfortable.
FOUR-PRONGED
CRIMPING PLIERS
Particularly demanding
plug connections are found,
for example, in areas such
as the automotive industry,
aviation or medicine.
Here, turned contacts are
required.
Four- mandrel crimping
pliers are capable of producing
these high-quality
crimp connections. Four
synchronously running jaws
evenly press a mandrel
profile into the connector.
Electronic pliers do not
differ significantly from
normal pliers except for
their smaller size. The
most common designs due
to the intended use are as
follows are the side cutters
and gripping pliers.
KNIPEX offers special
tools for cutting wires and
components on circuit
boards: electronic side
cutters with a wide range
of head, cutting edge and
bevel shapes.
Special care must always
be taken where electronics
and sensitive components
are involved.
That is why many pliers are
also available as ESD tools.
ESD is the abbreviation for
„electrostatic discharge“
- the discharge of small
voltage breakdowns that
can quickly cause serious
damage to electronic components.
By using ESD pliers, the
hardware is protected
because the circuit can
flow and is not blocked, so
that voltage surges cannot
occur.
With their often delicate
construction, electronic
pliers are sensitive to mechanical
overload. Therefore,
they should always be
used with due respect for
the delicate nature of these
pliers. The maximum wire
diameters printed on the
handles of cutting pliers
must be observed.
The particularly high-quality
precision electronics
pliers are made of ball
bearing chrome steel,
which ensures the highest
possible load capacity for
these filigree pliers.
SPECIAL ADVANTAGES
OF THE KNIPEX
ELECTRONIC PLIERS
Thanks to a series of
extensive changes in the
range of pierced electronics
pliers, KNIPEX Elektroniktool,
which has once again
significantly improved the
outstanding properties of
its predecessors.
From the classic side cutters
to end cutters, diagonal
cutters and flat nose
pliers: KNIPEX electronic
pliers are now even more
durable, more powerful and
with even more sensitivity.
By using ball bearing
chrome steel in the entire
family of box joint electric
pliers, KNIPEX offers tools
that provide the most
accurate feedback from the
pliers tip to the handle due
to their bending behaviour.
It is precisely there that
an optimally designed
single-component shell
now ensures exceptional
handiness in the slimmest
handle variants.
Thanks to the use of new
manufacturing processes
and optimised materials,
the end cutters not only
score with slim handles,
but also with slimmer
heads. This makes it even
easier to reach through in
narrow working environments.
Last but not least: Both
the single- and two-component
sleeves have a much
slimmer design in the front
area, so that the pliers can
be guided very sensitively
with the thumb and forefinger.
The cutting behaviour
of the pliers has once
again been significantly
improved by changing the
geometries and transmission
ratios. The resulting
savings in force are another
convincing argument for
choosing KNIPEX.
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