Battery Powered Crimping Tool
Order No: TM-638161000
Release Date: 04-03-13
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Revision: D
Revision Date: 12-16-15
3.1 Scope
This tool is designed to crimp various Molex terminals and splices using our offering of crimping heads.
Testing
Mechanical
The tensile test, or pull test, is a means of evaluating the mechanical properties of the crimped connections. The
following charts show the UL specifications for various wire sizes. The tensile strength is shown in pound-force,
which indicates the minimum acceptable force to break or separate the terminal from the conductor.
Wire Size (AWG) Tooling Color Code *UL – 486A **UL – 486C ***MIL-T-7928
22
8
8
20
13
10
18
20
10
16
30
15
14
50
25
12
70
35
10
80
40
8
Red
90
45
225
6
Blue
100
50
300
4
Yellow
140
-
400
2
Red
180
-
550
1
Blue
200
-
650
1/0
Blue
250
-
700
2/0
Yellow
300
-
750
3/0
Red
350
-
825
4/0
Blue
450
-
875
*UL – 486A – Terminals (Copper Conductors Only)
**UL – 486C – Butt Slices and Parallel Slices (Over 6 AWG use 486A values)
***MIL-T-7928 - Military Approved Terminals only as listed
3.2 Crimping Terminals
Specifications and Instructions for crimping are included with the individual Modular Crimp Heads.
These documents are called the Application Tooling Specification (ATS) Sheets.
These come with complete Module Crimp Heads. If another copy is needed search on the www.Molex.com for the
hand tool order number desired. In the section
Specification & Other Documents
click on the
Application
Tooling Specification (PDF) (ATS-EN).
