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Crimping tools
5 Tools
Instruction book, Mounting and maintenance
5
Tools
The following tools, which are available in the IQAN toolkit, or equivalent tools
recommended by the connector’s manufacturer, should be used:
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Different models of crimping tool adapted to crimping of the different types of pins.
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Extraction tools adapted to the removal of the different types of pins.
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Miscellaneous wire preparation tools and common service tools.
Crimping tools
The crimping tools are used to fix the pins to the conductor and insulator of the
individual wires.
Amp/Tyco crimping tools
The crimping tools in the IQAN toolkit are designed to work with AMP/Tyco
connectors used in IQAN modules. In some cases the insulator has a single wire seal
installed which is attached and held by crimping the pin. They are color coded to
identify which is used for the crimping of different types of pin.
Example of an IQAN crimping tool for AMP/Tyco connectors.
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Red - for crimping Junior Power Timer pins with individual wire seals.
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Yellow - for crimping Junior Power Timer pins without seals.
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Blue - for crimping Micro Timer pins with individual wire seals.