crimper
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- noun
- /ˈkrɪmpər/
- Specialized
:
crimpadora
- Make sure to use the crimper correctly to avoid damaging the wires during the installation.
- punch-type crimper
Examples
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Place them into the cutting tool on the crimper with the length such that you will have the outer sheathing sticking into the connector about this far.
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To connect the wires securely, you need to use a crimper to attach the connectors properly.
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This is a fairly expensive crimper and I like it.
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None were placed with an actual crimper.
Academic text (1998) -
Grab the left hand crimper, go up to the really small hold, but it feels OK because your feet are pretty good clip.
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That's why you use the cutter part of the crimpers to get a nice straight cut and then you can just push down like that.
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You can do this either with a crimper tool, with soldering, or with very small pliers (which I did, and I do not recommend).
Blog text (1) -
Three holes in, two wire crimpers, two holes in years ago when these were installed, they always used to have these screw terminals in.
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It operates single- or double-acting cylinders and tools such as jacks, crimpers, cable cutters, nut splitters, tire tools, and similar hydraulic-actuated devices.
Academic text (1998) -
He carefully held the wire in the crimper to ensure a tight fit with the connector.
Synonyms
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A tool used to bend and secure the ends of nails, bolts, or rivets
A hand tool that joins metal parts by pressing and bending them together
Compounds
How Secure
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crimper comes from the verb crimp, which means 'to press or fold' so two pieces hold together. So a crimper is the hand tool that makes those tight folds to join a wire and its connector.