Crimping Tool

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WM2D File

Software copyright © 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Info

The tool is a toggle fourbar linkage. The mechanical advantage increases as the linkage approaches the toggle position, when two links (in blue and green respectively) are collinear. The increasing mechanical advantage helps the crimping. 

Source

This Working Model file is adapted from Figure P2.13 on p.82 in Design of Machinery, 3rd ed. by Norton, R.L., McGraw-Hill, 2004.

Credits

This Working Model file was first developed by Jie (Jeff) Yang.