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Mr. Moneybags here and his Wurth gear.
Nice.
We use that style crimper. Ours are some rebrand from Automation Direct. They do the job. Ferrules are SOP in my life now.
Not a lot of ferrules in my life, aside from the occasional DT connector. But a proper crimp is a wonderful thing.
I wish you Godspeed. We've got a crappy one of those at work and it's the bane of my existence. Yours seems nicer though.
You're looking at about 400 USD of tool here. Snap on ain't got shot on these swedes.
Jimminy. I can't imagine a situation that both a. requires that much ferrule crimping and b. can't be automated. Like, maybe they'd be worth it if I spent 8 hours a day crimping wires, but at that point I'd be better off getting some sort of machine to do it.
Maybe I'm just poor.
I used to work with maritime electronics, both installation and maintenance, and I went through A LOT of ferrules. And now that I am building my personal tool collection I've come to appreciate the wurth quality.
I can't speak for the crimpers, but a colleague gave me a small electronics screwdriver set made by würth, and they are really really nice. Grippy without stripping, feels good in the hand. They really do make tools that are a pleasure to use.
No square sucks harder to fit in terminal blocks.
Uh, no? It's the opposite.
Source: I've used both at work. A larger diameter wire with square crimp will fit in a terminal block than a hexagonal crimp, and I prefer square crimp for this exact reason. The contact area inside a terminal block is flat, after all.
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