18.0V Cordless Hydraulic Crimping Tools

When it comes to cable termination, the quality of your cable, your ferrule or lug and your crimping tool all contribute to the quality of the connection being made – any weak link, and the connection will not be to the correct standard or current rating.

Proper selection of components and crimp tool are essential to ensure that a solid bond is formed and the wire ends are tidied. If the ends are improperly crimped, a high quality connection cannot be achieved and the crimp will not be able to carry the same current as the cable, and failures may occur.

The correct equipment choice should be made from the beginning to end, starting with reliable high-quality cables.

If the cables purchased are particularly cheap, it is highly likely to have been made cheaper by the reduction of copper wire inside, reducing the cable outer diameter even if the cable remains labelled with the appropriate current rating. This creates a weak connection as there is an incorrect cable diameter at the crimp end.

Secondly the lug used must be of the correct size – with an inner diameter to match the cable being crimped, and an outer diameter designed to work correctly with the crimp tool being used. If either the inner or outer diameter is not correct, the cable will not be crimped with sufficient surface area contact or pressure.

The final step is to acquire a crimping tool which is up to the job – not only must it have a suitable matching die for the crimp being used, but it must be capable of exerting the correct crimping force around the entire crimp and cable circumference.

Only with all the correct ingredients can you make a connection that is not only up to the job, but that results in a cold weld of copper between the conductor and the crimp lug.

That’s where Cembre comes in.

Offering high quality crimp lugs with correctly matched and calibrated crimp tools that assures your connection.

The B450ND and B500NDE series offer a new generation of hand-held cordless hydraulic crimping tools optimised with a bilinear mechanical design for improved ergonomics – providing valuable comfort which is especially important for extensive repetitive use.

Cembre hydraulic crimping tools require much less effort to use compared to their manual counterparts and offer semi-automated crimping to ensure high quality connections time and again.

Quiet and smooth operation combined with a durable construction and “single handed” operation make the Cembre line of 18.0 V crimp tools a must have for any installation engineer.

During operation, vital real-time data can be viewed on the multifunction OLED display such as operating force, battery level, cycles performed and number remaining before suggested maintenance and much more.

Smart Release Technology developed by Cembre is an intelligent oil pressure release system. It retracts the ram automatically when the motor stops but only when the start button is released, allowing the operator to inspect whether the press jaws fully contacted before releasing.

To ensure a precise crimp while operating, the electronic pressure sensor (EPS) checks the actual pressure exerted and warns the operator of possible errors. It is further fitted with a maximum pressure sensor for extreme precision and simple repeatability of the maximum pressure cycle, in addition to a pressure relief valve for additional safety when operating.

18.0 V Cordless Hydraulic Crimping Tool B450ND-BVE – for conductor cross sections up to 150mm2 using die sets common to all Cembre 45kN tools and heads

Benefits of the B450ND-BVE:

• Suitable for low voltage lug sizes from 4 – 150 mm²
• Supplied with case, 2 Ah battery and charger
• 50 kN crimping force
• 180° rotating head
• Suitable for hexagonal, oval and indent crimp dies
• 200k memory of recent jobs
• SMARTOOL technology – connect to PC via USB for use information and calibration alerts
• Maximum pressure valve for safe use

18.0 V Cordless Hydraulic Crimping Tool B500NDE – for conductor cross sections up to 300mm2 using die sets common to the Cembre 50 kN tooling range

Benefits of the B500NDE:

• Suitable for low voltage lug sizes from 4 – 300 mm²
• OLED display with touch button
• Supplied with case, 2 Ah battery and charger
• 60 kN crimping force
• 180° rotating head
• Electronic Pressure Sensor (EPS)
• Intelligent automatic return at the end of the cycle (Smart Release)
• Suitable for hexagonal, oval, indent, radial and circular crimp dies
• 200k memory of recent jobs
• SMARTOOL technology – connect to PC via USB for use information and calibration alerts
• Maximum pressure valve for safe use

For more information and guidance on the correct Cembre crimping tool for your application, contact your local branch today and our engineers will be happy to offer any assistance.