US Patent 7587918 Crimping device

A crimping device has for each crimper an anvil including a conductor anvil provided with a force sensor on which the force that arises in the conductor anvil during the crimping operation acts. The conductor anvil rests on a sensor body which in turn rests on a supporting part of the crimping device. The force sensor measures the force that is required to manufacture the conductor crimp, the quality of the crimped fastening being assessable by reference to the force curve generated by the force sensor.