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Smoothing machines: the ideal start to crimping processes!

10. Jul 2025

Crimping

Daniela Christer

Current transmission technologies in the automotive industry require the use of cables that are stranded with short pitch lengths. The use of smoothing machines gives you an advantage in this regard.

Use trowels for quality assurance

The cables used in transmission technology, such as twisted-pair cables or sheathed cables, are problematic for further processing because the individual wires are bent.

This makes it difficult to strike the note correctly. This must be avoided!

Smoothing machines ensure a clean finishing process

Using a straightening machine, such as the straightening machine, the ends of the pipes can be straightened easily and cleanly.

This makes them easier to use for the subsequent crimping process (whether single or double crimping).

To ensure optimum crimping quality, the use of a zero-cut module is highly recommended.

Information about the trowelling machine:

  • The Schäfer stranding machines are used to prepare single- or multi-core cables for cable assembly.
  • Wires that have become twisted, for example due to open twists, can be straightened on crimping machines for further processing.
  • Before processing in the smoothing machine, twisted cables must be untwisted and fed into the screen one by one.
  • The smoothing process is started using a wired button.
  • The finishing result can be adjusted using the parameters contact pressure (1.5 to 6 bar), finishing time (10 settings) and transverse stroke (4 options).


Choose guaranteed quality

The crimping machine fully complies with the CE and EMC machine directives (mechanical and electrical safety, electromagnetic compatibility).

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