Heisscrimpen
Direct connection of wires and enameled wires with cable lugs by resistance weldinghot crimping – reliable connections of WIRES AND ENAMELED WIRES without prior stripping
The welding heads or welding tongs of the resistance welding devices from STRUNK Connect have a special mechanical structure so that a reliable and high-quality welded connection is created in accordance with customer specifications. Each individually designed construction is calculated and designed specifically for the customer’s application using FEM software in order to generate the required welding pressure and transfer the high welding current within a very short welding time. Due to these properties and in combination with the intelligent power sources and the precise monitoring by the PC-based welding controls from STRUNK, our process evaporates the insulation of each individual enamelled wire without affecting the copper. The insulation vapors are extracted by an extraction system.
What is hot crimping and which wires is it suitable for?
Hot crimping is a proper welding process that is based on STRUNK’s resistance welding process for non-ferrous metals, e.g. B. copper based. It is suitable for enamelled wires (motor, stator, generator production, medical applications), insulated HF strands (e.g. for transformers, chargers …) or conventional copper wires (highly flexible, regularly stranded or braided strands, e.g. . for electric or hybrid vehicles).
STRUNK can process all wire types as single strands from a cross-section of 0.05 mm2 or as stranded or braided bundles up to 400mm2. The thickness of the individual wires does not matter. This means that HF lines are also possible. In addition, all conventional wires with different coatings (silver, tin, nickel …) can be processed. This means that this process is also suitable for high-temperature applications. Plugs and sleeves can be made of bare copper, tinned, nickel-plated or silver-plated.
What applications is hot crimping suitable for?
Connections between enamelled wires or between enamelled wires and cable lugs have been extremely time-consuming and expensive in the past. The reason for this was the manual effort involved in removing the lacquer layer from each individual wire. If a wire bundle had to be contacted, stripping this bundle in one step was almost impossible. An employee had to heat the wires with a flame and connect the wire bundle manually by feeding in a hard gate (in the form of a rod). This process takes time and was not reliable. Today, STRUNK can weld these wires to a terminal or sleeve without prior stripping. Resistance welding evaporates the insulation and connects each individual wire to the others. This procedure has the following advantages:
- In all of the test methods used in the automotive and medical industries, no aging of the welded joints could be determined during the entire service life.
- No more crimp connections that can loosen or relax over the course of their service life.
- Completely safe process due to the monitoring of all necessary parameters.
- Particularly high conductivity without voltage drop due to the low contact resistance.
- Due to the high tensile strength (high tensile forces) of the individual wires, there is no slip effect when pulling.
- The connection is vibration-proof and temperature-resistant.
- The connection is insensitive to environmental influences.
- The process can be fully automated.
How is hot crimping different from traditional crimping?
With conventional crimping, a mechanical connection is established that can loosen again during the service life of the product due to aging (relaxation of materials). In contrast to this, during hot crimping, the materials are fused together by resistance welding without stressing the copper and a connection is created between the joining partners that has virtually no contact resistance and does NOT AGE during its service life. Due to the perfect resistance and intermetallic connection, there will be no oxidation later, which would increase the resistance during the use of the product. Even in heavy current applications with large cross-sections, this technology achieves safe and reliable connections that function without failures even after the required power supply cycles. In addition, the mechanical tensile forces are particularly high and stable because the sleeve and wires are connected to one another. STRUNK’s PC welding controls allow process parameters to be monitored, including data tracking in a database or product identification for full traceability as required in the automotive, medical and solar industries.
How does hot crimping work?
Resistance welding creates a welded connection between the individual wires. Specially designed welding heads generate the necessary welding force on the cable lug or sleeve and transfer the welding current to the joint partners within a very short time without stressing the copper. Optionally, this process can be monitored and regulated with the intelligent power sources and PC-based controls from STRUNK. In specially programmed pulses, the welding current generates the temperature required to evaporate the insulation and weld the wires together. This creates an alloy between the wires and the sleeve or cable lug, which ensures a perfect electrical connection between the individual wires. The required mechanical tensile forces for each wire in the bundle are also achieved without slip effects.
What are the essential parameters for the hot crimping process?
Only three essential parameters are important for creating a welded joint: welding current, welding time and welding pressure. So that the operator does not have to deal with these parameters first, the PC systems from STRUNK can specify standard parameters that only require fine adjustment by the operator. These standard values are recommendations from STRUNK, which were set by STRUNK taking into account the corresponding application. Alternatively, the operator can also use freely programmable profiles.
What equipment is required for hot crimping?
In order to cover the entire spectrum of customer requirements, STRUNK Connect produces and supplies turnkey systems from table-top units to fully automatic production systems. These devices process the products in sequence to enable different crimp sizes or product combinations. The welding device (hot crimping device) itself can be designed as a module or with welding head or pliers, depending on the space available at the customer’s premises. For a detailed offer on suitable equipment, customers are welcome to send samples to STRUNK Connect.
Machinery
(Individual customer solution as an example)
Fully automatic gun welding system 150KVA with transfer tape for hot crimping of phase connections and star points of geared motors
The system is designed for standing stators on tool carrier systems. It has a STRUNK servo rotary / lifting unit as well as a portal system with servo X / Y / Z infeed. The 4-axis machine can thus reach and process all positions on a pallet.
Fully automatic welding system for hot crimping with a rotary lifting table mechanism
The welding cell has an S-MMD2 or S-MMD3 module for hot crimp connections of sleeves and ring or tubular cable lugs for geared motors in the BEV or HEV range. The components are presented via a WT, which is drawn into the system by a WT belt system and, after the entire component has been processed, is fed back onto the WT belt system.
Semi-automatic welding cell for hot crimping of stators incl. Interchangeable tool carriers for different sizes and designs
The system is designed as a 150 KVA AC tong welding system with STRUNK X / Y / Z servo portal, with the transformer and secondary being firmly connected so that the secondary paths can be kept extremely short. This enables high performance and thus the welding of large cross-sections in the shortest possible time. The stators are rotated by 180 ° at the front using a WT system and pulled into the machine. After all connections have been welded, the tool carrier is unlocked and made available to the WT system for removal.
S-MMD1 for hot crimping of stators
The S-MMD1 system can be prepared as a manual workstation or a module for assembly. Welding module with drawer system guard and left-aligned welding tool is suitable for short pick-up lengths, especially for stators for standard motors for sizes from 63 – 225 mm in diameter. The connection parts can be ring terminals, tubular cable lugs or sleeves. Special rotatable mountings are provided for different contact parts, which in turn can be changed quickly. End connectors and through connectors are possible.
S-MMD3 for hot crimping applications
The S-MMD3 system can be designed as a single module or table structure. The welding module with left-aligned table structure and tool structure is suitable for on-site delivery of lifting scissor tables or transfer belts for fixing or feeding stators. Special rotatable mountings are provided for different contact parts, which in turn can be changed quickly. End connectors and through connectors are possible. Optional gripping systems enable cable bundles to be held in place without damaging the insulation. The spring grippers can securely fix a wide range of cross-sections on cable bundles.
Strip welding system for processing in the hot crimping process
Manual STRUNK gun welding system as a strip welding system with servo feed of a Cu punched strip to a bending unit. The Cu strip is bent into a crimp geometry in such a way that the outlets of the stators can be inserted into the crimp manually. The crimp is then shot automatically and the welding (hot crimping) between ceramics is carried out. Thanks to the special ceramic tool, a defined width is always maintained with different filling levels (sequential production possible).
Manual welding system for high cross-sectional areas
The system is designed as a manual gun welding system 200 KVA AC as a flat bed machine, with the transformer and secondary being firmly connected so that the secondary paths can be kept extremely short. This enables high performance and thus the welding of cross-sections between 25 and 300 mm². The stators are presented by the customer on the right of the system by a conveyor belt or lifting table. Thanks to the compact tool geometry, the shortest cable lengths can be achieved even with high cross-sections.
Semi-automatic welding system for hot crimping with a rotary lifting table mechanism
The system is designed as a 150 KVA AC tong welding system with STRUNK X / Y / Z servo portal, with the transformer and secondary being firmly connected so that the secondary paths can be kept extremely short. This enables high performance and thus the welding of large cross-sections in the shortest possible time. The stators are manually pushed onto the STRUNK HUBFIX-SERVO-TURNING UNIT at the front using a WT system. After the protective door is closed, the stator is processed automatically. The WT is discharged after the routine has been processed manually by pushing it on a roller conveyor.
Portal welding system for hot crimping of stators
The portal system enables very short cable / tap lengths to be processed thanks to the free tool access. The tools for different applications can be changed quickly. Poka Yoke is implemented via monitored storage and our tool management “STRUNK Tool Mangement”.
Sample
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Schweißanlage als manuelles Zangenschweißsystem 200 KVA AC als Flachbettmaschine ausgeführt, wobei Trafo und Sekundäre fest verbunden sind, damit die Sekundärwege extrem kurz gefasst werden können. Dies ermöglicht hohe Leistungen und somit das Verschweißen von Querschnitten zwischen 25mm² und 300mm². Die Statoren werden bauseits rechts an der Anlage durch ein Förderband oder Hubtisch präsentiert. Durch die kompakte Werkzeuggeometrie können auch bei den hohen Querschnitten kürzeste Leitungslängen realisiert werden.
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Manuelles STRUNK Zangenschweißsystem als Bandschweißanlage mit Servozuführung eines Cu-Stanzbandes zu einer Biegeeinheit. Das Cu-Band wird so zu einer Crimpgeometrie gebogen, dass manuell die Abgänge der Statoren in den Crimp eingelegt werden können. Der Crimp wird sodann automatisch geschossen und die Schweißung (Heißcrimpung) zwischen Keramiken ausgeführt. Durch das spezielle Keramikwerkzeug wird bei unterschiedlichen Füllgraden (sequenzielle Feritigung möglich) immer eine definierte Breite gehalten.
Cu-Lackdraht zu Kabelschuh, vernickelt
vollautomatische Schweißzelle in Doppelzangenausführung mit Werkzeugträgersystem für den Banddurchlauf
Cu-Lackdraht zu Kabelschuh, versilbert
Die Anlage ist für stehende Statoren auf Werkzeugträgersystemen konstruiert. Sie verfügt über eine STRUNK Servo Dreh-Hubeinheit, sowie über ein Portalsystem mit Servo X/Y/Z Zustellung. Der 4-Achser kann somit alle Positionen auf einer Palette erreichen und verarbeiten.
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MSK MikroschweiĂźanlage fĂĽr das HeiĂźcimpen eines Leitung fĂĽr den Einsatz im Hochtemperaturbereich als Handarbeitsplatz.
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Schweißmodul für die Verarbeitung von HF-Litzen mit linksbündigem Tischaufbau sowie Werkzeugaufbau für eine bauseitige Zustellung von Hub-Scherentischen oder Transferbändern für die Fixierung oder Zuführung von Statoren. Für unterschiedliche Kontaktteile sind spezielle drehbare Aufnahmen vorgesehen die in sich wiederum schnellwechselbar sind. So sind Endverbinder und Durchgangsverbinder möglich.
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Manuelles STRUNK Zangenschweißsystem als Bandschweißanlage mit Servozuführung eines Cu-Stanzbandes zu einer Biegeeinheit. Das Cu-Band wird so zu einer Crimpgeometrie gebogen, dass manuell die Abgänge der Statoren in den Crimp eingelegt werden können. Der Crimp wird sodann automatisch geschossen und die Schweißung (Heißcrimpung) zwischen Keramiken ausgeführt. Durch das spezielle Keramikwerkzeug wird bei unterschiedlichen Füllgraden (sequenzielle Feritigung möglich) immer eine definierte Breite gehalten.
HV, Cu, blank, zu Ring-kabelschuh, versilbert
Anwendung für HV-Leitungssätze mit Apllikation eines Kabelschuhes im Schweiß-/Heißcrimpverfahren. Anlage als Handarbeitsplatz mit Werkzeug inkl. seitlicher Begrenzer um exakte Dimensionen des Schweißbereiches zu halten damit die Applikation in ein Spritzgußgehäuse passt.
Ladestecker fĂĽr EV und Hybrid
Ladestecker für EV incl. Ladedose bauseits im Fahrzeug normiert mit Verarbeitungsrichtlinie. chweißmodul KNP 6 für die Verschweißung von gedrehten Kontakten in Cu blank oder vernickelt für Ladestecker oder Ladedosen im EV (BEV oder HEV) für DC und AC Ladestrategien. Die Anlagen ermöglichen eine manuelle Bestückung von Steckkontakt und Kabel und einen Schweißvorgang ohne die Assembly aus der Hand zu nehmen.
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Heißcrimpanwendung für Spulen ausgeprägrt als Hakenschweißung für die automatische Fertigung. Mikroschweißzange in mit Drehtisch und Palletiersystem.
Getriebemotor in Wickel-Einzugstechnik
Getriebemotor in Wickel-Einzugstechnik. Heißcrimpen von U,V,W sowie den Sternpunkten als vollautomtisches Fertigungskonzept. Die Schweißzelle verfügt über ein S-MMD2 oder S-MMD3 Modul für Heißcrimpverbindungen von Hülsen und Ring- oder Rohrkabelschuhen für Getriebemotoren im Bereich BEV oder HEV. Die Präsentation der Bauteile erfolgt über einen WT, der in die Anlage von einem WT-Bandsystem eingezogen und nach Verarbeitung des gesamten Bauteils wieder auf das WT- Bandsystem eingeschleust wird.
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Manuelles TRUNK Zangenschweißsystem als Bandschweißanlage mit Servozuführung eines Cu-Stanzbandes zu einer Biegeeinheit. Das Cu-Band wird so zu einer Crimpgeometrie gebogen, dass manuell die Abgänge der Statoren in den Crimp eingelegt werden können. Der Crimp wird sodann automatisch geschossen und die Schweißung (Heißcrimpung) zwischen Keramiken ausgeführt. Durch das spezielle Keramikwerkzeug wird bei unterschiedlichen Füllgraden (sequenzielle Feritigung möglich) immer eine definierte Breite gehalten.
HF-Litze zu Kabelschuh, verzinnt
Anwendung von Profillackdrähten zu Kabelschuh, versilbert als Handarbeitsplatz. Das Portalsystem ermöglicht durch den freien Werkzeugzugang die Verarbeitung von sehr kurzen Leitungs-/Abgriffslängen. Die Werkzeuge fĂĽr unterschiedliche Anwendungen sind schnellwechselbar. Poka Yoke wird ĂĽber ĂĽberwachte Ablagen und unsere Werkzeugverwaltung “STRUNK Tool Mangement” realisiert.
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Getriebemotor in Wickel-Einzugstechnik. Heißcrimpen von U,V,W sowie den Sternpunkten als vollautomtisches Fertigungskonzept. Die Schweißzelle verfügt über ein S-MMD2 oder S-MMD3 Modul für Heißcrimpverbindungen von Hülsen und Ring- oder Rohrkabelschuhen für Getriebemotoren im Bereich BEV oder HEV. Die Präsentation der Bauteile erfolgt über einen WT, der in die Anlage von einem WT-Bandsystem eingezogen und nach Verarbeitung des gesamten Bauteils wieder auf das WT- Bandsystem eingeschleust wird.