Crimping tools join two pieces of metal by creating a deformity in one or both pieces to hold the other.
This deformity is the crimp. Crimping tools are used in wiring applications to attach a terminal or contact
to an electrical conductor. Crimping tools reshape both the metal barrel and the conductor. As a rule, the
creation of a proper crimp is a function of the electrical conductor, the crimp barrel, and the crimp tool.
The electrical resistance of the crimp joint should be equal to, or less than, the resistance of an equal
section of wire. The mechanical strength of crimped joints varies with the applied deformation.
