What is a swage punch?

What is a swage punch?

It turns out that swaging is changing the diameter of tubing by forcing it into a die — so swaging is somewhat like flaring. After you swage the tubing, you usually mate it with a fitting, then crimp or solder it. Although swaging can be a hot or cold process, you’ll probably want to use this swaging punch cold.

What are stop sleeves?

Stop sleeves are sometimes also called buttons or button sleeves. A stop sleeve is a usually circular shaped sleeve that attaches at the end of a wire rope. This creates a termination point at the end of a rope and will prevent the end of the rope from slipping through gaps and holes in other materials.

What is a Nicopress tool used for?

A nicopress swaged sleeve is a mechanically swaged connector used to make a mechanical or electro-mechanical connection. These sleeves join or terminate: wire rope, aircraft cable, synthetic cable, fibrous rope, or electrical conductor/cable.

What is a drilling swage?

1. n. [Well Completions] A threaded adapter used to connect a circulating line to a casing or tubing string. A casing or tubing swage generally is required as a contingency option to enable any obstruction or fill to be circulated clear during the running process.

How do swage fittings work?

Swage fittings have a long drilled shaft relative to the wire’s diameter (diagram 1). Once the wire is inserted into the fitting, the fitting is then rolled through (or hammered by) a set of dies, to squeeze the fitting onto the wire.

How do you swage without swaging tool?

Just crush the thing with any tool you have around. If you can use a big vise to crush them down, that’s probably the most ‘controlled’ way. Otherwise, use pliers, or get a hammer and chisel and dent the sleeve at two or three points with the chisel.

What are swaging sleeves used for?

Swaging is a process that terminates the end of a wire rope, either by creating an eye loop or simply adding a stopping point on the wire. A Swaging Sleeve is used to bind/splice a loop in a cord or hold back the end of a cord from passing beyond a fixed point. What Are The Functions Of Different Types Of Swage Sleeves & Cable Ferrules?

How do you make a swage with an aluminum sleeve?

Place the sleeve into the tool jaws. Note the proper orientation of the swage tool cavity with the aluminum sleeve. The sleeve should always be vertically aligned and never horizontal. With the sleeve in the proper position, make your first swage by squeezing the swage tool handles together until the jaws are completely closed.

What is the difference between the different sizes of tool swages?

All sizes have drop forged heads, are powder coated, and have durable rubber handles. The 14 inch tool swages 1/16th, 3/32nd and 1/8th inch sleeves. The 24 inch tool swages 1/16th, 3/32nd, 1/8th, 5/32nd and 3/16th sleeves. The 30 inch tool swages 5/32nd, ¼ inch and 5/16th sleeves. The 36 inch tool only swages the 3/8ths inch sleeve.

How do you make swage crimps with a swage tool?

With the sleeve in the proper position, make your first swage by squeezing the swage tool handles together until the jaws are completely closed. For each sleeve size, there is a prescribed number of swage crimps that must be made.

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