Yes. When the rendering plant broke down they would send out the guts, scrapes, bones etc to Keystones Rendering. Heard they had a far superior process of continuous cooking.Cross brothers had the worlds largest railroad cattle cars. One hot summer train sat between Chicago & Philly for almost two days.. Law states that cattle must be supplied water every 24 hours but railroad never made an effort to give them water. Over 125 dead steers & cows had to be hung up on temporary e!citric lifts then cut up and placed in barrels. Guys worked all night to finish that job. .Penn Paking off of Arimingo Avenue was another extra smelly plant because they slaughtered over two thousand pigs every day..Cross Brothers spent a lot of money to greatly reduce the rendering smell by installing a 100 HP exhaust fan to pull air out of the room thru scrubbers that used a very strong bleach to neutralize the odor. Of course the air pollution controller would act up a few times a year and the neighborhood smelled like bleach which the city fined them.
Improper way to crimp terminals
- Thread starter reyamkram
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Literature from Panduit and Sta-Kon.
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Birken Vogt
Senior Member
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- Grass Valley, Ca
I guess it is just another example of engineers being impractical, because when crimped in that orientation, the barrel will not really crimp but instead split the seam open and give a loose crimp or utterly fail near 100% of the time, in my considerable experience.
Yes, it's gotta be those darn engineers. I'm sure it has nothing to do with you or your tools
Are you using those chintzy stripper/crimper combo tools? Forget those. The non-seam side of the barrel has to fit tightly into the saddle of the tool, so the barrel can't roll as the indenter starts to squeeze. A tight saddle also backs the lower half of the barrel up, so the only metal that's being deformed is on the seam side. You don't have to spend a lot of money on ratchet crimpers. For non-insulated terminals, try the Klein 1006 crimpers. The 1006 are far better for non-insulated crimps than the common 1005 that you see in stores.
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Birken Vogt
Senior Member
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- Grass Valley, Ca
I've used them all. I spend good money on my tools. They all have the same result. If you flip them 180 degrees they work perfectly.
But besides all that, I gave up on bare terminals decades ago. I use insulated ones for all small stuff now. For large stuff I use hex crimpers. The indent is too easy to get wrong.
If you over-crimp it, it starts to cut strands anyway from the massive deformation from that huge indent and by hand as the instructions say. And nobody does enough bare indent crimps of the same terminal to warrant the ratcheting crimper and dies, they would end up thrown in a drawer rusting away. Also the lack of insulation support means that the strands start to break as they leave the barrel of the connector if motion is a thing.
I've crimped thousands of terminals since I primarily work on machinery. I've used every tool and system that exists, apart from the factory ones. There is practical, and there is book. One works, the other maybe.
But besides all that, I gave up on bare terminals decades ago. I use insulated ones for all small stuff now. For large stuff I use hex crimpers. The indent is too easy to get wrong.
If you over-crimp it, it starts to cut strands anyway from the massive deformation from that huge indent and by hand as the instructions say. And nobody does enough bare indent crimps of the same terminal to warrant the ratcheting crimper and dies, they would end up thrown in a drawer rusting away. Also the lack of insulation support means that the strands start to break as they leave the barrel of the connector if motion is a thing.
I've crimped thousands of terminals since I primarily work on machinery. I've used every tool and system that exists, apart from the factory ones. There is practical, and there is book. One works, the other maybe.
I have two pairs of the T & B WT112M crimpers and a fancy T & B ratcheting crimper that I seldom use. The one pair is over 50 years old and still in great shape. Also have a Klein copy cat version of the WT112M hand crimpers. Was disappointed when seeing electricians using a combination wire & screw cutter /crimper. They only made a narrow almost egg shaped crimp.
- Location
- Wisconsin
- Occupation
- PE (Retired) - Power Systems
My WT112M is also over 50 years old. Since an interaction with zip cord in 1980, it is now a multifunction tool easily stripping up to #12.
mtnelect
HVAC & Electrical Contractor
- Location
- Southern California
- Occupation
- Contractor, C10 & C20 - Semi Retired
I agree ... When wiring traffic signal cabinets, I was always instructed to crimp on the opposite side of the split. Otherwise, it would cut into the strands.