CRIMPING PROCESS AND SYSTEM

摘要

Processes and systems suitable for producing hose assemblies. The crimping processes and systems make use of a database that contains crimping settings for hose assemblies comprising combinations of hoses and fittings. The database further contains barcodes that are individually assigned to the hose assemblies and/or to the hoses and the fittings thereof. The barcodes are associated with the crimping settings within the database. In operation, a barcode is scanned into a controller of a crimping machine, the controller associates the barcode with a crimping setting for a hose assembly or for a combination of a hose and fitting, and then the crimping machine is operated to automatically use the crimp setting to produce the hose assembly by crimping the fitting to the hose.