SICKENMASCHINE

摘要

In a machine of the type in which a fitting is radially crimped on a hose by a contractible collet, an arrangement wherein a collet, fitting, and hose may be assembled in a die ring at an unobstructed loading position on a machine bed plate before the die ring is moved laterally on the bed plate into a crimping station in alignment with an axis of a ram. The bed plate includes a slot from the loading position to the crimping station for passage therethrough of a hose extending from the die ring. The ram includes a slot, in alignment with the bed plate slot, for radial passage of a fitting portion therethrough to thereby minimize the ram stroke. A reversible pressure plate positionable on the collet and engageable by the ram evenly distributes the ram force to the collet area under the ram slot and,when it stops against the die ring, gages the final crimped sleeve diameter. At least one side of the plate is counterbored to receive a portion of the collet therein to selectively change the final crimped sleeve diameter from that produced when the opposite side is used to engage the collet and die ring.