摘要 |
<p>A press (10) for operating a tooling unit in the performance of a manufacturing operation, such as crimping terminals onto a conductor, is disclosed. The press is adapted for attachment to the frame of a host machine (12), such as a lead maker, and for receiving a tooling unit, such as a terminal applicator (52). The press (10) includes a frame (13), a carriage (20) arranged for reciprocating motion with respect to the frame (13) and a ram (110) in sliding engagement with and carried by the carriage (20). A relatively low powered actuator (22) causes the ram (110) to move through a first incremental amount a movement during the crim cycle and a second, more powerful, actuator (80) causes the carriage (20) and ram (110) assembly to move through a second incremental amount of movement for effecting the manufacturing operation.</p> |