B crimp - Leaflet

Product catalog summary

Overview: The document outlines a crimping solution for railway applications compliant with IEC 61238-1-3, developed by Sicame Group, a leader in electrical equipment. The solution addresses the challenges posed by flexible cables in railway rolling stock.

Company Background: Sicame Group specializes in electrical energy transmission and distribution, renewables, electro-mobility, safety equipment, and industrial applications. It operates in 26 countries with products distributed in 157 countries.

Crimping Solution: The new crimping technology offers superior characteristics compared to traditional hexagonal crimping, particularly for flexible cables. It ensures better cross-sectional reduction, tensile strength, and temperature rise management.

Flexible Cable Challenges: Flexible cables have larger diameter strands, requiring larger drums and resulting in lower filling rates. This leads to insufficient cross-sectional reduction and poor performance with hexagonal crimping.

B-Crimping Technology: Developed from automotive expertise, B-crimping is optimized for flexible cables, offering improved compaction, electrical performance, and uniform strand compression. It is approved by major French railway authorities.

Standards and Testing: The solution meets IEC 61238-1-3 standards, including 1000 ageing cycles, statistical criteria, and short-circuit tests. It also aligns with French standard NFF00-363.

Crimping Tools and Specifications: The document lists battery-operated and hydraulic crimping tools with specifications for various cross-sections and reference lugs.

Catalog excerpts

Crimping solution for railway applications OEM

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About us Sicame Group is one of the key players in the electrical equipment business worldwide. It has been able to adapt and develop to support the continuous evolution of electricity infrastructure in France and around the world, and become the largest independent entity in its sector. A true player in the energy transition, it offers its customers new products and services to improve energy efficiency, deal with environmental risks and support the development of electric vehicle and solar power plant markets. years of worldwide success Our fields of activity Electromobility Sicame Group is...

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Crimping solution for railway applications according to IEC 61238-1-3 The main railway transport authorities in France have approved our B-crimping qualification programme. A new deal for power connectors of railway rolling stock The evolution of cables and the international requirements as per the IEC61238-1-3 standard have prompted the development of a new crimping solution for our range of TN railway lugs. This technology offers superior characteristics to hexagonal crimping in terms of cross-sectional reduction rate, tensile strength and temperature rise. • It eliminates the problems associated...

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B-crimp technology overcomes these constraints and to move to a higher level of crimping REAL SECTION OF THE CONDUCTOR For rolling stock, the requirements of the international standard IEC61238-1-3 cover those of French standard NFF00-363. The IEC includes 1000 ageing cycles and imposes statistical criteria on the dispersion of the specimens and their ageing. It also incorporates a series of short circuits. 200 cycles thermal Application of strict requirements on the evolution and homogeneity of resistance of the connections during thermal cycles Mechanical testing (non-destructive) Tensile strength...

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