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With Nuron, you can perform corded and petrol-powered applications on a single cordless platform. From breaking and cutting to drilling and fastening, Hilti tools, including our cordless hydraulic crimper products, are designed for maximum performance and improved user comfort. Tools on the Nuron battery platform offer crimpers without compromise thanks to longer-lasting batteries, time-saving accessories like interchangeable jaws, and a range of services to keep you productive, today and tomorrow.

And as a Hilti customer, you can also take advantage of yearly certification and free tool inspection services to keep your products working effectively – which also adds further confidence to your customers and your reputation. This helps to minimise downtime and ensures productivity across all your projects.

If you’re using a hydraulic crimper on site, you need to have total confidence in that product to ensure you deliver a fully robust standard of work that is compliant and strong for its purpose. With extensive third-party testing across a range of different standards, our tools offer verified crimping quality that means you, and your customers, can have full trust in our products.

While the verified quality is just one advantage, additional safety features on selected products such as electronic trigger lock, audio and visual prompts, offer an elevated level of protection to you and your crews when crimping.

If that wasn’t enough, added benefits such as 350° head rotation across all our hydraulic crimpers offer better useability in tight conditions. Cycle time starts from approximately 4 seconds on our 6-ton crimper, with our 12-ton crimpers offering an approximate 9-second cycle time.

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A hydraulic cable crimper is used to attach a connection, such as copper or aluminium conductors, cable lugs and terminals, on to the end of thick or heavy-duty cable.

It uses compression to join selected types of wiring to a connector, ensuring a stable and reliable electrical connection.

How does a hydraulic cable crimper work?

A hydraulic cable crimper uses hydraulic pressure, courtesy of a pump inside the tool. When being operated, the tool produces pressure which is transferred to the tool’s piston mechanisms. This will drive the force that causes the crimping dies need to compress around a cable.A hydraulic cable crimper uses hydraulic pressure, courtesy of a pump inside the tool. When being operated, the tool produces pressure which is transferred to the tool’s piston mechanisms. This will drive the force that causes the crimping dies need to compress around a cable.

The difference between a hydraulic and ratchet crimper is down to the size of cable they can handle.

If you’re using a ratchet crimper, this will likely be for smaller cables that need minimal pressure to complete a task (e.g. prep work for an ethernet cable)

A hydraulic cable crimper on the other hand is used for heavy duty cables, such as those found on electric car charging stations.

Can a hydraulic crimper crimp copper and aluminium conductors?

Yes they can. Hydraulic crimpers from established brands, such as Hilti, can crimp both copper and aluminium conductors – providing they use the correct crimping die attachments, lugs and relevant force settings.

The amount of force you need depends on the task and the job at hand.

While most power tool-class hydraulic crimpers will deliver up to 12 tonnes of force, they can be used across a range of tasks with varying degrees of force required.

These can typically include:

• Solar panel installation (up to 6 tonnes)

• Residential mains installation (up to 8 tonnes)

• EV charger installation (up to 12 tonnes)

• Commercial mains power installation (up to 12 tonnes)

• Copper and aluminium lug work (12-16 tonnes)

What size cable can a hydraulic crimper crimp?

Commercial hydraulic crimpers can crimp cables between 10 mm² and 300 mm². Some models can do more, such as Hilti’s NCR 120-22 12-ton crimper, which can do up to 300 mm² in aluminium and 400 mm² in copper.