In daily practise, hexagonal crimping is the most common kind of crimping of cable lugs and cable connectors for medium/high voltage power cables and systems.
Hexagonal in design and are a 2 part semi-slotted type common to most Cembre Crimping Tools - Hexagonal cable crimping dies enable a force of up to 130kN to be applied to stranded copper cables at both low and high voltages. The electrical industry-standard crimping tool is the Cembre HT131-C which employs hexagonal compression dies up to 400sqmm, the Cembre ME range of die sets.
The crimp is characterised by a centrical and constant force effect applied during the crimping operation from all sides and creating a larger contact area.