JP2013220438A - Caulking characteristic estimation device and terminal forming method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more easily obtain proper caulking characteristics when design is changed, in a caulking characteristic estimation device and a terminal forming method.SOLUTION: A designer inputs data to an analysis sheet before actually caulking a caulking piece to a conductive wire. Consequently, caulking characteristics showing a caulking state after the caulking are calculated. Consequently, before actually performing caulking, the designer can recognize the caulking characteristics after the caulking. Therefore, when design is changed, ideal caulking characteristics can be more easily obtained.

Description

  The present invention relates to a caulking characteristic estimation device and a terminal forming method.

  Conventionally, as a method of conducting a conducting wire to a terminal fitting, for example, there is a method of caulking pieces constituting the terminal fitting to a conducting wire (see, for example, Patent Document 1). This caulking process is performed through a crimping apparatus. The crimping device includes a die and a punch. The caulking piece is formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section, and a conducting wire is installed inside the caulking piece. In this state, the caulking piece is placed on the die. As the punch approaches the die, both ends (barrels) of the caulking pieces are bent inward (conductor side). As a result, the caulking piece is caulked to the conductor.

  Here, there are a barrel entrainment rate and a wire compression rate as caulking characteristics which are indexes for evaluating the result of caulking. The barrel entrainment rate is a value indicating the degree of entrainment of the barrel on the conductive wire side after processing. Further, the lead wire compressibility is a value composed of the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the conductor after processing and the cross-sectional area of the conductor before processing. By processing so that the barrel entrainment rate and the wire compression rate are within the range of appropriate values, the wire is appropriately compressed by the caulking pieces. Therefore, it is suppressed that a conducting wire remove | deviates from a crimping piece.

JP 2008-177033 A

  In the above configuration, when changing the design of the caulking piece, the conducting wire, the die and the punch, the designer actually manufactures the prototype, caulking the prototype, and conducting the cabling appropriately from the viewpoint of the caulking characteristics, etc. It was necessary to consider whether or not the caulking piece was caulked. That is, the designer has changed the design of the caulking piece, the conductive wire, the die, and the punch so that an appropriate caulking characteristic can be obtained after the processing by repeating the process of “design change → caulking process → examination”. Therefore, particularly when the designer has little experience, the time required for the design change tends to be prolonged.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a caulking characteristic estimation device and a terminal forming method capable of obtaining an appropriate caulking characteristic more easily at the time of design change. It is in.

Hereinafter, means for achieving the above-described object and its operation and effects will be described.
In the invention according to claim 1, a barrel as an end of the caulking piece is provided by placing the lead wire inside the caulking piece constituting the terminal fitting in a state where the lead wire is installed and bringing the punch close to the die. Before performing the process of caulking the caulking piece to the conducting wire by being bent toward the conducting wire side, based on the shape data regarding the shape of the die, the punch, the caulking piece, and the conducting wire that has been input, The gist is to estimate the caulking characteristic representing the caulking mode.

  According to this configuration, the shape data relating to the shapes of the die, punch, caulking piece, and conducting wire is input to the caulking characteristic estimation device by the designer before the actual caulking piece is caulked to the conducting wire. As a result, the caulking characteristic estimation device estimates caulking characteristics representing the caulking mode after processing. Therefore, the designer can recognize the caulking characteristics after machining before actually performing caulking. Therefore, the ideal caulking characteristic can be realized more easily when changing the design.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the caulking characteristic estimation device according to the first aspect, the caulking piece is formed in a shape whose cross section is opened in one direction, and a processing hole is formed on the die side of the punch. A punch curved surface corresponding to the two barrels extending in the one direction of the caulking piece is formed on the inner top surface of the machining hole, and the caulking piece is brought close to the die by bringing the punch close to the die. The barrels are bent along the punch curved surface toward the conductive wire, and the caulking process is performed. The shape data includes first to eighth data. The first data includes The length of the outer periphery of the caulking piece, which is the length of the outer periphery of the caulking piece, is ½ of the entire outer circumference of the caulking piece. The third day Is the plate thickness of the caulking piece, the fourth data is the punch curvature radius of the punch curved surface, and the fifth data is the distance between the center points of the punch curvature radii. The sixth data is a die curvature radius of a die curved surface on which the caulking piece in the die is installed, and the seventh data is a state in which the caulking piece is caulked. The distance between the die curved surface and the punch curved surface, and the eighth data is an angle formed between a side surface of the processed hole and a side surface of the die in a state where the caulking piece is caulked. Is the gist.

  According to this configuration, the first to eighth data are input to the caulking characteristic estimation device by the designer before the caulking piece is actually caulked to the conductor. Thereby, the caulking characteristic estimation device estimates caulking characteristics representing the caulking mode after processing. Therefore, the designer can recognize the suitability when processing is performed with the shapes of the conducting wire, caulking piece, die, and punch corresponding to the first to eighth data before processing. Therefore, the ideal caulking characteristic can be realized more easily when changing the design.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the caulking characteristic estimation device according to the second aspect, in addition to the first to eighth data, based on the ninth and tenth data, the caulking mode after the processing is performed. The caulking characteristic is calculated, and the ninth data is a punch width in a direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the punch in the machining hole, and the tenth data is a die width in the orthogonal direction of the die. Its gist is that it is wide.

According to this configuration, the caulking characteristics are further calculated using the ninth and tenth data. Thereby, it is possible to obtain caulking characteristics with higher accuracy.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the caulking characteristic estimation device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the caulking characteristic is obtained by entraining both barrels of the caulking pieces after the machining into the conductive wire side. The gist is that it is at least one of a barrel entrainment ratio indicating a condition and a wire compression ratio that is a ratio of a cross-sectional area of the conductive wire after processing to a cross-sectional area of the conductive wire before processing.

  According to this configuration, the caulking characteristic is at least one of a barrel entrainment rate and a conductive wire compression rate. The designer can judge the suitability of the shape of the conducting wire, the caulking piece, the die and the punch using these as indexes.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the caulking characteristic estimation device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein there is a correlation between the conductor cross-sectional area before processing and the punch curvature radius, The gist of the punch curvature radius as the fourth data is specified based on the cross-sectional area of the conductive wire before the processing as the second data.

According to this configuration, it is possible to specify the punch curvature radius corresponding to the conductor cross-sectional area.
The invention according to claim 6 is the caulking characteristic estimation device according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the machining hole and the die curved surface at the time of machining are used as intermediate values for calculating the caulking characteristic. The half length of the entire inner circumference of the jig closed by the above is calculated, and the ratio of the caulking piece outer circumference and the jig inner circumference is within an appropriate range for obtaining an appropriate caulking characteristic. Thus, the gist is to calculate the intermediate value.

  According to this configuration, in order to obtain appropriate caulking characteristics, the ratio of the caulking piece outer peripheral length and the jig inner peripheral length is required to be within an appropriate range. Calculation is executed in the caulking characteristic estimation device so that this ratio is realized. Therefore, more appropriate caulking characteristics can be obtained.

  In the invention according to claim 7, when the caulking characteristic calculated through the caulking characteristic estimation device according to any one of claims 1 to 6 is appropriate, the caulking piece having a shape related to the caulking characteristic, The gist is that the processing is performed using the conductive wire, the die, and the punch.

  According to this configuration, the designer inputs data relating to the caulking characteristic estimation device after designing the caulking pieces, the conductive wires, the die, and the punch. The designer examines the caulking characteristic calculated by the caulking characteristic estimation device, and when it is determined that the caulking characteristic is appropriate, the designer actually performs processing with the shape. Therefore, an ideal caulking mode is realized more simply.

  According to the present invention, in the caulking characteristic estimation device and the terminal forming method, appropriate caulking characteristics can be obtained more easily at the time of design change.

(A) in one Embodiment of this invention is a side view of a crimping piece and conducting wire, (b) is the sectional view on the AA line of (a). (A) is a sectional view of a crimping piece and a conductor installed in a crimping apparatus before caulking, and (b) is a sectional view of a crimping piece and a conductor installed in the crimping apparatus during caulking. (C) Sectional drawing of the crimping | compression-bonding apparatus when a punch reaches | attains a crimping position, (d) is sectional drawing of the crimping piece and conducting wire after a crimping process. The block diagram which shows the structure of the personal computer, keyboard, and display in one Embodiment of this invention. (A) in one Embodiment of this invention is an analysis sheet | seat for calculating the crimping piece outer periphery length, (b) is sectional drawing of a crimping piece. The product type in one embodiment of the present invention is different (a) is a graph showing the relationship between the conductor cross-sectional area and the punch curvature radius, (b) is a graph showing the relationship between the jig inner circumferential length and the caulking piece outer circumferential length. Sectional drawing of the crimping | compression-bonding apparatus at the time of the crimping process in one Embodiment of this invention, a crimping piece, and conducting wire. The analysis sheet for calculating the caulking characteristic (conducting wire compressibility, barrel entrainment rate) in one embodiment of the present invention. (A) in one Embodiment of this invention is explanatory drawing showing a conducting wire compression rate, (b) is explanatory drawing showing a barrel entrainment rate. The flowchart which showed the work procedure of the designer in one Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment embodying a caulking characteristic estimation device and a terminal formation method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In this example, a terminal constituting a rotating electrical machine such as an electric motor is formed.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1A, the rotating electrical machine has a terminal fitting 3. A crimping piece 3 a is formed at the tip of the terminal fitting 3. As shown in FIG. 1B, the caulking piece 3a is formed in a U-shaped cross section that opens upward in the drawing.

  The half length of the U-shaped line segment formed by the outer peripheral surface of the caulking piece 3a is set as the caulking piece outer peripheral length L1. And the conducting wire 4 is installed in the inside of the crimping piece 3a. Barrels 3b and 3c extending upward in the caulking piece 3a are caulked to the conductive wire 4 by caulking, which will be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, the crimping apparatus 10 performs a process of caulking the caulking piece 3a to the conducting wire 4, and includes a punch 11 and a die 12 which are jigs. The punch 11 has a processing hole 11 a formed on the side facing the die 12. On the inner top surface (upper bottom surface) of the processing hole 11a, a pair of punch curved surfaces 11b are formed on the left and right sides. On the upper surface of the die 12, a die curved surface 12a recessed downward is formed.

  In performing the caulking process, the caulking piece 3a holding the conductive wire 4 is placed on the die curved surface 12a. At this time, the caulking piece 3a is installed so that the opening side thereof faces the processing hole 11a.

  And when the punch 11 moves to the die | dye 12 side, the barrels 3b and 3c contact | abut to each punch curved surface 11b. Further, when the punch 11 approaches the die 12 and reaches the caulking position, the barrels 3b and 3c are wound inside (on the side of the conductive wire 4) along each punch curved surface 11b as shown in FIG. 2 (b). . As a result, the caulking piece 3 a is caulked to the conductive wire 4. At this time, the conducting wire 4 is compressed by the caulking piece 3a. At this time, as shown in FIG. 2C, the caulking piece 3 a has a shape corresponding to the space A <b> 1 closed by the die 12 and the punch 11. Half of the line length surrounding this space A1 is the jig inner circumferential length La. Then, the punch 11 is moved from the caulking position in a direction away from the die 12 (upper side in the figure). Next, as shown in FIG. 2 (d), the caulking piece 3 a after caulking is taken out from the crimping apparatus 10. Thus, the caulking process is completed.

  In this example, as shown in FIG. 3, when changing the design of the terminal fitting 3, the punch 11 and the die 12, the personal computer 30 is used to simulate the caulking characteristics upon completion of machining (conducting wire compressibility, barrel entrainment). Rate) can be estimated.

  Specifically, the personal computer 30 is connected with a keyboard 31 operated when inputting various data and a display 32 for displaying various images. The personal computer 30 is preinstalled with spreadsheet software and CAD (computer aided design) software. An analysis sheet for calculating various values based on the data Da to Dd and D1 to D13 is created in advance using spreadsheet software. This analysis sheet will be described in detail later.

  As shown in FIG. 4B, the designer sets the height H1, the inner diameter R1a, the outer diameter R1b, and the caulking piece plate thickness t1 in the caulking piece 3a. Then, the designer inputs data Da to Dd into cells Q2 to Q5 of the analysis sheet shown in FIG. Specifically, the height H1 is input to the analysis sheet as data Da, the inner diameter R1a as data Db, the caulking piece plate thickness t1 as data Dc, and the outer diameter R1b as data Dd.

Hereinafter, calculation formulas input to each cell in the analysis sheet of FIG.
S2 = Q2- (Q3 + Q4)
S3 = ((((Q5 × 2) × PI ()) / 360) × DEGRIES (RADIANS (90))
S4 = SUM (S2: S3)
In the above equation, “PI ()” is a pi, “DEGREES” is a function that converts radians to angles, and “RADIANS” is a function that converts angles to radians. In the cell, a number is entered in “●”.

In the cell S4, a caulking piece outer peripheral length L1 of the caulking piece 3a is calculated.
Further, the designer sets the cross-sectional area S1, the punch pitch L2, the die curvature radius R3, the punch width W1, the die width W2, the crimp height H2, and the punch opening angle α1 of the conductive wire 4 before processing. At this point, the caulking piece 3a, the punch 11 and the die 12 do not need to be shown and prototyped.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the punch pitch L2 is a distance between the center points P1 of the punch curvature radius R2 of the punch curved surface 11b. The die curvature radius R3 is the curvature radius of the die curved surface 12a. The punch width W1 is the length of the processing hole 11a in the left-right direction in the drawing. The die width W2 is the length of the die 12 in the left-right direction in the drawing. The crimp height H2 is a vertical distance between the vertex P2 of the die curved surface 12a and the vertex P3 of the punch curved surface 11b in a state where the punch 11 is in the caulking position. The punch opening angle α1 is an angle between the side surface of the die 12 extending in the vertical direction in the drawing and the side surface of the processing hole 11a extending in the same direction.

  Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 5A, there is a certain correlation between the cross-sectional area S1 of the lead wire 4 before processing and the punch curvature radius R2. As represented by the two proportional straight lines Lx and Ly, there are different correlations for the product types X and Y of the terminal fitting 3. The designer selects product types X and Y in advance, and selects proportional straight lines Lx and Ly corresponding to the product types X and Y. Then, the designer specifies the punch curvature radius R2 from the cross-sectional area S1 based on the selected proportional straight lines Lx and Ly. Therefore, the punch curvature radius R2 more suitable for the cross-sectional area S1 can be specified.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5B, there is a constant correlation (proportional straight line) between the caulking piece outer peripheral length L1 and the jig inner peripheral length La regardless of the product types X and Y of the caulking piece 3a. Lw, Lz) exists. From both the proportional straight lines Lw and Lz, the relationship (ratio) is approximately “caulking piece outer circumferential length L1: jig inner circumferential length La = 1.1: 1”. That is, when the ratio between the caulking piece outer peripheral length L1 and the jig inner peripheral length La is in an appropriate range set based on the above relationship, there is a high possibility that an appropriate caulking characteristic is obtained. Paying attention to this relationship, the analysis sheet of FIG. 7 is created.

  The designer uses the calculated caulking piece outer peripheral length L1 of the caulking piece 3a as data D1, the cross-sectional area S1 of the lead wire 4 before processing as data D2, the caulking piece plate thickness t1 as data D3, and the punch curvature radius R2 as 7 as data D4, punch pitch L2 as data D5, die curvature radius R3 as data D6, crimp height H2 as data D7, punch opening angle α1 as data D8, and die width W2 as data D10. To enter. Specifically, in the analysis sheet of FIG. 7, data D1 to D8 and D10 are input to cells C2 to C6 and C8 to C11.

  Based on the data D1 to D8 and D10, the personal computer 30 has a punch width W1 (data D9), a lower radius R4 (not shown) after caulking, an upper radius R5 (not shown) after caulking, and a width W3 (not shown) after caulking. ), Punch angle α2, punch inner peripheral length L3, punch length L4, die depth L5, die inner peripheral length L6, seam length L7, anti-seam length L8, terminal R depth L9, terminal angle α3, terminal Vertical length L10, clearance L11, barrel length L12, barrel length L13, punch / die inner peripheral length total L14 (not shown), punch circle area S3 (not shown), die square area S4 (not shown), ( -) Die quadrangular area S5 (not shown), die cutout circular area S6 (not shown), L length calculation L15 (not shown), total cross-sectional area S7 (not shown), and lead pressure which is caulking characteristics. Calculate the shrinkage and barrel entrainment rate.

Hereinafter, the calculation formulas input to each cell in the analysis sheet of FIG. 7 are listed.
C7 (punch width W1) = (C4 × 2) + C5
C12 (lower radius R4 after caulking) = C6-C10
C13 (Upper radius after caulking R5) = C4-C10
C14 (width after crimping W3) = C7− (C10 × 2)
G2 = ((C5 × 0.5) / C4)
G3 (inner punch length L3) = ((C4 × 2 × PI ()) / 360) × K2
G4 (punch length L4) = C9-C4-K5
G5 = (C8 / 2) / C6
G6 (die inner circumference L6) = (((C6 × 2) × PI ()) / 360) × I5
G7 = (C5 / 2) / C4
G8 (anti-seam length L8) = C4-K7
G9 = (C14 / 2) / C12
G10 = I9 × 2
G11 (terminal length L10) = (G4 + K5)-(K9 + C10)
G12 (clearance L11) = (SIN (RADIANS (C11))) × G4
G13 (barrel output L12) = M3-G8
I2 = (90−DEGREES (ACOS (G2)))
I5 = DEGREES (ASIN (G5))
I7 = DEGREES (ACOS (G7))
I9 (terminal angle α3) = DEGREES (ASIN (G9))
K2 (punch angle α2) = I2 + 90
K5 (die depth L5) = C6-((COS (RADIANS (I5)))) × C6
K7 (Seam length L7) = C4-((SIN (RADIANS (I7)))) × C4
K9 (terminal R depth L9) = C12 − ((COS (RADIANS (I9)))) × C12
M2 (jig inner circumference La) = G3 + G4 + G6
M3 (barrel length L13) = (C2-M2) × 0.9
M7 (punch circle area S3) = C13 × C13 × PI () × 1
M8 (die square area S4) = (C14 × G11)
M9 ((−) die square area S5) = − (C10 × 2) × G13 × 0.9
M10 (die missing circle area S6) = 0.5 × (((C6-C10) × M11) − (C14 × ((C6-C10) -K9)))
M11 (L length calculation L15) = ((((C6-C10) × 2) × PI ()) / 360) × (I9 × 2)
M12 (cross-sectional area total S7) = M7 + M8 + M9 + M10
M13 (barrel entrainment ratio) = ((C13 + G13) / (C13 + G11 + K9) × 100) × 0.9
M14 (conducting wire compressibility) = M12 / C3 × 100
In the above formula, “ASIN” indicates arc sine, and “ACOS” indicates arc cosine.

  The designer recognizes the conducting wire compression rate and the barrel entrainment rate based on the results output to the cells M13 and M14 in the analysis sheet. The relationship between the caulking piece outer peripheral length L1 input to the cell C2 and the jig inner peripheral length La output to the cell M2 is approximately “1.1: 1” as shown in FIG. 5B. Become.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 8A, the wire compressibility (%) is calculated from “conductor cross-sectional area S2 after caulking / conductor cross-sectional area S1 × 100 before caulking”. Further, as shown in FIG. 8B, the barrel entrainment rate (%) is such that the length of the barrels 3b, 3c biting into the conducting wire 4 is Lb1, and the length in the vertical direction of the conducting wire 4 after caulking is Lb2. Then, it is calculated from “Lb1 / Lb2 × 100”.

  Further, in the analysis sheet of FIG. 7, not only the caulking characteristics, but also the punch angle α2, the punch inner peripheral length L3, the punch length L4, the die depth L5, the die inner peripheral length L6, the seam portion length L7, and the anti-seam portion length. L8, terminal R depth L9, terminal angle α3, terminal vertical length L10, clearance L11, barrel protrusion L12, barrel length L13, and jig inner circumferential length La are calculated. The jig inner circumferential length La corresponds to an intermediate value. The designer can create a drawing as shown in FIG. 6 using CAD software while referring to the analysis sheet of FIG.

Next, the work procedure by the designer using the personal computer 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, the designer selects the shape of the jig (punch 11 and die 12) and the caulking piece 3a related to the data Da to Dd, D1 to D8, and D10 (S101). Then, the designer inputs data Da to Dd, D1 to D8, and D10 to each analysis sheet (S102). The designer recognizes the caulking characteristic obtained thereby, and examines the validity of the caulking characteristic (S103). If the designer determines that the caulking characteristics are not appropriate (NO in S104), the shape of the jig and the caulking piece 3a is selected again, and the shape of the jig and the caulking piece 3a is selected again (S101). . Then, the validity of the caulking characteristic of the newly selected shape is determined (S102 to S104). That is, the processes in steps S101 to S104 are repeated until it is determined that the caulking characteristics are appropriate.

  When the designer determines that the caulking characteristics are appropriate (YES in S104), the designer creates a drawing using CAD based on the data of the analysis sheet of FIG. 7 (S105). The designer examines the created drawing (S106), and determines whether or not it is necessary to change the shape of the jig and the caulking piece 3a (S107). When the designer determines that it is necessary to change the shape of the jig and the crimping piece 3a again (YES in S107), the designer changes the shape of the jig and the crimping piece 3a again (S101). If the designer determines that there is no need to change the shape of the examined drawing (NO in S107), the design work is completed. Thereafter, prototypes are actually manufactured.

As described above, according to the embodiment described above, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) Data Da to Dd, D1 to D8, and D10 are input to the personal computer 30 by the designer before the caulking piece 3a is actually caulked to the conductive wire 4. As a result, the caulking characteristic representing the caulking mode after processing is calculated by the personal computer 30. Therefore, the designer can recognize the caulking characteristics after the processing before actually performing the processing. Therefore, the ideal caulking characteristic can be realized more easily when changing the design.

  (2) In addition to the data D1 to D8 that are essential for calculating the caulking characteristics, the caulking characteristics are further calculated using the data D9 and D10. Thereby, it is possible to obtain caulking characteristics with higher accuracy.

  (3) The designer can determine the suitability of the shape of the conductor 4, the caulking piece 3a, the die 12, and the punch 11 by using the calculated barrel entrainment ratio and the conductor compression ratio as indexes. Therefore, the design can be changed in a short time regardless of the designer's experience.

  (4) As shown in FIG. 8A, there is a constant correlation (proportional) between the product area X and Y of the caulking piece 3a between the cross-sectional area S1 of the conductor 4 before processing and the punch radius of curvature R2. There is a straight line Lx, Ly). Based on this correlation, the punch curvature radius R2 can be specified from the cross-sectional area S1. Therefore, a more accurate punch curvature radius R2 can be used as the data D4.

  (5) In order to obtain appropriate caulking characteristics, it is generally required that the caulking piece outer circumferential length L1: jig inner circumferential length La = 1.1: 1. The analysis sheet of FIG. 7 is created so that this relationship is realized. Therefore, more appropriate caulking characteristics can be obtained.

  (6) The caulking characteristics can be calculated using an analysis sheet created by spreadsheet software installed in a general personal computer 30. Therefore, it is possible to design the caulking piece 3a and the like having an appropriate caulking characteristic easily and inexpensively.

In addition, the said embodiment can be implemented with the following forms which changed this suitably.
In the above embodiment, the terminal fitting 3 and the conducting wire 4 constitute a rotating electrical machine, but the terminal fitting 3 and the conducting wire 4 may constitute other equipment.

  In the above embodiment, the analysis sheets shown in FIGS. 4A and 7 are created using spreadsheet software, but a dedicated program for calculating the caulking characteristics may be created.

In the above embodiment, the personal computer 30 is used as the caulking characteristic estimation device. However, a dedicated device may be used.
-The number and kind of data Da-Dd and D1-D13 in the said embodiment can be suitably changed if the caulking characteristic can be calculated.

  In the above embodiment, the barrel entrainment rate and the wire compression rate are calculated as the caulking characteristics, but only one of them may be used. Further, a caulking characteristic different from these may be calculated.

  In the above embodiment, the data D9, D11 to D13 are calculated based on other data. However, the designers themselves may input the data D9 and D11 to D13 as well as other data.

In the above embodiment, the caulking piece 3a has a U-shaped cross section, but is not limited to this shape, and may be, for example, a V-shape.
In the above embodiment, the designer inputs the cross-sectional area S1 of the conductor 4 before processing as the data D2 and the punch curvature radius R2 as the data D4, respectively. However, the punch curvature radius R2 may be calculated based on the cross-sectional area S1 of the conductor 4 before processing using the correlation shown in FIG.

  Data (shape data) ... D1 to D13, Da to Dd, 3 ... Terminal fitting, 3a ... Caulking piece, 3b, 3c ... Barrel (end), 4 ... Conductor, 10 ... Crimping device, 11 ... Punch, 11a ... Processing Hole, 11b ... punch curved surface, 12 ... die, 12a ... die curved surface, 30 ... personal computer, 31 ... keyboard, 32 ... display.

Claims (7)

By installing the lead wire inside the crimping piece constituting the terminal fitting in the die and bringing the punch close to the die, the barrel which is the end of the crimping piece is bent toward the conductive wire side. Before performing the process of caulking the caulking piece to the conducting wire,
A caulking characteristic estimation device that estimates caulking characteristics representing a caulking mode after processing based on shape data relating to shapes of the input die, punch, caulking piece, and conductive wire. In the caulking characteristic estimation device according to claim 1,
The caulking piece is formed in a shape whose cross section is open in one direction,
A processing hole is formed on the die side of the punch,
On the inner top surface of the processed hole, punch curved surfaces corresponding to the two barrels extending in the one direction in the caulking piece are formed,
By causing the punch to approach the die, both the barrels of the caulking piece are bent toward the conductor along the punch curved surface, respectively, and the caulking process is performed.
The shape data consists of first to eighth data,
The first data is a length of the outer periphery of the caulking piece that is the length of the outer periphery of the cross-section of the caulking piece,
The second data is a conductor cross-sectional area before processing as viewed from the extending direction of the conductor,
The third data is a thickness of the caulking piece,
The fourth data is a punch curvature radius of the punch curved surface,
The fifth data is a punch pitch that is a distance between the center points of the two punch radii of curvature,
The sixth data is a die curvature radius of a die curved surface on which the caulking piece in the die is installed,
The seventh data is a distance between the die curved surface and the punch curved surface in a state in which the caulking piece is caulked,
The caulking characteristic estimation device according to claim 8, wherein the eighth data is an angle formed between a side surface of the processed hole and a side surface of the die in a state where the caulking piece is caulked. In the caulking characteristic estimation device according to claim 2,
In addition to the first to eighth data, based on the ninth and tenth data, a caulking characteristic representing the caulking mode after the processing is calculated,
The ninth data is a punch width in a direction perpendicular to the movement direction of the punch in the processing hole,
The caulking characteristic estimation device according to claim 10, wherein the tenth data is a die width of the die in the orthogonal direction. In the caulking characteristic estimation apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The caulking characteristics are a barrel entrainment ratio indicating how the two caulking pieces of the caulking piece are wound on the conductive wire side after the processing, and a ratio of the cross-sectional area of the conductive wire after processing to the cross-sectional area of the conductive wire before processing. A caulking characteristic estimation device characterized by being at least one of a certain wire compression rate. In the caulking characteristic estimation device according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
There is a correlation between the wire cross-sectional area before processing and the punch curvature radius,
The caulking characteristic estimation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the punch curvature radius as the fourth data is specified based on a cross-sectional area of the conductive wire before the processing as the second data. In the caulking characteristic estimation apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 5,
As an intermediate value for calculating the caulking characteristics, calculate a length of ½ of the entire inner peripheral length of the jig closed by the processing hole and the die curved surface at the time of processing,
The caulking characteristic estimation device characterized in that the intermediate value is calculated so that a ratio between the caulking piece outer peripheral length and the jig inner peripheral length falls within an appropriate range for obtaining an appropriate caulking characteristic.   When the caulking characteristic calculated through the caulking characteristic estimation device according to any one of claims 1 to 6 is appropriate, the caulking piece, the conductive wire, the die, and the punch having a shape related to the caulking characteristic are included. A method of forming a terminal, wherein the processing is performed by using the terminal.