File:Crimp terminal anatomy diagram.png

Diagram of an open-barrel crimp terminal: a side view naming the contact area, conductor brush, conductor crimp, bellmouth, transition, insulation crimp and cut-off tab, and a section through the centre of the conductor crimp showing where crimp height is measured (from the top of the crimp to the bottom of the barrel, excluding the extrusions). Not to scale.

Drawn for this wiki in October 2026 from the definitions in Molex, Quality Crimping Handbook, order no. 63800-0029 (document TM-638000029, revision D, 2009), section 4: bellmouth about 1 to 2 times the terminal material thickness, cut-off tab about 1.0 to 1.5 times, conductor brush not into the contact area, equal amounts of strands and insulation visible in the transition, crimp height measured without the extrusions. Used on Connector Pin Replacement and Crimping.

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