Large ferrule crimping dies shall be designed to snap into the
battery powered crimping tool CT-3001 or CT-3001/E and shall
have a cycle time of three seconds. These crimping dies shall be
used to install ferrules onto the stripped ends of #1 AWG to
500 kcmil flexible cable, classes DLO, H, I, K, and M. The ferrules
shall be used to manage the individual wire strands comprising
the bundle and prevent broken and turned back strands. Ferrules
on mechanically terminated cable shall prevent generation of
excessive heat. Ferrule crimping dies shall provide sufficient
wire pullout tensile force and shall reduce the cable’s outer
profile to less than the ferrule’s outside diameter. These crimping
dies and ferrules shall be used to improve the efficiency and
reliability of electrical distribution panels, switchgear, MCC
panels, and transmission stations.