Hi Everyone,
I’m planning on using HiRose DF52 series connector on a few of my projects. They are board to board connectors, very small profile.
Here is a example of the connector cable side
connector card side
and the actual crimp
The tool HiRose recommends is this
Its 6500$ , and i’m not ready to invest that much yet. I’m mostly prototyping so I’m not crimping at volume yet. Does anyone know a small and cheaper handtool that i can use to crimp this connector.
Thanks
There are some universal tools that you could look at such as the PA-09 or the WM9999-ND, however these are what they are universal and there is no guarantee that you would get the crimp specified by the manufacturer like if you were to use the MFG recommended tool.
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Thanks for the prompt response and recommendation Robert. Unfortunately WM9999 is too big. The PA-09 looks promising , DF52 isn’t in the compatibility list , however it does support other 30-32 AWG crimps , so it might work. Regardless its a nice addition to my tool box.
I don’t mind buying ready made cable assemblies, if there is a 5 conductor DF52 cable assembly I can work with that.
I was wondering if anyone found any successful alternatives?
I tried with the YRS-859 tool, but it needed some adjustment first and even then at 28AWG die, it didn’t crimp down the insulation tabs and could not insert into the housing. Crimping at the 30AWG die did close them slightly more and squeezing with needle nose pliers I was able to insert the contact. This was very difficult with the fact that they are SO small and the slightest deformation can damage the housing very easily. Pic of a 28AWG crimped.
5 years later - I’m looking for a similar solution. Did anyone have any luck with a generic crimping tool? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Hello and welcome to the tech forum
I looked into this request and the past info available but there is not a good option stated. I did look through our hand crimping tools for finer rectangular terminals and will post the link below. I am unsure if any will work but these would be the ones that could imho.
Thank you
Ryan
The one high quality crimp, cost effective option for the Hirose DF52 series for relatively small quantities is to use our pre-crimped jumper assembly:
DF52-2832PF1571-28A9-300 → 300mm 28 AWG wire with DF52 contact professionally crimped to each end.
Can be used to make a 300mm DF52 wire harness with connectors on each end, or can be cut in half to get two 150mm wires with a contact on one end.
Other options would be to go to another 0.8mm pitch series such as the JST SUHR-04V-S-B housing and then choose a pre-crimped jumper wire with length options from 50mm to 300mm. This would mate with the top-entry BM04B-SURS-TF or side-entry SM04B-SURS-TF board-mount connector.
