Patent ID: 7140215

Claim:
A cutting head for a wire-processing machine comprising: an upper part having at least one cutter; a lower part having at least one cutter; a drive linearly driving said upper part and said lower part relative to one another; and measuring devices for measuring functions of a wire-processing operation performed by said upper part and said lower part, said measuring functions being executable by linear actuation movement of said upper part and said lower part, wherein said measuring devices include a device for measuring a crimp height of a wire crimp of a crimp contact on a wire being processed, said device for measuring a crimp height including a force-measuring device and a first cutting edge on said upper part and a second cutting edge on said lower part, whereby when the crimp contact is arranged between said first and second cutting edges and said drive moves said upper part and said lower part toward one another, an increase in force is sensed by said force-measuring device.