Patent ID: 8544172

Claim:
A crimping machine, comprising: a crimping tool head having an end face arranged transverse to a cable path, along which a cable to be crimped is fed in operation of the crimping machine; a crimping tool base body having an anvil and a front knife, an insulation stripping apparatus; a contact element feed apparatus; and a coupling part for coupling the crimping machine to the crimping tool head; a clamping apparatus being connected to the crimping tool head via said end face wherein said clamping apparatus can be moved vertically with the crimping tool head, and wherein at least one of the clamping apparatus and the crimping tool head is arranged centrally in a longitudinal direction of the cable path above the anvil and the front knife wherein the clamping apparatus is designed to clamp the electric cable to be processed, both during an insulation stripping process performed by the insulation stripping apparatus and during a crimping process performed by the crimping tool head.