Patent ID: 8230715

Claim:
A head of crimping pliers for crimping a work piece, comprising: a) an upper insert and a lower insert, each of said inserts forming at least two halves of at least two nests for the work piece, said nests being designed and arranged for crimping said work piece, wherein said inserts are directly supported against each other in a direction transverse to a crimping axis, b) two crimping jaws supporting said inserts at least in crimping direction and being moved versus each other throughout the crimping movement, c) wherein ca) a first nest of said nests is operating in a first relative position of said inserts with respect to said crimping jaws and cb) a second nest of said nests is operating in a second relative position of said inserts with respect to said crimping jaws, cc) said second relative position differing from said first position, d) said inserts being guided together along a guiding axis for a sliding movement between said first and second relative positions, said guiding axis being directed transverse to said crimping axis.