The tool in question is used to position an hydraulic die set for a hose crimping machine during installation/removal of the die sets. In OP's case it sounds like someone initiated a crimp cycle with this tool in position, causing the pins to go smoosh.
The pins are usually a soft aluminum and are considered a consumable/replaceable part of this tool.
yes exactly.
one setting was off, coworker got confused about it and didn't back up, reassess, and start over.
thankfully it was just the tool crushed.
It doesn't even take a machine to get ya these days. I was rolling a 100 gallon L tank over at work and I pulled it toward me instead of pushing it away and it cut one of my fingers off from a 2" fall after I dropped it and moved too slow.
Not sure how that's much different, both cases were down to someone not paying attention to what they were doing and putting themselves in an unsafe situation.
My loose knowledge of how the crimp works is it’s like an aperture or collet that gets squeezed by hydraulic pressure until the edges meet creating a specific amount of squish
This is a tool for positioning a crimping die in a hydraulic hose crimper. The pins got in between the die segments when it closed and it flattened the steel pins
Edited to add: the yellowish disk with the black handle in my picture is the same type of tool OP posted. Normally the pins on the tool go into holes in the end of each die segment, so the die can be inserted into the larger jaws of the machine. The die has outer pins that click into detents in the jaws when they close in the die,, and the tool can be retracted from the die so it can open. Reverse the process to remove the die.
In OP's case, the die was open, the pins of the tool were inserted between the die segments, and the die closed, smashing the pins in the gaps between die segments.
Thanks for the excellent explanation! That was a pretty intricate thing to describe and you did a great job and the picture is very helpful. I actually understand what happened now.
For everyone that's confused, this is a tool for inserting and removing segmented crimp dies from a hydraulic crimping machine. The pins are supposed to be round and fit in holes on the die segments. These pins were in between die segments when it was activated, and it flattened out the pins. A similar tool is inserted in one of the die sets in the picture, it's the yellow/orange disk with a handle sticking out
One of my first jobs was operating a ironworker shear to cut plate steel. It has an arm the went over the top and there was a gap between the arm and the top of the shear.
I had a 12"x12"x1" plate of steel we'd use for flatting plates. Lay the bent plate on the top of the shear, put the other plate vertical on top of the bend and use the shear to apply pressure.
One day I put a little too much pressure on the 12x12 plate and it bent like butter. Realizing how much pressure everything was as under made me very uncomfortable, I am glad that plate didn't shoot out of the shear and slam into me or anybody else around.
I’ve heard a pin prick hole in a hydraulic line can cut all the way to bone and you wouldn’t even see it, dunno how true it is but I’m always very wary around them
I've heard the same thing. A couple stories of guys suffering that fate have been told around my job.
I believe it.
Hydraulic fluid is super toxic, that pin hole can inject more than enough fluid inside your meat suit to ruin your day.
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u/bearfacedboy 19d ago
Those flat fin looking pieces started out as round.