Optimization of Mechanical Crimping in the Terminal Crimping Process Using a Response Surface Methodology

Table 1

Parameters for experimental design.

Factor	Variation
	Low (−1)	Med. (0)	High (+1)
Crimp height (X)	1.15 mm.	1.25 mm.	1.35 mm.
Crimp depth (Y)	1.96 mm.	2.36 mm	2.75 mm.
Crimp width (Z)	1.37 mm	1.48 mm.	1.59 mm.