Enter a lug, a cross-section with a stud or the stamp, or pick the cross-section and the stud from the lists. A stud you measured goes in the field below: the finder reads it as the metric size it fits, allowing for a worn thread. A hole measured in the palm of the old lug goes in the text as hole 13. Below, an offered lug can be checked against the result.
On the designation alone: the finish and the condition are checked separately.
Compression cable lugs sit on the terminals of generators, motors, switchboards and batteries all over a ship, and a DIN 46235 lug is named by two figures: the conductor cross-section and the stud. Enter a lug (DIN 46235 95-12, Cu 95x12), a cross-section with a stud (95 mm2 M12) or the stamp off the old lug (18 12-95), or pick the cross-section and the stud from the lists: the finder says whether the combination is in the standard and which studs that cross-section takes, gives the stud hole, the barrel bore and outer diameter and the code of the hexagonal die, draws the lug, checks an offered lug and writes an RFQ line.
Lugs for aluminium conductors (DIN 46329), the light-duty DIN 46234 lugs, plain tube lugs made to a maker table, cross-sections under 6 and over 300 mm2 and AWG sizes are not in this finder. Current ratings and crimping forces are not given here.
The stripped conductor goes into the barrel, which is then crimped. Its bore is sized for a copper conductor of its cross-section; DIN 46235 lugs are listed for classes 1, 2, 5 and 6 of IEC 60228: solid, stranded, flexible and extra-flexible conductors.
The palm goes over the stud or bolt. The hole is a little larger than the thread: 13 mm for M12. A lug for a smaller stud does not go over a larger one; a lug for a larger stud sits loose, with less contact area.
A DIN 46235 lug is stamped with the code of its hexagonal die to DIN 48083-4, from 5 for 6 mm2 to 32 for 300 mm2, and with rings showing where and how many times to crimp. A die with another code crimps the barrel to the wrong size.
| Cross-section, mm2 | Code | Studs in DIN 46235 | Barrel bore | Barrel outer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 5 | M5, M6 | — | 5.5 |
| 10 | 6 | M5, M6 | — | 6 |
| 16 | 8 | M6, M8, M10 | 5.5 | 8.5 |
| 25 | 10 | M6, M8, M10, M12 | 7 | 10 |
| 35 | 12 | M8, M10, M12 | 8.2 | 12.5 |
| 50 | 14 | M8, M10, M12, M16 | — | 14.5 |
| 70 | 16 | M8, M10, M12, M16 | — | 16.5 |
| 95 | 18 | M10, M12, M16 | 13.5 | 19 |
| 120 | 20 | M10, M12, M16, M20 | 15.5 | 21 |
| 150 | 22 | M10, M12, M16, M20 | 17 | 23.5 |
| 185 | 25 | M10, M12, M16, M20 | 19 | 25.5 |
| 240 | 28 | M16, M20 | 21.5 | 29 |
| 300 | 32 | M16, M20 | 24.5 | 32 |
Code: the number stamped on the lug, and the code of the hexagonal die to DIN 48083-4 that crimps it. Stud holes: M5 5.3, M6 6.4, M8 8.4, M10 10.5, M12 13, M16 17, M20 21 mm. A value is given only where two independent tables agree; values two tables do not agree on are left out: the barrel bore of 6, 10, 50 and 70 mm2 (the tables differ by 0.1 to 0.2 mm), the overall length and the palm width (they differ by maker and by stud), and cross-sections from 400 mm2. Combinations outside the standard, such as 16-12 or 35-6, are marked as such in both tables that mark them; on 95-8 the tables differ.
Every value appears in at least two independent published tables of DIN 46235 lugs from makers and distributors, and is left out where tables differ. The studs the standard gives each cross-section come, for 6 to 120 mm2, from two tables that mark the combinations outside it, and for 150 to 300 mm2 from one such table and two maker tables. The die codes are checked against the lug tables and against a die table of a tool maker.
The cross-section of the conductor and the stud: a 95-12 lug takes a 95 mm2 copper conductor and goes on an M12 stud. A lug to DIN 46235 is also stamped with a code number, 18 for 95 mm2, which names the hexagonal crimping die. Beside the maker letters the stamp reads, for example, 18 12-95: code, stud, cross-section. Read the numbers off the old lug and enter them.
M10, M12 and M16. Each cross-section has its own set: 16 mm2 takes M6, M8 and M10, 50 mm2 takes M8, M10, M12 and M16, 240 mm2 only M16 and M20. Makers also sell combinations outside the standard, such as 16-12 or 35-6; their tables mark them, and the finder says so when you enter one.
It names the hexagonal die to DIN 48083-4 that the lug is crimped with, from 5 for 6 mm2 to 32 for 300 mm2. A die with the same code closes the barrel to the right size; a die of the next size up leaves the crimp loose. Rings around the barrel show where and how many times to crimp. The code is only on DIN 46235 lugs; plain tube lugs are crimped to the maker table.
Not on the designation alone. DIN 46234 is a lighter lug for an indent crimp with a mandrel die; DIN 46235 lugs take the hexagonal die and have a barrel of their own size. A 95-12 to DIN 46234 is a different part from a 95-12 to DIN 46235: ask for the standard that is in the parts list.
The standard, the cross-section, the stud size, the finish (tinned or bare copper) and the quantity: Copper compression cable lug DIN 46235, 95 mm2, stud M12, tinned. If the old lug is gone, give the cable size from its sheath and measure the stud, with a photograph.
A row of the standard is a cross-check of sizes, not a part selection. Attach the photograph and your measurements, and Vessel Core checks them before an offer goes back.
