System and method for spreading wires of a cable. The wires of the cable may be spread prior to performing one or more operations on the wires of the cable. The wires may be spread by first aligning the cable, after which the wires may be flattened. After flattening, a multi-step spreading process may be performed in which the wires may be initially spread simultaneously after which the wires may be further spread individually.
H01R 43/28 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups
A system and method for automatically inserting crimp contacts of a plurality of wires into holes of a connector is disclosed. Each hole of a connector has an electrical contact surface that is for electrical/physical contact with a designated part of a crimp contact. Thus, for proper electrical/physical contact, the connector and/or the crimp contact may be rotated to prepare for insertion of the crimp contact. As such, prior to the insertion, the connector and/or the crimp contact is rotated in an automatic orientation movement. After which, the automatic insertion movement is performed in which the crimp contact and/or the connector are moved so that the designated part of the crimp contact is in electrical/physical contact with the electrical contact surface of the hole. The automatic insertion movement may include the crimp contact being stationary and the connector is moving, or the connector being stationary and tire crimp contact moving.
H01R 43/052 - Crimping apparatus or processes with wire-feeding mechanism
H01R 43/28 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups
A method and apparatus for automating one or more steps of a crimping process for crimping a crimp contact to a wire of a multi-wire cable is disclosed. Crimping wires is typically a labor-intensive process. As such, some or all of the manual steps may be automated, such as by manipulating one or more of the wires in preparation for inserting the wires into the crimping machine. In this way, the previously manually-operated machine may be less reliant or entirely non-reliant on manual labor.
A system and method for removing a protective shield from an electrical cable using an ablation process is disclosed. The circumference of the protective shield may not be perfectly circular. To compensate, a measurement, such as a distance measurement to a point on a surface of the electrical cable, is performed. Based on the distance measurement, the system performs a compensation operation, such as moving the lens in the laser system in order to compensate. Thereby, the focus of the laser radiation may be placed consistently at a predetermined position relative to the surface of the protective shield, thereby sufficiently ablating the protective shield without harming interior layers of the electrical cable. Further, the protective shield may be wrapped so that there is an overlap. To account for this, the protective shield on both sides of the ablated groove is held and twisted in order to shear along the groove.
H02G 1/12 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for removing insulation or armouring from cables, e.g. from the end thereof
An automatic-robotic-system-for-cable assembly system and method is provided. The method and system are configured to use a cartridge which holds one or both ends of the cable. The cartridge moves along an automatic cable assembly line, with the line segmented into different stages, at which a process is performed by a specific machine. Different machines, such as actuators or modular machines, perform operations on the cartridge at the different stages. In preparation for or as part of the operations, the actuators or modular machines may directly physically apply one or more forces to a cable held by the cartridge, causing the cable to spool toward or away from the modular machines.
B23P 19/00 - Machines for simply fitting together or separating metal parts or objects, or metal and non-metal parts, whether or not involving some deformationTools or devices therefor so far as not provided for in other classes
H01R 43/28 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups
B25J 11/00 - Manipulators not otherwise provided for
H02G 1/12 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for removing insulation or armouring from cables, e.g. from the end thereof
A system for removing metal foil shield from electrical wires and/or cables, using ablation process, shear stress generation and video camera feedback.
H02G 1/12 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for removing insulation or armouring from cables, e.g. from the end thereof
B23K 26/38 - Removing material by boring or cutting
An automatic-robotic-system-for-cable assembly system and method is provided. The method and system are configured to use a cartridge which holds one or both ends of the cable. The cartridge moves along an automatic cable assembly line, with the line segmented into different stages, at which a process is performed by a specific machine. Different machines, such as actuators or modular machines, perform operations on the cartridge at the different stages. In preparation for or as part of the operations, the actuators or modular machines may apply one or more forces to the cartridge, causing one or more of the following to occur: moving an end of the cartridge to a modular machine, rotating an end of the cable, tipping the ends of the cable, etc. In this way, use of the cartridge enables the automatic assembly of the cables held in the cartridge.
H01R 43/28 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups
H01R 43/05 - Crimping apparatus or processes with wire-insulation stripping
H01R 43/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for soldered or welded connections
B25J 11/00 - Manipulators not otherwise provided for
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ROBOTIC CABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY USING A CARTRIDGE
An automatic-robotic-system-for-cable assembly system and method is provided. The method and system are configured to use a cartridge which holds one or both ends of the cable. The cartridge moves along an automatic cable assembly line, with the line segmented into different stages, at which a process is performed by a specific machine. Different machines, such as actuators or modular machines, perform operations on the cartridge at the different stages. In preparation for or as part of the operations, the actuators or modular machines may apply one or more forces to the cartridge, causing one or more of the following to occur: moving an end of the cartridge to a modular machine, rotating an end of the cable, tipping the ends of the cable, etc. In this way, use of the cartridge enables the automatic assembly of the cables held in the cartridge.
H01R 43/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for soldered or welded connections
H01R 43/28 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups
H02G 1/12 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for removing insulation or armouring from cables, e.g. from the end thereof
A system and method for removing a metal foil shield from electrical wires and/or cable, using ablation process, shear stress generation and video camera feedback is disclosed. The metal foil shield is removed using ablation process, shear stress generation and video camera feedback. The system includes a holder configured to hold an electrical cable, a laser configured to provide a laser radiation beam and an optical system configured to shape the laser radiation beam and concentrate the laser radiation beam on surface of the metal foil shield with power sufficient to ablate a groove on the surface of the metal shield and a gripper configured to grip a segment of the electrical cable that protrudes from the holder twist it such as to generate a shear stress in the groove and separate the segment of the electrical cable from the rest of the cable.
B23K 26/364 - Laser etching for making a groove or trench, e.g. for scribing a break initiation groove
H02G 1/12 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for removing insulation or armouring from cables, e.g. from the end thereof
An automatic-robotic-system-for-cable assembly system and method is provided. The method and system are configured to use a cartridge which holds one or both ends of the cable. The cartridge moves along an automatic cable assembly line, with the line segmented into different stages, at which a process is performed by a specific machine. Different machines, such as actuators or modular machines, perform operations on the cartridge at the different stages. In preparation for or as part of the operations, the actuators or modular machines may apply one or more forces to the cartridge, causing one or more of the following to occur: moving an end of the cartridge to a modular machine, rotating an end of the cable, tipping the ends of the cable, etc. In this way, use of the cartridge enables the automatic assembly of the cables held in the cartridge.
H01R 43/28 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups
H01R 43/05 - Crimping apparatus or processes with wire-insulation stripping
H01R 43/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for soldered or welded connections
B25J 11/00 - Manipulators not otherwise provided for
An automatic-robotic-system-for-cable assembly is provided. The system is configured to detect the inner-wire placement. The detected inter-wire is conveyed toward a connector's relevant pad. In addition the robotic system is configured to associate the inner wire to the connector's relevant pad.
H01R 43/28 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups
H01R 43/20 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve
H01R 43/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for soldered or welded connections
H01R 43/05 - Crimping apparatus or processes with wire-insulation stripping
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for automated removal of a segment of a braided metal shield from an electric cable. A segment of a braided metal shield protruding from a holder is pulled back over a heat absorbing ring. The ring is inserted over the braided metal shield. Laser radiation of sufficient power is applied to the segment of the braded metal shield located over the ring to cut the braided metal shield located over the ring.
H02G 1/12 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for removing insulation or armouring from cables, e.g. from the end thereof
B23K 26/351 - Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring for trimming or tuning of electrical components
An automatic-robotic-system-for-cable assembly is provided. The system is configured to detect the inner-wire placement. The detected inter-wire is conveyed toward a connector's relevant pad. In addition the robotic system is configured to associate the inner wire to the connector's relevant pad.
H01R 43/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for soldered or welded connections
H01R 43/28 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups
H01R 43/05 - Crimping apparatus or processes with wire-insulation stripping
A system for removing metal foil shield from electrical wires and/or cables, using ablation process, shear stress generation and video camera feedback.
H02G 1/12 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for removing insulation or armouring from cables, e.g. from the end thereof
B23K 26/364 - Laser etching for making a groove or trench, e.g. for scribing a break initiation groove
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