EP0126842B1 - Méthode pour le pressage et dispositif pour la mise en oeuvre de cette méthode - Google Patents

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EP0126842B1
EP0126842B1 EP84101154A EP84101154A EP0126842B1 EP 0126842 B1 EP0126842 B1 EP 0126842B1 EP 84101154 A EP84101154 A EP 84101154A EP 84101154 A EP84101154 A EP 84101154A EP 0126842 B1 EP0126842 B1 EP 0126842B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/04—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for forming connections by deformation, e.g. crimping tool
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/04—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for forming connections by deformation, e.g. crimping tool
    • H01R43/048—Crimping apparatus or processes
    • H01R43/052—Crimping apparatus or processes with wire-feeding mechanism
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/51—Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling
    • Y10T29/5136—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work
    • Y10T29/5137—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work including assembling or disassembling station
    • Y10T29/5139—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work including assembling or disassembling station and means to sever work prior to disassembling
    • Y10T29/514—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work including assembling or disassembling station and means to sever work prior to disassembling comprising means to strip insulation from wire
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/51—Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling
    • Y10T29/5136—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work
    • Y10T29/5137—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work including assembling or disassembling station
    • Y10T29/5143—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work including assembling or disassembling station and means to machine product
    • Y10T29/5145—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work including assembling or disassembling station and means to machine product to sever product to length
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/51—Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling
    • Y10T29/5193—Electrical connector or terminal

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  • the invention relates to a crimping method of the type specified in the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention further relates to a device for carrying out the method according to the first part of patent claim 4.
  • Such a method and such a device for carrying out the method are known from DE-C-1 190533.
  • the known device is used for cutting to length, stripping and one- or both-sided attachment of connectors to individual strands or wires.
  • Devices of this type have been developed so far that strand or wire lengths of 50 to 3000 mm can be processed and quantities of 1400 to 6000 pieces per hour can be produced.
  • the object of the invention is to increase the work output per unit of time of a method of the type mentioned at the beginning with simple means.
  • a device for performing this method is characterized in claim 4.
  • Advantageous embodiments of the invention are characterized in the subclaims.
  • the crimping device has four robot arms 2, 3, 4 and 5.
  • the robot arms 4 and 2 are viewed in the working direction (arrow direction 1) - as is known per se - arranged one behind the other and are pivotable in a vertical axis 6 on a machine frame, not shown.
  • a device 8 for cutting and stripping In the space 7 between the robot arms 4 and 2 there is a device 8 for cutting and stripping, which is only indicated schematically.
  • Each robot arm 4, 2 is equipped with grippers 9 which are located below the robot arms and are arranged opposite each other in the vicinity of the intermediate space 7; the grippers 9 can open and close while grasping and holding a line 10 and releasing it again.
  • the robot arms 4, 2 are designed and supported such that they can also slide back and forth in the direction of the arrow 11.
  • measuring rollers 12 and feed rollers 13 In the direction of arrow 1 in front of the grippers 9 of the robot arm 4, measuring rollers 12 and feed rollers 13 are arranged, which push the line 10 through the grippers of the robot arms
  • the robot arms 4, 2 each operate a stop device 14, 15 which, viewed in plan view, each sits laterally next to the corresponding robot arm on a machine frame (not shown).
  • the stop device 14 belongs to the robot arm 4 and the stop device 15 to the robot arm 2.
  • the robot arm 4 can be pivoted about the axis 6 in the double arrow direction 16 and the robot arm 2 in the direction of the double arrow 17, the arms - as known - with the cutting edge - and stripping device 8 can transport the manufactured cable end into the working space of the respective stop device.
  • the device described corresponds to the prior art and works as follows.
  • the line 10 is intermittently drawn off and cut to length from a cable drum (not shown) with a transport device (not shown) and pushed by the measuring rollers 12 and feed rollers 13 through the grippers 9 of the robot arms 4, 2.
  • the grippers are closed, the line is cut and stripped with the cutting device 8, the robot arms 4, 2 sliding back in the direction of the arrow 11 and possibly sliding forward again.
  • the robot arms 4, 2 then pivot to the respective stop device 14, 15, the stripped end being placed in the working tool of the stop device and a connector being crimped.
  • the robot arms then swivel back again and the grippers 9 open, whereupon the finished crimped line (not shown) is removed from the robot arm 2 and the line 10 still located in the robot arm 4 is pushed through the robot arm 2 with the front crimped end, until the desired length is reached. Then the described process is repeated.
  • the robot arms move up and down in the direction of the arrow 18. However, the pivoting movement takes place in a horizontal plane.
  • the invention provides that the device for crimping is equipped with two further robot arms, preferably robot arms 5 and 3 of identical construction.
  • the robot arms 5, 3 are expediently located exactly below the robot arms 4, 2 (FIG. 1), but their grippers 9 are directed upwards. Accordingly, the measuring rollers 12 and feed rollers 13 are located above the robot arm 5.
  • the robot arms 5, 3 can execute the same movements as the robot arms 4, 2 and act on the line 19. In the space 7 between the robot arms 5, 3 there is also a device 8 for severing and stripping the line 19.
  • the robot arm 5 operates the stop device 14 and the robot arm 3 the on Impact device 15.
  • the robot arms 5, 3 and the other associated devices of the lower level cannot be seen, because they are structurally identical and are arranged directly below the devices of the upper level.
  • all four robot arms 4, 2 and 5, 3 are mounted such that they perform a movement on an imaginary horizontal positioning plane 20 when pivoted, the stop devices 14, 15 or their working tools being located in the positioning plane 20. Accordingly, the robot arms 4, 2 move downward by the absolute amount x and the robot arms 5, 3 move upward by the amount y when pivoting to the stop devices.
  • the amounts x and y are preferably the same.
  • the robot arms preferably slide on an inclined plane to the positioning plane 20 or are equipped with an incline drive so that the lifting or lowering by the amount x or y can be ensured when pivoting.
  • the robot arms 4, 2 - as is known per se - also subsequently perform a vertical movement in the direction of the double arrow 18 for crimping, while the robot arms 5, 3 likewise move in the direction of the double arrow 18 for the same purpose .
  • the crimping method according to the invention provides that the processing of the lines 10 and 19 in cycles is carried out as follows, the comparison in the table below meaning the same cycle time in each case.

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1. Procédé de sertissage dans lequel des sections de fil électrique de longueur déterminée sont coupées d'un fil (10) très long enroulé et les extrémités opposées sont dénudées et serties, le fil (10) étant cycliquement avancé d'une longueur correspondant à la longueur des sections de fil et les extrémités du fil et de la section de fil libérées de l'isolant étant pivotées latéralement et respectivement introduites dans un dispositif de sertissage, puis basculées de nouveau, après le sertissage, dans leur position initiale, la section de fil sertie prélevée et acheminée plus loin, caractérisé en ce qu'un second fil (19) ou une seconde section de fil sont guidés parallèlement au premier fil (10) ou à la première section préparés de la même façon pour le sertissage et pivotés, le sertissage ayant lieu chaque fois dans le même dispositif de sertissage, les cycles d'opérations suivants étant effectués à une certaine cadence:
Déroulement des opérations à une certaine cadence, la mise en parallèle dans le tableau suivant signifiant chaque fois la même durée du cvcle.
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2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les extrémités des fils électriques ou des sections de fil sont transportées lorsqu'on les fait basculer, sur un plan oblique vers un plan de positionnement commun.
3. Procédé selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce qu'on fait basculer les extrémités de la même valeur x ou y en direction du plan de positionnement.
4. Dispositif pour mettre en oeuvre le procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, comportant deux bras de robot (2, 4) qui sont disposés l'un derrière l'autre dans le sens du travail et peuvent pivoter autour d'un axe vertical (6), un dispositif (8) de sectionnement et de dénudement situé dans l'intervalle entre les bras de robot (2, 4), chaque bras de robot (2, 4) étant équipé d'organes de saisie (9) situés en dessous des bras de robot (2, 4) et disposés en vis-à-vis à proximité de l'intervalle, des galets de mesure (12) et d'alimentation (13) étant disposés devant l'organe de saisie (9) du bras de robot antérieur (4), ces galets poussant un fil à travers les organes de saisie (9) des bras de robot (2, 4) et pouvant mesurer une longueur souhaitée, un dispositif de montage (14, 15) étant positionné latéralement par rapport aux bras de robot (2, 4), caractérisé en ce que le dispositif est equipé de deux bras de robot supplémentaires (5, 3).
5. Dispositif selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que les bras de robot (5, 3) supplémentaires sont de même construction que les premiers bras de robot (4, 2).
6. Dispositif selon la revendication 4 ou 5, caractérisé en ce que les bras de robot (5, 3) supplémentaires se trouvent exactement en dessous des premiers bras de robot (4, 2), leurs organes de saisie (9) étant toutefois dirigés vers le haut.
7. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 4 à 6, caractérisé en ce que les galets de mesure (12) et les galets d'alimentation (13) du bras de robot (5) supplémentaire se trouvent au-dessus du bras de robot supplémentaire (5).
8. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 4 à 7, caractérisé en ce qu'un dispositif (8) pour sectionner et dénuder le fil (19) est disposé dans l'intervalle (7) entre les bras de robot supplémentaires (5, 3).
9. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 4 à 8, caractérisé en ce que les bras de robot supplémentaires (5, 3) effectuent les mêmes mouvements que les premiers bras de robot (4, 2), de sorte que le bras de robot supplémentaire (5) dessert le dispositif de montage (14) et le bras de robot supplémentaire (3) dessert le dispositif de montage (15).
10. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 4 à 9, caractérisé en ce que tous les bras de robot (4, 2 et 5, 3) sont disposés de telle sorte que, lorsqu'ils sont basculés, ils effectuent un mouvement vers un plan de positionnement (20), les outils de travail des dispositifs de montage (14, 15) se trouvant dans le plan de positionnement (20) et le plan de positionnement étant situé entre les bras de robot (4, 2 et 5,3).
11. Dispositif selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que la distance des organes de saisie (9) des premiers bras de robot (4, 2) et la distance des organes de saisie (9) des bras de robot supplémentaires (5, 3) par rapport au plan de positionnement est identique (x = y).
12. Dispositif selon la revendication 9 et/ou 10, caractérisé en ce que les bras de robot (2-5) sont équipés d'un mécanisme à rampe.
EP84101154A 1983-04-27 1984-02-04 Méthode pour le pressage et dispositif pour la mise en oeuvre de cette méthode Expired EP0126842B1 (fr)

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DE3315227A DE3315227C2 (de) 1983-04-27 1983-04-27 Crimpverfahren sowie Crimpvorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens

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