EP0773610A1 - Process and device for the semi-automatic manufacturing of cable harnesses - Google Patents

Abstract

The process uses an automated machine system which is free- standing and is constructed with a modular form, The machine has a number of feed channels Ä6Ü in parallel that serve as a magazine for the contact components that are to be fitted to the cables. An assembly station Ä2Ü is supplied by a buffer storage section Ä11Ü and positioned behind this is a contact and testing station Ä12,13Ü. The system has a control unit Ä3Ü a text display Ä15Ü.

Description

The invention relates to a method and a device for equipping lines at one end with plugs arranged in housings with specific grid spacings, in particular insulation displacement contact elements for the production of line sets. Such a cable assembly device has an assembly station for assembling the lines with the housings, starting from a magazine via an article feed, and a test station for checking the contacts made in the assembly station.

Such a cable assembly device is known from the applicant's own production. It can be used to fit conductors of different lengths with housings that have a grid spacing of not less than 5 mm. In practical use, for example in the white goods industry, more and more plug connections are required that have a smaller grid pitch, for example 2.5 mm. Furthermore, there is a need for already prefabricated but incomplete cable branches, that is to say for example cable branches already provided with housings on one side, to be additionally equipped with housings. This requirement could not be met with the known cable assembly device, inter alia, because the machine is not equipped with a pitch of less than 5 mm for machining the housing, which has a much smaller external geometry. Such a retrofitting of the known system would require a complicated mechanical construction, which is not justifiable for economic reasons.

The invention is, in view of this prior art the object of the invention to allow assembly of conductors of different length with housings having a single semiconductor processing that empty spaces can be made and that prefabricated, but incomplete cable branches, as well as lines of different length can be completed and above Fast cycle times are also possible.

The object is achieved according to the invention by a method in which each housing to be populated is automatically conveyed from a magazine to a contacting station in such a way that the first insulation displacement contact element to be populated, which sits in a housing chamber of a housing having a plurality of housing chambers at a certain grid spacing, in height a cable insertion opening and is arranged below a contacting stamp, that the line to be assembled is then inserted manually through the cable insertion opening into the housing chamber, that the contacting stamp is then moved downward and presses the insulation displacement contact element into contact with the cable end, after which the housing is automatically continued until the the next insulation displacement contact element to be fitted is arranged at the level of the cable insertion opening and that a line set which has been completed in this way is then subjected to testing and further processing or removal is fed.

In order to ensure reliable contacting of the line end with the insulation displacement contact element, it is proposed that the lowering of the contacting stamp be triggered by the complete insertion of the line end into the housing chamber to be contacted.

In order to check the quality of the contact made, it is provided according to the invention that, after contacting, each housing is subjected to at least one test for continuity, short circuit and cable insertion depth.

In terms of the device, the object is achieved in that the housings are arranged one behind the other in perpendicular channels to the contact position in parallel channels of a vertical block magazine that the Article feed comprises a turning device for deflecting the housing into the contact position and an article rail and a housing feed device for moving the housing to the assembly station, and that the assembly station has a clock-driven grid transport device for positioning the housing chamber to be assembled at the level of a cable insertion opening for manual insertion of the line end, and the test station is provided adjacent to the contacting station.

The main idea of the invention is based on the provision of the housing in a vertical arrangement to the contact position, the automatic feeding and positioning of the housing in the contact position and the manual feeding of the conductor into the housing chamber to be contacted. With a cable assembly device designed in this way, it is possible to freely contact lines of different lengths and already prefabricated lines with housings with different grid spacings. Because of the simple and clearly structured construction of the machine designed according to the invention, this cable assembly device enables rapid, cheap and variable production of cable sets.

In order to make the construction as compact as possible and to operate the machine easily, the block magazine for accommodating the housings to be processed is arranged in a manually pivotable loading frame with a loading slide. To load the machine with a new block magazine, the loading frame can be swiveled down and a new magazine inserted. In this position there is no risk that the housing can fall out of the block magazine. For processing, the loading frame is pivoted into the vertical working position by means of the loading slide, so that on the one hand the housing can slide vertically into the article feed and on the other hand the space requirement for the block magazine is very small.

According to an expedient embodiment of the invention, the channels of the block magazine arranged in parallel next to one another are emptied via a magazine slide which moves the block magazine into the emptying position above the turning device. To see if a block magazine has been processed, there is a capacitive proximity switch on the block magazine, which is free when the empty block magazine is pushed forward and thus stops the machine from being loaded with a new full block magazine.

The turning device arranged below the block magazine for deflecting the vertically mounted housing into the horizontal contact position is designed in the preferred embodiment as a turntable which can be pivoted through 90 °. The turning device advantageously has an adjustable stop for setting the maximum number of housings that can be accommodated. In order to be able to determine whether there are housings in the turning device, it is proposed that the turning device have an adjustable light barrier which detects the housings sliding down from the block magazine into the turning device.

The turning of the turning device in the horizontal direction is advantageously carried out in the article feed by a housing feed device, which in the preferred embodiment is designed as a slide driven by a gearwheel. In order to ensure simple and trouble-free displacement of the housing by the housing feed device along the article rail of the article feed, the slide of the housing feed device has a geometry adapted to the housing.

A pneumatic swivel drive that can be swiveled through 180 ° is provided as the drive for the housing feed device.

In order to avoid idling of the machine, a buffer section is arranged between the turning device and the loading station, from which the loading station is supplied with housings until new housings are inserted into the buffer line from the block magazine via the turning device.

The propulsion of the housings along the article rail is preferably carried out in the buffer section via a friction belt drive by frictional engagement with the underside of the housings to be transported.

Within the loading station, the housing is transported via the grid transport device, which reaches into the housing chambers from below via a liftable, comb-like transport element and moves the housing along the article rail. In order to enable the housing to be fitted with grid jumps, the grid transport device can be programmed in accordance with the grid to be fitted.

To actually equip the cable ends with the plugs arranged in the housings, the contacting station has the cable insertion opening and, perpendicularly thereto, a contact stamp held in a receptacle, which presses the insulation displacement contact element from above onto the line end located in the housing chamber. To adjust to different housing geometries and contact stamps, the holder for the contact stamp can be adjusted via elongated holes.

In the preferred exemplary embodiment, the upward and downward movement of the contacting stamp takes place via an eccentric drive which can be pivoted through 180 °. The eccentric drive has the advantage that it enables rapid upward or downward movement on the path of motion up to bottom dead center, whereas the movement slows down in the region of bottom dead center. In addition, the eccentric drive in the area of the bottom dead center enables high power transmission, which is necessary in order to push the insulation displacement contact element onto the line end via the contact stamp. An article centering device is arranged in the area of the contacting station and the testing station for precise positioning of the housings to be fitted and tested. The article centering device is preferably in engagement via a rack-like holding element with teeth formed on the side of the housing facing away from the cable insertion opening, so as to position the housing precisely.

In order to ensure that the machine is fully utilized, it is provided that a laser control device is arranged in the area of the assembly station to monitor the complete transport of the housing.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a dynamic nozzle is arranged opposite the cable insertion opening on the other side of the housing to be fitted. This stagnation nozzle, which is advantageously arranged on the holding element of the article centering device, lies sealingly against a hole in the rear of the housing chamber to be fitted. The arrangement of the dynamic nozzle on the opposite side of the cable insertion opening is intended to ensure that the contacting stamp is only moved downward to contact the insulation displacement contact element with the conductor end when the line end to be contacted is fully inserted into the housing chamber. By fully inserting the line end into the housing chamber, a back pressure is built up in the pitot nozzle, which stimulates the drive of the contacting plunger. The stagnation nozzle and the drive of the contacting stamp are preferably connected to one another via a pneumatic-electrical converter.

In order to avoid driving over the test station arranged behind the contacting station in the transport direction, it is proposed that an article brake is formed at the end of the housing transport path along the assembly station at the level of the test station, which is formed, for example, from a skid with a resilient sheet.

To check the contacts produced in the contacting station, the test station has at least one vertically and at least two horizontally movable test pins, the at least one vertically movable test pin preferably being designed as a test sword bridging both fork springs of the contact element arranged in the housing chamber.

The continuity of the contact can be checked via the at least one vertically movable and one of the at least two horizontally movable test pins. A short circuit test and / or a test for a sufficient insertion depth of the cable ends can be carried out using the horizontally movable test pins.

In order to collect the fully populated housings for removal or further processing, it is advantageously proposed that a busbar be arranged behind the test station in the transport direction.

Pneumatic drives are preferably provided as drives for the various components of the cable assembly device designed according to the invention. In order to prevent the swiveling ranges from being passed over, it is proposed that the pneumatic working members have control elements for querying the end position of the swiveling angle.

In order to allow the operating personnel a favorable working position in front of the machine, the entire cable assembly device is preferably arranged on a machine stand. A control panel with plain text display is provided in the field of vision of the operating personnel for operating and checking the machine.

Furthermore, it is proposed with the invention that the end positions of the pneumatic working members are provided with shock absorbers which are used for noise insulation.

To convert the machine to a new line diameter to be processed, it is proposed that the cable entry opening be arranged in an exchangeable socket.

The described cable assembly device according to the invention provides single-wire processing that is highly flexible, has a modular structure and is conceptually designed to process a wide variety of connector programs, for example with a pitch of 2.5 mm with the associated line spectrum of different lengths and with pitch jumps. Furthermore, with the machine designed according to the invention it is possible to complete already prefabricated but incomplete cable branches with very short cable lengths.

Fig. 1

eine Vorderansicht auf eine schematisch dargestellte Grundkonzeption einer Kabelkonfektioniereinrichtung;

Fig. 2

eine Vorderansicht der Artikelzuführung;

Fig. 3

einen Schnitt entlang der Schnittlinie III-III in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4

eine ausschnittweise Darstellung der Bestückungsstation mit Pufferstrecke und Sammelschiene in Vorderansicht;

Fig. 5

eine ausschnittweise Vorderansicht der Kontaktierstation und

Fig. 6

eine Seitenansicht der Kontaktierstation;

Fig. 7

einen Schnitt entlang der Schnittlinie VII-VII in Fig. 6 und

Fig. 8

eine teilweise geschnittene Seitenansicht der Prüfstation.

Further details, features and advantages of the subject matter of the invention result from the following description of the accompanying drawing, in which a cable assembly machine is shown schematically. The drawing shows:

Fig. 1

a front view of a schematically illustrated basic concept of a cable assembly device;

Fig. 2

a front view of the article feeder;

Fig. 3

a section along the section line III-III in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4

a partial view of the loading station with buffer section and busbar in front view;

Fig. 5

a partial front view of the contact station and

Fig. 6

a side view of the contacting station;

Fig. 7

a section along the section line VII-VII in Fig. 6 and

Fig. 8

a partially sectioned side view of the test station.

The modular structure of such a machine can be seen from the basic concept of a cable assembly device for equipping insulation displacement contact elements arranged in housings in FIG. 1 of the drawing. The essential assemblies of a cable assembly device configured in this way are an article feeder 1, an assembly station 2 and a control panel 3. In order to create a favorable working position for the operating personnel, the entire cable assembly device is arranged on a machine stand 4, so that the machine can be operated in a seated position .

Before the detailed configuration of the individual components of the cable assembly device is discussed below, the spatial arrangement of the individual components of the article feeder 1, the loading station 2 and the control panel 3 is explained in advance with the aid of the schematic front view according to FIG. 1.

The article feeder 1 essentially comprises a vertical block magazine 5, which consists of a plurality of parallel to each other arranged channels 6 for receiving the housing 7 to be populated. In order to redirect the housing 7, which is mounted perpendicular to the contact position in the block magazine 5, into the horizontal contact position, a turning device 8 is arranged below the block magazine 5. In order to move the housings 7 to be assembled from the article feeder 1 to the assembly station 2, the contacting machine has an article rail 9 connecting the two stations 1 and 2.

To transport the housing 7 (shown in FIGS. 2 and 5) from the turning device 8 to the loading station 2, the article feeder 1 also has a housing feed device 10 and a buffer zone 11 arranged between the turning device 8 and the loading station 2. The loading station 2 arranged behind the article feed 1 in the transport direction consists of a contacting station 12 and a test station 13.

The control panel 3 arranged in the field of vision of the operating personnel has a control panel 14 and a plain text display 15, via which the operating personnel can call up and read all data about the operation of the machine in unencrypted form.

2 shows a detailed front view of the article feeder 1. The block magazine 5 for receiving the housings 7 to be fitted is arranged in a loading frame 16, which can be pivoted backwards via a loading slide 17 for filling the loading frame 16 with a block magazine 5. The transport of the block magazine 5 into the emptying position above the turning device 8 takes place via a magazine slide 18 which engages over a molded angle 19 (shown in FIG. 3) in grooves formed between the individual channels 6 of the block magazine 5 and the block magazine 5 intermittently via the Turning device 8 pulls. The turning device 8, which is designed as a turntable which can be pivoted through 90 °, is in the filling position when the article rail 9 of the turning device 8 is in a vertical position (shown in FIG. 1). In this position, housings 7 can slide out of the channel 6 of the block magazine 5 arranged above the turning device 8 into the turning device 8. Then the perpendicular to the Contacting-oriented housing 7 pivoted through 90 ° into the later contacting position.

In order to determine whether the block magazine 5 is to be replaced by a filled block magazine 5, a capacitive proximity switch 20 is present on the block magazine 5, as shown in FIG. 3, which is activated when the magazine slide 18 behind the last channel 6 of the Block magazine 5 engages and shifts this by a further cycle. As soon as the capacitive proximity switch 20 is no longer in contact with the block magazine 5, the cable assembly device is stopped so that the operating personnel can remove the empty block magazine 5 and insert a filled block magazine 5 into the loading frame 16.

Since housings 7 of different sizes, ie housings with different numbers of poles, namely 3 to 20-pole housings 7, can be processed with the cable assembly device, the turning device 8 has an adjustable stop. The setting of the stop is to be adjusted depending on the number of poles of the housing 7 to be processed so that the uppermost housing 7 arranged in the article rail 9 of the turning device 8 is flush with the turning device 8 so as not to block the turning device 8. Furthermore, the turning device 8 is equipped with an adjustable light barrier 21, by means of which it can be determined whether there are housings 7 in the turning device 8 in the vertical filling position of the turning device 8.

The housing feed device 10 provided for emptying the turning device 8 consists in the illustrated embodiment of a slide 23 driven by a gear wheel 22, the cross section of which is adapted to the housing geometry in order to enable the housing 7 to be easily moved along the article rail 9. The drive of the housing feed device 10, not shown, takes place via a pneumatic swivel drive which can be pivoted through 180 °.

As can be seen from FIG. 1, a buffer section 11 is arranged between the turning device 8 and the loading station 2. The more precise structure of this buffer section 11 can be seen in FIG. 4. The transport along the buffer section 11 is carried out via a friction belt 24, which transports the housing 7, pretensioned via a tensioning lever 25, by frictional engagement with the underside of the housing 7 in the direction of the loading station 2.

Within the loading station 2, the housing 7 is transported via a grid transport device 26, which is shown in FIG. 4 below the article rail 9. To transport the housing 7, the grid transport device 26 has a comb-like transport element 27, which engages with its comb-like projections from below into the housing chambers of the housing 7 to be transported and moves them along the article rail 9. In order to be able to process housing 7 with different grid dimensions and to allow grid jumps, grid transport device 26 can be programmed in accordance with the grid to be fitted.

In addition to the grid transport device 26, the loading station 2 essentially consists of the contacting station 12 and the test station 13. The contacting station 12 arranged above the article rail 9 in FIG. 4 is shown in greater detail in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7.

To insert a line to be contacted into a housing chamber of a housing 7, the contacting station 12 has a cable insertion opening 28 through which the line end to be fitted is inserted by hand. Perpendicular to the cable insertion opening 28, a contact stamp 29 is arranged above the housing chamber to be fitted, which is held in a receptacle 31 which is adjustable via elongated holes 30. As can further be seen from FIG. 5, the up and down movement of the contacting stamp 29 takes place via an eccentric drive 32. As can be seen from FIGS. 6 and 7, the cable insertion opening 28 is arranged in an exchangeable socket 28a in order to change the machine depending on the line diameter by inserting a new socket 28a with a corresponding cable entry opening 28.

In order to position the housings 7 to be assembled in the area of the assembly station 2, an article centering device 33 is provided which, as can be seen from FIG. 7, has a rack-like design Holding element 34 has, which is in engagement with teeth formed on the side of the housing 7 facing away from the cable insertion opening 28, so as to position the housing 7 to be fitted in an exact position. In addition to the article centering device 33 with its holding element 34, the loading station 2 has a laser control device 35 in order to determine whether there are gaps between the housings 7 which are conveyed one behind the other along the article rail.

So that the contacting die 29 only presses an insulation displacement contact element onto a line end inserted through the cable insertion opening 28 into a housing chamber when this line end is completely inserted into the housing chamber, a dynamic nozzle 36 is arranged opposite the cable insertion opening 28 on the other side of the housing 7 to be fitted sealing against a hole in the back of the housing chamber to be fitted. The hole in the rear of the housing chamber is sealed by the line end inserted into the housing chamber through the cable insertion opening 28, so that a dynamic pressure is generated in the dynamic nozzle 36. This dynamic pressure is converted via a (not shown) pneumatic-electrical converter into a start signal for actuating the eccentric drive 32 for lowering the contact stamp 29. After contacting the line end with the housing 7, the housing 7 is conveyed on via the grid transport device 26 such that the next housing chamber to be fitted comes to lie in front of the cable insertion opening 28 and under the contact stamp 29. After complete assembly, the housing 7 is moved to the test station 13 by means of the grid transport device 26. In order to prevent the test station 13 from being driven over, the article rail 9 has an article brake 37 in the area of the test station 13.

The test station 13 shown in FIG. 8 consists of at least one vertically movable test pin and at least two horizontally movable test pins 39 arranged parallel to one another. By inserting the test pins 38 and 39, the contact made in the contacting station 12 can be checked for continuity, short circuit and cable Insertion depth can be checked.

As can be seen from FIG. 4, a busbar 40 can be provided behind the test station 13 in the transport direction following the article rail 9 in order to collect the fully assembled housings 7 for further processing or removal.

The cable assembly device described above works as follows:

Starting from the block magazine 5, the housings 7 to be fitted slide into the turning device 8 when the article rail 9 of the turning device 8 is in the vertical filling position. The housings 7 stacked one behind the other perpendicular to the contact position in the block magazine 5 are then turned 90 ° into the horizontal contact position via the turning device 8 panned. Via the housing feed device 10, the housings 7 located in the turning device 8 are pressed out of the turning device 8 into the buffer zone 11 behind the turning device 8. The buffer section 11 enables the machine to work without dead time, since the housings 7 arranged in the buffer section 11 bridge the time required to convey new housings 7 in the direction of the loading station 2 from the block magazine 5 via the turning device 8. Via the friction belt 24 of the buffer section 11, the housings 7 then reach the assembly station 2 that follows the article feed 1. Within the assembly station 2, the housings 7 are transported via the grid transport device 26 in such a way that the housing chamber of the housing 7 to be assembled in front of the cable insertion opening 28 comes to rest. The cable end to be fitted is then inserted manually into the housing chamber of the housing 7 through the cable insertion opening 28. The line end inserted into the housing chamber generates a dynamic pressure on the dynamic nozzle 36 arranged on the opposite side of the cable insertion opening 28, which pressure actuates the eccentric drive 32 of the contacting stamp 29 via a pneumatic-electrical converter. The insulation displacement contact element arranged in the housing chamber is pressed onto the line end to be contacted by the lowering contacting stamp 29. After the contact has been made, the housing 7 is conveyed on by the grid transport device 26 by a set grid dimension until the housing 7 is completely equipped.

In the transport direction behind the contact station 12, the test station 13 is arranged, in which the contact made in the contact station 12 is checked for continuity, short circuit and cable insertion depth via vertical and horizontal test pins 38 and 39. Error messages are immediately displayed to the operating personnel on the plain text display 15 of the control panel 3, so that these incorrectly manufactured articles can be removed manually from the cable assembly device. Line sets that have been contacted correctly can, if necessary, be pushed onto the busbar 40 at the end of the article rail 9 for further processing or removal.

Reference list

1

Article feed

2nd

Assembly station

3rd

Control panel

4th

Machine stand

5

Block magazine

6

channel

7

casing

8th

Turning device

9

Article rail

10th

Housing feed device

11

Buffer line

12th

Contacting station

13

Test station

14

Control panel

15

Plain text display

16

Loading frame

17th

Loading slide

18th

Magazine slide

19th

angle

20th

proximity switch

21

Photoelectric barrier

22

gear

23

Slider

24th

Friction belt

25th

Tension lever

26

Raster transport device

27

Transport element

28

Cable entry opening

28a

Rifle

29

Contact stamp

30th

Long hole

31

admission

32

Eccentric drive

33

Article centering device

34

Holding element

35

Laser control device

36

Pitot tube

37

Article brake

38

Test pin

39

Test pin

40

Busbar

Claims (41)

Method for equipping cables at one end with plugs arranged in housings with certain grid spacings, in particular insulation displacement contact elements, for the production of cable sets, characterized in that
that each housing to be populated is automatically conveyed from a magazine to a contacting station so that the first insulation displacement contact element to be populated, which sits in a housing chamber of a housing having a plurality of housing chambers at a certain latching distance, is arranged at the level of a cable insertion opening and below a contacting stamp that then the line to be assembled is manually inserted into the housing chamber through the cable insertion opening, then the contact stamp is moved downwards and presses the insulation displacement contact element in contact with the cable end, after which the housing is automatically continued until the next insulation displacement contact element to be assembled is located at the level of the cable insertion opening and that a line set which has been completed in this way is then subjected to testing and further processing or removal. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the lowering of the contacting stamp is triggered by completely inserting the line end into the housing chamber to be contacted. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that after contacting, each housing is subjected to at least one test for continuity, short circuit and cable insertion depth. Cable assembly device, in particular for carrying out the method according to one of Claims 1 to 3, for equipping cables at one end with plugs arranged in housings (7) with certain grid spacings, in particular insulation displacement contact elements, for the production of cable sets which have an equipping station (2) for contacting the lines with which, starting from a magazine (5) via an article feeder (1), has a housing (7) and a test station (13) for testing the contacts made in the loading station (2),
characterized,
that the housing (7) perpendicular to the contact position one behind the other in parallel channels (6) of a vertical block magazine (5) are arranged, that the article feeder (1) a turning device (8) for deflecting the housing (7) into the contact position and an article rail (9) and a housing feed device (10) for moving the housing (7) to the assembly station (2), and that the assembly station (2) a clocked driven grid transport device (26) for positioning the housing chamber to be fitted at the level of a cable insertion opening (28) for manual insertion of the line end and the test station (13) is provided adjacent to the contacting station (12). Cable assembly device according to claim 4, characterized in that the block magazine (5) is arranged in a manually pivotable loading frame (16) with a loading slide (17). Cable assembly device according to Claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the block magazine (5) can be displaced into the emptying position above the turning device (8) by means of a magazine slide (18). Cable assembly device according to claim 6, characterized in that a capacitive proximity switch (20) is present on the block magazine (5) for determining the emptying of the block magazine (5). Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 4 to 7, characterized in that the turning device (8) of the article feed (1) is designed as a turntable which can be pivoted through 90 °. Cable assembly device according to one of claims 4 to 8, characterized in that the turning device (8) one has adjustable stop for setting the maximum number of housings. Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 4 to 9, characterized in that the turning device (8) has an adjustable light barrier (21) to determine whether there are housings (7) in the turning device (8). Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 4 to 10, characterized in that the housing feed device (10) is provided for emptying the turning device (8) in the horizontal direction. Cable assembly device according to claim 11, characterized in that the housing feed device (10) is designed as a slide (23) driven by a toothed wheel (22). Cable assembly device according to claim 12, characterized in that the slide (23) of the housing feed device (10) has a geometry adapted to the housing (7). Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 4 to 13, characterized in that a pneumatic swivel drive which can be pivoted through 180 ° is provided for driving the housing feed device (10). Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 4 to 14, characterized in that a buffer section (11) is arranged between the turning device (8) and the loading station (2). Cable assembly device according to claim 15, characterized in that the buffer section (11) has a friction belt drive. Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 4 to 16, characterized in that the housing (7) is transported inside the loading station (2) via the grid transport device (26), which engages from below into the housing chambers via a liftable, comb-like transport element (27) and moves the housing (7) along the article rail (9). Cable assembly device according to Claim 17, characterized in that the grid transport device (26) can be programmed in accordance with the grid to be fitted. Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 4 to 18, characterized in that the contacting station (12) has the cable insertion opening (28) and, perpendicularly thereto, a contact stamp (29) held in a receptacle (31). Cable assembly device according to claim 19, characterized in that the receptacle (31) for the contacting stamp (29) is adjustable via elongated holes (30). Cable assembly device according to Claim 19 or 20, characterized in that the contacting stamp (29) can be moved up and down via an eccentric drive (32) which can be pivoted through 180 °. Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 4 to 21, characterized in that an article centering device (33) is arranged in the region of the contacting station (12) and the test station (13). Cable assembly device according to claim 22, characterized in that the article centering device (33) engages via a rack-like holding element (34) with teeth formed on the side of the housing (7) facing away from the cable insertion opening (28), so that the housing (7) position exactly. Cable assembly device according to one of claims 4 to 23, characterized in that for monitoring the complete A laser control device (35) is provided in the housing transport area in the area of the loading station (2). Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 4 to 24, characterized in that a jam nozzle (36) is arranged opposite the cable insertion opening (28) on the other side of the housing (7) to be fitted. Cable assembly device according to claim 25, characterized in that the jam nozzle (36) is arranged on the holding element (34) of the article centering device (33). Cable assembly device according to claim 25 or 26, characterized in that the dynamic nozzle (36) lies sealingly against a hole in the rear of the housing chamber to be fitted. Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 25 to 27, characterized in that by inserting the line end through the cable insertion opening (28) into the housing chamber, a dynamic pressure can be generated which actuates the drive (32) of the contacting plunger (29). Cable assembly device according to Claim 28, characterized in that the dynamic nozzle (36) and the drive (32) of the contacting stamp (29) are connected to one another via a pneumatic-electrical converter. Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 4 to 29, characterized in that an article brake (37) is provided at the end of the housing transport section along the assembly station (2) at the level of the test station (13). Cable assembly device according to one of claims 4 to 30, characterized in that the test station (13) has at least one vertically (38) and at least two horizontally (39) movable test pins. Cable assembly device according to claim 31, characterized in that the at least one vertically movable test pin (38) is designed as a test sword bridging both fork springs of the contact element arranged in the housing chamber. Cable assembly device according to claim 31 or 32, characterized in that the continuity of the contact can be checked via the at least one vertically (38) and one of the at least two horizontally (39) movable test pins. Cable assembly device according to Claim 31 or 32, characterized in that a short-circuit test and / or a test of the insertion depth of the line ends can be carried out with one another via the horizontally movable test pins (39). Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 4 to 34, characterized in that a busbar (40) is arranged behind the test station (13) in the transport direction. Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 4 to 35, characterized in that all drives are designed as pneumatic drives. Cable assembly device according to one of claims 4 to 36, characterized in that the pneumatic working members have control elements for querying the end position of the pivoting angle. Cable assembly device according to claim 4, characterized in that the entire assembly device is arranged on a machine stand (4). Cable assembly device according to Claim 4, characterized in that a control desk (3) with a plain text display (15) is provided for operating and checking the machine in the field of vision of the operating personnel. Cable assembly device according to one of claims 4 to 39, characterized in that the end positions of the pneumatic working members are provided with shock absorbers. Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 4 to 40, characterized in that the cable insertion opening (28) is arranged in an exchangeable socket (28a).

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