EP0773612A1 - Process and device for the semi-automatic manufacturing of cable harnesses - Google Patents

Abstract

The machine provides a facility for fitting contact elements onto various lengths of cable that make up a wiring loom. The system has a block magazine Ä1Ü, an article feed stage Ä2Ü, a contact station Ä3Ü and a test station Ä4Ü. The semi automatic machine has an operator for initiating specific functions. A feed unit is incorporated within the block magazine that displaces components . This has a slide element displaced by a roller drive. A proximity sensor indicates extraction of components

Description

The invention relates to a method and a device for equipping lines at one end with plugs arranged in housings with certain grid spacings, in particular insulation displacement contact elements for the production of wiring harnesses, in which, after contacting, the housings are closed with a molded cover. Such a cable assembly device has a contacting station for contacting the lines with the housings, starting from a magazine via an article feed, and a lid closing station for closing the lids formed on the housings.

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. Although it is also possible with this known machine to process conductors of different lengths and with different cable cross-sections, incorrect contacting can occur again and again, in particular when changing the cable cross-section, since the cable end inserted into the contacting station was not inserted deep enough or before contacting was pulled out of the contacting station again. In practical use, however, it is necessary to ensure a constant quality of the contact. There is also a need to increase the contacting cycle times in order to enable more economical production of the cable sets.

In view of this prior art, the invention is based on the object of making it possible to equip conductors of different lengths and different line cross sections with housings which have single-conductor processing, that grid jumps can be made and that a constant quality of the contacting is ensured. In addition, a simple machine concept is to be provided with which higher cycle times during processing are possible.

The object is achieved by a method in which each housing to be populated is automatically conveyed from a magazine by means of an article feed to a contacting station in such a way that the first plug to be contacted is arranged at the level of a cable insertion opening and below a contacting stamp, so that subsequently The end of the cable to be fitted is inserted by hand through a cable insertion aid into the area above the plug to be fitted, that the contact stamp is then moved downwards and the cable end is pressed into the plug, after which the housing is automatically moved on until the next plug to be fitted is at the level Cable insertion aid is arranged that the finished cable set is checked at least for the cable insertion depth and then the housing cover is closed.

In terms of the device, the object is achieved in that the housings are arranged one behind the other at right angles to the contacting position in channels of a horizontally arranged block magazine one above the other and can be emptied into the article feeder by means of an extension device, that the article feeder has a turning device for deflecting the housing into the contacting position and an article rail and a housing feed device for moving the housing to the contacting station comprises a clocked driven grid transport device and an article centering device are provided for the precise further transport of the housing to a cable insertion aid of the contacting station and that a test station for checking the contacting and a cover closing station are located behind the contacting station in the direction of transport are provided.

The main idea of the invention is based on the provision of a simple modular machine concept with which lines of different lengths and different line cross-sections can be provided with housings using short cycle times. Furthermore, it is advantageous in the assembly device designed according to the invention that the quality of the contact can be checked. Because of the simple and clearly structured construction of the machine designed according to the invention and the establishment of an additional test station, this cable assembly device enables rapid, inexpensive and variable production of line sets of constant quality.

According to the invention, the housings arranged in the channels of the block magazine are advantageously unloaded via a metal slide of the ejection device. This slide is arranged on a spiral spring rod, which is mounted between a transport roller driven by a reversible drive on one side and a pressure roller arranged on a rocker that can be moved via a pneumatic cylinder on the opposite side, in order to initiate the pressure roller by actuating the pneumatic cylinder to advance or retract the spiral spring rod by frictional engagement with the transport roller. In order not to put excessive strain on the spiral spring rod during the switching times of the drive of the transport roller, the reversible drive for the transport roller of the push-on device is preferably equipped with a slip clutch. The frictional connection between the driven transport roller and the spiral spring rod can advantageously be improved by a rubber ring arranged on the driven transport roller of the extension device, since this causes an increase in the frictional resistance.

In order to determine the complete emptying of a channel of the block magazine, it is proposed that an inductive proximity switch is provided, which initiates the retraction of the slide and the lowering of the block magazine upon contact with the metallic slide of the extension device until the next channel comes into contact with the unloading level.

The turning device arranged in the article feed for deflecting the housing into the contact position is according to a preferred exemplary embodiment of the invention as a turntable pivotable by 90 ° with an article rail piece arranged thereon. In order to prevent articles pushed onto the turning device from being able to slide out of the article rail during the very rapid pivoting process, the article rail is provided with an article brake at least at one end.

The housing pushed out of the block magazine via the ejection device into the turning device is moved in the article feed via a feed lever with a transport pawl rotatably mounted thereon. The pivoting angle of the pushing lever shifting the housing into the turning device can preferably be adjusted depending on the number of poles of the articles to be shifted via a stop disk provided with cams.

In order to avoid idling of the machine, a buffer section is arranged between the turning device and the contacting station, from which the contacting station is supplied with housings until new housings are inserted into the buffer section from the block magazine via the turning device. The turning device is unloaded or the buffer section is loaded via the housing feed device, which preferably has a loading plunger for moving the articles from the turning device into the buffer section and an auxiliary pawl to hold the articles stored in the buffer section in the direction of the contacting station . The articles are transported from the buffer section to the contacting station via the auxiliary pawl until new articles are inserted into the buffer section by the turning device via the loading plunger.

In the area of the contacting station, the housing is transported via the grid transport device which can be programmed in accordance with the grid to be fitted, which engages with a comb-like transport element from the front into a row of teeth arranged on the outside of the housing and shifts the housing along the article rail. The housing can be equipped with grid jumps by programming the grid transport device.

An article centering device is provided according to the invention for positioning the housings in the region of the contacting station, which engages in a toothed row arranged on the rear of the housing via a rack-like holding element. A further centering of the articles in the area of the contacting station is preferably carried out by means of a shoulder formed on the article centering device, with which heel engages under a housing projection. By supporting the housing from below by means of the shoulder of the article centering device, the pressure forces occurring during contacting can also be absorbed. In order to always be able to position the housings transported along the article rail precisely in position during the entire transport along the contacting station, the grid transport device and the article centering device are alternately in engagement with the housings to be transported, so that it is guaranteed at all times that either the comb-like transport element of the grid transport device or the rack-like holding element of the article centering device engages in one of the two rows of teeth arranged on the outside of the housing.

To actually equip the cable ends with the plugs arranged in the housings, the contacting station has a cable insertion aid and, perpendicularly thereto, a contacting stamp held in a receptacle which can be adjusted via elongated holes. The contacting stamp, which can be raised and lowered via a linear drive, presses the cable ends inserted through the cable insertion aid onto the connector to be fitted.

In order to ensure, on the one hand, that the line end to be fitted has been inserted sufficiently far into the contacting station and, on the other hand, to prevent the line from being pulled out of the cable insertion aid again at the moment of contacting, it is proposed that a cable stop provided with a proximity switch and clamping jaws be provided within the cable insertion aid are arranged to detect the inserted line end. The clamping force of the clamping jaws, which are preferably equipped with a barb-shaped surface structure, can be adjusted depending on the line cross section and / or the type of insulation. To ensure that the drive of the contacting plunger is only actuated when the line end to be fitted is inserted sufficiently deep into the contacting station the cable insertion aid has the proximity switch arranged on a rocker, which, actuated by the inserted cable end, initiates the contacting process. Immediately after the contacting stamp has been started up, the clamping jaws grip the inserted cable end, so that the operator is prevented from "tearing" the cable. To achieve particularly high cycle speeds of the contacting stamp, the drive of the contacting stamp is equipped with two pneumatic valves that are alternately depressurized.

To check the contact made in the contacting station, the test station is arranged behind the contacting station in the transport direction. The test station preferably has a laser control unit which uses a laser light beam focused on the line end to check the line insertion depth. The test station is advantageously arranged particularly close to the contacting station, so that in the event of a malfunction of the contacting station, the error can be recognized as quickly as possible in order to generate as little rejects as possible.

Following the test station, the housings equipped with the cables are closed in the lid closing station. For this purpose, the cover closing station preferably has a stop for recognizing a housing and a closing arm which can be moved via two eccentric shafts and which, in the manner of a parallelogram movement, grips the housing cover from below and presses it onto the housing fitted with the line.

Furthermore, it is proposed with the invention that an optionally switchable line bending station is arranged behind the cover closing station in the transport direction of the housing, in order to press the lines emerging from the housing at an angle of less than 90 ° into cable holders which are formed in the housing cover, in the line bending station there is a profiled one Slider is provided, which grips the cables coming from below and presses them into the cable holders of the housing cover. The cable bending station is programmable so that it can be switched on or off.

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 members have control elements for querying the swiveling angle. In addition, it is proposed that the pneumatic members for noise insulation are equipped with shock absorbers.

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.

The described cable assembly device according to the invention provides single-wire processing that is highly flexible, has a modular structure, and ensures quick and inexpensive contacting with verifiable, constant quality. Furthermore, it is possible with the machines designed according to the invention to complete already prefabricated but incomplete cable branches with very short cable lengths and different cable cross sections.

Fig. 1

eine perspektivische Ansicht auf eine schematisch dargestellte Grundkonzeption einer Kabelkonfektioniereinrichtung;

Fig. 2

eine schematische Draufsicht auf die Ausschubvorrichtung;

Fig. 3

eine Seitenansicht eines Teils der Artikelzuführung, den Vorschubhebel und die Transportklinke darstellend;

Fig. 4

eine Draufsicht auf die Gehäusevorschubeinrichtung;

Fig. 5

eine perspektivische Vorderansicht einer Kabelkonfektioniereinrichtung;

Fig. 6

einen Querschnitt durch die Kontaktierstation und

Fig. 7

eine Seitenansicht der Deckelschließ- sowie der Leitungsabwinkelstation.

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

Fig. 2

a schematic plan view of the extension device;

Fig. 3

a side view of part of the article feeder, the feed lever and the transport pawl;

Fig. 4

a plan view of the housing feed device;

Fig. 5

a front perspective view of a cable assembly device;

Fig. 6

a cross section through the contact station and

Fig. 7

a side view of the lid closing and the cable bend station.

The modular construction 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 provided with covers in the perspective representations of the drawings. The essential assemblies of a cable assembly device configured in this way are a block magazine 1, an article feeder 2, a contacting station 3, a test station 4 and a lid closing station 5 shown in FIG. 7. In order to create a favorable working position for the operating personnel, the entire cable assembly device is on a machine stand 6 arranged so that the machine can be operated in a sitting position.

On the back of the block magazine 1 shown in FIG. 1, an ejection device 7 is arranged for emptying the housing 9 stored in channels 8 of the block magazine 1. The structure of the extension device 7 can be seen in FIG. 2. The housing 9 located in the channel 8 of the block magazine 1 located in the unloading plane can be moved in the direction of the article feed 2 via a metallic slide 11 arranged on a spiral spring rod 10. The spiral spring rod 10 or the slide 11 is driven via a driven transport roller 12 arranged on one side of the spiral spring rod 10. To produce the frictional connection between the spiral spring rod 10 and the transport roller 12, a pressure roller is on the side of the spiral spring rod 10 opposite the transport roller 12 13 arranged. The pressure roller 13 arranged on a rocker 14 can be pressed against the spiral spring rod 10 by actuating a pneumatic cylinder 15. In order to remove the slide 11 again from the channel 8 of the block magazine 1, the (not shown) drive of the transport roller 12 is designed to be reversible.

The complete emptying of a channel 8 of the block magazine 1 can be determined by an inductive proximity switch (not shown) which is arranged on the end of the channel 8 opposite the extension device 7 and which, while the housing 9 is located in the channel 8 of the block magazine 1, bears on the housing 9 . As soon as the metallic slide 11 runs onto the inductive proximity switch, this causes the pressure roller 13 to be lifted off the spiral spring rod 10 via the pneumatic cylinder 15 and the drive of the transport roller 12 is reversed. The pressure roller 13 is then pressed again against the spiral spring rod 10 in order to pull the slide 11 out of the emptied channel 8 of the block magazine 1. Then the block magazine 1 is moved so that the next filled channel 8 reaches the unloading level. The article feeder 2 is arranged behind the block magazine 1 in the direction of transport. The article feeder 2 consists essentially of the components feed lever 16, transport pawl 17, turning device 18, article rail 19 and housing feed device 20.

To transport the housing 9 from the outlet of the block magazine 1 to the turning device 18, the feed lever 16 is provided with the transport pawl 17 rotatably mounted at the lower end of the feed lever 16. The pivoting angle of the feed lever 16 can be adjusted as a function of the number of housings to be displaced or as a function of the number of poles of the housings 9 to be displaced via a stop disk 22 provided with cams 21. Via the transport pawl 17 which grips the housing 9, the housing 9 is moved onto the turning device 18 which is designed as a turntable which can be pivoted through 90 °. This turning device 18 is required to pivot the housing 9, which is mounted at right angles to the contact position in the block magazines 1, into the contact position. In order to prevent the housings 9 mounted in the article rail 19 of the turning device 18 from sliding out during the pivoting process, the article rail 19 has at least at one end an article brake which is designed, for example, as a spring-loaded skid.

5, a buffer section 23 is arranged between the turning device 18 and the contacting station 3. The turning device 18 is emptied into the buffer section 23 via the housing feed device 20, which has a charging plunger 24 for moving the housing 9 out of the turning device 18 into the buffer section 23 and an auxiliary pawl 25, via which the housing 9 located in the buffer section 23 is directed in the direction the contacting station 3 are conveyed and kept under pressure until new housings 9 are moved from the turning device 18 into the buffer zone 23 via the charging plunger 24.

In the area of the contacting station 3, the housing 9 is transported along the article rail 19 via a grid transport device 26, which engages from the front via a comb-like transport element 27 into a row of teeth 28 arranged on the outside of the housing and thus displaces the housing along the article rail 19.

For the exact positioning of the housing 9 in the region of the contacting station 3, an article centering device 29 is provided, which engages from behind via a rack-like holding element 30 into the row of teeth 28 of the housing 9 arranged on the outside of the housing. In order to absorb the pressure forces occurring during contacting, the article centering device 29 has a shoulder 31 which engages under a housing projection 32.

As can be seen in particular from FIG. 5, the contacting station 3 essentially consists of a cable insertion aid 33 and a contacting stamp 35 arranged perpendicular to the cable insertion aid 33 and held in an adjustable receptacle 34.

As can further be seen from FIG. 5, in the transport direction the housing 9 is arranged behind the contacting station 3, the test station 4, in which the insertion depth of the line end introduced and contacted in the contacting station 3 can be checked via a laser control unit. To check the insertion depth, a laser light beam is focused on the point at which the cable end is located when the contact is made correctly must be located. If the cable is sufficiently inserted, the laser light beam is reflected back to the laser control unit.

The articles found good in the test station 4 are transported further to the cover closing station 5, where a housing cover 9a of the housing 9 is gripped from below and pressed onto the housing 9 via a closing arm 37 driven by two eccentric shafts 36. The lid closing station 5 and a line bending station 38 arranged behind the lid closing station 5 in the transport direction of the housing 9 are shown in FIG. 7. In the line bending station 38, the lines 40 exiting at right angles from the housing 9 can be pressed into the cable holders arranged in the housing cover 9a by means of a profiled slide 39.

As can be seen from FIG. 1, a busbar 41 can be provided behind the line bending station 38 in connection with the article rail 19 in the transport direction in order to collect the fully assembled housing 9 for further processing or removal.

The cable assembly device described above works as follows:

Starting from the block magazine 1, the housings 9 mounted in the channels 8 of the block magazine 1 are pushed out of the channel 8 located in the unloading plane in the direction of the article feed 2 via the slide 11 arranged on the spiral spring rod 10. The housings 9, one behind the other, at right angles to the contact position in the block magazine 1, are then moved by means of the transport pawl 17, which is articulated at the lower end of the feed lever 16, into the turning device 18, which swivels the housing 9 horizontally by 90 ° into the contact position. Via the housing feed device 20, the housings 9 located in the turning device 18 are transferred from the turning device 18 into the buffer zone 23 behind the turning device 18. The buffer section 23 enables the machine to work without dead time, since the housings 9 arranged in the buffer section 23 bridge the time required to start from the block magazine 1 via the Turning device 18 to promote new housing 9 in the direction of the contacting station 3. Via the auxiliary pawl 25 of the housing feed device 20, the housings 9 supported in the buffer section 23 are conveyed in the direction of the contacting station 3 and kept under pressure. In the area of the contacting station 3, the housings 9 are transported in the direction of the cable insertion aid 33 by means of the grid transport device 23. A precise positioning of the housing 9 is alternately achieved with the grid transport device 26 via the article centering device 29.

The cable insertion aid 33 then manually inserts the line end to be fitted into the area in the plug to be fitted. The line end inserted into the cable insertion aid 33 actuates a proximity switch arranged on a rocker, which actuates the drive of the contacting stamp 35. As soon as the contact stamp 35 moves down, clamping jaws, not shown, grip the line end until it is pressed by the contact stamp 35 onto the plug to be fitted. After contact has been made, the housing 9 is conveyed via the grid transport device 26 to the test station 4, where it is checked whether the line 40 has been inserted sufficiently deep. Error messages are immediately displayed to the operating personnel on a plain text display 42 of a control panel 43, so that these incorrectly manufactured articles can be removed manually directly from the cable assembly device. After checking the contacting, the housing cover 9a is then pressed onto the housing 9 in the cover closing station 5. The lines 40 protruding at right angles from the housing 9 can then be pressed into the cable holders arranged in the housing cover 9a via the line bending station 38. Line sets that have been contacted correctly are pushed onto the busbar 41 at the end of the article rail 19 for further processing or removal.

Reference list

1

Block magazine

2nd

Article feed

3rd

Contacting station

4th

Test station

5

Lid closing station

6

Machine stand

7

Ejection device

8th

channel

9

casing

9a

Housing cover

10th

Coil spring rod

11

Slider

12th

Transport roller

13

Pinch roller

14

Seesaw

15

Pneumatic cylinder

16

Feed lever

17th

Transport pawl

18th

Turning device

19th

Article rail

20th

Housing feed device

21

cam

22

Stop disc

23

Buffer line

24th

Plunger

25th

Auxiliary pawl

26

Raster transport device

27

Transport element

28

Row of teeth

29

Article centering device

30th

Holding element

31

paragraph

32

head Start

33

Cable entry aid

34

admission

35

Contact stamp

36

Eccentric shaft

37

Locking arm

38

Cable bend station

39

Slider

40

management

41

Busbar

42

Plain text display

43

Control panel

Claims (26)

Method for equipping cables at one end with plugs arranged in housings at certain grid intervals, in particular insulation displacement contact elements, for the production of cable sets, in which, after contacting, the housings are closed with a molded cover,
characterized,
that each housing to be populated is automatically conveyed from a magazine by means of an article feeder to a contacting station so that the first plug to be contacted is located at the level of a cable insertion aid and below a contacting plunger, and that the line end to be assembled is then manually inserted into the by a cable insertion aid Area is inserted above the connector to be populated, that the contact stamp is moved downwards and presses the cable end into the plug, after which the housing is automatically continued until the next plug to be fitted is located at the level of the cable insertion aid, that the finished cable set is at least subsequently checked for the cable insertion depth and then the housing cover is closed. Cable assembly device, in particular for carrying out the method according to claim 1 for the semi-automatic assembly of lines at one end with plugs arranged in housings (9) with certain grid spacings, in particular insulation displacement contact elements, for the production of line sets which have a contacting station (3) for contacting the lines which, starting from a magazine (1) via an article feeder (2), has a housing (9) and a cover closing station (5) for closing the covers (9a) formed on the housings (9),
characterized,
that the housings (9) are arranged at right angles to the contact position one behind the other in parallel superimposed channels (8) of a horizontally arranged block magazine (1) and can be emptied into the article feed (2) by means of an extension device (7) that the article feeder (2) comprises a turning device (18) for deflecting the housing (9) into the contacting position, as well as an article rail (19) and a housing feed device (20) for moving the housing (9) to the contacting station (3), for the exact position Further transport of the housings (9) to a cable insertion aid (33) of the contacting station (3), a cyclically driven grid transport device (26) and an article centering device (29) are provided and that in the transport direction the housing (9) behind the contacting station (3) has a test station ( 4) for checking the contact and a lid closing station (5) are provided. Cable assembly device according to claim 2, characterized in that the ejection device (7) pushes the housings (9) out of the channel (8) of the block magazine (1) located in the unloading plane via a metallic slide (11), the slide (11) moving on A spiral spring rod (10) is arranged, which is mounted between a transport roller (17) driven by a reversible drive on one side and a pressure roller (13) arranged on a rocker (14) movable via a pneumatic cylinder (15) on the opposite side to initiate the advancement or retraction of the spiral spring rod (10) by frictional engagement with the transport roller (17) by applying the pressure roller (13) via actuation of the pneumatic cylinder (15). Cable assembly device according to claim 3, characterized in that the reversible drive for the transport roller (17) of the extension device (7) is equipped with a slip clutch. Cable assembly device according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that a rubber ring for increasing the frictional resistance between the transport roller (17) and the spiral spring rod (10) is arranged on the driven transport roller (17) of the extension device (7). Cable assembly device according to one of claims 3 to 5, characterized in that an inductive proximity switch is provided for determining the emptying of a channel (8) of the block magazine (1) which, upon contact with the metallic slide (11), causes the slide (11) to retract. as well as lowering the block magazine (1) until the next channel (8) is in the unloading level. Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 2 to 6, characterized in that the turning device (18) of the article feed (2) is designed as a turntable which can be pivoted through 90 ° and has an article rail piece (19) arranged thereon. Cable assembly device according to claim 7, characterized in that the article rail (19) of the turning device (18) has an article brake. Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 2 to 8, characterized in that the housings (9) pushed out of the block magazine (1) can be displaced into the turning device (18) via a feed lever (16) with a rotatably mounted transport pawl (17). Cable assembly device according to Claim 9, characterized in that the pivoting angle of the pushing lever (16) can be adjusted as a function of the number of poles of the articles to be displaced via a stop disc (22) provided with cams (21). Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 2 to 10, characterized in that a buffer section (23) is arranged between the turning device (18) and the contacting station (3). Cable assembly device according to Claim 11, characterized in that the housing feed device has a loading plunger (24) for moving the articles from the turning device (18) into the buffer zone (23) and an auxiliary pawl (25) for moving the articles in the direction of the contacting station (3) to keep pressure. Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 2 to 12, characterized in that the housing (9) is transported along the article rail (19) of the contacting station (3) via the raster transport device (26) which can be programmed in accordance with the rastering to be fitted and which is via a comb-like transport element (27) engages from the front in a row of teeth (28) arranged on the outside of the housing and moves the housing (9) along the article rail (19). Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 2 to 13, characterized in that an article centering device (29) is arranged in the region of the contacting station (3) for positioning the housings (9) in an accurate manner, said article centering device (29) via a rack-like holding element (30) in one on the rear of the housing arranged row of teeth (28) engages. Cable assembly device according to claim 14, characterized in that the article centering device (29) has a shoulder which engages under a housing projection (32). Cable assembly device according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that the grid transport device (26) and the article centering device (29) alternately engage the housing (9) one after the other. Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 2 to 16, characterized in that the contacting station (3) has the cable insertion aid (33) and, perpendicularly thereto, a contacting stamp (35) held in a receptacle (34) which can be adjusted via elongated holes, the contacting stamp (35) above a linear drive can be raised and lowered. Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 2 to 17, characterized in that a cable stop provided with a proximity switch and clamping jaws for detecting the inserted cable end are arranged within the cable insertion aid (33). Cable assembly device according to Claim 18, characterized in that the clamping jaws have a barb-shaped surface structure and the clamping force of the clamping jaws can be adjusted as a function of the line cross section and / or the type of insulation. Cable assembly device according to Claim 17, characterized in that the drive of the contacting plunger (35) is provided with two pneumatic valves which can be alternately depressurized to increase the cycle speed. Cable assembly device according to claim 18 or 19, characterized in that the drive of the contact plunger (35) can be triggered by inserting the cable end through the cable insertion aid against the proximity switch arranged on a rocker. Cable assembly device according to one of claims 2 to 21, characterized in that the test station (4) arranged behind the contacting station (3) in the direction of transport of the housing (9) has a laser control unit, so that the line is focused on the line end by a laser light beam. Insertion depth can be checked. Cable assembly device according to one of claims 2 to 22, characterized in that the lid closing station (5) has a stop and a closing arm (37) which can be moved via two eccentric shafts (36) and which can be pivoted in a kind of parallelogram movement. Cable assembly device according to one of claims 2 to 23, characterized in that in the transport direction the housing (9) is arranged behind the lid closing station (5), an optionally switchable line bending station (38) in which the profiled slide (39) extends at 90 ° lines (40) emerging from the housing (9) can be pressed into cable holders arranged in the housing cover (9a). Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 2 to 24, characterized in that all drives are designed as pneumatic drives, control elements for checking the end positions and shock absorbers for noise insulation being provided on the pneumatic members. Cable assembly device according to one of Claims 2 to 25, characterized in that the entire cable assembly device is arranged on a machine stand (6) and a control panel (43) with a plain text display (42) is provided for operating and checking the machine in the field of vision of the operating personnel.

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