EP3652817B1 - Wire handling device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a wire handling device with the features of the preamble of claim 1 and a manufacturing device with such a wire handling device.

When assembling wires by means of a manufacturing device, a wire is fed from a wire reservoir, for example a wire reel, to a wire handling device which is used to guide the wire and transfer it to wire processing stations. Usually, wire is first fed from the wire reservoir through the wire handling device until the desired wire length is present, whereupon the wire is cut to length, for example by a cutting device arranged between the wire reservoir and the wire handling device. The first wire end of the wire guided and held in the wire handling device is then fed from the wire handling device to a processing station in the form of a wire assembly device. The wire end is processed in the wire assembly device, for example by stripping the wire end and / or attaching a wire termination (e.g. cable lug, flat plug, crimp contact, sock hose, cable sleeve, grommet or the like) to the wire end. Subsequently, the wire is again moved through the wire handling device (now in the opposite direction) and the second wire end is guided to the same or a further processing station so that the second wire end can also be provided with a wire termination. The appropriately prepared wire is then removed from the wire handling device by a transfer device (for example a robot arm) and transferred to any further processing stations, such as a marking station or an ordering station.

In the context of the present disclosure, the term wire encompasses individual insulated or bare wires, single-core or multi-core wires or cables with sheathing, cable strands, strands, fiber optic cables or the like.

Known wire handling devices have two wire guide devices which are arranged at a certain distance from one another, so that a gap results between the guide sections of the wire guide devices which the front end of the wire has to bridge when the wire is guided through the wire guide devices. So that the wire end can actually enter the guide section of the rear or second wire guide device from the perspective of the wire after this gap, it is important that the wire is already inserted into the first guide section of the front or first wire guide device from the perspective of the wire before it is inserted into the first guide section It is essentially straightened exactly in a straight line, for which expensive and complicated wire straightening devices are required

EP1993175 A2 discloses a wire handling device according to the preamble of claim 1.

The object of the invention is to avoid the disadvantages described above and to provide a wire handling device which enables improved wire guidance. This object is achieved by a wire handling device with the features of claim 1 and a manufacturing device with such a wire handling device. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are defined in the dependent claims.

In the invention it is provided that the first wire guide device and the second wire guide device are arranged to be movable relative to one another. As a result, the two guide sections of the two wire guide devices can be brought into close proximity, so that the gap between the two guide sections can be minimized. It is particularly favorable if the two wire guide devices are moved so far relative to one another that the two wire guide devices are in direct contact with one another and thus the second guide section directly adjoins the first guide section, whereby the two guide sections form a continuous guide section that extends through both wire guide devices extends. Since there is no longer any gap between the guide sections which the wire has to overcome, it is also no longer necessary for the wire to be directed exactly in a straight line before entering the wire handling device. Straightening the wire can can therefore either be carried out less precisely and therefore with less effort or even be omitted entirely.

According to a preferred embodiment, it can be provided that the first wire guide device and / or the second wire guide device is or are essentially tubular, the first guide section and / or the second guide section preferably being designed as a cylindrical cavity. In principle, a cross section of the first guide section and / or of the second guide section transverse to the longitudinal extension can be round, oval, square or rectangular, among other things.

According to the invention, it is provided that the first guide section is formed essentially in a straight line along a longitudinal direction and / or the second guide section is formed essentially in a straight line along the longitudinal direction.

It can preferably be provided that the first wire guide device and the second wire guide device are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction. It can in particular be provided that the first guide section and the second guide section are aligned with one another in the longitudinal direction.

A preferred embodiment variant provides that the first wire guide device can be moved in the longitudinal direction relative to the second wire guide device and / or the second wire guide device can be moved in the longitudinal direction relative to the first wire guide device.

In this case, one of the two wire guide devices or both wire guide devices can be moved in a translatory manner along the longitudinal direction.

In particular when the wire guide devices are tubular, the longitudinal direction represents a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical cavities forming the guide sections and the translational movement can take place axially along the longitudinal axis.

Particularly advantageous is that embodiment of the invention in which the first wire guide device and the second wire guide device can be moved into a feed-through position, the first wire guide device and the second wire guide device being arranged essentially directly one behind the other in the feed-through position. In this case, the mutually facing end faces of the wire guide devices touch and the two guide sections form a continuous guide section which extends through both wire guide devices.

A movement of the wire guiding devices into the lead-through position can take place, for example, in that the first wire guiding device is stationary and the second wire guiding device is moved in the direction of the first wire guiding device. This movement can also take place in that the second wire guide device is stationary and the first wire guide device is moved in the direction of the second wire guide device. It can of course also be provided that the two wire guide devices move towards one another.

According to the invention it is provided that the first wire guide device and the second wire guide device can be moved into a conveying position, wherein in the conveying position the first wire guide device and the second wire guide device are arranged at a distance from one another in the longitudinal direction. It is provided that the wire handling device comprises a wire conveying device, the wire conveying device being movable in the conveying position between the first wire guiding device and the second wire guiding device. Here, the wire feed device can be brought into engagement in the feed position of the wire guide devices with a wire running between the first wire guide device and the second wire guide device, whereby the wire can be transported in the forward or backward direction (with respect to the longitudinal direction). It can preferably be provided that the wire feed device can be brought into engagement with the wire during the transition of the wire guide devices from the feed-through position to the feed position.

It can preferably be provided that the wire conveying device comprises two counter-rotating transport rollers. It can be provided that the two transport rollers can be moved towards one another transversely to the longitudinal direction, for example by means of a linear drive or a pneumatic cylinder. The wire conveyor device can also comprise two belt systems, in which a belt is arranged around at least two rollers in each case and is driven by the rollers, wherein the two belt systems can be brought into engagement with the wire and thus the wire is clamped between the two belts and from the two straps can be moved.

The two transport rollers can clamp the wire between the running surfaces of the transport rollers and thus move the wire in the longitudinal direction and in the opposite direction when the transport rollers rotate in opposite directions.

The wire handling device comprises a carrier device, the first wire guide device and the second wire guide device being arranged on the carrier device.

The carrier device can be plate-shaped or disc-shaped or plate-shaped.

It can preferably be provided that the first wire guide device and / or the second wire guide device is / are arranged on the carrier device so that it can be moved translationally, preferably in the longitudinal direction.

The first wire guide device and / or the second wire guide device can thus be movably supported in the longitudinal direction on the carrier device and the first wire guide device and / or the second wire guide device can be moved, for example, by means of a linear drive. It can also be provided that one of the two wire guide devices Is arranged stationary on the carrier device and the other of the two wire guide devices is mounted on the carrier device so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction. It can of course also be provided that both wire guide devices are mounted on the carrier device so that they can move in the longitudinal direction.

The carrier device is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation. The axis of rotation preferably runs essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.

The carrier device can, for example, be mounted rotatably about the axis of rotation on a rack or a frame, so that the wire end can be fed to a processing unit arranged in the corresponding angular position. In particular, the same processing unit can be used for both wire ends, since after processing the front or first wire end, the carrier device can be pivoted 180 ° around the axis of rotation and thus the rear or second wire end can be fed to the processing unit.

A special embodiment variant provides that the carrier device is mounted such that it can be moved in a translatory manner.

As a result, a wire end can not only be pivoted in the direction of a processing unit, but the wire end can also be guided to the processing unit and transferred to the processing unit without the wire having to be moved relative to the wire guide devices.

It can preferably be provided that the carrier device comprises a first carrier plate and a second carrier plate, the first carrier plate being movable relative to the second carrier plate.

In this case, it can be provided in particular that the first carrier plate is arranged on the second carrier plate such that it can be moved in a translatory manner. This simplifies the construction of a carrier device that is also rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation, since the rotation of the second carrier plate automatically also rotates the first carrier plate and to feed the wire end to the processing unit only the first carrier plate has to be moved relative to the second carrier plate.

It can preferably be provided that a guide web is arranged on the second carrier plate, the first carrier plate being arranged to be movable along the guide web. The movement of the first carrier plate relative to the second carrier plate can in turn take place, for example, by means of a linear drive.

It can preferably be provided that the first wire guide device is designed to be divisible into at least two parts along the first guide section and / or the second wire guide device is designed to be divisible into at least two parts along the second guide section.

By dividing the wire guide devices along the guide sections, a wire end provided with a wire termination, which because of the wire termination has larger outer dimensions than the wire diameter, can be guided along the correspondingly enlarged guide sections through the wire guide devices. In other words, this makes it possible to guide wires of different thicknesses or wires with attached wire terminations through the wire guide devices.

According to a preferred embodiment variant, it can be provided that the at least two parts can be moved relative to one another.

The wire guide devices can thus be designed to be divisible into at least two parts along a respective longitudinal extension, which parts are mounted so as to be movable relative to one another. The movement can take place radially in relation to a longitudinal direction or longitudinal axis of the wire guide devices or their guide sections.

It is particularly favorable if it is provided that the at least two parts comprise a first guide part and a second guide part, the second guide part being able to be lifted off from the first guide part.

This represents a structurally particularly simple variant in which the wire guide devices are divided into two halves each along their length (lower first guide part and upper second guide part) and the upper halves are lifted from the lower halves to enlarge the guide sections. The lifting of the upper guide parts can take place radially or transversely to the longitudinal extensions of the wire guide devices. Protection is also sought after for an assembly device with a proposed wire handling device.

In a preferred embodiment it can be provided that the assembly device comprises at least one processing unit in the form of a wire assembly device. A wire end of the wire guided by the wire handling device can be transferred from the wire handling device to the wire assembly device in order to provide the wire end, for example, with a wire termination.

The at least one processing unit can be, for example, an open, free-standing or an enclosed wire assembly device with an opening for the introduction of a wire end.

It can preferably be provided that the wire assembly device has an opening for the introduction of a wire end, the opening being funnel-shaped. The funnel-shaped opening can facilitate the introduction of the wire end, since if the wire end is not transferred exactly centrally, the wire end is guided along the funnel shape to the opening.

It can also be provided that the wire handling device has at least one connection device for docking the wire handling device to the wire assembly device, the at least one connection device having a conical area corresponding to the funnel-shaped opening. If a conical area corresponding to the funnel-shaped opening is provided on the connection device, a form-fitting docking can be achieved the connection device take place at the funnel-shaped opening and the wire end can be introduced unhindered through the opening into the wire assembly device.

It can preferably be provided that a connection device is arranged at each of the ends of the first wire guide device and the second wire guide device that face away from one another. As a result, a central docking of the wire handling device to the wire assembly device can be ensured for both wire ends.

Fig. 1

eine schematische Darstellung einer Konfektioniervorrichtung mit einer vorgeschlagenen Drahthandlingvorrichtung,

Fig. 2a und 2b

ein Ausführungsbeispiel einer vorgeschlagenen Drahthandlingvorrichtung in einer perspektivischen Schrägansicht und in einer Draufsicht und

Fig. 3a bis 15b

verschiedene Stellungen einer vorgeschlagenen Drahthandlingvorrichtung während eines beispielhaften Ablaufs einer Drahtkonfektionierung in perspektivischen Schrägansichten und in Draufsichten.

Further details and advantages of the present invention are explained with reference to the following description of the figures. Show:

Fig. 1

a schematic representation of a manufacturing device with a proposed wire handling device,

Figures 2a and 2b

an embodiment of a proposed wire handling device in a perspective oblique view and in a plan view and

Figures 3a to 15b

different positions of a proposed wire handling device during an exemplary process of a wire assembly in perspective oblique views and in plan views.

Figure 1 shows a schematic representation of a manufacturing device 2 with a proposed wire handling device 1. The wire handling device 1 comprises a first wire guide device 3 with a first guide section 4 for a wire 5 to be guided along the first guide section 4 and a second wire guide device 6 with a second guide section 7 for one along wire 5 to be guided of the second guide section 7. The two wire guide devices 3, 6 are arranged on a carrier device 10 and are tubular, the two guide sections 6, 7 being designed as cylindrical cavities. The two wire guide devices 3, 6 are shown in FIG Arranged one behind the other in the direction of the longitudinal axes of the two cylindrical cavities and arranged on the carrier device 10 so as to be movable relative to one another in the direction of the longitudinal axes.

In the assembly device 2 shown, wire 5 is passed from a wire reservoir 18 in the form of a wire roll by means of a feed device 19 through the two guide sections 6, 7 of the two wire guide devices 3, 6 and a first wire end 5a is introduced into a processing unit in the form of a wire assembly device 14 in order to to provide the first wire end 5a with a wire termination 22 (not shown here). In order to cut the wire 5 to the desired length, a cutting device 20 is also provided.

Figure 2a shows an embodiment of a proposed wire handling device 1 in a perspective view and Figure 2b shows a plan view of this wire handling device 1.

The wire handling device 1 comprises a first wire guide device 3 with a first guide section 4 for a wire 5 to be guided along the first guide section 4 and a second wire guide device 6 with a second guide section 7 for a wire 5 to be guided along the second guide section 7. The first guide section 4 is formed essentially in a straight line along a longitudinal direction L and the second guide section 7 is also formed essentially in a straight line along the longitudinal direction L. The two guide sections 6, 7 are essentially designed as cylindrical cavities. The first wire guide device 3 and the second wire guide device 6 are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction L, the first guide section 4 and the second guide section 7 being aligned with one another in the longitudinal direction L. In Figure 2b the two guide sections 6, 7 inside the wire guide devices 3, 6 are indicated by dashed lines.

In the illustration shown, the two wire guide devices 3, 6 are in their feed-through position A, in which the first wire guide device 3 and the second wire guide device 6 are arranged essentially directly one behind the other in the longitudinal direction L. The two facing ends of the Wire guide devices 3, 6 taper in the direction of the guide sections 6, 7 in order to facilitate bringing the transport rollers 9 of the wire conveyor device 8 into engagement with the wire 5 during the transition from the feed-through position A to the conveying position B.

In this example, the first wire guide device 3 is designed to be divisible along the first guide section 4 into two parts - a first guide part 3a and a second guide part 3b - and the second wire guide device 6 is also divided into two parts along the second guide section 7 - a first guide part 6a and 6a a second guide part 6b -divisible. The two guide parts 3a, 3b of the first wire guide device 3 can be moved relative to one another, the second guide part 3b being liftable from the first guide part 3a. Likewise, the two guide parts 6a, 6b of the second wire guide device 6 can also be moved relative to one another, the second guide part 6b being able to be lifted off from the first guide part 6a. In the position shown, the two second guide parts 3b, 6b rest on the two first guide parts 3a, 6a, whereby the two guide sections 4, 7 run along the longitudinal direction L within the two wire guide devices 3, 6. In each of the two mutually adjacent guide parts 3a and 3b or 6a and 6b, a continuous trough-shaped recess is formed in the longitudinal direction L, so that the two guide sections 6, 7 are essentially designed as cylindrical cavities.

The wire handling device 1 also comprises a carrier device 10, the first wire guide device 3 and the second wire guide device 6 being arranged on the carrier device 10. The carrier device 10 comprises a first carrier plate 11 and a second carrier plate 12, the first carrier plate 11 being movable relative to the second carrier plate 12 by a guide web 13 being arranged on the second carrier plate 12, the first carrier plate 11 being arranged to be movable along the guide web 13 is. In the exemplary embodiment shown, the first wire guide device 3 is arranged stationary on the first carrier plate 11 and the second wire guide device 6 is arranged on the carrier device 10 such that it can be moved translationally in the longitudinal direction L by the second wire guide device 6 being arranged to be movable along the guide web 13.

The carrier device 10 or its second carrier plate 12 is rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation R on a rack or frame (not shown here).

Using the following Figures 3a to 15b is an example of a sequence of assembling a wire 5 with a proposed wire handling device 1 according to FIG Figures 2a and 2b described. The different positions of the wire handling device 1 that occur are each shown in a perspective view and in a top view.

In the position of the wire handling device 1 according to the Figures 3a and 3b a wire 5 from a wire reservoir 18, not shown here, is passed through the two guide sections 6, 7 of the two wire guide devices 3, 6 by means of a feed device 19, not shown here. The two wire guiding devices 3, 6 are in their feed-through position A, in which the first wire guiding device 3 and the second wire guiding device 6 are arranged essentially directly one behind the other in the longitudinal direction L and the two guide sections 6, 7 are aligned with one another in the longitudinal direction L so that they form a continuous guide section for the wire 5, which extends along the two wire guide devices 3, 6. The wire 5 was passed through the guide sections 6, 7 to such an extent that it protrudes in the longitudinal direction L over the second wire guide device 6.

In the position according to Figures 4a and 4b the second wire guide device 6 was moved in the longitudinal direction L relative to the first wire guide device 3, so that the two wire guide devices 3, 6 were transferred from their feed-through position A to their conveying position B, in which the first wire guide device 3 and the second wire guide device 6 are arranged at a distance from one another in the longitudinal direction L. are. During the transition from the feed-through position A to the conveying position B, the two transport rollers 9 of the wire conveying device 8 were moved radially in relation to the longitudinal direction L into the gap between the first wire guiding device 3 and the second wire guiding device 6, so that the wire 5 between the transport rollers 9 is clamped and by counter-rotating the transport rollers 9 in the longitudinal direction L can be moved. The wire 5 is now moved by the wire conveying device 8 in the longitudinal direction L until the desired wire length for this wire 5 to be assembled is reached. The wire 5 is then cut to length accordingly by a cutting device 20.

The Figures 5a and 5b show a position of the wire handling device 1 in which the wire 5 has already been cut to length by means of the cutting device 20 and the two wire guide devices 3, 6 have been moved in the longitudinal direction L relative to the second carrier plate 12 of the carrier device 10 by both the second wire guide device 6 and the first Carrier plate 11 - on which the first wire guide device 3 and the wire conveyor device 8 are arranged - were moved in the longitudinal direction L along the guide web 13. However, the two wire guide devices 3, 6 were not moved relative to one another, so that they are still in their conveying position B.

In the position of the wire handling device 1 according to the Figures 6a and 6b the carrier device 10 was rotated about the axis of rotation R by 90 ° clockwise (when looking at the top view) so that the first wire end 5a of the wire 5 that has just been cut is now aligned in the direction of an opening 15 of a wire assembly device 14. The rotation of the carrier device 10 about the axis of rotation R took place by correspondingly rotating the second carrier plate 12 of the carrier device 10, which is rotatably mounted on a frame or rack (not shown here). Of course, the carrier device 10 can be rotated into any desired angular position depending on the arrangement of a machining unit.

In the position according to Figures 7a and 7b the two wire guide devices 3, 6 were moved opposite to the longitudinal direction L relative to the second carrier plate 12 of the carrier device 10 by both the second wire guide device 6 and the first carrier plate 11 - on which the first wire guide device 3 and the wire conveyor device 8 are arranged - opposite to the longitudinal direction L were moved along the guide web 13. As a result, the first wire end 5a was transferred from the wire handling device 1 to the wire assembly device 14 by inserting the first wire end 5a through the Opening 15 of the wire assembly device 14 was introduced into the wire assembly device 14. To facilitate the introduction of the first wire end 5a, the opening 15 is funnel-shaped.

Figure 7c shows an alternative embodiment of the first wire guide device 3. Here, a connection device 16 is arranged on the end of the first wire guide device 3 facing the wire assembly device 14, the connection device 16 having a conical region 17 corresponding to the funnel-shaped opening 15 indicated here by dashed lines. As a result, the connection device 16 can be docked in a form-fitting manner on the funnel-shaped opening 15 and the first wire end 5a can be introduced into the wire assembly device 14 through the opening 15 without hindrance. It can also be provided that a connection device 16 is arranged at each of the ends of the first wire guide device 3 and the second wire guide device 6 that face away from one another.

The Figures 8a and 8b show a position of the wire handling device 1 in which the first wire end 5a in the wire assembly device 14 has been provided with a wire termination 22 in the form of a cable lug. In the position shown, the two wire guide devices 3, 6 were moved in the longitudinal direction L relative to the second carrier plate 12 of the carrier device 10 by moving both the second wire guide device 6 and the first carrier plate 11 in the longitudinal direction L along the guide web 13. The first wire end 5a provided with the wire termination 22 was led out of the wire assembly device 14 through the opening 15.

In the position according to Figures 9a and 9b the carrier device 10 was rotated about the axis of rotation R by 180 ° clockwise, so that the second wire end 5b of the wire 5 is now aligned in the direction of the opening 15 of the wire assembly device 14. Of course, the carrier device 10 can be rotated into any desired angular position depending on the arrangement of a machining unit.

The positions according to the Figures 10a and 10b or 11a and 11b essentially correspond to the positions according to FIGS Figures 7a and 7b or 8a and 8b with the difference that now the second wire end 5b in the wire assembly device 14 has been provided with a wire termination 22 in the form of a cable lug. In addition, a transfer device 21 in the form of a robot arm with gripping tongs was brought up to the first wire guide device 3.

In the position of the wire handling device 1 according to the Figures 12a and 12b the second guide part 6b of the second wire guide device 6 was lifted from the first guide part 6a of the second wire guide device 6 in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction L - in the specific example in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation R -. As a result, the second guide section 7 has been enlarged so that the second wire end 5b, which is thicker than the wire diameter because of the wire termination 22, can now also be guided along the second guide section 7 through the second wire guide device 6. The recess in the first guide part 6a of the second wire guide device 6, which is continuously trough-shaped in the longitudinal direction L, forms the second guide section 7 in conjunction with a recess in the second guide part 6b of the second wire guide device 6, which is also continuously trough-shaped in the longitudinal direction L. In the position shown, the wire 5 has already been moved by the wire conveying device 8 in a direction opposite to the longitudinal direction L, but the second wire end 5b is still in the area of the second wire guiding device 6.

In the position according to Figures 13a and 13b the second wire guide device 6 was moved opposite to the longitudinal direction L relative to the first wire guide device 3, so that the two wire guide devices 3, 6 were transferred from their conveying position B to their feed-through position A, in which the first wire guide device 3 and the second wire guide device 6 in the longitudinal direction L essentially are arranged directly one behind the other. At the same time, the transport rollers 9 of the wire conveying device 8 were moved radially outward with respect to the longitudinal direction L and thus brought out of engagement with the wire 5.

In the position according to Figures 14a and 14b the second guide part 3b of the first wire guide device 3 was also lifted from the first guide part 3a of the first wire guide device 3 in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction L - in the specific example in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation R -. As a result, the first guide section 4 was also enlarged, so that the second wire end 5b, which is thicker than the wire diameter because of the wire termination 22, can also be guided along the first guide section 4 through the first wire guide device 3. The recess in the first guide part 3a of the first wire guide device 3, which is continuously trough-shaped in the longitudinal direction L, forms the first guide section 4 in conjunction with a recess in the second guide part 3b of the first wire guide device 3, which is also continuously trough-shaped in the longitudinal direction L.

In the position of the wire handling device 1 according to the Figures 15a and 15b the ready-made wire 5 was grasped by the gripping tongs of the transfer device 21 and removed from the wire handling device 1 by the transfer device 21. The wire 5 can now be transferred from the transfer device 21 to any further processing stations, such as a marking station or an ordering station.

The sequence described represents only one possible example of a manufacturing process for a wire 5. Of course, it is also possible that the wire 5 is transferred to the wire handling device 1 from the other side - that is, starting with the second wire guiding device 6 - or that only one of the both wire ends is processed by one processing unit.

List of reference symbols:

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Wire handling device

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Assembly device

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first wire guide device

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first guide part of the first wire guide device

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second guide part of the first wire guide device

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first guide section

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wire

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first wire end

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second wire end

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second wire guide device

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first guide part of the second wire guide device

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second guide part of the second wire guide device

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second guide section

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Wire conveyor

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Transport roller

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Carrier device

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first carrier plate

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second carrier plate

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Guide bar

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Wire assembly device

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opening

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Connection device

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conical area of the connection device

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Wire reservoir

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Feed device

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Cutting device

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Transfer device

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Wire termination

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Claims (16)

1. A wire handling apparatus (1) for a manufacturing apparatus (2) including an elongate first wire guide device (3) having a first guide portion (4) for a wire (5) to be guided along the first guide portion (4) and an elongate second wire guide device (6) having a second guide portion (7) for a wire (5) to be guided along the second guide portion (7), wherein the wire handling apparatus (1) includes a support device (10), wherein the first wire guide device (3) and the second wire guide device (6) are arranged on the support device (10), wherein the support device (10) is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation (R), wherein the first wire guide device (3) and the second wire guide device (6) are arranged moveably relative to each other, wherein the first guide portion (4) is of a substantially rectilinear configuration along a longitudinal direction (L) and/or the second guide portion (7) is of a substantially rectilinear configuration along the longitudinal direction (L), wherein the first wire guide device (3) and the second wire guide device (6) are moveable into a conveyor position (B), wherein in the conveyor position (B) the first wire guide device (3) and the second wire guide device (6) are arranged in mutually spaced relationship in the longitudinal direction (L), characterized in that the wire handling apparatus (1) includes a wire conveyor apparatus (8), wherein the wire conveyor apparatus (8) is moveable in the conveyor position (B) between the first wire guide device (3) and the second wire guide device (6).
2. A wire handling apparatus according to claim 1 characterized in that the first wire guide device (3) and/or the second wire guide device (6) is or are of a substantially tubular configuration, wherein preferably the first guide portion (4) and/or the second guide portion (7) is or are substantially in the form of a cylindrical hollow space.
3. A wire handling apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 characterized in that the first wire guide device (3) and the second wire guide device (6) are arranged in succession in the longitudinal direction (L).
4. A wire handling apparatus according to one of the claims 1 to 3 characterized in that the first wire guide portion (4) and the second wire guide portion (7) are arranged in mutually aligned relationship in the longitudinal direction (L).
5. A wire handling apparatus according to one of the claims 1 to 4 characterized in that the first wire guide device (3) is moveable in the longitudinal direction (L) relative to the second wire guide device (6) and/or the second wire guide device (6) is moveable in the longitudinal direction (L) relative to the first wire guide device (3).
6. A wire handling apparatus according to one of the claims 1 to 5 characterized in that the first wire guide device (3) and the second wire guide device (6) are moveable into a pass-through position (A), wherein in the pass-through position (A) the first wire guide device (3) and the second wire guide device (6) are arranged substantially directly in succession in the longitudinal direction (L).
7. A wire handling apparatus according to one of the claims 1 to 6 characterized in that the wire conveyor apparatus (8) includes two mutually oppositely rotating transport rollers (9).
8. A wire handling apparatus according to one of the claims 1 to 7 characterized in that the first wire guide device (3) and/or the second wire guide device (6) is or are arranged moveably with a translation movement, preferably in the longitudinal direction (L), on the support device (10).
9. A wire handling apparatus according to one of the claims 1 to 8 characterized in that the support device (10) is mounted moveably in a translation movement.
10. A wire handling apparatus according to one of the claims 1 to 9 characterized in that the support device (10) includes a first support plate (11) and a second support plate (12), the first support plate (11) being moveable relative to the second support plate (12), wherein preferably a guide bar (13) is arranged at the second support plate (12), the first support plate (11) being arranged displaceably along the guide bar (13).
11. A wire handling apparatus (1) according to one of the claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the first wire guide device (3) is adapted to be divisible along the first guide portion (4) into at least two parts (3a, 3b) and/or the second wire guide device (6) is adapted to be divisible along the second guide portion (7) into at least two parts (6a, 6b), wherein preferably the at least two parts (3a, 3b; 6a, 6b) are moveable relative to each other.
12. A wire handling apparatus according to claim 11 characterized in that the at least two parts (3a, 3b; 6a, 6b) include a first guide part (3a; 6a) and a second guide part (3b; 6b), wherein the second guide part (3b; 6b) can be lifted off the first guide part (3a; 6a).
13. A manufacturing apparatus (2) having at least one wire handling apparatus (1) according to one of the claims 1 to 12.
14. A manufacturing apparatus according to claim 13 characterized in that the manufacturing apparatus (2) includes at least one processing unit in the form of a wire manufacturing device (14).
15. A manufacturing apparatus according to claim 14 characterized in that the wire manufacturing device (14) has an opening (15) for the introduction of a wire end (5a, 5b), the opening (15) being of a funnel-shaped configuration.
16. A manufacturing apparatus according to claim 15 characterized in that the at least one wire handling apparatus (1) has at least one connecting device (16) for docking the at least one wire handling apparatus (1) to the wire manufacturing device (14), wherein the at least one connecting device (16) has a conical region (17) corresponding to the funnel-shaped opening (15), wherein preferably a respective connecting device (16) is arranged at the mutually remote ends of the first wire guide device (3) and the second wire guide device (6).

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