EP4258494A2 - Dispositif de machine de traitement de câble et procédé d'enlèvement des câbles d'un bac de réception d'une machine de traitement de câble - Google Patents

Dispositif de machine de traitement de câble et procédé d'enlèvement des câbles d'un bac de réception d'une machine de traitement de câble Download PDF

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EP4258494A2
EP4258494A2 EP23184481.2A EP23184481A EP4258494A2 EP 4258494 A2 EP4258494 A2 EP 4258494A2 EP 23184481 A EP23184481 A EP 23184481A EP 4258494 A2 EP4258494 A2 EP 4258494A2
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    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
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    • H01R43/048—Crimping apparatus or processes
    • H01R43/052—Crimping apparatus or processes with wire-feeding mechanism
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    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/04—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for forming connections by deformation, e.g. crimping tool
    • H01R43/048—Crimping apparatus or processes
    • H01R43/055—Crimping apparatus or processes with contact member feeding mechanism
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  • the present invention relates to a cable processing machine device, a method for removing cables from a removal tray of a cable processing machine, several further methods and a cable changing device for a cable processing machine.
  • the number of identical articles or cables to be produced is usually divided into smaller production batches, which must be removed individually from the cable processing machine.
  • Common cable processing machines have a cable tray in which the fully assembled or processed cables are placed until the number of pieces for a production lot is reached, and a removal tray from which the lot can be removed by hand.
  • the cable tray can be swiveled, so that the processed cables of a production lot fall from the cable tray into the removal tray.
  • the removal of each lot must be acknowledged by the machine operator, As a result, the wire processing machine stops after each batch produced until the batch has been removed and acknowledged by the machine operator.
  • a cable processing machine device or a method in which at least some of the activities previously carried out manually by the machine operator can or are carried out automatically, as well as for a cable changing device for automatically changing the cable processed by the cable processing machine device.
  • Cable processing machine device comprising a cable processing machine for processing a cable, in particular a crimping machine for connecting a cable to a crimp contact by means of a crimp connection, and a handling robot, wherein the handling robot has a gripper arm for gripping a part of the cable or a plurality of cables and for moving the cable or cables in the cable processing machine in and/or out of the cable processing machine.
  • cables can be removed from the cable processing machine and/or fed to the cable processing machine in a technically simple, automated manner.
  • the cable processing machine can be operated in a technically simple manner without interruption without manual intervention or without intervention by a machine operator. This increases the number of cables or lots of processed cables that are produced per unit of time
  • Cable processing machine device can be processed.
  • a method for removing cables from a removal trough of a cable processing machine for processing a cable comprising the following steps: gripping and holding cables processed by the cable processing machine in the removal trough with a gripper arm, in particular with a gripper arm of a wire processing machine device as described above; Moving the gripper arm holding the processed cables to move the processed cables out of the removal tray, and opening the gripper arm to release the previously held cables.
  • the advantage of this process is that lots of processed cables or the processed cables are automatically removed from the removal tray.
  • the cable processing machine can be operated in a technically simple manner without interruption without manual intervention or without intervention by a machine operator. This increases the number of cables or lots of processed cables that can be processed per unit of time by the cable processing machine device.
  • a method in particular a method as described above, wherein the method is suitable for changing a cable used by a cable processing machine, the method comprising the following steps: pulling out one of the Cable used in a cable processing machine with a cable gripper of a gripper arm, in particular with a cable gripper of a gripper arm of a cable processing machine device as described above, and holding the cable with the cable gripper; moving the cable held by the cable gripper into a cable holding device such that the cable is held by the cable holding device; releasing the cable held by the cable holding device by the cable gripper; removing another cable from the cable holding device with the cable gripper; and inserting the other cable into the cable processing machine by means of the cable gripper such that the cable processing machine uses the other cable.
  • the advantage of this is that the cable used or processed by the cable processing machine can be technically easily automated or changed mechanically or exchanged for another cable.
  • a method in particular a method as described above, is proposed, wherein the method is suitable for changing a cable processing cassette used by a cable processing machine for receiving cable contacts and a cable tool against another cable processing cassette comprising cable contacts and a cable tool, wherein the method comprises the following steps: gripping and holding the cable processing cassette used by the cable processing machine with a gripper arm, in particular with a gripper arm of a cable processing machine device as described above; moving the wire processing cassette held by the gripper arm into a wire processing cassette holder configured to hold a plurality of wire processing cassettes; releasing the cable processing cassette by the gripper arm; grasping another wire processing cassette with the gripper arm; and moving the other wire processing cassette held by the gripper arm to a position on the wire processing machine at which the wire processing machine can use the other wire processing cassette.
  • the cable processing cassette can in particular be a crimp cassette.
  • the cable contacts can in particular be crimp contacts.
  • the cable tool can in particular be a crimping tool.
  • a method in particular a method as described above, wherein the method for checking the properties of a cable and/or a cable connected to a cable contact by a cable processing machine is suitable, the method comprising the following steps: gripping and holding a cable with a cable gripper of a gripper arm, in particular with a cable gripper of a gripper arm of a cable processing machine device as described above; moving the cable by means of the gripper arm to a quality inspection device for checking properties of the cable and/or the connection between the cable contact and the cable; and checking the properties of the cable and/or the connection between the cable contact and the cable using the quality inspection device while the cable gripper holds the cable.
  • the advantage of this is that the properties of the cable and/or the connection between the cable contact/crimp contact and the cable can be checked automatically in a technically simple and quick manner. In this way, cables of poor quality can be quickly identified as scrap and can be reproduced accordingly in order to obtain a specified number of cables produced with a specified quality. This means that no manual intervention is necessary for quality testing.
  • a method in particular a method as described above, is proposed, wherein the method is suitable for removing cables, which are partially located in a cable tray of a cable processing machine, from the cable processing machine, wherein the method comprises the following steps: gripping and holding a cable, which is partially located in the cable tray of the cable processing machine, with a cable gripper of a gripper arm, in particular with a cable gripper of a gripper arm of a cable processing machine device as described above; moving the cable gripper to remove the cable from the cable processing machine; and releasing the cable held by the cable gripper.
  • a method in particular a method as described above, is proposed, wherein the method is suitable for taking over a cable from a pivoting unit of a cable processing machine by a cable gripper of a gripper arm, the method having the following steps includes: grasping and holding a part of the cable with the pivoting unit of the cable processing machine; swinging out the pivoting unit to move the cable out of a cable processing axis into which the cable runs while the cable is transported in the cable processing machine; and gripping and holding a part of the cable held by the pivot unit with a cable gripper of a gripper arm, in particular with a cable gripper of a gripper arm
  • the cable is technically easily transferred from the swivel unit to the cable gripper or the gripper arm.
  • a cable changing device for a cable processing machine for processing a cable wherein the cable changing device is designed to hold a plurality of cables for changing the cable used by the cable processing machine for processing, wherein the cable changing device is designed such that a gripper arm, in particular a gripper arm of a cable processing machine device, as described above, can remove cables from the cable changing device and deposit cables in the cable changing device in such a way that they are held by the cable changing device.
  • the advantage of this is that the cable used by the cable processing machine can be changed or exchanged automatically. This means that no manual intervention on the part of a machine operator is necessary when changing the cable used by the cable processing machine. This reduces interruptions in the operation of the wire processing machine.
  • the cables stored in the cable changing device can be replaced in a technically simple manner without the operation of the cable processing machine having to be interrupted. This further reduces the number of interruptions in the operation of the wire processing machine.
  • the gripper arm has a cable gripper for gripping individual cables.
  • individual cables can be handled or gripped and held in a technically simple manner by the gripper arm.
  • the cable gripper has a partially closed position in which the cable gripper holds the cable and can slide along the cable, and has a fully closed position in which the cable gripper holds the cable so tightly that the cable gripper does not can slide along the cable. This allows the cable to be guided or held by the cable gripper while the cable is moved relative to the cable gripper or slides along the cable gripper. This increases the number of possible actions for the cable gripper or the gripper arm.
  • the gripper arm is designed for removing cables, in particular processed cables, from a removal trough of the cable processing machine.
  • the advantage of this is that the lots of processed cables or the processed cables from the removal tray can be removed automatically.
  • the cable processing machine can be operated in a technically simple manner without interruption without manual intervention or without intervention by a machine operator. This increases the number of cables or lots of processed cables that can be processed per unit of time by the cable processing machine device.
  • the handling robot for gripping cable processing cassettes is comprising a cable tool for processing the cable and cable contacts for connecting to the cable, in particular for gripping crimping cassettes comprising a crimping tool and crimping contacts, and for exchanging the cable processing cassette used by the cable processing machine for another one Cable processing cassette formed.
  • This allows the cable processing cassette, i.e. the cable processing tool and the cable contact, to be replaced or changed automatically, i.e. without manual intervention by a machine operator. This means that the operation of the cable processing machine does not have to be interrupted when the cable processing tool or cable tool needs to be changed or when the cable contacts of the cable processing cassette used are used up.
  • the cable processing machine device is designed such that the gripper arm can be moved to two opposite sides of the cable processing machine. This results in a variety of variable possible uses for the gripper arm. This means that even more steps on the cable processing machine can be carried out automatically and consequently interruption times in the operation of the cable processing machine can be further reduced.
  • the gripping arm is adjustable in height relative to the cable processing machine in order to achieve its height vertically extending axis rotatable and pivotally mounted about a second vertically extending axis.
  • the advantage of this is that the gripper arm can be used very flexibly and can reach many different places or areas of the cable processing machine in order to grip and hold loose pieces of cables or cables or cable processing cassettes.
  • the handling robot has a guide rail for moving the gripper arm along a first axis of the cable processing machine device, the first axis being parallel to a cable processing axis into which the cable runs while the cable is transported in the cable processing machine.
  • the gripper arm can be moved particularly easily and quickly along the first axis or along the longitudinal axis of the cable processing machine.
  • the cable processing machine device has a pivoting unit, wherein the pivoting unit is designed to move a part of the cable from a cable axis direction in which the cable runs while the cable is transported in the cable processing machine, and to transfer the cable to the gripper arm .
  • the pivoting unit is designed to move a part of the cable from a cable axis direction in which the cable runs while the cable is transported in the cable processing machine, and to transfer the cable to the gripper arm .
  • the cable processing machine device further comprises a cable changing device for holding a plurality of cables, wherein the cable processing machine device is designed to change the cable used by the cable processing machine by means of the handling robot.
  • the cable processing machine comprises a clamping device for clamping a cable which is fed to the cable processing machine, wherein the gripper arm and the clamping device are designed such that the cable can be inserted into the clamping device by means of the gripper arm.
  • the cable can be gripped using the gripper arm as follows: first the cable is partially inserted into the cable processing machine, then the clamping device clamps the cable or clamps it in, then the cable gripper of the gripper arm slides along the cable and moves away from the cable processing device , now the cable gripper grips the cable tightly again, the clamping device releases the cable and the cable gripper introduces another part of the cable into the cable processing machine.
  • the cable can be introduced into the cable processing machine in a technically simple, automated and reliable manner.
  • the cable processing machine device further comprises a quality testing device for checking properties of the cable and/or the connection between the cable contact and the cable, wherein the cable processing machine device is designed such that the cable is held by the gripper arm during checking by the quality testing device .
  • a quality testing device for checking properties of the cable and/or the connection between the cable contact and the cable
  • the cable processing machine device is designed such that the cable is held by the gripper arm during checking by the quality testing device .
  • the wire processing machine device further comprises a crimp cassette holder for holding a plurality of crimp cassettes.
  • a crimp cassette holder for holding a plurality of crimp cassettes.
  • the crimp cassettes can have different crimp contacts or identical crimp contacts. This means that the cable processing machine can be operated for even longer without manual intervention.
  • the cable processing machine device is designed such that the handling robot can remove cables, which are partially located in a cable tray of the cable processing machine, from the cable processing machine. There is no need to interrupt the operation of the cable processing machine for manual intervention by a machine operator. This increases the number of cables or processing steps that can be processed or carried out by the cable processing machine device per unit of time. This also increases safety because no human hand has to be inserted into the cable processing machine.
  • Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of the cable processing machine device according to the invention in the form of a crimping system 1.
  • the cable processing machine device can be a crimping system 1.
  • the cable processing machine device comprises a cable processing machine 5 in the form of a crimping device 5 or crimping press 8 and a handling robot 30.
  • the crimping device 5 is designed to connect a crimp contact to a cable 15 by means of a crimp connection.
  • the processed cables 15 or those connected to the crimp contact are stored in a cable tray 20 of the cable processing machine 5 or the crimping device 5.
  • the cable tray 20 can be tilted so that the cables 15 present in the cable tray 20, e.g. one production lot or several production lots of cables 15, fall into a lower-lying removal tray 22.
  • the cable storage 20 and the removal tray 22 run parallel to each other and extend along a cable processing axis 6.
  • the cables 15 are moved in the cable processing machine 5 along the direction of the cable storage 20, which is also referred to as the cable processing axis 6.
  • the cable processing machine 5 assembles the cable 15, i.e. cuts or cuts the cable 15 at a desired location in order to achieve a cable 15 of a predetermined cable length with two ends.
  • part of the cable 15 is pivoted out of the cable processing axis 6 and fed to a crimping press 8 (which is in Fig. 1 shown to the left of the cable processing axis 6).
  • a crimp contact is connected to a first end of the cable 15.
  • a second crimping press 8 is arranged on the other side of the cable processing axis 6 (in Fig. 1 right).
  • a second end of the cable 15, which is opposite the first end is connected to a crimp contact.
  • Fig. 2 shows a partial view of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 .
  • the crimping system 1 has a cable changing device 110 that can hold several cables 15.
  • the crimping system 1 has a straightening unit 115, which aligns the cable 15 that is currently being used by the crimping device 5.
  • the crimping system 1 or the crimping device 5 includes a cable conveyor device 100, which conveys the cable 15, ie more from the cable 15 into the crimping system 1 or the cable 15 can be transported out of the crimping device 5 again.
  • Fig. 3 shows a detailed view of a gripping unit 50 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 .
  • Fig. 4a shows a detailed view of the gripping unit 50 Fig. 3 in the open position of the gripping jaws 60, 61.
  • Fig. 4b shows a detailed view of the gripping unit 50 Fig. 3 in the closed position of the gripping jaws 60, 61.
  • the handling robot 30 of the cable processing machine device can be attached to or connected to the cable processing machine 5 or to the crimping machine or to the crimping device 5.
  • the handling robot 30 comprises a gripping unit 50 with a gripping arm 55.
  • the gripping unit 50 or the gripping arm 55 can be moved linearly parallel to the cable processing axis 6 by means of a carriage 31 of the gripping unit 50.
  • the handling robot 30 has a linear guide 32 on which the carriage 31 is guided.
  • the linear guide 32 runs above the cable processing axis 6, along which the cable 15 is moved in the cable processing machine 5.
  • the handling robot 30 allows automation of a large number of processes that were previously carried out manually.
  • the gripper arm 55 of the handling robot 30 is on both sides of the cable processing machine 5 or crimping machine or crimping device 5, ie the left side and the right side Fig.1 , movable.
  • the crimping device 5 has a corresponding recess or a corresponding shape on the in Fig. 1 invisible end of the crimping device 5 in the direction of the cable processing axis 6.
  • the gripper arm 55 can, so to speak, be moved around one end of the crimping device 5.
  • the gripper arm 55 can thus be moved on a first side of the linear guide 32 and on a second side of the linear guide 32 opposite the first side.
  • the gripping unit 50 can be moved back and forth along the linear guide 32 in direction a.
  • the crimping system 1 has a toothed belt drive 33 of the linear guide 32.
  • a gripper arm 55 of the gripper unit 50 is attached to a rod 37.
  • the gripper arm 55 can be rotated about a vertical axis (by the double arrow c in Fig. 3 indicated).
  • the vertical axis runs through the center of the rod 37.
  • the gripper arm 55 can also be moved up and down together with the rod 37 (by the double arrow d in Fig. 3 indicated). In this way, the height of the gripper arm 55 can be changed relative to the crimping device 5.
  • the rotary and linear unit 34 has two further toothed belt drives 35, 36.
  • the distance of the gripping arm 55 from the linear guide 32 can be changed.
  • the distance between the gripping arm 55 and the linear guide 32 can be increased or decreased.
  • the gripping arm 55 can be moved to the other side of the linear guide 32 or the crimping device 5.
  • the rotation along the double arrow b can be carried out by a third toothed belt drive 38.
  • the gripper arm 55 can pick up the cables 15 from the cable changing device 110 and place them there again. As a result, the cable 15 used by the crimping device 5 can be replaced or changed automatically.
  • the gripper arm 55 is pneumatically operated.
  • the gripper arm 55 includes two jaw carriers 63, 64, which close symmetrically.
  • the gripping jaws 60, 61 attached to the jaw carrier 63, 64 point in the open position, which is in Fig. 4a is shown, to each other.
  • the gripping jaws 60, 61 are designed to grip several cables 15 or loose cables 15.
  • the gripping jaws 60, 61 each have a recess which is designed to pick up and hold production lots from the removal trough 22.
  • the gripping jaws 60, 61 each comprise two elements which are spaced apart from one another in the open position.
  • Both jaw carriers 63, 64 each have a flange element 65, 66 with holes.
  • One of the flange elements 65, 66 is in the open position of the gripping jaws 60, 61 arranged on the back of a jaw, so to speak.
  • the flange elements 65, 66 are designed to grip and hold a crimp cassette 80.
  • the flange elements 65, 66 are also in a closed position.
  • a two-part cable gripper 70 is arranged, which is designed to grip and hold individual cables 15.
  • the cable gripper 70 In Fig. 4a and in Fig. 4b the cable gripper 70 is in the open position.
  • the cable gripper 70 can grasp and hold a single cable 15 so that the cable 15 cannot slide relative to the cable gripper 70.
  • the cable gripper 70 also has a semi-closed position in which the cable 15 is held by the cable gripper 70 such that the cable 15 can slide relative to the cable gripper 70. The cable 15 can thus slide through the cable gripper 70. This allows the cable gripper 70 to move along the cable 15.
  • the gripper arm 55 is designed to remove loose pieces of finished cables 15 or several finished cables 15 that have been transported from the cable storage 20 into the removal trough 22 from the removal trough 22.
  • Fig. 5 shows a detailed view of the cable tray 20 and the removal tray 22 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 .
  • the processed or crimped cables 15 are stored in the cable tray 20. If the cables 15 of a production lot, ie a certain number of cables 15, are present in the cable tray 20, the cable tray 20 is tilted (this is in Fig. 5 indicated by a curved arrow), for example by a pneumatic device, and the cables 15 in the cable tray 20 fall into the removal tray 22 underneath.
  • the gripper arm 55 can remove the cables 15 from the removal tray 22 by means of the gripper jaws 60, 61 and transport them, for example, into a holding device, boxes or the like.
  • the removal tray 22 can be moved pneumatically in the direction of the double arrow in relation to the cable tray 20 Fig. 5 be moved so that the removal trough 22 comes completely out of the area of a hood that covers part of the cable processing machine 5 or the crimping device 5.
  • the removal trough 22 can be designed as a non-smooth channel and have several breakouts or depressions, which make it easier to grasp the cables 15 lying in the removal trough 22 using the gripper arm 55.
  • Removal tray 22 shown is composed of individual segments. Other variants, such as a pressed sheet metal part, deep-drawn plastic, etc., are also possible to achieve a comparable design.
  • the gripping jaws 60, 61 of the gripping unit 50 or the gripping arm 55 can be divided so that they can grip into more than one recess of the removal and the cables 15 or the lot can grip in several places at the same time.
  • the large number of recesses in the removal trough 22 also allows production batches made of longer cables 15 to be grasped or held over a wide length range or, if necessary, with several grippers or gripper arms 55.
  • Fig. 6 shows a detailed view of the cable conveyor 100 and the straightening unit 115 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 .
  • the crimping system 1 includes a straightening unit 115 for aligning the cable 15.
  • the crimping system 1 includes a cable conveyor device 100 with two transport belts 102, 103 for conveying the cable 15 after it has been inserted into the cable conveyor device 100 through a guide tube 106 by means of the straightening unit 115. Between the cable conveyor 100 and the straightening unit 115, a clamping device 105 is arranged, in which the cable 15 can be clamped.
  • the cable changing device 110 for holding several cables 15 is arranged on the side of the straightening unit 115 facing away from the cable conveyor device 100.
  • a process that can be carried out by means of the handling robot 30 or the gripper arm 55 is a cable change, i.e. changing the cable 15 used by the crimping device 5.
  • a second cable of the same type is prepared in one of the three cable receptacles 111-113 of the cable holding device 110, while in the second case there must also be an empty space there to accommodate the old cable.
  • the cable 15 to be changed is introduced or threaded into the cable processing machine 5 as follows:
  • the cable conveyor device 100 and the straightening unit 115 are open and the cable gripper 70 of the gripping unit 50 takes over the cable 15 from the correct gripper or holder of the cable receiving device 110 in a program-controlled or computer-controlled manner Fig. 6 shown.
  • Fig. 7a shows a first detailed view of the straightening unit 115 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 .
  • Fig. 7b shows a second detailed view of the straightening unit 115 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 .
  • Fig. 7c shows a third detailed view of the straightening unit 115 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 .
  • the gripping unit 50 is moved so that the cable 15 is inserted into the guide tube 106.
  • the cable 15 is then clamped in the clamping device 105 to allow the cable gripper 70 to "grab" by moving it to the semi-closed position, moving it away from the guide tube 106 (with the cable 15 sliding along the cable gripper 70 in the cable gripper 70), and again is brought into the fully closed position so that the cable 15 cannot slide relative to the cable gripper 70.
  • the clamping device 105 is then opened so that the cable 15 is no longer clamped, and the cable 15 is pushed further into the cable conveyor device 100 by the gripping unit 50. This is repeated several times until the Cable 15 can be safely captured by the transport belts 102, 103 when the cable conveyor 100 is closed. This process is in Figs. 7a-7c shown.
  • the clamping device is closed and the gripping unit 50 moves back until the cable gripper 70 is in front of the straightening unit 115 (see Fig. 7c ).
  • the gripping unit 50 also moves vertically up and down to avoid collisions and the clamping force of the cable gripper 70 is reduced (for example by means of a pressure control valve), so that it assumes the so-called semi-closed position so that the cable 15 can slide in the gripper arm 55.
  • the straightening unit 115 is then closed, which completes the actual threading process.
  • the cable 15 is transported backwards by the cable conveyor 100 until the transport belts 102, 103 lose contact with the cable 15.
  • the cable conveyor device 100 and the straightening unit 115 are then opened and the gripping unit 50 grabs the cable 15 near the clamping unit in order to pull it out of the guide tube 106 with a single grip, again in conjunction with the clamping device 105.
  • the gripping unit 50 is then moved to the cable changing device 110 and there transfers the cable 15 to one of the cable grippers 70 or cable holder.
  • Another example of an automated process using the handling robot 30 is the change of the crimp cassette 80 or the cassette change, which is described below.
  • the crimp cassette 80 Similar to changing the cable, the crimp cassette 80 must be changed if the crimp roll inserted into the crimp cassette 80 is empty or if the article to be produced has a different crimp contact. If continuous production is to be possible without manual intervention by the machine operator, the necessary crimp cassettes 80 must be provided in the crimp cassette holder 82.
  • a crimping cassette holder 82 or crimping cassette holder on one side of the crimping device 5 is sufficient to supply both crimping presses 8 or to replace the crimping cassette 80 in both crimping presses 8. If a large number of crimp cassettes 80 are provided, the crimp cassette holder 82 can be designed such that the crimp cassettes 80 are actively brought from a crimp cassette storage to a transfer position for handing over the crimp cassette 80 to the gripper arm 55.
  • Fig. 8 shows a detailed view of the crimp cassette holder 82 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 .
  • the crimp cassette holder 82 has several places for crimp cassettes 80 arranged next to one another, all of which are located in the movement range of the handling robot 30.
  • Fig. 9a shows a first detailed view of the gripping unit 50 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 when picking up a crimp cassette 80.
  • Fig. 9b shows a second detailed view of the gripping unit 50 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 when picking up a crimp cassette 80.
  • the cassette is changed by placing the old crimp cassette 80 in the crimp cassette holder 82 and grabbing the new crimp cassette 80 by the gripper arm 55.
  • Fig. 9a and Fig. 9b show the interaction of the gripping unit 50 and the holder on the crimping cassette 80. Due to the centering function of the four retaining bolts 57, the position of the crimping cassettes 80 can vary slightly and the crimping cassette 80 can still be securely gripped by the gripping unit 50. Openings corresponding to the retaining bolts 57 are present in the flange elements 65, 66 of the gripper arm 55. By engaging the retaining bolts 57 in the openings, the crimp cassette 80 is gripped and held by the gripping arm 55.
  • the crimp cassette 80 is then moved to or into the crimping press 8 and clamped or clamped there.
  • the crimp cassette 80 has a base plate 85 on which the crimp connection is made.
  • Fig. 10 shows another perspective view of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 with a crimp cassette 80 used.
  • Fig. 11 shows a detailed view of the cable gripper 70 of the gripping unit 50 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 .
  • Another example of an automated process using the handling robot 30 is the testing of processed cables 15 or cable samples, which is described below.
  • the cables 15 can be brought to quality testing devices using the gripping unit 50. These can be taken over directly by the gripping unit 50 from the swung-out pivoting unit 10 of the cable processing machine 5 or crimping machine or crimping device 5. In Fig. 11 The transfer from the pivoting unit 10 of the cable processing machine 5 to the gripping unit 50 or the cable gripper 70 of the gripping unit 50 is currently taking place.
  • Fig. 12 shows a detailed view of the cable gripper 70 of the gripping unit 50 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 when checking the quality of the cable 15.
  • Fig. 12 shows an example of the optical measurement of the crimp height.
  • the crimp height can be measured in a simple manner at several points on the crimp contact, since the cable 15 can be positioned freely in space in different positions relative to the quality testing device 90 by means of the gripping arm 55 or the gripping unit 50.
  • Fig. 13a shows a first detailed view of the cable gripper 70 of the gripping unit 50 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 when guiding the cable 15.
  • Fig. 13b shows a second detailed view of the cable gripper 70 of the gripping unit 50 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 when guiding the cable 15.
  • Another example of an automated process using the handling robot 30 is the removal of incorrectly produced cables 15 (so-called bad cables) from the crimping device 5, which is described below.
  • the easiest way to remove the incorrectly produced cables 15 from the machine is to grab both ends of the cable 15.
  • the storage gripper which is already present on some machines, can be used to facilitate the cable storage 20.
  • the bad cable or faulty cable 15 is first transferred from the pivoting unit of the crimping device 5 to the storage gripper, which grabs it at the trailing end of the cable 15.
  • the leading end of the cable 15 is already in the cable tray 20 and should be removed from it again.
  • the cable gripper 70 of the gripping unit 50 grasps the bad cable immediately behind the storage gripper and moves with reduced gripper pressure (semi-closed position) in the direction of the leading cable end, with the cable 15 sliding in the cable gripper 70.
  • Fig. 13a shows the situation when this step is completed.
  • a variant of the gripping unit 50 is shown, in which the cable gripper 70 can be rotated to improve accessibility.
  • Fig. 14 shows a detailed view of the gripping unit 50 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 when holding a cable 15. Now the bad cable or the cable 15 can be disposed of outside the cable tray 20, for example by dropping it into a container.
  • Fig. 15 shows a detailed view of the cable tray 20 and the removal tray 22 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1
  • Another example of an automated process using the handling robot 30 is the removal of production lots or processed cables 15 from the removal tray 22, which is described below.
  • the cable tray 20 is pivoted or tilted so that the lot or the cables 15 fall into the removal tray 22.
  • Fig. 16 shows a detailed view of the removal tray 22 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 .
  • the removal trough 22 is then moved in the longitudinal direction in order to bring it into an area that can be reached by the handling robot 30 and the gripping unit 50 is positioned above the removal trough 22 so that the gripping jaws 60, 61 are above the desired recess or depression in the removal trough 22 .
  • This is in Fig. 16 shown.
  • Fig. 17a shows a first detailed view of the removal tray 22 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 when removing cables 15.
  • Fig. 17b shows a second detailed view of the removal tray 22 of the crimping system 1 Fig. 1 when removing cables 15.
  • the gripping unit 50 is then lowered (see Fig. 17a ) and the gripping jaws 60, 61 are closed (see Fig. 17b ) to grab and hold the production lot or the cables 15. Now the gripping arm 55 or the gripping unit 50 can be raised in order to remove the cables 15 from the removal tray 22.
  • the production lots Once the production lots have been removed from the removal trough 22, they can be transferred to a suitable device, such as transport racks on which the lots or cables 15 are hung and/or transport containers into which the lots or cables 15 are placed be placed.
  • a suitable device such as transport racks on which the lots or cables 15 are hung and/or transport containers into which the lots or cables 15 are placed be placed.
  • the cable processing machine 5 can be used in addition to the in Fig. 11 shown pivot unit 10 include a further pivot unit.
  • the further pivoting unit can move a cable 15 out of the cable processing axis 6 by moving the pivoting unit along with it a part of the cable 15 is pivoted or pivoted out of the cable processing axis 6.

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