GB2237442A - Flat cable - Google Patents

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GB2237442A
GB2237442A GB8921768A GB8921768A GB2237442A GB 2237442 A GB2237442 A GB 2237442A GB 8921768 A GB8921768 A GB 8921768A GB 8921768 A GB8921768 A GB 8921768A GB 2237442 A GB2237442 A GB 2237442A
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Abstract

A flat cable comprising a plurality of generally co-planar separately insulated electrical and/or optical conductors whose insulative coatings are mutually spot-welded at longitudinally-spaced positions. In the manufacturing process shown the laser may be moved transversely across the jig. The insulative coating may be cross-linked by irradiation after welding. <IMAGE>

Description

Flat Cable This invention relates to flat cable, sometimes known as ribbon cable, comprising a plurality of longitudinally-extending, generally co-planar, insulated conductors.
This type of cable is conventionally made by the simultaneous covering of the conductors with insulating material in a melt extrusion process, optionally followed by a cross-linking stage by exposure to radiation. Each conductor is thus bonded to either one or two neighbouring conductors throughout its length. Where it is desired to separate out specific conductors or groups of conductors at different points along the length of the cable, this requires separating operations which are time-consuming and subject to human error, and it is the purpose of the invention to avoid this disadvantage with conventional flat cable.
The invention provides a flat cable comprising a plurality of generally co-planar separately insulated conductors whose insulative coatings are mutually spot-welded at longitudinally-spaced positions. The coatings of all the conductors may be spot-welded together at each of a regularly-spaced series of positions, but the welds may be slightly staggered longitudinally to form a predetermined pattern. Thus the pattern of welds may be repeated at each of the series of positions, or it may be changed periodically in accordance with a predetermined welding programme. In this way, a flat cable is produced in which the conductors are spot-welded together in the manner appropriate for the intended use of the cable, to facilitate the separation of individual conductors or groups of conductors at the correct position.Where the welds are in a recognisable pattern, Identification of individual conductors is also assisted, reducing the possibility of error.
Although the invention is intended primarily for application to electric cable, it Is also applicable to optical ribbon cable in which the insulated conductors are coated optical fibres, and to mixed electric and optical cables.
From a different aspect, the invention provides a method of manufacture of a flat cable comprising arranging Individually-insulated conductors side by side in a comnon plane and joining them by spot-welding their insulative coatings at longitudinally spaced positions. The spot-welding is performed preferably by a laser. The conductors are preferably conveyed longitudinally past a spot-welding station. In this case, there is preferably a single welding head, and the head is moved transversely between the positions appropriate for spot-welding each adjacent pair of conductors. The spot-welded flat cable may subsequently be subjected to irradiation or other means for inducing cross-linking in the insulative coatings, where the coatings are of a cross-linkable plastics material.The use of a cross-linkable material, which is relatively soft, is particularly beneficial in the spot-welding stage because the welding is quicker for a given power provided by the welding head.
One way in which the invention is used will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawing which is a diagram of the spot-welding stage in the manufacture of flat electric cable.
Six individually-insulated electric wires W1-W6 are fed from respective bobbins into a jig where they are conveyed parallel and closely adjacent in a comnon horizontal plane past a single laser-welding head capable of pre-programmed transverse movement.
The welding beam is thus directed at the plastics insulative coatings of each successive pair of adjacent wires, the coatings being in mutual contact along a longitudinal line. The coatings are melted and fuse at a single spot, without reducing significantly the insulation between the conductors; on re-hardening downstream, the spot-weld is sufficiently strong to bond the wires together, and the of spot-welds across the cable is adequate to maintain the integrity of the cable during normal handling.
As shown by dark shading in the drawing, the welds form a pattern at each of a series of welding positions, and this pattern is variable. In the first position A illustrated, the spot-welds between wires W1 & W2, W2 & W3, W3 & W4 and W5 & W6 are spaced longitudinally a small amount from that between wires W4 & W5, so that wires W1, W2, W3 & W4 are grouped separately from wires W5 and W6. In the second position B, all the wires are spot-welded at the same place. In the third position C, wires W1 & W2 are bonded.
slightly in advance of wires W4, W5 & W6, which are bonded slightly in advance of wires W2, W3 & W4.
In this example, all the wires are bonded at each of the spaced series of bonding positions. However, the frequency of bonds between say wires W4 and W5 could, for example, be less than that of the bonds between the other wires, emphasising the separate grouping of wires W1 to W4 and wires W5 and W6. Moreover, there is no need for regular bonding positions, and the bonds between different wires may be staggered over much longer distances, instead of over a relatively short distance as illustrated.

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1. A flat cable comprising a plurality of generally co-planar separately insulated conductors whose insulative coatings are mutually spot-welded at longitudinally-spaced positions.
2. A cable according to Claim 1, in which the coatings of all the conductors are spot-welded together at each of a regularly-spaced series of positions.
3. A method of manufacture of a flat cable comprising arranging individually-insulated conductors side by side in a common plane and joining them by spot-welding their insulative coatings at longitudinally spaced positions.
4. A method according to Claim 3, in which spot-welding is performed by a laser.
5. A method according to Claim 3 or 4, in which the conductors are conveyed longitudinally past a spot-welding station.
6. A method according to Claim 3, 4 or 5, in which there is a single welding head, and the head is moved transversely between the positions appropriate for spot-welding each adjacent pair of conductors.
7. A method according to Claim 3, 4, 5 or 6, in which the cable is subsequently subjected to irradiation or other means for inducing cross-linking in the insulative coatings, where the coatings are of a cross-linkable plastics material.
8. Flat cable produced in accordance with the method substantially as described herein with reference to the accompanying drawing.
9. Flat cable substantially as described herein with reference to the accompanying drawing.
10. A method of manufacture of flat cable substantially as described herein with reference to the accompanying drawing.
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US8404976B2 (en) 2009-01-30 2013-03-26 Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corporation Fused wires
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GB2029629A (en) * 1978-08-15 1980-03-19 Lucas Industries Ltd Ribbon cable
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EP0272211A2 (en) * 1986-12-18 1988-06-22 Maillefer S.A. Electrical cable, manufacturing method of this cable and installation to use the method

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EP0613416A4 (en) * 1991-10-28 1995-12-27 Abbott Lab An ultrasonically welded plastic ribbon and apparatus and process for forming same.
FR2840506A1 (en) * 2002-06-04 2003-12-05 Bosch Gmbh Robert Welded connection between a mesh encasing plastic and a lower plastic section, is formed using laser light that impinges at positive and negative angles to the perpendicular
US6987239B2 (en) 2002-06-04 2006-01-17 Robert Bosch Gmbh Method for producing seal-welded connections between a stamped grid and a plastic component
US8404976B2 (en) 2009-01-30 2013-03-26 Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corporation Fused wires
EP3945532A1 (en) * 2020-07-30 2022-02-02 Volkswagen Ag Method for manufacturing a cable bundle, manufacturing installation for producing a cable bundle and cable bundle
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