JPH065132A - System for manufacturing wire harness - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an automatic manufacturing system for a wire harness, capable of coping with design change of the wire harness. CONSTITUTION:It is necessary for manufacturing a wire harness to lay a standard-length electric wire, peel the end of the electric wire, press-fit a terminal to the end of the electric wire, insert the press-fitted terminal into a connector, and the like. In a system for manufacturing a wire harness, each process is designed in a module. The number of modules to be connected according to the kind of the wire harnesses to be manufactured can be increased or decreased. For example, suppose that a manufacturing line is constituted of one automatic wire laying module 1, one peeling module 3, two terminal press-fitting module 5, and one terminal inserting module 7. If the automatic wire laying module 1 and the terminal inserting module 7 are additionally disposed in the manufacturing line when a wire harness to be manufactured is changed, two automatic wire laying modules 1 and two terminal inserting modules 7 can be provided in the manufacturing line.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wire harness manufacturing system, and more particularly to a manufacturing system capable of flexibly coping with a design change of a wire harness.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A wire harness is an electric wiring system including a large number of electric wires, terminals, connectors and the like incorporated in automobiles, copying machines and the like. The manufacturing of such a wire harness includes many steps such as length cutting of electric wires, wiring, stripping, terminal crimping, and terminal insertion into a connector housing. Therefore, a great deal of labor and time are required to manufacture the wire harness, and there has been a strong demand for automation of the manufacturing process as compared with the related art.

Examples of known automatic wire harness manufacturing apparatuses include, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 60-46489, Japanese Patent Publication No. 64-54245, Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-42085, Japanese Patent Publication No. 2-15994, and Japanese Patent Publication No. 15994. 3-66
No. 790, etc. The automated manufacturing apparatus described in each of the above-mentioned official gazettes is an integrated apparatus made to handle the work of a certain process or a plurality of processes for manufacturing a wire harness, and the processing capacity of each process is fixed. Target.

As another conventional automatic manufacturing apparatus,
There has also been proposed one that allows a plurality of manufacturing steps to be performed in a flowable manner (see, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-313870). This type of automated manufacturing apparatus has an integrated structure in which a plurality of mechanisms for processing the manufacturing process and a transport mechanism of a predetermined length for transporting the wiring board are combined.

[0005]

By the way, the wire harness is a product of the same model having a relatively short life cycle. For example, in the case of a car, the model of the car body is usually changed every four years and minor changes every two years. Then, along with the model change or minor change, the vehicle body itself is changed, or the number of electric components provided in the vehicle is increased, decreased, or changed. Not to mention the change of the vehicle body itself, when the number of electric components provided is increased, decreased, or changed, the design of the wiring harness, which is the circuit wiring of the electric components, is naturally changed. The wire harness often has a completely different circuit configuration or form due to a design change.

Therefore, when the wire harness is manufactured by the automated manufacturing apparatus, the automated manufacturing apparatus needs to be able to flexibly cope with the design change of the wire harness. However, as described above, the conventional automated manufacturing apparatus is integrally formed and has a fixed processing capacity in each process, or has an integrated structure combined with a transport mechanism of a predetermined length. Therefore, the types and contents of wire harnesses that can be manufactured were limited. Therefore, the automated manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing the wire harness of the predetermined type has a drawback that the wire harness after the design change cannot be manufactured. As described above, the conventional automated manufacturing apparatus cannot flexibly cope with the design change of the wire harness, and it is necessary to remake the automated manufacturing apparatus according to the design change of the wire harness. As a result, the operating period of expensive automated manufacturing equipment is too short,
There was a problem that the production cost could not be recovered.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an automated manufacturing system for a wire harness capable of flexibly responding to a design change of the wire harness. .

[0008]

According to the invention described in claim 1, from a plurality of steps such as wiring of a standard length electric wire, stripping of an electric wire end, crimping a terminal to an electric wire end, and inserting a crimped terminal into a connector. This is a system in which the manufacturing of the wire harness is automated by using a mechanical device, and the device for performing the process of each process is modularized in each process, and the device of the modularized process unit is predetermined for each process. It is characterized by being arranged and connected by the number of.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the wire harness manufacturing system according to the first aspect, the wiring boards are sequentially transported from the modularized apparatus to the apparatus, and the wire harness is made on the wiring boards. A system that goes
Each modularized device includes a base, a process mechanism attached to the base, and a transfer device attached to the base, the base being connectable to the bases of other modularized devices. The transfer device is configured to transfer the wiring board within the base and the base of the other device when protruding from the base and connected to the base of the other modularized device. It is characterized in that it has a protruding portion that enters inside.

[0010]

In the manufacturing system according to the first aspect of the present invention, the modularized devices are connected to each other, so that the modularized devices can be increased or decreased depending on the configuration of the wire harness to be manufactured. . By arranging a predetermined number of modularized devices, the processing capacity in an arbitrary process can be matched to the wire harness to be manufactured, and the design change of the wire harness can be dealt with.

According to another aspect of the manufacturing system of the present invention, each modularized device includes a base and a transfer device attached to the base, and the transfer device is provided with a protruding portion. . Therefore, when the modularized devices are arranged and connected, the protruding portion of the transfer device enters the base of the other connected device, and the wiring board transferred in the base is protruded. Can be received by piece. And the received wiring board can be conveyed. Therefore, it is not necessary to interpose a carrying device between the modularized devices, and the modularized devices can be sequentially connected.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a manufacturing line showing an example of a wire harness manufacturing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The manufacturing line shown in FIG. 1 has a configuration in which a predetermined number of devices, which are modularized in process units, are arranged and connected for each process.

More specifically, the manufacturing line of this embodiment has three automatic wiring modules 1a, 1b, 1
c (hereinafter, collectively referred to as "automatic wiring module 1"), one automatic tape fastening module 2, two peeling modules 3a and 3b (hereinafter, collectively referred to as "peeling module 3"), 1 peeling inspection module 4, 4 terminal crimping modules 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d
(Hereinafter, collectively referred to as "terminal crimping module 5") One crimp inspection module 6 and three terminal insertion modules 7a, 7b, 7c (hereinafter collectively referred to as "terminal insertion module 7") , And one continuity inspection module 8 are connected in series in this order. When a wire harness is manufactured on this manufacturing line, predetermined wiring boards 9 are sequentially transferred from the automatic wiring module 1 to the continuity inspection module 8 from module to module, and the wiring boards 9 are wired. The harness is being assembled.

The automatic wiring module 1 is a device for automatically wiring fixed length electric wires on the wiring board 9. In the vicinity of each automatic wiring module 1, a predetermined type of electric wire group 1 required for wiring
0 is arranged, and the electric wires of the electric wire group 10 are selectively taken into the automatic wiring module 1 to be laid on the wiring board 9 and cut at the length. In this embodiment, three automatic wiring modules 1a, 1b, 1c are arranged in series.

Assuming that one automatic wiring module 1 has a processing capacity for wiring 30 kinds of electric wires having different colors, thicknesses, etc., the automatic wiring module 1 as in this embodiment. By arranging 3 units in series, 30 types x 3 = 9
It can be used for wiring 0 kinds of electric wires. Therefore, the number of arrangements of the automatic wiring module 1 can be increased or decreased according to the type of electric wire to be wired on one wiring board 9.

The wiring plate 9 on which the wiring is performed by the automatic wiring module 1 is sent to the automatic tape fastening module 2 connected to the downstream side, and the tape is fastened to a predetermined portion of the wired electric wire bundle. It is applied so that the bundle of wires does not come apart. In this embodiment, only one automatic tape fastening module 2 is arranged. However, if it is necessary to enhance the tape fastening processing capacity in this manufacturing line, a plurality of automatic tape fastening modules 2 may be connected in series. You may increase the number of connections.

Next, the wiring board 9 is sent to the two stripping modules 3a and 3b connected in series to the downstream side of the automatic tape fastening module 2. In each stripping module 3, a stripping process is performed to strip the coating on the end portion of the wire that is wired on the wiring plate 9. In this embodiment, two peeling modules 3 are connected, and the peeling processing capability in this manufacturing line is enhanced. If further necessary, the number of the peeling modules 3 connected may be increased. Moreover, when the peeling processability is low, only one peeling module 3 may be provided.

After the stripping treatment, the wiring board 9 is sent to the stripping inspection module 4 connected to the downstream side of the stripping module 3. The peeling inspection module 4 is equipped with, for example, an inspection camera, and inspects whether the wire end portion is well peeled off, whether the peeled wire end is bent or loose, and the like. As a result of the inspection, when the wire end with poor peeling is detected, the wiring board 9 having the wire end with poor peeling may be automatically removed from the production line, or a lamp or the like. In this case, it may be notified that the wire end with the poor peeling has been detected.

On the downstream side of the peeling inspection module 4, four terminal crimping modules 5a, 5b, 5c and 5d are connected in series. In this embodiment, since the manufacturing line is folded back on the downstream side of the second terminal crimping module 5b, the transport / buffer module is provided between the second terminal crimping module 5b and the third terminal crimping module 5c. 1
1 is inserted. The transport / buffer module 11 transports the wiring board 9 sent from the second terminal crimping module 5b so that the transport line is folded back and sends it to the third terminal crimping module 5c. In the transport / buffer module 11, the transport of the wiring plate 9 is stopped for a predetermined time, and the timing of sending the wiring plate 9 to the third terminal crimping module 5c is adjusted.

In each of the four terminal crimping modules 5, the terminal is crimped to the end of the wire, which is stripped and the core wire is exposed. For the electric wires laid on the wiring board 9,
Various types are included according to the circuit required for the wire harness, and the thickness of the electric wire varies from thin to thick. By the way, if the wire thickness is different, the terminal to be crimped to the end of the wire also needs to be changed, and the width and gap of the mold for crimping the terminal also need to be changed according to the wire thickness. Therefore, in this embodiment, for example, four terminal crimping modules 5a, 5b, so that different terminals can be crimped to eight kinds of electric wires having different thicknesses, respectively.
5c and 5d are arranged. Each terminal crimp module 5
Each of a, 5b, 5c, and 5d is provided with two terminal crimping heads, and another terminal can be crimped to the electric wires of two types of thickness. Therefore, the four terminal crimping modules 5 can crimp terminals to electric wires of eight different thicknesses.

The number of terminal crimping modules 5 arranged is
It can be increased or decreased depending on the number of wire types. A crimp inspection module 6 is connected to the downstream side of the terminal crimp module 5. The crimp inspection module 6 is equipped with, for example, an inspection camera, and inspects whether or not the terminal is properly crimped to the end of the electric wire. In addition, it is also inspected whether the wire end to which the terminal is crimped is abnormally bent.

As a result of being inspected by the crimp inspection module 6,
When an electric wire with defective terminal crimping is detected, the wiring board 9 including the electric wire with defective terminal crimping is automatically removed from the production line, as in the case of the peeling inspection module 4 described above. Alternatively, the fact that a terminal crimping defect is detected may be notified by a lamp or the like. On the downstream side of the crimp inspection module 6, three terminal insertion modules 7 are arranged in series. Each terminal insertion module 7 is a device for automatically inserting the terminal crimped onto the end of the wire into the connector housing. Three terminal insertion modules 7 are arranged according to the type of terminals to be inserted into the connector housing. The first terminal insertion module 7a inserts, for example, a type A terminal into the connector housing, and the second terminal insertion module 7b inserts, for example, a type B terminal into the connector housing, and the third terminal insertion module 7b
The terminal insertion module 7c of (1) inserts, for example, a class c terminal into the connector housing.

Also in this terminal insertion module 7, the number of arrays may be increased when the number of terminals is increased, and the number of arrays may be decreased when the types of terminals are decreased. A continuity inspection module 8 is connected to the downstream side of the terminal insertion module 7. In the continuity inspection module 8, the inspection coupler is connected to the connector housing in which the terminal is inserted, and the electric continuity of the wired electric wire is inspected. When the wiring board 9 having an electric wire with poor continuity is found as a result of the continuity inspection, the wiring board 9 may be automatically removed from the manufacturing line, or the poor continuity is detected. It may be so arranged that the fact that it has been performed is notified.

A buffer module 12 is connected to the downstream side of the continuity inspection module 8, and the wiring board 9 sent to the buffer module 12 is processed as follows in this manufacturing line. Sent to the process. As described above, according to this embodiment, the automated manufacturing apparatus for performing the process of each process is modularized in each process. Therefore, it is possible to set the number of modules for each process forming the manufacturing line according to the wire harness to be manufactured. Therefore, when the wire harness to be manufactured is changed due to the design change of the wire harness, etc., it is sufficient to change the number of modules constituting the manufacturing line or the arrangement order according to the change. It is possible to easily assemble a flexible production line.

The advantages of this embodiment will be described more specifically with reference to the drawings. For example, assume that a certain wire harness production line has a configuration as shown in FIG. That is, one automatic wiring module 1, one peeling module 3, two terminal crimping modules 5a and 5b, and one terminal insertion module 7
It consists of In this case, consider a case where the design of the wire harness is changed and the wire harness to be manufactured is changed to one having an increased number of circuits.
In this case, in order to cope with the design change of the wire harness, as shown in FIG. 2B, the automatic wiring module 1b is added, and two automatic wiring modules 1a, 1 are installed in the production line.
b, and the terminal insertion module 7b is added, so that two terminal insertion modules 7a and 7b are provided in the production line.
By providing the wire harness, it is possible to manufacture a wire harness in which the number of circuits after the change is increased.

The addition or reduction of the modularized device for each process can be done simply by changing the setup, so that it is possible to flexibly deal with the design change of the wire harness without wasting the automated manufacturing device. be able to.
Next, the structural characteristics common to each module will be described. As for each module that performs processing in process units in this embodiment, a required number of necessary modules (including an inspection step) can be connected. In addition, the connection order of the modules can be rearranged in any order according to the manufacturing process of the wire harness. Therefore, in order to be a connectable module in this way, each module must be provided with a common structure that can be connected.

In this embodiment, each module is provided with a common transfer structure as shown in FIG. 3 to realize the above-described connectable structure. FIG. 3 is an illustrative view showing a configuration in which three modules 20A, 20B, 20C are connected in series. Each module 20A, 20
B and 20C have a common configuration, respectively, and include base frames 21A, 21B and 21C and a transport device 22.
A, 22B, and 22C are provided (hereinafter, when the modules, the base frame, and the carrier are collectively referred to, the alphabetical symbols A, B, and C added after the numbers 20, 21, and 22 are omitted).

One of the features of this common structure is that the carrying device 22 provided in the base frame 21 is formed with a protruding portion 23 protruding from the base frame 21 by a predetermined length L0. . In this embodiment, the protruding portion 23 is adapted to be able to enter, for example, a module on the upstream side in the manufacturing line. By doing so, there is an advantage that when the wiring board is conveyed from the upstream module, for example, the module 20A to the module 20B connected to the downstream side, the wiring board can be delivered and received smoothly. Further, there is an advantage that a separate transfer device does not have to be inserted between the modules 20A and 20B.

It should be noted that the protruding portion 23 may be designed to enter the downstream module instead of entering the upstream module. Another feature of the common configuration described above is that between modules that are interconnected, for example between modules 20A, 20B and 20C,
The arrangement positions of the transport devices 22A, 22B, and 20C are, for example, the left half side in the width direction of the base frame 21A, the right half side in the width direction of the base frame 21B, and the left side in the width direction of the base frame 21C. This means that they are alternately arranged on the opposite side in the width direction, such as the half side. With such an arrangement structure, even if each protruding portion 23 enters into the module 20 on the upstream side, it can be prevented from colliding with the conveying device 22 provided in the module 20, and moreover, the predetermined length L0. Since the protruding portion 23 partially overlaps with the transport device 22 of the upstream module 20 in parallel, it is possible to deliver the wiring board from the upstream module, for example, the transport device 22A of the module 20A to the transport device 22B of the downstream module 20B. It becomes.

The lengths L1, L2 and L3 of the base frame 21 in each module 20 may be different or the same for each module. Further, the width of the base frame 21 in each module 20 may be different for each module or may be common. Next, a common configuration in each module 20 will be described by taking a specific configuration example.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a specific example of the common structure of the modules, FIG. 5 is its front view, and FIG. 6 is its right side view. Referring to FIGS. 4 to 6, the module 20 includes a lower base frame 21 having a rectangular parallelepiped outer shape.
a and an upper base frame 21b mounted on the lower base frame 21a are provided, and four casters with stoppers 2 are provided on the lower portion of the lower base frame 21a.
4 is attached. Therefore, the lower base frame 21a and the upper base frame 21b are easy to move, can be easily placed at desired positions, and can be made immobile at the placement positions.

The transfer device 22 includes a lower base frame 21a.
It has a longitudinal mounting member 25 secured to it. A first pulley 26 is provided at the right end of the attachment member 25, and a second pulley 27 is provided at the left end of the attachment member 25. The conveyance timing belt 28 is provided between the first pulley 26 and the second pulley 27. Has been bridged. A timing pulley 33 attached via a bearing mechanism 32 is connected to the first pulley 26. Also, the lower base frame 21a
Is a servo motor 3 which is a drive source of the carrying device 22.
4 is attached. A drive pulley 36 is attached to the rotary shaft 35 of the servomotor 34, and a timing belt 37 is stretched between the drive pulley 36 and the timing pulley 33 described above. Therefore, the rotational force of the servo motor 34 is transmitted to the timing pulley 33 via the drive pulley 36 and the timing belt 37, and the rotation of the timing pulley 33 is transmitted to the first pulley 26 via the bearing mechanism 32 and the first pulley 26. The conveyance timing belt 28 is driven by the rotation of.

The connecting member 2 is attached to the conveying timing belt 28.
The moving member 30 is attached via 9. The moving member 30 is guided by a guide rail 31 provided on the upper portion of the mounting member 25 and extending parallel to the conveyor belt 28, and is movable in the left-right direction in FIG. 4 or 5. Therefore, when the transport timing belt 28 is driven, the transport timing belt 28 moves the moving member 30 connected by the transport timing belt 28 and the connecting member 29 in the left-right direction.

The moving member 30 is a member having a predetermined length in the moving direction, and is spaced apart from the moving direction by a predetermined distance.
Two pin units 38a and 38b are attached. The pin units 38a and 38b respectively include positioning pins 39a and
39b is provided. The distance between the two positioning pins 39a and 39b is, for example, 505 mm. The positioning pins 39a and 39b are adapted to be engaged with the feed holes formed in the wiring plate by being raised.

As described above, by using the two positioning pins 39 and by arranging the two positioning pins 39 at a predetermined interval, the wiring board is accurately positioned during the transportation of the wiring board so that it does not rattle. It has the advantage that it can be transported. In other words, if there is only one positioning pin 39, the wiring board may rattle in the direction intersecting with the carrying direction during carrying. However, as in this embodiment, the two positioning pins 39a, 39a,
If 39b is provided and the positioning pins 39a, 39b are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, the two positioning pins 39a, 39a,
The wiring board is reliably positioned by 39b and is transported without rattling.

As a modification, the positioning pin 39 is used.
There may be three or more, and the wiring board may be positioned and conveyed by more pins. Also,
If the transport device is provided with a transport guide guide that prevents the wiring board from rattling in the direction intersecting the transport direction during transport,
The positioning pin 39 may be only one.

A feature of this module 20 is that the left end (left end in FIG. 4 or FIG. 5) of the conveying device 22 is a protruding portion 23 protruding leftward from the base frames 21a and 21b. This protruding portion 23
The protruding dimension of L is set to L0 (for example, L0 is a dimension obtained by adding a predetermined margin α to the distance 505 mm between the two positioning pins 39a and 39b, that is, L0 = 505 mm + α), and the moving member 30 reaches the leftmost side. The right positioning pin 39 of the two positioning pins 39a and 39b attached to the moving member 30 in the moved state.
b is configured to be able to protrude from the guide frames 21a and 21b.

The protruding portion 23 is the module 2
When another module is connected to the left side of 0, the module enters the base frame of the module. Then, the wiring board sent into the other module is pushed out to the protruding portion 2
The two positioning pins 39a and 39b of No. 3 can be received and can be taken in into this module 20.

The module 20 further includes a proximity sensor 41 for detecting a wiring plate on the upper base frame 21b.
A wiring board stopping cylinder 42 provided near the proximity sensor 41 is provided. In FIG. 4 or FIG.
When the wiring board is conveyed from the left side, the tip of the wiring board conveyed by the proximity sensor 41 is detected. The detection output of the proximity sensor 41 is a cylinder control device (not shown).
And the cylinder 42 is raised in response to the detected output. Then, the leading end of the delivered wiring board collides with the lifted cylinder 42 and is stopped.

On the rear surface of the wiring board stopped in this way, feed holes are formed at positions facing the positioning pins 39a and 39b. Therefore, the positioning pins 39a,
When 39b is raised, it is inserted into the feed hole of the wiring board.
Then, after that, the cylinder 42 is lowered. In the upper left part of FIG. 5, the first stop position of the wiring board 9 is shown by a two-dot chain line. The wiring plate 9 in a state where the positioning pins 39a and 39b are inserted into the feed holes of the wiring plate 9 and conveyed to the right end is shown by a two-dot chain line in the upper right portion.

In this state, the protruding portion 23B of the conveying device of the next module (not shown) connected to the right side of the module 20 enters the module 20 as indicated by the one-dot chain line in FIG. Then, the wiring board 9 is delivered to (the protruding portion 23B of) the conveying device of the next module, and is conveyed to the next module. 4 or 6, reference numeral 43 indicates a roller that holds both sides of the wiring board when the wiring board is conveyed.

Further, in FIG. 4 or 6, reference numeral 44 indicates a processing mechanism mount. The processing mechanism mounting base 44 is for mounting a peeling processing mechanism when the module 20 is assembled as a peeling module, for example. The arrangement position of the mounting base 44 is, for example, the position shown in FIG. 4, and the mounting base can be made large or the position can be changed according to the type of the processing mechanism to be mounted.

FIG. 7 is an illustrative view for explaining the feed holes of the wiring plate 9 used in this manufacturing system. As shown in FIG. 7, at least two sets of feed holes 45 and 46 are formed on the lower surface of the wiring plate 9. One set of feed holes 4
5 is a crossing direction (width direction) with respect to the conveying direction of the wiring board 9.
For example, it is provided on the left side, and the other set of feed holes 46 is provided on the right side. And which set of holes 45 (46)
Also has two holes 45a and 45b (46a and 46b), and the distance between the holes 45a and 45b (46a and 46b) is equal to a predetermined dimension, for example, the distance between the positioning pins 39a and 39b in this embodiment. Interval of 505m
It is supposed to be m.

Of the two sets of feed holes, one set of feed holes 4
The reference numeral 5 is for the positioning pin to be inserted and transported in the preceding module. The other set of feed holes 46 is for inserting a positioning pin in the next module. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a modified example of the feed holes of the wiring plate 9. Wire plate feed holes 45, 46
May be formed around the center of the wiring plate 9 as shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 8B, for example, six feed holes 45a, 45b, 45c, 4 are provided.
6a, 46b, 46c are formed, of which A
Two sets of feed holes 1 and A2 or two sets of feed holes B1 and B2 may be used to convey the wiring board 9.

In addition, the present invention can be variously modified based on the scope of the claims.

[0046]

As described above, the present invention provides an automated wire harness manufacturing system capable of flexibly coping with a change in type or design of a wire harness to be manufactured. can do. In particular, according to the present invention, the number of processing modules for each process can be increased or decreased according to the content of the wire harness to be manufactured. Therefore, the system can easily change the setup of the manufacturing line according to the wire harness to be manufactured. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a manufacturing line showing an example of a wire harness manufacturing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for specifically explaining the advantage of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an illustrative view showing a configuration in which three modules are connected in series, and is a diagram for explaining a configuration common to each module.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a specific example of a common configuration of modules.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a specific example of a common configuration of modules.

FIG. 6 is a right side view showing a specific example of a common configuration of modules.

FIG. 7 is an illustrative view for explaining a feed hole of a wiring plate used in the manufacturing system of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a modified example of the feed holes of the wiring plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 1a, 1b, 1c Automatic wiring module 2 Automatic tape fastening module 3, 3a, 3b Stripping module 4 Stripping inspection module 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d Terminal crimping module 6 Crimping inspection module 7, 7a, 7b, 7c Terminal insertion module 8 Continuity test module 9 Wiring board 11 Transport / buffer module 12 Buffer module 20, 20A, 20B, 20C Module 21, 21A, 21B, 21C Base frame 22, 22A, 22B, 22C Transport device 23 Overhang of transport device 23 Part 39a, 39b Positioning pin 45, 46 Feed hole for wiring plate

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued Front Page (72) Inventor Akira Goto 1-3-3 Shimaya, Konohana-ku, Osaka City Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Osaka Plant (72) Inventor Yoshio Takenami 1 Nishisuehiro-cho, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie Prefecture No. 14 Inside Sumitomo Wiring Systems Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Fujio Ogawa No. 14 Nishisuehiro-cho, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie Prefecture No. 14 Inside Sumitomo Wiring Systems Co., Ltd. (72) Teiji Sakuma No. 14 Nishisuehiro-cho, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie Prefecture Sumitomo Wiring Systems Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takashi Kobayashi 1-14 Nishisuehiro-cho, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie Sumitomo Wiring Systems Co., Ltd. (72) Yuichi Ito 1-14 Nishisuehiro-cho, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie Sumitomo Denso Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A wire harness comprising a plurality of steps such as laying a standard length wire, stripping the wire end, crimping the terminal to the wire end, and inserting the crimped terminal into a connector is automated using a mechanical device. In the system, a device for performing the process of each process is modularized in process units, and a predetermined number of modularized device units are arranged and connected for each process. Wire harness manufacturing system. 2. The wire harness manufacturing system according to claim 1, wherein the wiring board is sequentially transferred from the modularized apparatus to the apparatus, and the wiring harness is made up on the wiring board. The modularized device includes a base, a process mechanism attached to the base, and a transfer device attached to the base, the base being made connectable to the bases of other modularized devices. The transfer device includes a part for transferring the wiring board in the base,
It is characterized in that it protrudes from the base and has a protruding portion that penetrates into the base of the other device when the base is connected to the base of the other modularized device.