NO810982L - PROCEDURE AND APPARATUS FOR INTRODUCING A FLAT CONNECTOR SINGLE LEADERS IN A MACHINE - Google Patents

PROCEDURE AND APPARATUS FOR INTRODUCING A FLAT CONNECTOR SINGLE LEADERS IN A MACHINE

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NO810982L
NO810982L NO810982A NO810982A NO810982L NO 810982 L NO810982 L NO 810982L NO 810982 A NO810982 A NO 810982A NO 810982 A NO810982 A NO 810982A NO 810982 L NO810982 L NO 810982L
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pusher
machine
processing machine
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ribbon cable
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Walter Degle
Rudolf Granzer
August Kraus
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Siemens Ag
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/28Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups H01R43/02 - H01R43/26
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/50Fixed connections
    • H01R12/59Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70Coupling devices
    • H01R12/77Coupling devices for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/02Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for soldered or welded connections
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/04Apparatus 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

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  • Manufacturing Of Electrical Connectors (AREA)
  • Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)

Description

Oppfinnelsen angår en innretning og en fremgangsmåte til innføring av en flatbåndlednings enkeltledere i en bearbeidelsesmaskin. Problemet med å føre en flatbåndlednings enkeltledere inn i en bearbeidelsesmaskin ble hittil løst ved at en betjenings-person leter frem enkeltledere fra båndledningen og fører dem inn i bearbeidelsesmaskinen for hånd. I den forbindelse er det nødvendig først å avisolere ledningen omhyggelig så enkelttrådene ikke blir kappet eller får skår. Avisoleringen må velges slik at lederenden rager noe utenfor krympehylsen inn i det indre av kontakten og begynnelsen av isolasjonen blir liggende mellom krympehylsen og isolasjonsholderen. Den avisolerte ledning blir så via prismet hos et tildekningsvern ført inn til anslaget. Derpå betjenes en pedalbryter ved hvis hjelp krympestempelet trykker ledningen inn i krympetilslutningene og krymper den på. Etter avsluttet krympeoperasjon blir den påkrympede kontakt trukket ut. I den forbindelse må denne undertiden også dreies 90° dersom det dreier seg om kontakter med låsehaker oventil eller nedentil. The invention relates to a device and a method for inserting the individual conductors of a flat ribbon cable into a processing machine. The problem of feeding the individual conductors of a flat ribbon cable into a processing machine was until now solved by an operator looking for individual conductors from the ribbon cable and feeding them into the processing machine by hand. In this connection, it is first necessary to strip the cable carefully so that the individual wires are not cut or chipped. The stripping must be chosen so that the conductor end protrudes somewhat outside the shrink sleeve into the interior of the contact and the beginning of the insulation lies between the shrink sleeve and the insulation holder. The stripped wire is then fed into the stop via the prism of a covering guard. A pedal switch is then operated, with the help of which the crimping piston presses the wire into the crimp connections and crimps it on. After the crimping operation is completed, the crimped-on contact is pulled out. In this connection, this sometimes also has to be turned 90° if it concerns contacts with locking hooks above or below.

Ved denne metode er det uheldig at en relativt enkel operasjon blir meget arbeidskrevende så den innebærer stor på-kostning med hensyn til både tid og pris. With this method, it is unfortunate that a relatively simple operation becomes very labor-intensive, so it involves a large cost in terms of both time and price.

Den foreliggende oppfinnelses oppgave er å gi anvisningThe task of the present invention is to provide guidance

på en anordning og en fremgangsmåte hvormed innføringen av enkeltledere hos en flatbåndledning i en bearbeidelsesmaskin blir automatisert. on a device and a method by which the introduction of individual conductors of a flat ribbon cable into a processing machine is automated.

For løsning av denne oppgave gir oppfinnelsen anvisningThe invention provides instructions for solving this task

på en slik utformning av konfeksjoneringsautomaten at der er anordnet en første skyver som kan manøvreres i forlengs- og baklengs-retning og i sin grunnstilling står foran en. stigesjakt hvori flatbåndledningen kan forskyves nedenfra og oppover eller omvendt ved hjelp av en holder som befinner seg ved siden av stigesjakten, at skyveren ved sitt mot holderen vendende forreste hjørne har en kvartsirkelformig konvekst forløpende uttagning og forkanten av første skyver forløper svakt fallende fra denne uttagning i retning bakover, at der bak stigesjakten og sideforskutt i retning mot holderen er anordnet en annen skyver som er bevegelig på tvers av den første skyvers bevegelsesretning, on such a design of the packaging machine that there is arranged a first pusher which can be maneuvered in the forward and backward direction and in its basic position stands in front of one. ladder shaft in which the flat band wire can be moved from below upwards or vice versa by means of a holder which is located next to the ladder shaft, that the pusher at its front corner facing the holder has a quarter-circular convex continuous recess and the front edge of the first pusher runs gently falling from this recess in direction backwards, that behind the ladder shaft and laterally offset in the direction of the holder, another pusher is arranged which is movable across the direction of movement of the first pusher,

og hvis forkant er hvelvet omtrent kvartsirkelformig utover og er avpasset til den første skyver med hensyn til sin form-givning, at holderen er sammenkoblet med et palverk, og at and whose leading edge is vaulted approximately quarter-circle outwards and is adapted to the first pusher with regard to its design, that the holder is connected to a palisade, and that

bearbeidelsesmaskinen er anordnet bak den annen skyver sett i den første skyvers bevegelsesretning. the processing machine is arranged behind the second pusher seen in the direction of movement of the first pusher.

Fremgangsmåten ifølge oppfinnelsen forløper slik at skyveren til å begynne med i et første skritt ved innspent flatbåndledning beveges mot den øverste leder frem til et anslag og bearbeidelsesmaskinen betjenes, at den første skyver derpå igjen blir bragt til grunnstilling og den annen skyver forskjøvet på tvers av den første skyvers bevegelsesretning, at der i et følgende skritt aktiveres et palverk hvorved holderen og dermed flatbåndledningen blir flyttet en leder-tykkelse oppover eller nedover, og at den annen skyver derpå igjen blir bragt i grunnstilling. The method according to the invention proceeds in such a way that initially, in a first step, the pusher is moved towards the top conductor until a stop is reached and the processing machine is operated, that the first pusher is then brought back to the basic position and the second pusher is shifted across it first pusher's direction of movement, that in a following step a paling is activated whereby the holder and thus the flat band cable is moved one conductor thickness upwards or downwards, and that the second pusher is then brought back to the basic position.

Bearbeidelsesmaskinen kan her enten være en krympemaskin eller en loddemaskin. The processing machine can here either be a crimping machine or a soldering machine.

Ved hjelp av denne anordning og denne fremgangsmåte oppnår man den fordel at det blir mulig å bearbeide vesentlig flere enkeltledere pr. tidsenhet. Videre er kassering pga. av menneskelig svikt langt på vei utelukket, og der blir langt på vei sikret samme stabilitet av tilslutningen for hver enkelt leder. Også ved denne fremgangsmåte må flatbåndledningen være passende forlenget og oppspleiset. Det kan imidlertid likeledes skje i en automatisk operasjon. With the help of this device and this method, one achieves the advantage that it becomes possible to process significantly more individual conductors per unit of time. Furthermore, disposal is due to of human failure is largely ruled out, and there the same stability of approval is ensured for each individual leader. Also with this method, the flat ribbon cable must be suitably extended and spliced. However, it can also happen in an automatic operation.

Anordningen og fremgangsmåten ifølge oppfinnelsen vil bli nærmere belyst i det følgende under henvisning til tegningen som anskueliggjør de suksessive stadier av fremgangsmåten. The device and method according to the invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to the drawing which illustrates the successive stages of the method.

Fig. 1 viser grunnstillingen.Fig. 1 shows the basic position.

Fig. 2 viser stillingen etter at en leder er bøyet i vinkel. Fig. 3 viser stillingen etter bearbeidelsesoperasjonen i bearbeidelsesmaskinen. Fig. 4 viser stillingen etter viderekobling av holde-magasinet, og Fig. 2 shows the position after a conductor has been bent at an angle. Fig. 3 shows the position after the processing operation in the processing machine. Fig. 4 shows the position after forwarding the holding magazine, and

fig. 5 viser sluttstillingen før neste bearbeidelsessyklus. fig. 5 shows the final position before the next machining cycle.

På fig. 1 ses maskinkomponentene i stillingen før begynnelsen av arbeidssyklusen. Høyre del av figuren er et frontriss og venstre del et sideriss. Skyveren 1 befinner seg i grunnstilling og er anordnet bak stigesjakten 4. I stigesjakten 4 ligger den avisolerte flatbåndledning 5, som holdes av et magasin utformet som holder 6. Denne holder 6 er samtidig kombinert med et palverk 3 som etter hver arbeidssyklus løfter flatbåndledningen opp en lederbredde. Bak stigesjakten ligger en annen skyver 2 side-forskjøvet i forhold til skyveren 1. Bearbeidelsesmaskinen 9 In fig. 1 shows the machine components in their position before the start of the work cycle. The right part of the figure is a front view and the left part a side view. The pusher 1 is in the basic position and is arranged behind the ladder shaft 4. In the ladder shaft 4 is the stripped flat ribbon cable 5, which is held by a magazine designed as a holder 6. This holder 6 is simultaneously combined with a palisade 3 which, after each work cycle, lifts the flat ribbon cable up a conductor width. Behind the ladder shaft is another pusher 2, laterally offset in relation to pusher 1. Processing machine 9

er anordnet bak de to skyvere. Den første skyver 1 har på sin forside som vender mot holderen, en kvartsirkelformet uttagning, mens skyveren 2 har en motsvarende kvartsirkelformet hvelving 10. Mens skyveren 1 kan beveges frem og tilbake, blir skyveren 2 beveget på tvers av denne bevegelsesretning, men tidsforskjøvet. is arranged behind the two pushers. The first pusher 1 has, on its front facing the holder, a quarter-circle-shaped recess, while the pusher 2 has a corresponding quarter-circle-shaped vault 10. While the pusher 1 can be moved back and forth, the pusher 2 is moved across this direction of movement, but time-shifted.

Fig. 2 viser første bearbeidelsesskritt i arbeidssyklusen. Skyveren 1 er her beveget frem til et anslag, hvorved der mellom skyveren 1 og skyveren 2, som ennå står i grunnstilling, fremkommer en kulisseføring ved hvis hjelp lederen 8 hos båndledningen 5 blir ombøyet omtrent i rett vinkel. Samtidig blir enden av lederen 8 skjøvet inn under,det respektive verktøy hos bearbeidelsesmaskinen 9, som kan være enten en krympe-eller en loddemaskin. Bearbeidelsesmaskinen betjenes, og bearbeidelsesoperasjonen utløses. Metodens tredje skritt er vist på fig. 3. Første skyver 1 er i mellomtiden igjen kjørt tilbake til grunnstillingen, og deretter blir skyveren 2 Fig. 2 shows the first processing step in the work cycle. The pusher 1 is here moved up to a stop, whereby between the pusher 1 and the pusher 2, which is still in the basic position, a slide guide appears with the help of which the conductor 8 of the ribbon cable 5 is bent approximately at a right angle. At the same time, the end of the conductor 8 is pushed under the respective tool of the processing machine 9, which can be either a crimping machine or a soldering machine. The processing machine is operated, and the processing operation is triggered. The third step of the method is shown in fig. 3. In the meantime, first pusher 1 has again been driven back to the basic position, and then pusher 2

kjørt ut på tvers av bevegelsesretningen for den første skyver 1, hvorved lederen 9, som nu er blitt forsynt med en kabelsko 11, igjen blir bøyet tilbake inn i stigesjakten 4. driven out across the direction of movement of the first pusher 1, whereby the conductor 9, which has now been provided with a cable shoe 11, is again bent back into the ladder shaft 4.

Fig. 4 viser det stadium av fremgangsmåten hvor palverket 3 har løftet magasinet 6 et skritt svarende til diameteren av en leder 8 hos flatbåndledningen 5. Den bearbeidede leder forlater tilførselskanalen, og neste leder blir bragt på plass i stigesjakten og ligger nu foran tilførselskanalen. Fig. 4 shows the stage of the process where the pallet 3 has lifted the magazine 6 a step corresponding to the diameter of a conductor 8 of the flat band line 5. The processed conductor leaves the supply channel, and the next conductor is brought into place in the ladder shaft and now lies in front of the supply channel.

Siste stadium av fremgangsmåten ses på fig. 5. Skyveren 2 er likeledes igjen kjørt tilbake til grunnstilling, og hele arbeidssyklusen kan nu påbegynnes på nytt. The last stage of the method can be seen in fig. 5. Slider 2 is likewise driven back to the basic position, and the entire work cycle can now begin again.

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1. Konfeksjoneringsautomat for innføring av en flatbåndlednings enkeltledere i en bearbeidelsesmaskin, karakterisert ved at der er anordnet en første skyver (1) som kan manøvreres i retning forlengs og baklengs og i sin grunnstilling står foran en stigesjakt (4) hvori flatbåndledningen (5) kan forskyves nedenfra og oppover eller omvendt ved hjelp av en holder (6) som sitter ved siden av stigesjakten (4), at skyveren ved sitt mot holderen (6) vendende forreste hjørne har en kvart-1. Assembly machine for introducing the individual conductors of a flat ribbon cable into a processing machine, characterized in that a first pusher (1) is arranged which can be maneuvered in the forward and backward direction and in its basic position stands in front of a ladder shaft (4) in which the flat ribbon cable (5) can is moved from below upwards or vice versa with the help of a holder (6) which sits next to the ladder shaft (4), that the pusher at its front corner facing the holder (6) has a quarter- sirkelformig konvekst forløpende uttagning (7) og forkanten av første skyver (1) forløper svakt fallende fra denne uttagning (7) i retning bakover, at der bak stigesjakten og sideforskutt i retning mot holderen (6) er anordnet en annen skyver (2) som er bevegelig på tvers av første skyvers (1) bevegelsesretning, og hvis forkant er hvelvet omtrent kvartsirkelformig og er avpasset etter den første skyver (1) med hensyn til sin form-givning, at holderen (6) er sammenkoblet med et palverk (3), og at bearbeidelsesmaskinen (9) er anordnet bak annen skyver (2) sett i første skyvers (1) bevegelsesretning. circular, convexly extending cut-out (7) and the front edge of the first pusher (1) runs slightly downwards from this cut-out (7) in a backward direction, so that behind the ladder shaft and laterally offset in the direction of the holder (6) another pusher (2) is arranged which is movable across the direction of movement of the first slider (1), and whose front edge is roughly quarter-circularly vaulted and is adapted to the first pusher (1) with respect to its shape, that the holder (6) is connected to a paling (3), and that the processing machine (9) is arranged behind the second pusher (2) seen in the direction of movement of the first pusher (1). 2. Fremgangsmåte til innføring av en flatbåndlednings enkeltledere i en bearbeidelsesmaskin, karakterisert ved at skyveren (1) i et første skritt ved innspent flatbåndledning (5) først manøvreres i forlengs retning mot den øverste leder (8) frem til et anslag og bearbeidelsesmaskinen betjenes, at.den første skyver (1) derpå igjen blir bragt til grunnstilling og den annen skyver (2) forskyves på tvers av første skyvers (1) bevegelsesretning, at der i et følgende skritt aktiveres et palverk (3), hvorved holderen (6) og dermed flatbåndledningen (5) blir forskjøvet en lederbredde oppover resp. nedover, og at annen skyver (2) derpå igjen blir bragt til grunnstilling. 2. Procedure for introducing the individual conductors of a flat ribbon cable into a processing machine, characterized in that the pusher (1) in a first step with the flat ribbon cable (5) clamped in is first maneuvered in the direction of extension towards the uppermost conductor (8) until a stop and the processing machine is operated, that. the first pusher (1) is then brought back to the basic position and the second pusher (2) is displaced across the direction of movement of the first pusher (1), that in a following step a paling mechanism (3) is activated, whereby the holder (6) and thus the flat ribbon cable (5) is shifted one conductor width upwards or downwards, and that the second pusher (2) is then again brought to the basic position. 3. Automat resp. fremgangsmåte som angitt i krav 1 eller 2, karakterisert ved at bearbeidelsesmaskinen er en krympemaskin. 3. Vending machine or method as stated in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the processing machine is a crimping machine. 4. Automat resp. fremgangsmåte som angitt i krav 1 eller 2, karakterisert ved at bearbeidelsesmaskinen er en loddemaskin.4. Vending machine or method as specified in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the processing machine is a soldering machine.
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