Classifications

• • 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
  • H01R43/01—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for connecting unstripped conductors to contact members having insulation cutting edges

Definitions

• the invention relates to a tool for attaching cables to insulation displacement connectors according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
• Stop tools that are manually guided to an actuator housing, are docked there by manual operation and trigger a pneumatic movement for the stop process by triggering a switch.
• the invention has for its object to provide a tool for attaching cables to insulation displacement connectors, which are held by a receiving device, which is automatically manageable and can be carried out with the attachment operations at different locations.
• the tool according to the invention has, according to claim 1, a tool changing device with which it can be gripped and stored by a handling device, for example an industrial robot. Furthermore, the tool has docking elements with which it can be fastened or docked on the receiving device for the plug housing of the insulation displacement connector.
• the tool has sensors that detect the correct positioning in the direction of the docking movement to the receiving device and the correct positioning for the insulation displacement connector.
• a potentiometer connected in parallel with the longitudinal guide for detecting the correct position of the tool and a proximity switch for detecting the correct position for the insulation displacement connector can be used.
• the docking elements can be made from e.g. pneumatically moved bolts that can be moved transversely to the docking direction, as well as centering bolts for correct centering.
• the state of the docking pin can be detected according to claim 5 via proximity switches.
• the state of the stamp row with which the actual striking process takes place can also be detected via further proximity switches.
• the row of stamps can be actuated by means of a pneumatic cylinder housed in the tool.
• the actuation of the pneumatic cylinder can done by the handling device, for example by the industrial robot.
• a spring-loaded longitudinal guide can be provided on the tool, through which positioning tolerances of the handling device in the docking direction can be compensated.
• Fig. 1 is a side view of a tool according to the invention
• Fig. 2 is a view of this tool from the front.
• the tool shown in Figures 1 and 2 for attaching cables to insulation displacement connectors, not shown, has a tool changing device 1, which enables the tool to be gripped, actuated and put away again by means of a handling device, for example an industrial robot.
• the tool changing device 1 is connected to the actual tool 2 by a spring-loaded longitudinal guide 3, not shown in detail, which allows a relative displacement of the changing device 1 with respect to the actual tool 2 in the direction of the arrows 4. Positioning tolerances of the handling device guiding the tool can be compensated for by this relative displacement.
• the actual tool 2 is a pneumatic cylinder 5, which actuates the punch 6, by means of the feed movement thereof in the direction of the arrow 7, previously laid cables, not shown, are pressed into insulation displacement connectors, also not shown, the cables being additionally cut off and stripped.
• the tool 2 furthermore has docking bolts 9 and centering bolts 10 which can be displaced in the direction of the arrows 8 and which allow an andocking to the receiving device (not shown) for the housing of the insulation displacement connector.
• the displaceable docking bolts 9 are actuated by an actuating device, not shown, accommodated in the side parts 11 of the tool 2, for example a pneumatic cylinder.
• the tool changing device 1 and 2 works as follows: With the aid of the tool changing device 1, the tool is gripped by a handling device, for example an industrial robot, and transferred to a (not shown) holding device for the plug housing of an insulation displacement connector. Positioning tolerances of the handling device in the vertical direction can be compensated for by the spring-loaded longitudinal guide 3. With the help of the movable docking bolts 9, the tool is docked onto the receiving device and positioned in the correct position by the centering bolts 10.
• the industrial robot then actuates the cylinder 5 so that the punches 6 are advanced in the direction of the arrow 7.
• This feed movement presses the cables previously laid - for example, also by the industrial robots - into the insulation displacement connectors, thereby cutting and stripping them.
• the tool can be moved upwards with the handling device (arrow direction 11).
• the tool can be easily connected to the electronic control of the industrial robot and can be controlled by it in a manner that is suitable for automation.

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• 1986
  • 1986-03-04 DE DE19863607060 patent/DE3607060A1/de active Granted
• 1987
  • 1987-02-28 EP EP87901367A patent/EP0260285A1/de not_active Ceased
  • 1987-02-28 WO PCT/DE1987/000082 patent/WO1987005449A1/de not_active Application Discontinuation

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