EP0277279B1 - Method and apparatus for facing housings with crimped electrical conductors - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method of the type mentioned in the preamble of claim 1 and a device of the type mentioned in the preamble of claim 5 for equipping housings with crimped electrical lines.
- DE-OS 27 02 188 a sorting scheme shown in Fig. 5 of DE-OS is described, with which the provided with an electrical connector, in one plane and at a distance from each other, line ends can be brought to different housing chamber grids, which are the same or smaller than the original line spacing caused by the transport.
- the cable ends are lifted out of the transport level and combed into the side of the housing chamber grid.
- DE-OS 27 40 377 discloses a method and a device for automatically collecting electrical connectors, each crimped onto a conductor, for fitting housings. After crimping, the connectors are still on the holding strip and are guided on the holding strip, then separated and held by the holding strip, the connectors protruding from the holder with their front free end regions. With the brackets a connector is transported in front of the opening of a housing chamber and until the chamber partially overlaps the connector. Then the cable is clamped just behind the connector, the connector holder is released and the connector with the conductor clamp is pushed fully into the housing chamber to the desired depth. This known method or this known device cannot be used for sorting.
- a method and a device of the type mentioned at the outset are known from EP-A-0 040 491. Accordingly, a transport device in the form of a collector block is provided, which transports the collected lines step by step to a removal point.
- the invention has for its object to provide a method and an apparatus of the type mentioned that work even faster.
- the transport chain 3 has clamping or holding elements into which the lines 1 or connectors of the line 1 are placed or pressed in the direction of the arrow 1a with a corresponding transfer device (not shown).
- the drive system of the transport chain 3 is coupled to the drive system of the transport system 2 in such a way that synchronism in the transport direction (arrow direction 4) is ensured.
- the transport chain 3 need not be designed as a chain. Rather, any means of transport that has clamping means can be used, which are positioned so that no device elements are arranged above the lines 1 and the lines are freely accessible from above.
- a collector block 5 is arranged directly above the transport chain 3 and can be moved in steps in the direction of the arrow 6 in or against the transport direction 4.
- the distance above the transport chain 3 is e.g. a conductor thickness or connector thickness and is preferably not greater than three times these dimensions.
- the collector block 5 has clamping elements 7 on the underside with which the lines 1 or connectors of the lines 1 can be held. The lateral spacing of the clamping elements 7 from one another is very much smaller than the spacing of the clamping elements on the transport chain 3.
- the collector block 5 is connected to a collector transport device (not shown) which moves the collector block 5 back and forth in a predeterminable manner over the transport chain 3 in such a way that a predetermined clamping element 7 holds over a predetermined line when the transport chain 3 is at a standstill and the conductor can be transferred to the clamping element 7 with a suitable transfer device (not shown) acting in the direction of the arrow 8.
- the transfer device can be a pusher that presses a line 1 out of the clamping element of the transport chain 3 into the clamping element 7 of the collector block 5.
- the collector block 5 can be moved so that the transfer location is always at the same point above the transport chain and the transfer takes place when a line 1 with the transport chain 3 has been transported to this location.
- the collector block 5 can also be moved so that it at different cycle stops the lines can keep above the transport chain and take over a line, which speeds up the transfer. In the latter case, there is either a transfer element under each accessible cycle stop or the transfer element is attached to the collector block 5 and travels with it.
- the collector block 5 When the collector block 5 is filled, it is transferred to a separate removal device (not shown). The transfer takes place in the direction of transport 4 viewed behind the last cycle stop of the transport chain 3 (see marked position X in the drawing in FIG. 1).
- the removal device has a transport path 9 in the direction of the arrow 10 which corresponds to a rectangle, the transport path 9 being in one vertical level is located above the transport chain 3.
- the filled collector block 5 is held in the removal device in such a way that after the removal it is transported into the vertical path 9a and stopped there pivoted by 90 °.
- the top line 1 is then located at a fixed removal point 11 (FIG. 2). Then a step-by-step transport takes place, preferably with the corresponding programmable removal device, the step length corresponding in each case to the distance between the clamping elements 7.
- a housing transport device 12 Downstream of the removal point 11 in the transport direction 4 is a housing transport device 12, which holds a housing 16 and can transport up and down in the direction of the arrow 13 and back and forth in the direction of the arrow 14 such that the opening of each chamber 15 of the housing 16 held to one Assembly point 17 can be transported.
- the assembly point 17 is from the removal point 11 in the transport direction 4 a piece away.
- transport tongs 19 are provided which are guided with a drive device (not shown) on the vertical, rectangular transport path 18 in the direction of the arrow 20.
- the lower corner points of the transport path 18 are located in the tapping point 11 and the assembly point 17, so that the pliers 19 at the tapping point 11 can remove a line 1 or the connector of the line 1 from the clamping element 7, which is located there, and on can carry the assembly point 17.
- the connector is pushed into the chamber 15 of the housing either with the pliers 19 or with a separate device (not shown), the opening of which is then just in front of the assembly point 17.
- the housing transport device 12 conveys the housing 16 stepwise in the direction of the arrow 14 until the chambers 15 of a row of housing chambers are filled, and then moves the housing 16 one step in the direction of the arrow 13, so that the opening of the first chamber of a series of housing chambers following up or down at the assembly point 17 is located. In this respect, the housing is only transported step by step by one housing chamber distance.
- the transport tongs 19 move upwards a short distance and then back again in the direction of the arrow 21 to the removal point 11 and then down to the removal point 11.
- the pliers 19 are designed such that they can pivot through 90 ° so that the line 1 is rotated through its longitudinal axis and thus also the connector of the line through 90 °. The connector can then be placed in a housing chamber that requires this location.
- the device according to the invention expediently has two collector blocks 5 and 5a operated alternately, so that when collector block 5 collects, collector block 5a can be emptied and is located on the transport path 9a.
- the emptied collector block 5a is led via the transport path 9a, 9b, 9c onto the transport path 9d and transferred to the collector transport device after the collector block 5 had previously been transferred to the transfer device X at the transfer point X (see FIG. 1).
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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren der im Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1 genannten Art und eine Vorrichtung der im Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 5 genannten Art zum Bestücken von Gehäusen mit gecrimpten, elektrischenLeitungen.The invention relates to a method of the type mentioned in the preamble of
In der DE-OS 27 02 188 wird ein in Fig. 5 der DE-OS dargestelltes Sortierschema beschrieben, mit dem die mit einem elektrischen Verbinder versehenen, in einer Ebene und im Abstand voneinander angeordnete Leitungsenden auf verschiedene Gehäusekammerraster gebracht werden können, die gleich den oder kleiner als die ursprünglichen, durch den Transport bedingten Leitungsabstände sind. Die Leitungsenden werden aus der Transportebene angehoben und seitlich in das Gehäusekammerraster eingekämmt. Mit dieser bekannten Methode kann man zwar auch noch die Reihenfolge zwischen drei aufeinanderfolgenden Leitungen vertauschen; weitergehende Änderungen der Reihenfolge sind aber nicht möglich.In DE-OS 27 02 188 a sorting scheme shown in Fig. 5 of DE-OS is described, with which the provided with an electrical connector, in one plane and at a distance from each other, line ends can be brought to different housing chamber grids, which are the same or smaller than the original line spacing caused by the transport. The cable ends are lifted out of the transport level and combed into the side of the housing chamber grid. With this known method, one can also swap the order between three successive lines; however, further changes in the order are not possible.
Zudem ist aus der DE-OS 27 40 377 ein Verfahren und eine Vorrichtung zum automatischen Sammeln von jeweils an einen Leiter gecrimpten, elektrischen Verbindern zum Bestücken von Gehäusen bekannt. Dabei befinden sich nach dem Crimpen die Verbinder noch am Haltestreifen und werden am Haltestreifen geführt, anschließend vom Haltestreifen getrennt und gehalten, wobei die Verbinder mit ihren vorderen freien Endbereichen aus der Halterung herausragen. Mit den Halterungen wird ein Verbinder vor die Öffnung einer Gehäusekammer transportiert und vorgeschoben, bis die Kammer den Verbinder teilweise übergreift. Dann wird die Leitung kurz hinter dem Verbinder geklemmt, die Halterung des Verbinders aufgegeben und der Verbinder mit der Leiterklemmung bis zur gewünschten Tiefe vollständig in die Gehäusekammer eingeschoben. Mit diesem bekannten Verfahren bzw. mit dieser bekannten Vorrichtung kann nicht sortiert werden.In addition, DE-OS 27 40 377 discloses a method and a device for automatically collecting electrical connectors, each crimped onto a conductor, for fitting housings. After crimping, the connectors are still on the holding strip and are guided on the holding strip, then separated and held by the holding strip, the connectors protruding from the holder with their front free end regions. With the brackets a connector is transported in front of the opening of a housing chamber and until the chamber partially overlaps the connector. Then the cable is clamped just behind the connector, the connector holder is released and the connector with the conductor clamp is pushed fully into the housing chamber to the desired depth. This known method or this known device cannot be used for sorting.
Ein älterer Vorschlag der Anmelderin zeigt einen weiteren einfachen Weg, mit dem an Verbinder gecrimpte Leitungen auf einen bestimmten Gehäuseraster mit sich kreuzenden Leitungen gebracht werden können. Voraussetzung ist auch in diesem Fall, daß sich die gecrimpten Verbinder noch am Haltestreifen befinden. Sie werden einzeln beim Abtrennen vom Haltestreifen mit dem Trennmesser in eine vorbestimmte Ausnehmung eines Sammlerblocks gestoßen, wobei vorher der Sammlerblock hin- und herfährt, bis die gewünschte Anzahl und Reihenfolge seiner Ausnehmungen mit Verbindern gefüllt ist. Danach wird der Sammelblock vor ein Gehäuse transportiert. Dann werden die gesammelten Verbinder en bloc in die Kammern des Verbindergehäuses gesteckt. Der Abstand benachbarter Ausnehmungen im Sammlerblock entspricht dem Raster der Kammern des zu bestückenden Gehäuses. Nach diesem bekannten Verfahren werden die Verbinder schrittweise befördert. Da der Sammlerblock beliebig wählbar seitlich in- und herfahren kann, kann jede beliebige Reihenfolge der Leitungen für das Bestücken eines Gehäuses erstellt werden. Das bekannte Verfahren bzw. die bekannte Vorrichtung arbeiten sehr gut und schnell. Sie sind aber an die Taktzeiten der Crimpmaschine gebunden.An older proposal by the applicant shows a further simple way with which lines crimped on connectors can be brought to a specific housing grid with crossing lines. In this case, too, the prerequisite is that the crimped connectors are still on the holding strip. They are pushed individually into a predetermined recess of a collector block when they are separated from the holding strip with the separating knife, the collector block moving back and forth beforehand until the desired number and sequence of its recesses is filled with connectors. The collecting block is then transported in front of a housing. Then the collected connectors are inserted en bloc into the chambers of the connector housing. The distance between adjacent recesses in the collector block corresponds to the grid of the chambers of the housing to be fitted. According to this known method, the connectors are conveyed step by step. Since the collector block can be moved in and out from the side as required, any order of the lines for assembling a housing can be created. The known method and the known device work very well and quickly. However, they are linked to the cycle times of the crimping machine.
Ein Verfahren und eine Vorrichtung der eingangs genannten Art sind aus der EP-A-0 040 491 bekannt. Demnach ist eine Transportvorrichtung in Gestalt eines Sammlerblocks vorgesehen, der die gesammelten Leitungen schrittweise zu einer Entnahmestelle transportiert.A method and a device of the type mentioned at the outset are known from EP-A-0 040 491. Accordingly, a transport device in the form of a collector block is provided, which transports the collected lines step by step to a removal point.
Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Verfahren und eine Vorrichtung der eingangs genannten Art zu schaffen, die noch schneller arbeiten.The invention has for its object to provide a method and an apparatus of the type mentioned that work even faster.
Diese Aufgabe wird mit Bezug auf das Verfahren durch die kennzeichnenden Merkmale des Anspruchs 1 und mit Bezug auf die Vorrichtung durch die kennzeichnenden Merkmale des Anspruchs 5 gelöst. Vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen der Erfindung sind in den abhängigen Ansprüchen angegeben.This object is achieved with reference to the method by the characterizing features of
Anhand der Zeichnung, die eine prinzipielle Abbildung der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung beispielhaft darstellt, wird die Erfindung im folgenden näher erläutert. Es zeigen:
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- perspective, in principle, the detail A in Fig. 1st
Die gecrimpten Leitung 1, die vom Transportsystem 2 einer Crimpvorrichtung (nicht dargestellt) quer und im Abstand voneinander schrittweise antransportiert werden, werden im gleichen Abstand von einer Transportkette 3 übernommen und mit gleicher Geschwindigkeit schrittweise weitertransportiert. Die Transportkette 3 weist Klemm- oder Halteelemente auf, in die die Leitungen 1 oder Verbinder der Leitung 1 in Pfeilrichtung 1a gegeben bzw. gedrückt werden mit einer entsprechenden Übergabevorrichtung (nicht dargestellt). Das Antriebssystem der Transportkette 3 ist mit dem Antriebssystem des Transportsystems 2 derart gekoppelt, daß ein Gleichlauf in Transportrichtung (Pfeilrichtung 4) gewährleistet ist. Die Transportkette 3 muß nicht als Kette ausgebildet sein. Es kann vielmehr jedes Transportmittel verwendet werden, das Klemmittel aufweist, die so positioniert sind, daß über den Leitungen 1 keine Vorrichtungselemente angeordnet und die Leitungen von oben frei zugängig sind.The
Dicht über der Transportkette 3 ist ein Sammlerblock 5 angeordnet, der in Pfeilrichtung 6 in oder entgegen der Transportrichtung 4 schrittweise verfahrbar ist. Der Abstand über der Transportkette 3 beträgt z.B. eine Leiterdicke bzw. Verbinderdicke und ist vorzugsweise nicht größer als das Dreifache dieser Abmessungen. Der Sammlerblock 5 weist unterseitig Klemmelemente 7 auf, mit denen die Leitungen 1 bzw. Verbinder der Leitungen 1 gehaltert werden können. Der seitliche Abstand der Klemmelemente 7 voneinander ist sehr viel kleiner, als der Abstand der Klemmelemente an der Transportkette 3 beträgt. Der Sammlerblock 5 steht mit einer Sammlertransportvorrichtung (nicht dargestellt) in Verbindung, die den Sammlerblock 5 in vorbestimmbarer Weise über der Transportkette 3 so hin- und herfährt, daß ein vorbestimmtes Klemmelement 7 über einer vorbestimmten Leitung hält, wenn ein Taktstillstand der Transportkette 3 besteht und der Leiter mit einer geeigneten Übergabevorrichtung (nicht dargestellt) in Pfeilrichtung 8 wirkend an das Klemmelement 7 übergeben werden kann. Die Übergabevorrichtung kann ein Drücker sein, der eine Leitung 1 aus dem Klemmelement der Transportkette 3 in das Klemmelement 7 des Sammlerblocks 5 drückt.A
Der Sammlerblock 5 kann so verfahren werden, daß sich der Übergabeort immer an derselben Stelle über der Transportkette befindet und die Übergabe erfolgt, wenn eine Leitung 1 mit der Transportkette 3 an diesen Ort transportiert worden ist. Der Sammlerblock 5 kann aber auch so verfahren werden, daß er an verschiedenen Takthaltestellen der Leitungen über der Transportkette halten kann und eine Leitung übernimmt, was die Übergabe beschleunigt. Im letzteren Fall befindet sich entweder unter jeder anfahrbaren Takthaltestelle ein Übergabeelement oder das Übergabeelement ist am Sammlerblock 5 befestigt und fährt mit.The
Wenn der Sammlerblock 5 gefüllt ist, wird er an eine separate Abtransportvorrichtung (nicht dargestellt) übergeben. Die Übergabe erfolgt in Transportrichtung 4 betrachtet hinter der letzten Takthaltestelle der Transportkette 3 (s. markierte Stelle X in der Zeichnung Fig. 1).Die Abtransportvorrichtung hat eine Transportbahn 9 in Pfeilrichtung 10, die einem Rechteck entspricht, wobei sich die Transportbahn 9 in einer vertikalen Ebene über der Transportkette 3 befindet.When the
Der gefüllte Sammlerblock 5 wird derart in der Abtransportvorrichtung gehaltert, daß er nach dem Abtransport in den vertikalen Bahnpfad 9a transportiert und dort um 90° geschwenkt gestoppt wird. Die oberste Leitung 1 befindet sich dann an einer festgelegten Entnahmestelle 11 (Fig. 2). Dann erfolgt ein schrittweiser Transport nach oben, vorzugsweise mit der entsprechend programmierbaren Abtransportvorrichtung, wobei die Schrittlänge jeweils dem Abstand der Klemmelemente 7 entspricht.The filled
Der Entnahmestelle 11 in Transportrichtung 4 nachgeordnet, ist eine Gehäusetransportvorrichtung 12, die ein Gehäuse 16 haltert und in Pfeilrichtung 13 auf-und ab-und in Pfeilrichtung 14 vor- und zurücktransportieren kann derart, daß die Öffnung jeder Kammer 15 des gehalterten Gehäuses 16 zu einer Bestückungsstelle 17 befördert werden kann. Die Bestückungsstelle 17 ist vom Entnahmepunkt 11 in Transportrichtung 4 ein Stückentfernt angeordnet.Downstream of the
Des weiteren ist eine Transportzange 19 vorgesehen, die mit einer Antriebsvorrichtung (nicht dargestellt) auf der vertikalen, rechteckigen Transportbahn 18 in Pfeilrichtung 20 geführt wird. Die unteren Eckpunkte der Transportbahn 18 liegen in der Entnahmestelle 11 und der Bestückungsstelle 17, so daß die Zange 19 an der Entnahmestelle 11 eine Leitung 1 bzw. den Verbinder der Leitung 1 aus dem Klemmelement 7 entnehmen kann, das sich dort gerade befindet, und an die Bestückungsstelle 17 befördern kann. Dort wird der Verbinder entweder mit der Zange 19 oder mit einer gesonderten Vorrichtung (nicht dargestellt) in die Kammer 15 des Gehäuses geschoben, dessen Öffnung sich dann gerade vor der Bestückungsstelle 17 befindet.Furthermore,
Die Gehäusetransportvorrichtung 12 befördert das Gehäuse 16 schrittweise in Pfeilrichtung 14, bis die Kammern 15 einer Gehäusekammerreihe bestückt sind und bewegt dann das Gehäuse 16 einen Schritt in Pfeilrichtung 13, so daß sich die Öffnung der ersten Kammer einer nach oben oder unten folgenden Gehäusekammerreihe an der Bestückungsstelle 17 befindet. Insofern wird das Gehäuse immer nur um einen Gehäusekammerabstand schrittweise transportiert.The
Die Transportzange 19 fährt nach dem Bestücken ein kurzes Stück nach oben und dann in Pfeilrichtung 21 wieder zurück bis über die Entnahmestelle 11 und anschließend abwärts zur Entnahmestelle 11.After loading, the
Nach einer besonderen Ausführungsform der Erfindung ist die Zange 19 derart ausgeführt, daß sie eine Schwenkung um 90° ausführen kann, so daß die Leitung 1 um ihre Längsachse und damit auch der Verbinder der Leitung um 90° gedreht werden. Der Verbinder kann dann in eine Gehäusekammer eingebracht werden, die diese Lage erfordert.According to a special embodiment of the invention, the
Zweckmäßigerweise weist die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung zwei im Wechsel betriebene Sammlerblöcke 5 und 5a auf, so daß, wenn Sammlerblock 5 sammelt, Sammlerblock 5a entleert werden kann und sich auf dem Transportpfad 9a befindet. Der entleerte Sammlerblock 5a wird über die Transportbahnpfade 9a, 9b, 9c auf den Transportpfad 9d geführt und an die Sammlertransportvorrichtung übergeben, nachdem in der Zwischenzeit Sammlerblock 5 vorher an der Übergabestelle X (s. Fig. 1) an die Abtransportvorrichtung übergeben worden war.The device according to the invention expediently has two
Durch die Verwendung von mindestens zwei Sammlerblöcken und das Senkrechtstellen des jeweils gefüllten Sammlerblocks sowie dem Vorsehen einer fest lokalisierten Entnahme- und Bestückungsstelle mit einem schrittweisen Transport des Sammlerblocks zum Entleeren und einem schrittweisen Transport des Gehäuses zum Bestücken unter Verwendung einer Zange, die auf einer rechteckigen vertikalen Bahn geführt wird, gelingt es so schnell ein Gehäuse zu bestücken, wie das bisher nicht möglich war. Denn nach dem Sammeln erfolgen lediglich beherrschbare Schrittbewegungen, die mit bekannten einfachen Vorrichtungen gewährleistet werden können.Through the use of at least two collector blocks and the vertical positioning of the filled collector block as well as the provision of a permanently localized removal and loading point with a gradual transport of the collector block for emptying and a gradual transport of the housing for loading using pliers that are on a rectangular vertical If a web is guided, it is possible to populate a housing as quickly as was previously not possible. After collecting, only manageable stepping movements take place, which can be ensured with known simple devices.
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- Method for fitting housing chambers (15) with crimped electrical conductors (1), using a collector block (5) which transports the collected, sorted conductors (1) to a removal position (11), characterized in that the conductors (1) are transported along at a predetermined spacing from one another transversely with respect to their longitudinal extent on a transporting chain (3) moving in stepwise manner, the conductors (1) are taken up by the collector block (5) from the transporting chain (3), which collector block (5) has on the underside clamping elements (7) whereof the lateral spacing is very much smaller than the mutual spacing of the conductors (1) on the transporting chain (3), the collector block (5) moving in a predetermined manner above the transporting chain (3) such that a predetermined clamping element (7) stops above a predetermined conductor (1) on the occurrence of a stop in the cycle of the transporting chain (3), the filled collector block (5) is pivoted about a horizontal axis and transported in vertical manner to the removal point (11), the conductors (1) in the collector block (5) being transferred from a horizontal to a vertical plane, and a transporting tong (19) removes the conductors (1) at the removal point (11) from the collector block (5) and transports them to a fitting point (17) to which a housing transporting apparatus (12) has transported a housing (16) to be fitted.
- Method according to Claim 1, characterized in that two collector blocks (5, 5a) are used alternately.
- Method according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the collector block (5, 5a) transported to the removal point (11) is transported further vertically in stepwise manner, the step distance corresponding to the spacing of the clamping elements (7).
- Method according to one or more of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the housing chambers (15) are transported to the fitting point (11) in the order of successive chambers.
- Apparatus for carrying out the method according to one or more of Claims 1 to 4, characterized by
a transporting chain (3) for transporting the conductors (1) along in stepwise manner,
at least one collector block (5) for taking up the conductors (1) from the transporting chain (3), the collector block (5) having on the underside clamping elements (7) whereof the lateral spacing is very much smaller than the mutual spacing of the conductors (1) on the transporting chain (3), and the movement of the collector block (5) above the transporting chain (3) being controlled such that a predetermined clamping element (7) stops above a predetermined conductor (1),
a transporting-away apparatus for the filled collector block (5) which pivots the collector block (5) about a horizontal axis and transports it in vertical manner to the removal point (11), the conductors (1) in the collector block (5) being transferred from a horizontal to a vertical plane,
a housing transporting apparatus (12) for transporting to a fitting point (11) a housing (16) to be fitted, and
a transporting tong (19) for removing the conductors (1) at the removal point (11) from the collector block (5) and for transporting the conductors (1) to the fitting point (11). - Apparatus according to Claim 5, characterized in that the transporting chain (3) has clamping and holding elements into which the conductors (1) or connectors of the conductors (1) are introduced or pushed transversely with respect to their longitudinal direction.
- Apparatus according to Claim 5 and/or 6, characterized by a drive system for the transporting chain (3) which is coupled to a drive system of a transporting system (2) upstream of the transporting chain (3).
- Apparatus according to one or more of Claims 5 to 7, characterized in that the collector block (5) is arranged above the transporting chain (3) by the amount of a conductor thickness, but no more than three times the conductor thickness, and is traversable in or in opposition to the transporting direction (4) of the transporting chain (3).
- Apparatus according to one or more of Claims 5 to 8, characterized by
a transporting apparatus for the collector block (5) which moves the collector block (5) to and fro in a predetermined manner above the transporting chain (3), so that a predetermined clamping element (7) stops above a predetermined conductor on the occurrence of a stop in the cycle of the transporting chain (3). - Apparatus according to one or more of Claims 5 to 9, characterized in that the transporting-away apparatus for the collector block (5) is arranged downstream of the last cycle point of the transporting chain (3).
- Apparatus according to one or more of Claims 5 to 10, characterized in that the transporting tong (19) may be guided by means of a drive apparatus on a vertical, rectangular transporting path (18), the lower corner points of the transporting path (18) being located at the removal point (11) and the fitting point (17).
- Apparatus according to one or more of Claims 5 to 11, characterized in that the transporting tong (19) is arranged to be pivotal about the longitudinal axis of the conductors (1) to be transported, by means for pivoting about 90°.
- Apparatus according to one or more of Claims 5 to 12, characterized by
two collector blocks (5, 5a) which may be operated one after the other.
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| DE8701281U DE8701281U1 (en) | 1987-01-27 | 1987-01-27 | Device for equipping housings with crimped electrical cables |
| DE19873702366 DE3702366A1 (en) | 1987-01-27 | 1987-01-27 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FITTING HOUSINGS WITH CRIMPED, ELECTRICAL CABLES |
| DE3702366 | 1987-01-27 |
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