Device and method for manufacturing cable sensors

A device for manufacturing wire sensors that each includes at least one sensor and a wire trimmed to a respective variably pre-defined length, the device comprising:

• at least two processing units configured to load and trim a wire blank;
• at least one conveying unit via which the at least two processing units are configured to convey the wire blank sequentially between the at least two processing units along a pre-defined motion track;
• and
• at least one deflection unit disposed between successive ones of said at least two processing units that includes:
• at least one deflection element that is either (i) in contact with or (ii) is configured to come into contact with the wire blank;
• and
• a displacement unit assigned to the at least one deflection element and configured to modify a position of the assigned deflection element in order to influence a length of the motion track;
• wherein one of the at least two processing units is configured to load the wire blank with at least one feature from a group comprising an electrical contact, a sensor, a sensor electronics and an encapsulation of the sensor, and wherein another different one of the at least two processing units is configured to trim the wire blank, said different one of the at least two processing units positioned sequentially apart from said one of the at least two processing units along said pre-defined motion track,
• wherein a respective one of the at least one deflection unit is positioned between each of the at least two processing units.