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US 11,551,834 B2Granted
Cable-laying device and method for producing wiring harnesses
AssigneeLEONI Bordnetz-Systeme GmbH
InventorsTzeichoun Chalil, Klaus Hold, Paulo Martins
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Abstract
A cable-laying device for producing wiring or cable harnesses of different types includes a laying plane for positioning lines of a wiring or cable harness, a plurality of transport units which can be moved relative to the laying plane in an at least partially automated manner, and a control device which is configured to control the transport units. A method for producing cable harnesses of different types by using a cable laying device is also provided.
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A cable laying device for producing cable harnesses of different types, the cable laying device comprising:
- a cable board having a plate-shape base member, said plate-shape base member having a plane surface extending in two linearly independent directions;
- a laying plane for positioning lines of a cable harness;
- a plurality of transport units to be displaced in an at least partially automated manner relative to said laying plane, said transport units being displaceable in said two linearly independent directions for movement of the transport units to predetermined end positions about the plane surface defined by the plate-shape base member;
- a control device configured to control said transport units;
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- an electromagnetic drive system for displacing said transport units, said electromagnetic drive system being configured to produce magnetic fields traveling along the cable laying device for displacing said transport units, said electromagnetic drive system having multiple controllable electromagnets integrated in the plate-shape base member and additional magnets are arranged in each of the transport units.
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A method for producing cable harnesses of different types, the method comprising the following steps:
- providing a cable board having a plate-shape base member, the plate-shape base member having a plane surface extending in two linearly independent directions;
- providing a cable laying device having a laying plane for positioning lines of a cable harness;
- providing a plurality of transport units, the transport units being displaceable in the two linearly independent directions for movement of the transport units to predetermined end positions about the plane surface defined by the plate-shape base member;
- providing a control device configured to control the transport units;
- providing an electromagnetic drive system for displacing the transport units, the electromagnetic drive system being configured to produce magnetic fields traveling along the cable laying device for displacing the transport units, the electromagnetic drive system having multiple controllable electromagnets integrated in the plate-shape base member and additional magnets are arranged in each of the transport units and
- using the control device to at least partially automatically control a displacement of the plurality of transport units relative to the laying plane.
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A cable laying device for producing cable harnesses of different types, the cable laying device comprising:
- a cable board having a plate-shape base member, said plate-shape base member having a plane surface extending in two linearly independent directions;
- a laying plane for positioning lines of a cable harness,
- a plurality of transport units to be displaced in an at least partially automated manner relative to said laying plane, said transport units being displaceable in said two linearly independent directions for movement of the transport units to predetermined end positions about the plane surface defined by the plate-shape base member;
- a control device configured to control said transport units;
- a guiding grid force-guiding said transport units, said guiding grid extending over a whole of said plate-shape base member in both linearly independent directions and having intersecting guiding elements, said guiding grid being constructed as a mechanical rail system with intersecting rails or by a grid arrangement of electromagnets.
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A method for producing cable harnesses of different types, the method comprising the following steps:
- providing a cable board having a plate-shape base member, the plate-shape base member having a plane surface extending in two linearly independent directions;
- providing a cable laying device having a laying plane for positioning lines of a cable harness;
- providing a plurality of transport units, the transport units being displaceable in the two linearly independent directions for movement of the transport units to predetermined end positions about the plane surface defined by the plate-shape base member;
- providing a control device configured to control the transport units;
- providing a guiding grid force-guiding the transport units, the guiding grid extending over a whole of said plate-shape base member in both linearly independent directions and having intersecting guiding elements, the guiding grid being constructed as a mechanical rail system with intersecting rails or by a grid arrangement of electromagnets;
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- using the control device to at least partially automatically control a displacement of the plurality of transport units relative to the laying plane.
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