Device and method for the automatic assembly of a pair of wires

A device for automatically assembling at least a pair of wires including two wire elements each having a wire end with a contact element, the device, comprising:

• a main gripper for jointly gripping the pair of wires, wherein the main gripper is rotatable about a common axis of rotation extending in a longitudinal direction;
• two gripping elements, each one of the two gripping elements for respectively gripping the wire end of a respective one of the two wire elements;
• and
• a control unit for controlling the main gripper and the two gripping elements in such a way that in operation:
• the wire end of each one of the two wire elements is gripped by the gripping elements,
• the pair of wires is gripped with the main gripper, and
• the two gripping elements are arranged laterally next to one another with respect to the longitudinal direction;
• the control unit and the two gripping elements designed in such a way that during operation of the device:
• a movement of the gripped wire ends takes place, said movement being selected from a translational alignment and a rotary alignment of the gripped wire ends relative to one another,
• the gripped wire ends are individually gripped by the gripping elements and the pair of wires is jointly gripped by the main gripper;
• and
• the respective contact element of at least one of the two wire elements is brought into a predetermined rotary position by rotating the main gripper about the common axis of rotation such that the jointly gripped pair of wires rotates jointly about the common axis of rotation.