Apparatus and method for processing a plurality of electrical wires

An apparatus for processing a plurality of electrical wires, wherein the apparatus is configured to guide a leading end of a plurality of wires through a zone of a processing region, and to hold a lagging end of the wires in the zone of the processing region, the apparatus comprising:

• a non-stationary holding device that is non-stationary along a linear guiding direction, configured to hold the leading end of the wires;
• a non-stationary bundling device that is non-stationary along the linear guiding direction by means of a controllable drive and is separate from the non-stationary holding device, which comprises a bundling segment, wherein the bundling segment is configured to bundle a bundling region on the leading end of the wires;
• a controller connected to the drive of the non-stationary bundling device, configured to control the drive in such a way that a distance between the bundling segment of the non-stationary bundling device and the non-stationary holding device assumes a specified or a specifiable distance;
• wherein the apparatus is further configured to twist at least one of the leading and the lagging end of the wires;
• wherein the apparatus further comprises:
• a distance measuring device configured to measure a distance between the bundling segment of the non-stationary bundling device and the non-stationary holding device,
• wherein the controller is additionally connected to the distance measuring device.