Modular wire processing center
AssigneesZoller & FröHlich GmbH, Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsChristoph Fröhlich, Hans Leupolz, Michael Mennig, Lars Brakemeier, Farhad Sarrafzadegan, Faysal Dogan, Daniel Weingart
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Abstract
A modular wire processing center comprises a plurality of individual processing modules that are controlled by a central control unit. The plurality of processing modules includes an automatic crimper and at least two further processing modules selected from the group of an automatic cutter, a marking system, a stripping unit, a terminal feeding device, a wire feeding unit and a wire discharging/bundling unit. The processing modules are designed as independently operable individual processing units and are positioned with the control unit on a mobile platform.
Claims12
A modular wire processing center comprising a central control unit for controlling plural processing modules in response to production data which are predetermined by a computer aided engineer system or are manually entered, one of the plural processing modules being an automatic crimper and at least two further processing modules of the plural processing modules being selected from a group of an automatic cutter, marking system, stripping unit, terminal feeding, wire feeding unit and wire discharging/bundling unit, wherein the plural processing modules are designed as independently operable individual processing units and are positioned, jointly with the central control unit, on a mobile platform, wherein the central control unit and the plural processing modules are designed so that wires having different diameters and different terminals can be assembled successively in any order.
A modular wire processing center comprising a central control unit for controlling plural processing modules in response to production data which are predetermined by a computer aided engineer system or are manually entered, one of the plural processing modules being an automatic crimper and at least two further processing modules of the plural processing modules being selected from a group of an automatic cutter, marking system, stripping unit, terminal feeding, wire feeding unit and wire discharging/bundling unit, wherein the plural processing modules are designed as independently operable individual processing units and are positioned, jointly with the central control unit, on a mobile platform, wherein the modular wire processing center further comprises the wire feeding unit for feeding a wire having a wire cross-section from a storage for wires having a plurality of wire cross-sections to a further processing module, wherein the feeding unit has an adjusting carriage that is adjustable transversely to a wire transport axis and configured to align the wire relative to the further processing module.
A modular wire processing center comprising a central control unit for controlling plural processing modules in response to production data which are predetermined by a computer aided engineer system or are manually entered, one processing module of the plural processing modules being an automatic crimper and at least two further processing modules of the plural processing modules being selected from a group of an automatic cutter, marking system, stripping unit, terminal feeding, wire feeding unit and wire discharging/bundling unit, wherein the plural processing modules are designed as independently operable individual processing units and are positioned, jointly with the central control unit, on a mobile platform, wherein the modular wire processing center further comprises a handling system for transporting wires between the plural processing modules, wherein the handling system comprises a linear unit and grippers, and the grippers are adjustable in directions, so as to be adapted to wire lengths and cross-sections different in height.
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