Method for manufacturing a cable bundle, fabrication apparatus for manufacturing a cable bundle, and cable bundle

A method for manufacturing a cable bundle having a first cable and at least one second cable, comprising:

• positioning the at least one second cable on a support surface;
• providing the first cable, having a conductor and an insulating sheath completely surrounding the conductor circumferentially;
• guiding the first cable through a coating tank to coat the first cable circumferentially on an outer side of the insulating sheath of the first cable with a hot-melt adhesive;
• guiding a coated length of the first cable, having passed through the coating tank, to a position adjacent and parallel to the at least one second cable over at least a partial length of the at least one second cable, wherein the coated length of the first cable remains connected to an uncoated length of the first cable not having passed through the coating tank;
• after guiding the coated length of the first cable to the position adjacent and parallel to the at least one second cable:
• producing more than two localized adhesive connections between the coated length of the first cable and the at least one second cable at spaced-apart locations along the partial length of the at least one second cable by locally melting and subsequently cooling the hot-melt adhesive on the first cable at the spaced-apart locations;
• and
• cutting the coated length of the first cable that is adjacent and parallel to the at least one second cable from a remaining length of the first cable including at least the uncoated length of the first cable.