Cable feed device, cable processing system, and method for feeding a cable to a cable processing machine

A cable feed device for feeding a cable to a cable processing machine comprising:

• a rotatable first roller and an adjacent rotatable second roller for guiding the cable such that a part of the cable can be arranged in a loop around the first roller and the second roller;
• a cable drive for transporting the cable to the first and second rollers;
• wherein the first roller is arranged stationary;
• wherein the second roller is adapted to be pushed or pulled away from the first roller with an applied force;
• wherein the second roller has a first state and a second state;
• wherein the second roller is locked in a first position in the first state and is moved by the applied force relative to the first roller in the second state such that a distance between the first roller and the second roller changes depending on a length of the cable between the first and second rollers when the cable is looped around the first and second rollers;
• wherein the second roller is fixed to a deflection lever and the deflection lever is rotatably fixed on the cable feed device at an end of the deflection lever remote from the second roller;
• and
• wherein the second roller can be locked and unlocked electromagnetically in the first position, and the deflection lever is connected to a movement-limiting element with a compensating element for contacting a position locking element of the cable feed device such that the second roller is movable towards the first roller in the first state by a predetermined distance.