Method for production and/or processing of plug parts in follow-on composite tools
AssigneeKramski GmbH
InventorWiestaw Kramski
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Abstract
A method of production and/or processing of contact elements for electrical plug connectors is provided. The contact elements are fixed to a transport strip during the production and/or processing process. This transport strip is reduced in its material thickness after at least a portion of the production and/or processing process by deformation between the fixed positions of adjacent contact elements on the strip, so that the spacing between the fixed positions of adjacent contact elements is increased.
Claims14
Method for production and/or processing of parts in follow-on composite tools for producing contact elements including contact pins, contact springs and components for electrical plug connectors, the parts (4, 5) being fixed on a transport strip (1) during the production and/or processing process and being forwarded and manipulated in common via the transport strip within a respective process step by a respective tool and/or forwarded and manipulated in common from process step to process step, wherein the transport strip is reduced in material thickness (D) by deformation at least in a region (B) between two adjacent parts (4, 5), so that thereby a spacing (a) between the two adjacent parts is increased.
Transport strip with parts (4, 5) for electrical plug connectors, the transport strip handling plural parts (4, 5) in common during a production and/or processing process, the transport strip (1) comprising a metal strip to which the parts are fixed by integral forming and/or by attachment, and from which the parts stand out laterally, wherein
- the transport strip (1) is reduced from a thickness (D) of material by deformation, and a longitudinal spacing (a′) between adjacent ones of the parts is increased with respect to an original longitudinal spacing (a).
Strip material for use in follow-on composite tool and as a transport strip for production of parts for electrical plug connectors and the like, wherein the strip material has sections with reduced material thickness, at least in a region functioning as a transport strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.