Automated production system for wiring harness and terminal crimping apparatus
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorHideyuki Ema
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Abstract
In order to maximally reduce a space necessary for a terminal crimping apparatus to improve operability and maintenance readiness, terminal reels 422 and applicators 421 are arranged in such inclined states that terminals can be fed in a direction oblique to a wire conveyance path PH. A wire is fed to the applicators 421 by wire clamping units. Each wire clamping unit is so constructed as to switch the position thereof between a pressing position in which the end of the wire can be connected with a terminal and a normal position in which the end of the wire can be transferred to and from the remaining units.
Claims17
An automated production system for wiring harness, comprising:
- a wire measuring/cutting apparatus which cuts a wire to a specified measured length,
- a pair of wire clamps which clamps near ends of the wire cut at the measured length,
- a conveying apparatus which sequentially respectively drives the wire clamps, which holds the clamped wire let to suspend, along a straight wire conveyance path,
- a terminal crimping apparatus including a pressing machine arranged along the wire conveyance path, an applicator driven by the pressing machine, and a terminal reel which feeds terminal belt to the applicator, and adapted to crimp a terminal into connection with at least one end of the wire conveyed by the wire clamps, wherein the terminal reel and the applicator are arranged obliquely so that the terminals are fed in a direction oblique to the wire conveyance path, and
- a switching unit which individually switches the positions of the respective wire clamps between a pressing position in which the end of the wire can be fed to the applicator to be connected with the terminal and a normal position in which the end of the wire is transferred to and from the remaining apparatuses.
A terminal crimping apparatus usable in an automated production system for wiring harness comprising a wire measuring/cutting apparatus which cuts a wire to a specified measured length, a pair of wire clamps which clamps near the ends of the wire cut at the measured length, and a conveying apparatus which sequentially and respectively drives the wire clamps, which holds the clamped wire let to suspend, along a straight wire conveyance path, comprising;
- a main body facing an intermediate portion of the wire conveyance path,
- an applicator, provided with the main body, which crimps a terminal into connection with at least one end of the conveyed wire,
- a pressing machine, provided with the main body, which drives the applicator, and
- a terminal reel which feeds terminal belt to the applicator,
- wherein the terminal reel and the applicator are arranged in such positions that the terminals are fed in a direction oblique to the wire conveyance path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.