Methods and systems for measuring crimp quality
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsTIMOTHY D. JULSON, GARY W. TARASKI, KHARA D. PRATT
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Abstract
A method is provided for evaluating a crimp procedure in a manufacturing process. In one embodiment, the method includes, but is not limited to, completing a crimp procedure on a single wire. The method further includes, but is not limited to, evaluating a quality of the crimp procedure based on time-domain reflectometry. The method still further includes, but is not limited to, generating reporting data based on the evaluating.
Claims19
A method of evaluating a crimp procedure in a manufacturing process, the method comprising:
- completing a crimp procedure on a single wire;
- evaluating a quality of the crimp procedure based on time-domain reflectometry;
- and
- generating reporting data based on the evaluating.
A system for evaluating a crimp procedure of a wire in a manufacturing process, the system comprising:
- a crimp apparatus;
- and
- a crimp quality measurement module that evaluates a quality of a crimp procedure performed on a single wire by the crimp apparatus, and that generates reporting data based on the evaluation, wherein the evaluation is based on time-domain reflectomertry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.