Processing station and method for the automated manufacture of cable harnesses and processing unit for such a processing station
AssigneeLEONI Bordnetz-Systeme GmbH
InventorsMARKUS STALLWITZ, CHRISTIAN DREYER, DANIEL REITER
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Abstract
A processing station automatically manufactures a cable harness containing a plurality of individual lines. The processing station has a support unit for holding a line bundle containing the individual lines with a predefined, even branched, routing, and a processing unit for the automated fixing of the individual lines of the line bundle to one another. The processing unit has a fixing unit, which is configured for the automated application of a fixing agent to the line bundle. A manipulator is provided for moving the processing unit relative to the line bundle.
Claims16
A processing station for automated manufacture of a cable harness containing a plurality of individual lines, the processing station comprising:
- a support unit for holding a line bundle containing the individual lines with a predefined, even branched, routing;
- a processing unit for automated fixing of the individual lines of the line bundle to one another, said processing unit having a fixing unit configured for an automated application of a fixing agent onto the line bundle;
- and
- a manipulator for moving said processing unit relative to the line bundle.
A processing unit for a processing station and configured for automated fixing of individual lines of a line bundle to one another, the processing unit comprising:
- a fixing unit configured for an automated application of a fixing agent to the line bundle.
A method for automated manufacture of cable harnesses each containing a plurality of individual lines, which comprises the steps of:
- holding a line bundle consisting of the individual lines with a predefined, even branched, routing in a support unit;
- fixing the individual lines of the line bundle to one another in an automated manner with an aid of a processing unit by applying a fixing agent to the line bundle via a fixing unit;
- and
- moving the processing unit and the line bundle relative to one another along the line bundle in a processing direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.