Method of processing wire bundles

A method of reducing entanglement of wires, comprising:

• receiving, at a tray, one or more first wires of a first wire group from a wire feed system of a wire processing machine, the tray having a first separator post and a second separator post positioned at spaced locations along a tray lengthwise direction;
• sequentially wrapping each one of the first wires in the first wire group around the first separator post;
• receiving, at the tray, one or more second wires of a second wire group from the wire feed system after receiving the first wire group at the tray;
• sequentially wrapping each one of the second wires and the second wire group around the second separator post after wrapping the first wire group around the first separator post;
• physically separating, using the first separator post and the second separator post, at least a portion of the first wire group from the second wire group;
• moving the second wire group relative to the first wire group;
• and
• reducing movement of at least a portion of the first wire group relative to a tray surface during movement of the second wire group relative to the first wire group.