Cable processing apparatus

A cable processing apparatus (100) having a crimping device (110) loaded with an exchangeable crimping cassette (200, 200a, 200b), the cassette having a crimping tool attached thereto, the cable processing apparatus (100) comprising a crimping cassette exchanging device (120), wherein the crimping cassette exchanging device (120) comprises:

• a plurality of carriages (130a, 130b), each carriage (130a, 130b) having a crimping cassette holding device (140a, 140b) adapted to attach to and to detach from a crimping cassette (200, 200a, 200b);
• a horizontal carriage guide for providing a substantially horizontal guided movement of the carriages (130a, 130b);
• a vertical carriage guide (165) for providing a substantially vertical guided movement of a carriage (130a, 130b) from an initial vertical position to the crimping device (110) or vice-versa, wherein the vertical carriage guide (165) is arranged relative to the horizontal carriage guide such that one of the plurality of carriages (130a, 130b) is vertically movable at a time;
• a carriage shifting device (150) adapted to controllably perform the horizontal guided movement;
• a carriage lifting device (160) adapted to controllably perform the vertical guided movement;
• wherein the cable processing apparatus further comprises a control device adapted to control the horizontal guided movement and/or the vertical guided movement according to a carriage selection signal.