System and method for automatic crimping
AssigneeFrisimos, Ltd.
InventorsTal Pechter, Hanan Ben-Ron
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for automating one or more steps of a crimping process for crimping a crimp contact to a wire of a multi-wire cable is disclosed. Crimping wires is typically a labor-intensive process. As such, some or all of the manual steps may be automated, such as by manipulating one or more of the wires in preparation for inserting the wires into the crimping machine. In this way, the previously manually-operated machine may be less reliant or entirely non-reliant on manual labor.
Claims24
A method for automatically crimping a multi-wire cable using a crimping machine, the crimping machine including an applicator in which the crimping is performed, the method comprising:
- after spreading a plurality of wires in the multi-wire cable, performing one or more automatic operations on at least one of the plurality of wires in preparation for insertion of a respective wire into the applicator of the crimping machine;
- and
- automatically inserting the respective wire into the applicator of the crimping machine.
An automatic robotic system configured for integration with a crimping machine that includes an applicator in which crimping is performed, the automatic robotic system comprising:
- one or more motors;
- one or more sensors;
- at least one processor in communication with the one or more motors and the one or more sensors, the at least one processor configured to:
- command the one or more motors, based on information generated by the one or more sensors, in order to automatically manipulate at least one wire in a multi-wire cable in preparation for automatically inserting a respective wire for crimping into the applicator;
- and
- command the one or more motors to automatically insert the respective wire into the applicator in order to crimp the respective wire by the crimping machine.
An automatic crimping machine comprising:
- one or more motors;
- one or more sensors;
- an applicator configured to crimp a crimp contact to a respective wire using a crimp die and a crimp anvil;
- and
- at least one processor in communication with the one or more motors and the one or more sensors, the at least one processor configured to:
- command the one or more motors, based on information generated by the one or more sensors, in order to automatically manipulate at least one wire in a multi-wire cable in preparation for automatically inserting the respective wire for crimping into the applicator;
- command the one or more motors to automatically insert the respective wire into the applicator in order to crimp the respective wire using a crimp contact;
- command to automatically crimp, using the applicator, the respective wire;
- and
- command the one or more motors to automatically remove the respective wire from the applicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.