Resistor Carrier, Resistor Lead Bending System And Resistor Lead Bending Method

A resistor lead bending system, comprising:

• a resistor carrier including a support body and a holding structure, the support body has a bar shape and two opposite sides in a width direction of the support body, the holding structure is on a top surface of the support body;
• a conveying device conveying the resistor carrier and a resistor held on the resistor carrier to a bending station, the holding structure holds a resistor body of the resistor, when the resistor body of the resistor is held in the holding structure, a pair of leads of the resistor are suspended above the top surface of the support body, each lead extends from one of the two sides of the support body such that the leads are each bendable relative to the resistor body;
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• a bending device disposed at the bending station and bending each lead of the resistor that is conveyed to the bending station.

A resistor lead bending method, comprising:

• providing a resistor lead bending system including a resistor carrier, a conveying device, and a plurality of bending devices, the resistor carrier includes a support body and a holding structure, the support body has a bar shape and two opposite sides in a width direction of the support body, the holding structure is on a top surface of the support body;
• holding a resistor body of a resistor of a resistance product onto the resistor carrier at a loading station of the resistor lead bending system, the resistance product includes the resistor and a pair of terminals each crimped to one connection end of one lead of a pair of leads of the resistor, the holding structure holds the resistor body of the resistor, when the resistor body of the resistor is held in the holding structure, the pair of leads are suspended above the top surface of the support body, each lead extends from one of the two sides of the support body such that the leads are each bendable relative to the resistor body;
• conveying, with the conveying device, the resistor carrier and the resistance product held thereon from the loading station to a first bending station, and bending each lead of the resistor to a first bent shape with a first bending device of the plurality of bending devices disposed at the first bending station;
• conveying, with the conveying device, the resistor carrier and the resistance product held thereon from the first bending station to a second bending station, and bending each lead of the resistor from the first bent shape to a second bent shape with a second bending device of the plurality of bending devices disposed at the second bending station;
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• conveying, with the conveying device, the resistor carrier and the resistance product held thereon from the second bending station to a third bending station, and bending each lead of the resistor from the second bent shape to a third bent shape with a third bending device of the plurality of bending devices disposed at the third bending station.