Cable processing machine and method of operating a cable processing machine

A cable processing machine (100) for the processing of a blank-cable (1) into a tooled-cable (2), the cable processing machine comprising an operating tool (110, 120, 130), a sensor (111, 121, 131), a display (200), and a control system (300);

• wherein the control system (300) is arranged to set a target configuration of the operating tool (110, 120, 130) based on a cable-type (3) of the blank-cable (1) to be processed and based on the desired target specification of the tooled-cable;
• wherein the sensor (111, 121, 131) provides a sensor signal (112, 122, 132) indicative of the actual configuration of the operating tool (110, 120, 130);
• wherein the control system (300) is further arranged to provide display data (310, 320, 330) on the basis of the sensor signal (112, 122, 132) and the cable-type (3), which display data are displayable on the display (200);
• wherein individual items of the display data (310, 320, 330) are displayable in an animatable representation (5) of the tooled-cable (2) on the display (200) in which possible failure modes for individual components of the tooled-cable (2) are distinguishable from each other.