Process for the connection of conductor wire or optical fiber section ends to connectors

A process for the automatic connection of ends of sections of conductor wire or optical fiber, to connectors, said process including the steps of:

• providing a conveyor having clamps which grasp and hold said ends;
• intermittently transferring said clamps with said ends along a given transfer path;
• selectively feeding some of said clamps with said ends to end processing units arranged laterally along said transfer path;
• selectively modifying said ends on said some of said clamps using said end processing units;
• feeding said clamps with said ends to an interchange unit which is placed laterally along said transfer path;
• modifying the order of some of said ends on said conveyor through the use of said interchange unit;
• feeding said clamps with said ends to at least one connection unit placed laterally along said transfer path downstream from said interchange unit;
• said connection unit comprising means for taking each of said ends and connecting it to each of said connectors;
• said connection unit selectively connecting said each of said ends to said each of said connectors in a predetermined manner;
• said ends being connected in an order which may be different from the order in which said ends are fed to said connection unit.