Inspection apparatus for wire-processing machine
AssigneeKomax Holding AG
InventorStefan Viviroli
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Abstract
A wire-processing apparatus has grippers feeding a wire to processing stations for producing wire end connections. A holder is used to inspect the wire end connection, wherein the linear movement of the grippers is used for the automated inspection of the wire end connection by applying a pull out force along a longitudinal axis of the wire while the holder is retaining the connection.
Claims16
An inspection apparatus for a wire-processing machine having processing stations for wire outfitting wherein at least one gripper feeds wire to the processing stations for producing a wire end connection, comprising:
- a holder for releasably retaining a contact attached to an end of a wire held by the gripper;
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- means for moving the at least one gripper with a linear movement in a direction parallel with a longitudinal axis of the wire to generate a pull out force along the longitudinal axis of the wire relative to the contact while said holder is retaining the contact.
An inspection apparatus for a wire-processing machine having processing stations for wire outfitting comprising:
- a gripper feeding a wire to the processing stations for producing a wire end connection;
- a holder releasably retaining a contact attached to an end of the wire fed by said gripper;
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- means for moving said gripper with a linear movement relative to said holder in a direction parallel with a longitudinal axis of the wire to generate a pull out force along the longitudinal axis of the wire relative to the contact while said holder is retaining the contact.
An inspection apparatus for a wire-processing machine having processing stations for wire outfitting, comprising:
- a swivel arm configured for a swinging movement and a linear movement;
- a gripper for feeding a wire to the processing stations to produce a wire end connection, the wire having a contact attached to an end of the wire, the gripper disposed at an end of the swivel arm and configured to selectively grasp the wire and selectively move in a direction parallel with a longitudinal axis of the wire;
- a holder releasably retaining the contact of the wire fed by said gripper, the holder including a pair of opposed retaining plates attached to slides movable on a bracket for moving said retaining plates between a closed position retaining the contact and an open position releasing the contact, the retaining plates each having a V-shaped free end for holding the contact in the closed position;
- a drive means coupled to the swivel arm and configured to move the gripper with the linear movement relative to the holder in a direction parallel with the longitudinal axis of the wire, the drive means generating a pull out force along the longitudinal axis of the wire relative to the contact while the gripper is grasping the wire and the holder is retaining the contact;
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- at least one force sensor mounted on the holder and configured to detect the pull out force on the wire transferred to the retaining plates when the drive means moves the gripper while the gripper is grasping the wire and the holder is retaining the contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.