FREMGANGSMAATE OG ANORDNING FOR AUTOMATISK FORBINDING AV LEDERTRAADENDER ELLER OPTISKE FIBERENDER TIL TILPASSEDE KOMPONENTMOTTAGERE

摘要

The subject of the present invention are processes and devices for automatically connecting ends of lengths of conductor wires or of optical fibres to suitable receptacles of components, using grippers of various types and for specific purposes. …A device according to the invention comprises a conveyor (1) which has grippers at various end-treating units. The loading unit (5) instals lengths of wire in a first type of gripper (2). The units (4), (20) modify the ends with a view to connecting them. The unit (21) changes over the ends in the grippers so as to dispose them in a preferred order for the connection which is subsequently carried out by one or more units (32). The invention uses grippers suitable for various operations in order to hold a group of wires or in order to hold components. …One application is the automatic manufacture of bundles of conductor wires. ……