摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a cable for connecting the poles of a battery, intended to join the galvanic cells thereof, which cable comprises a bundle consisting of a plurality of electrical conductor wires having a cross section between 16 mm<SUP>2</SUP> and 150 mm<SUP>2</SUP>, the two ends of said wires being fastened with a connector. According to the invention, this process consists: in preparing a cable bundle surrounded by an insulating material, with stripped ends; in preparing a connector having a tubular first part for being fastened to one of the ends of the bundle and a planar second part provided with an orifice; in inserting one of the stripped ends of the cable bundle into the tubular part of said connector; in applying an annular electromagnetic field around said tubular part, the energy level of said field being between 6 and 8 kJ, at a voltage of 5 to 7.5 kV, applied for between 8 and 100 µs, so as to create magnetic forces causing the diameter of at least a portion of the length of said tubular part to shrink very rapidly, by plastic deformation, in order to obtain the desired assembly; in carrying out the same assembly operation at the other stripped end of the bundle, using another connector; and then in encapsulating the two connectors and the possible uninsulated portions of said cable bundle with an insulating material.</p> |