Method of manufacturing wire harness for automobile use

摘要

A method of effectively manufacturing various types of wire harnesses of complicated wiring structure is provided in which a predetermined number of connectors necessary for a unit wire harness are arranged on a movable pallet. Then the pallet is moved so that a crimp-style terminal of one of the connectors can come to a crimp connecting position of a crimp connecting press. An end of an electric wire is fed to the crimp-style terminal that has come to the crimp connecting position, and the end of the electric wire is connected to the terminal by the crimp connecting press. Then, the pallet is moved again, and the other end of the electric wire is connected to a crimp-style terminal of a predetermined connector by crimp connection. The series of motions are repeated until all terminals necessary for the unit wire harness are connected to the electric wires by means of crimp connection. According to this method, crimp connecting work can be executed only by one set of crimp connecting press, the operation of which is simple. Therefore, the size of the overall apparatus can be reduced and the cost can be lowered.