529results about "Connection formation by deformation" patented technology

A coaxial contact system and a method for electrically connecting a first outer conductor of a first coaxial conductor to a second outer conductor of a second coaxial conductor. The coaxial contact system for electrically connecting a first outer conductor of a first coaxial conductor to a second outer conductor of a second coaxial conductor includes an inner contact sleeve, which forms a support sleeve, and an outer contact sleeve, which at least partially surrounds the inner contact sleeve and forms a crimp sleeve which is crimped around the first and second outer conductors in a final assembled state. The inner contact sleeve and the outer contact sleeve are configured such that the first outer conductor is arranged in an axial direction or a radial direction next to the second outer conductor on the inner contact sleeve.

The utility model relates to a wire harness double-end simultaneous terminal crimping and shell inserting device which comprises a first terminal crimping station, a stripping and shearing mechanism, a stripping mechanism, a wire inlet mechanism, a wire pulling mechanism, a first wire feeding mechanism and a second wire feeding mechanism. According to the wire harness double-end simultaneous terminal crimping and shell inserting device, the peeling mechanism and the peeling and shearing mechanism can be used for peeling the two ends of the wire harness, and then the first wire feeding mechanism and the second wire feeding mechanism are used for feeding the wire harness to the first terminal crimping machine and the second terminal crimping machine for crimping the terminals at the two ends of the wire harness; the first wire feeding mechanism and the second wire feeding mechanism are used for feeding a wire harness to the first overturning wire clamping machine and the second overturning wire clamping machine to overturn a terminal on the wire harness by 90 degrees so as to meet the subsequent rubber shell insertion requirement, different types of rubber shells can be inserted into the two ends of the wire harness through the equipment, and the production flexibility of the equipment is improved.

The application discloses a high and low voltage power distribution cabinet wiring terminal crimping device, and relates to the crimping device field, the crimping device comprises a crimping device body, the crimping device body is internally provided with a stripping assembly used for stripping a connecting line insulation skin, the stripping assembly is internally provided with a crimping assembly used for fixing and crimping a connecting line, and the crimping assembly is internally provided with a pressing assembly used for pressing the connecting line. The crimping device comprises a crimping device body, the crimping device body is internally provided with a stripping assembly, the stripping assembly is internally provided with a cutting assembly used for cutting a connecting wire, and the cutting assembly is internally provided with an auxiliary assembly used for switching use functions of the crimping device body, so that three core functions of cutting, stripping and crimping are integrated through use of the stripping assembly, the crimping assembly, the cutting assembly and the auxiliary assembly; according to the terminal crimping device, manual workpiece transfer or tool switching is not needed, the irregular rod is extruded and the clamping plate is moved so that the clamping plate can be longer than the blade, the function of switching the crimping device body is achieved so as to carry out terminal crimping, and through fixation of the crimping head and rotary cutting of the blade, a notch of a connecting wire is prevented from being uneven.

The invention discloses a terminal feeding device of a full-automatic cable stripping and marking terminal crimping machine, a cable twisting and stripping device is used for twisting and stripping the outer side of a cable, when the cable twisting and stripping device is used for twisting and stripping the cable, a terminal crimping device is used for receiving materials above the cable twisting and stripping device, and after the twisting and stripping of the cable are completed, the terminal crimping device is used for crimping the cable. The laser marking device marks the surface of a core wire of a stripped cable immediately, the cable twisting and stripping device completes twisting and stripping, and when the cable twisting and stripping device retreats, the terminal crimping device rotates by 90 degrees under integrated linkage of the crimping and stripping linkage device, and crimping of a terminal is completed through driving of the crimping driving device. Automatic cable stripping, laser marking and terminal crimping are achieved, meanwhile, the crimping and stripping linkage device drives the terminal crimping device and the cable twisting and stripping device to work alternately in a linkage mode, under the condition of low cost, the cable twisting and stripping device and the terminal crimping device are made to work synchronously in a linkage mode, and the production efficiency is improved.

The invention relates to the field of wire harness processing, in particular to automatic equipment for wire harness wire cutting, stripping, end pressing and heat shrink tube sleeving processing, which comprises a rack, a wire harness feeding mechanism, a terminal feeding mechanism, a sleeve feeding mechanism, a terminal crimping mechanism, a linkage driving clamping mechanism and a cutting and stripping mechanism, the linkage driving clamping mechanism comprises a first linkage clamping assembly, a second linkage clamping assembly and a first clamping hand, and the first clamping hand clamps the end of the wire harness to sequentially slide to the positions near the sleeve feeding mechanism and the terminal crimping mechanism and can clamp the end of the wire harness to horizontally rotate to face a sleeve and a terminal. When the first clamping hand clamps the wire harness to penetrate through the cutting and peeling mechanism and drags the wire harness to a preset position, the cutting and peeling mechanism cuts the wire harness and peels off rubber at the end of the wire harness. All the mechanisms of the equipment are matched with one another, and a plurality of procedures such as wire cutting, peeling, end pressing and heat shrink tube sleeving are integrated on one piece of equipment, so that multiple feeding and discharging operations are reduced, the whole processing period is shortened, and the wire harness processing efficiency is improved.

The invention discloses a full-automatic power line production line which comprises peeling and riveting equipment, head and tail forming equipment and bundling and packaging equipment, a transition manipulator is arranged between the peeling and riveting equipment and the head and tail forming equipment, and a discharging manipulator is arranged between the head and tail forming equipment and the bundling and packaging equipment; the stripping and riveting equipment comprises a cutting mechanism, a tail-end stripping and riveting mechanism and a head-end stripping and riveting mechanism, the tail-end stripping and riveting mechanism and the head-end stripping and riveting mechanism are respectively used for stripping two ends of a wire and riveting a connecting terminal, and the transition manipulator is used for transferring the wire to the head and tail forming equipment; the head and tail forming equipment comprises a tail end spacing transfer mechanism, a tail end injection molding machine, a head spacing transfer mechanism and a head injection molding machine, and the discharging manipulator is used for grabbing and placing finished products on the bundling and packaging equipment. The whole-course automatic production from the whole coil of wire rod to the finished product power line can be realized, and the production efficiency is greatly improved.

The invention is suitable for the technical field of terminal crimping, and provides a wire harness terminal crimping device, which comprises a base, a cutting and stripping mechanism is arranged on the top surface of the base, and the cutting and stripping mechanism comprises a cut-off knife and a stripping knife; a feeding mechanism and a discharging mechanism are arranged on the two sides of the cutting and stripping mechanism respectively, crimping mechanisms are arranged beside the feeding mechanism and the discharging mechanism respectively, the feeding mechanism comprises a rotating seat capable of horizontally swinging, a guide wheel is rotationally arranged on the rotating seat, and the guide wheel is used for conveying a wire harness to a cut-off tool to be cut off. The rotating seat is used for conveying the head end of the cut wire harness to the peeling knife and the crimping mechanism in sequence; the discharging mechanism comprises a guide rail capable of swinging horizontally, a clamping jaw used for clamping the wire harness is arranged on the guide rail in a sliding mode, and the guide rail is used for conveying the tail end of the wire harness to the peeling knife and the crimping mechanism in sequence. Therefore, the mechanical level and the production efficiency of wire harness terminal crimping are improved, and the stability and the consistency of the crimping quality are ensured through multi-mechanism cooperation and precise control.

The invention discloses a wire harness terminal crimping and cutting device and process based on ultrasonic welding. The wire harness terminal crimping and cutting device comprises a crimping mechanism; the device further comprises a rotating disc, a cable feeding mechanism, a cable cutting mechanism, a peeling mechanism, a wire harness terminal feeding mechanism and a discharging mechanism. The cable feeding mechanism is located beside the cable cutting mechanism. The cable feeding mechanism is connected with the cable cutting mechanism through the bearing platform. A cable is conveyed to a first workbench through cooperation of a conveying belt and a clamping block, the cable is cut off through cooperation of a cutting knife and a base plate, and then the two ends of the cable are pushed to the position above a rotating disc through cooperation of an extrusion plate and a U-shaped block; the peeling mechanism, the wire harness terminal feeding mechanism and the crimping mechanism are used for peeling the cable, the two ends of the cable are sleeved with wire harness terminals, and the ultrasonic welding process is carried out, so that the purpose of crimping the two wire harness terminals at the two wiring ends of the cable at the same time is achieved, and finally the two wire harness terminals can be taken away by matching an electromagnet with the turntable. And the processing efficiency is greatly improved.

A composite hand tool for wire tooling includes a pipe, a driving member, and a stopper. The pipe has a first port, a second port, a first window, and a second window. The first and second ports are located in a first axial direction, the first and second windows are located in a second axial direction, and the first axial direction is different from the second axial directions. The driving member is movably disposed in the pipe in the first axial direction and has a blade. The stopper is detachably assembled to the pipe to seal the first port. A first tool and a second tool are disposed on two opposite surfaces of the stopper. When the stopper is assembled to the pipe, one of the first tool and the second tool is exposed to an external environment, and the other one is hidden in the pipe.

The invention discloses an intelligent control method and system for cable processing, relates to the technical field of cable processing, and aims to solve the technical problems that in an existing cable processing system, due to the fact that hidden defects caused by material microcosmic differences and cutter abrasion are difficult to detect, long-term operation of products is unstable, and fault diagnosis is difficult. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring material microscopic characteristic characterization information of an insulating layer of a cable to be processed, synchronously acquiring dynamic physical signals in the processing process in the process of performing peeling processing on the cable to be processed by utilizing a peeling cutter, and calculating the material microscopic characteristic characterization information of the insulating layer of the cable to be processed according to the material microscopic characteristic characterization information and the dynamic physical signals. Identifying whether the composite physical interaction abnormity caused by the combined action of the material characteristics of the insulating layer and the peeling cutter exists in the peeling processing process or not; and if it is identified that the composite physical interaction is abnormal, closed-loop adaptive differential adjustment is performed on control parameters of peeling processing according to the characteristics of the dynamic physical signals.

The invention discloses a twisted-pair cable processing system, a twisted-pair cable cutting method and a twisted-pair cable untwisting method. The twisted-pair cable processing system comprises: a frame; and the core wire untwisting device is mounted on the rack and is used for untwisting a pair of exposed core wires of the twisted-pair cable. The core wire untwisting device comprises a mounting plate which is fixed on a rack; the rotating wheel is rotationally mounted on the mounting plate, and a mounting hole penetrating in the axial direction is formed in the rotating wheel; the positioning body is embedded into the mounting hole of the rotating wheel and is provided with a pair of core wire insertion holes; and the driver is used for driving the rotating wheel and the positioning body embedded in the rotating wheel to rotate together. And when the end parts of a pair of exposed core wires of the twisted-pair cable are inserted into the pair of core wire jacks, the driver drives the rotating wheel and the positioning body to rotate so as to untwist the pair of exposed core wires of the twisted-pair cable. Therefore, the untwisting of a pair of core wires of the twisted-pair cable can be automatically realized, and the production efficiency is improved.

The invention discloses an inserting shell terminal crimping welding production line which comprises a rack. A wire clamping circulation conveying mechanism, a wire feeding and cutting mechanism, a first wire pulling mechanism, a first wire stripping mechanism, a movable terminal crimping mechanism, a shell feeding and inserting mechanism, a second wire pulling mechanism, a wire combing mechanism, a sleeve feeding and sleeving mechanism, a first sleeve pushing mechanism, a second wire stripping mechanism, an electronic element feeding and welding mechanism, a second sleeve pushing mechanism and a thermal shrinkage mechanism are arranged on the rack. According to the invention, the structural design is reasonable, automatic operations such as feeding and cutting, double-end wire stripping, single-end terminal crimping, single-end shell insertion, sleeve installation, element welding and product blanking of cables can be completed, the automation degree is high, the operation is stable and reliable, and the production efficiency and the product quality are greatly improved.

The invention discloses a pressing device for a terminal and a cable, and belongs to the field of electric wire processing equipment. Comprising an unwinding assembly; the cutting assembly comprises a displacement part arranged on one side of the transfer part, and a cutting part is arranged on the displacement part; the peeling assembly is fixed to a concave plate on the displacement part, a peeling part is arranged on the concave plate, a clamping part is arranged on one side of the concave plate, pushing parts are arranged on the two sides of the concave plate, a driving part is arranged on the cutting assembly, and linkage parts are arranged on the two side faces of the driving part. And a crimping assembly. According to the terminal and cable pressing device, the unwinding, cutting, peeling and crimping processes are integrated, the unwinding assembly ensures stable release and transfer of the cable, the cutting assembly performs accurate cutting, the peeling assembly completes cable clamping, cutting and peeling, the crimping assembly realizes terminal pressing, multiple processes are integrated and orderly carried out, and the overall frame is simplified.

The invention discloses a twisted-pair cable processing system and a twisted-pair cable cutting method. The twisted-pair cable processing system comprises: a frame; and the core wire cutting device is mounted on the rack and is used for cutting a pair of exposed and untwisted core wires of the twisted-pair cable. The core wire cutting device comprises a positioning body which is provided with a cable jack allowing one end of a twisted-pair cable to be inserted and a pair of core wire jacks allowing a pair of exposed core wires of the twisted-pair cable to pass through; and the cutting tool is arranged behind the positioning body and is used for cutting a pair of exposed core wires of the twisted-pair cable. A positioning reference surface perpendicular to the axial direction of the core wire jack is formed in the cable jack, and the positioning reference surface is used for being axially attached to the cutting end face of the outer coating layer of the twisted-pair cable so as to axially position the twisted-pair cable and ensure that a pair of exposed core wires of the cut twisted-pair cable have a preset length.

The utility model discloses a terminal combining and pressing machine which comprises a workbench, two processing devices and a combining and pressing device, the two processing devices are arranged on the workbench in parallel, and each processing device comprises a wire feeding mechanism, a wire moving mechanism, a cutting and wire stripping mechanism, a terminal crimping mechanism and a transferring mechanism; the wire moving mechanism is arranged on one side of the wire outlet end of the wire feeding mechanism and has a first working state and a second working state; the cutting and wire stripping mechanism is arranged on one side of the wire outlet end of the wire moving mechanism, and when the wire moving mechanism is in a first working state, the cutting and wire stripping mechanism corresponds to the wire moving mechanism; the terminal crimping mechanism is arranged on one side of the cutting and wire stripping mechanism, and when the wire moving mechanism is in the second working state, the terminal crimping mechanism corresponds to the wire moving mechanism; the transfer mechanism is arranged on one side of the wire outlet end of the cutting and wire stripping mechanism; the pressing device is arranged on the workbench and located on one side of the two machining devices. Through cooperation of the two processing devices and the pressing device, a two-wire three-head wire harness can be produced so as to meet market demands.

The invention relates to an image processing device (100) for supporting a qualitative and / or quantitative assessment of the quality of a crimp connection, an image evaluation device (200) and a production release system (300) for a crimping device, with an image evaluation device (200) according to one of claims 7 to 9, with a data interface to a database (304) in which production order-dependent target values for crimp connections (C) are stored, with a release unit (305) which is designed to provide an approval or a refusal of approval for production of the error-classified crimp connection (C) after a comparison between at least one qualitative and / or quantitative quality parameter (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with an associated target value.This solves the problem of determining the quality parameters of crimp connections in a more robust and reliable manner and of making the production of corresponding crimp connections more reliable and less complex.

The invention discloses a wiring device and a wiring method for electric power facilities. Relates to the technical field of wire splicing, and comprises a junction box, two ends of the junction box are provided with wiring holes for insertion of wires, and a base of the junction box is provided with a conductive strip; a wire stripping assembly and a fastening assembly are also arranged in the junction box; the wire stripping assembly is used for stripping an insulating layer, and the fastening assembly is used for connecting a wire with a conductive strip; the fastening assembly comprises a lower fixing block and an upper fixing block, the upper fixing block and the lower fixing block are provided with placing grooves, and the placing grooves are communicated with the wiring hole; a clamping groove is formed in the bottom of the lower fixing block, the bus bar extends into the clamping groove, a V-shaped elastic piece is fixedly connected to one side of the upper fixing block, and the lowest end of the elastic piece is located in the clamping groove; according to the invention, the stripping assembly and the fastening assembly are integrated, the stripping of an insulating layer is automatically completed and the reliable connection of a wire core and a conductive strip is realized when a wire is inserted, so that the problems of tedious tool switching, unstable stripping quality and low wiring efficiency in the traditional operation are solved; the wire stripping machine has the advantages of improving the wiring efficiency, simplifying the operation process, ensuring the wire stripping quality and realizing the integration of wire stripping and wiring.

The present invention relates to the technical field of cables. Specifically, it relates to a cable peeling method and device. The cable peeling method includes obtaining the thickness of the insulating sleeve of the cable unit; controlling the first traction unit to drive the cable unit to move in the first direction until the first end of the cable unit reaches the first preset position, and then controlling the first cutting unit to cut a first incision in the insulating sleeve and controlling the second cutting unit to cut a second incision in the insulating sleeve; based on the first cutting unit cutting to the first cutting depth and the second cutting unit cutting to the second cutting depth, controlling the first cutting unit to move towards the second cutting unit until the distance between the first cutting unit and the second cutting unit reaches the first preset distance and then stopping the movement, and controlling the first traction unit to drive the cable unit to move a second preset distance in the second direction, and the peeling of the first end is completed; the cable peeling unit is applied to the cable peeling method. In this way, the problem that the core wire may be cut when peeling the insulating skin on the cable is solved.

The embodiment of the invention provides an automatic assembling production line for wheel speed sensor terminals, and relates to the field of wheel speed sensor terminal assembling. A wheel speed sensor terminal automatic assembling production line comprises an assembling table and a flexible conveying chain extending along the assembling table, multiple sets of second material clamps are installed on the flexible conveying chain at intervals and used for clamping and conveying cables, and a discharging unit is arranged at one end of the assembling table and used for containing the cables to be machined. One end of the cable is output by the discharging unit, then is sequentially clamped by the second material clamps, is conveyed to a subsequent station along the flexible conveying chain, and sequentially passes through the first peeling unit and the second peeling unit which are arranged on the assembly table to perform peeling treatment on the two ends of the cable. By integrating an automatic process and a flexible conveying system, efficient and accurate continuous production of the wheel speed sensor terminal is achieved, the product quality and the production efficiency are remarkably improved, the labor cost and the defective rate are reduced, and good application prospects and economic benefits are achieved.

A twist correction device includes an untwisting mechanism and a controller, the untwisting mechanism being configured to grip a multi-core twisted wire by means of a pair of gripping elements, wherein the pair of gripping elements is configured to slide together toward a tip side of the multi-core twisted wire while performing a relative stroke position offset movement of the pair of gripping elements in a direction of untwisting for untwisting the multi-core twisted wire, wherein when the pair of gripping elements is positioned on an exposure side end side of the multi-core twisted wire, the controller is configured to perform operation control with a smaller gripping force in a twist gripping direction as well as a smaller operation force and a smaller position offset amount for the stroke position offset movement than when the pair of gripping elements is positioned on the tip side.

The utility model discloses a cold pressure terminal machine, it includes: bottom plate, clamping wire module, torsion wire module, send terminal module and material disc module of vibrating, and send terminal module includes support seat, first guide rail, swing structure, straight vibrating structure, block drive motor, blocking arm, send terminal drive structure and set up in the support seat other side and be used for the jaw structure of clamping terminal transmission to swing structure, in the utility model, through adding a straight vibrating structure in send terminal module, after terminal is vibrated from material disc module of vibrating, straight vibrating structure can carry out secondary vibration adjustment to terminal, make terminal can swing with correct posture, so as to carry out terminal pressure, effectively promote the precision and work efficiency of wire rod processing, can also be adapted to the pressure of various terminals, improve the adaptability.

The invention relates to a centering device (1) with a gripping unit comprising two gripper jaws (2, 3) which are linearly displaceable in a gripper actuation direction (B) for opening and closing the gripping unit and each have a tool (4, 5) with a tool contour (6, 7), wherein a first gripper jaw (2) of the two gripper jaws (2, 3) has an arm (8) extending from the tool (4) in a substantially U-shaped form, with an opening of the U-shaped form being oriented perpendicular to the gripper actuation direction (B) and perpendicular to the cable feed direction (Z). The invention also relates to a system comprising a processing station for processing the cable and a centering device (1), as well as a method for operating a centering device (1).

The utility model discloses a crimping machine for wire harness production, which comprises a workbench, a plurality of first notches and a plurality of second notches are respectively arranged at the upper end of the workbench from left to right, two first guide columns are arranged on the left sides of the first notches, two second guide columns are arranged on the left sides of the second notches, the upper ends of the first guide columns are connected with a first top plate, and the lower ends of the second guide columns are connected with a second top plate. A first moving plate is arranged at the middle end of the first guide column, the first top plate and the first moving plate are connected through a first air cylinder, the upper surface of the first moving plate is connected with an upper cutter, the lower cutter is arranged on the left side of the first notch, the upper end of the second guide column is connected with a second top plate, and a second moving plate is arranged at the middle end of the second guide column. The second top plate and the second moving plate are connected through a second air cylinder, the lower surface of the second moving plate is connected with a pressing head, and the working efficiency of crimping can be well improved.

To avoid the disadvantages of the known installation and, in particular, to provide an installation for assembling cables that can be operated efficiently and safely.SOLUTION: An installation 1 for assembling cables includes two pivot units 5 and 6 and a processing station processing cable ends of the cable, a loop forming device 7 for forming cable loops from the cable, a loop stretcher 8 and a loop holder 9 having a gripper 20 securing the cable loop. The loop forming device 7 and the second pivot unit 6 are designed so that the fully assembled cable loop may be placed on a cable tray using respective cable grippers 15 and 19. The cable tray designed as a conveyor is equipped with holding elements that hold both cable ends of the cable loop.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

The application provides a wire harness automatic processing device and a busbar welding complete machine. The wire harness automatic processing device comprises a wire harness driving device, a wire feeding device, a stripping device, a sleeve device and a terminal pressing device. The wire feeding device is used for wire harness feeding, and the wire feeding device is installed on the wire harness driving device. The wire harness driving device is used to drive the wire feeding device to move, so that the wire harness can move to any one of the stripping device, the sleeve device and the terminal pressing device. The stripping device is used for stripping at least one position of the wire harness. The sleeve device is used for sleeving a sleeve on the wire harness. The terminal pressing device is used for crimping terminals on the wire harness. The wire harness automatic processing device of the application realizes automatic stripping, automatic sleeving and automatic terminal crimping of the wire harness, improves the automation degree of wire harness pretreatment, and is beneficial to improving the efficiency and pretreatment effect.

In a crimping tool 10 having a lower die 14 and an upper die 16 for crimping a crimp forming part 112 of a crimp terminal 110 to an electric wire 101, for example, a lower die central convex portion 22a of a lower die recessed portion 22 provided in the lower die 14 has an upper end surface 22c and a front wall surface 22d and a rear wall surface 22e arranged opposite to each other in the longitudinal direction. For example, if the edge where the front wall surface 22d meets the upper end surface 22c is defined as the first edge 22f, and the inclination angle of the front wall surface 22d with respect to a vertical axis AX from the first edge 22f is defined as the notch angle θ1, the notch angle θ1 is in a range of 20° or more and 30° or less.

A wire crimping pliers with a replaceable jaw comprising a wire crimping pliers body and a jaw, wherein the wire crimping pliers body has an end provided with a handle and an end that is a clamping end, a recess is formed in an opening of the clamping end, at least one elastic piece is mounted at an inner end of the recess, the jaw is inserted into the recess, an inner end of the jaw abuts against the elastic piece, a rotatable spindle is arranged in the recess, one end of the spindle is provided with a rotating cap and is located outside the clamping end, a bushing is formed in the jaw, a circular hole is formed in a bottom of the bushing, a locking piece in the shape of an elliptical cylinder is arranged at a position of the spindle corresponding to the bushing,a minimum diameter of the locking piece is smaller than a diameter of the socket and a maximum diameter of the locking piece is larger than the diameter of the socket and smaller than a diameter of the circular hole.,

Connector terminals are crimped to harness-use electric wires while various burdens on the worker are reduced. A terminal crimping unit includes a measuring section, a conveying section, a stripping section, a crimping section, a crimping confirmation section performing a crimping confirmation process based on a post-crimping image obtained by photographing electric wire end portions to which the connector terminals have been crimped, and a selective discarding section performing a selective discarding process of handing over to a subsequent step the harness-use electric wires that satisfy the crimping criteria and discarding the harness-use electric wires that do not satisfy the crimping criteria.

An installation for assembling cables includes two pivot units and a processing station processing cable ends of the cable, a loop layer forming cable loops from the cable, a loop stretcher and a loop holder having a gripper securing the cable loop. The loop layer and the second pivot unit place the fully assembled cable loop on a cable tray using respective cable grippers. The cable tray is a conveyor having holding elements that hold both cable ends of the cable loop.