Method and device for manipulating an internal conductor

Abstract

A device and a method manipulate an inner conductor from several inner conductors at a stripped end of a sheathed cable. The device includes a manipulation device pivotable from an initial position about a pivot axis extending perpendicular to the axial direction of the cable end alignable relative to the manipulation device in a plane extending perpendicular to the cable end axis. The manipulation device includes a needle movable towards an inner conductor end in the initial position along a needle axis; and an inner conductor gripper gripping the inner conductor end. The method includes aligning the cable end relative to the manipulation device to align the needle axis with the inner conductor axis; moving the needle towards the inner conductor end, and establishing needle and inner conductor end contact; pivoting the manipulation device about the pivot axis; and gripping the inner conductor end by the inner conductor gripper.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for manipulating an inner conductor of a plurality of inner conductors at a stripped end of a jacketed cable. Background technique [0002] Sheathed cables have an inner conductor bundle, wherein the inner conductor bundle is entirely surrounded by an electrically insulating material, the so-called sheath. The sheath forms the outer insulating layer. Each of these inner conductors is formed by individual wires which in turn are each surrounded by an electrically insulating material, typically a plastic insulator, as inner insulating layer. These wires are, for example, stranded wires made of copper or aluminum. [0003] Sheathed wires are usually processed automatically, for example in a stripping process, a cutting process, a crimping process and the like. For automatic processing of the sheathed cable, it is advantageous if the inner conductor is held separately and can be contacted. [0004]...

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Problems solved by technology

However, the separation method is not defined in the usual method

The conventional method therefore has the disadvantage that, after the use of the air nozzle, the curved inner conductor is positioned in an unrestricted manner in space.

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