Arrangement of a separating device, a conductor processing station and a transport device

Abstract

Arrangement comprising at least one separating device (1), preferably a vibrating conveyor pot (2), for conductor end pieces (3), at least one conductor processing station (4), preferably a crimping unit (5), and at least one transport device (6) for at least partially transporting the conductor end pieces (3) between the at least one separating device (1) and the at least one conductor processing station (4), preferably for equipping the at least one conductor processing station (4) with the conductor end pieces (3), wherein the at least one transport device (6) is arranged relative to the at least one separating device (1) and the at least one conductor processing station (4) in such a way that the at least one separating device (1) and the at least one conductor processing station (4) are laterally offset from one another in the horizontal direction (7) in the position of use of the arrangement, preferably spatially spaced from one another.

Description

The invention relates to an arrangement comprising at least one singulating device, preferably a vibratory feeder pot, for conductor end pieces, at least one conductor processing station, preferably a crimping unit, and at least one transport device for at least regionally transporting the conductor end pieces between the at least one singulating device and the at least one conductor processing station, preferably for equipping the at least one conductor processing station with the conductor end pieces. The invention further relates to a wire assembly machine having at least one such arrangement. The invention further relates to a method for transporting at least one conductor end piece between at least one singulating apparatus and at least one conductor processing station via at least one transport device.Conventionally, a crimping unit as a conductor processing machine is supplied with the conductor end pieces to be crimped via an oscillating feed pot as a singulating device. In this case, the conductor end pieces are filled into the oscillating conveyor pot, wherein the oscillating conveyor pot is fastened within a safety cover of the crimping unit and above the crimping unit, so that conductor end pieces separated by the oscillating conveyor pot can be fed to the crimping unit through a fall channel of the oscillating conveyor pot as a result of gravity. If filling of conductor end pieces in the oscillating conveyor pot falls below a threshold value, the filling level of conductor end pieces must be increased in order to be able to prevent a production interruption due to a lack of loading.It is disadvantageous in the prior art that filling the oscillating conveyor pots requires opening the safety cover, wherein an exposed safety cover is associated with an undesired interruption in production. Moreover, viewing the fill level is not comfortable-in particular for small operators of the crimping unit. In addition, filling of the oscillating conveyor pots is not ergonomic, in particular because of the accessibility of the oscillating conveyor pots in the case of a multiplicity of oscillating conveyor pots present.The objective technical object of the present invention is therefore to provide an arrangement of separating device and conductor processing station which is improved compared to the prior art, and also a wire assembly machine and a method for transporting conductor end pieces from the separating device to the conductor processing station, in which the disadvantages of the prior art are at least partially eliminated, and which are distinguished in particular by a particularly high user-friendliness, a particularly efficient value chain and / or a particularly high flexibility.This object is achieved by the features of claim 1.Accordingly, it is provided according to the invention that the at least one transport device is arranged relative to the at least one singulating device and the at least one conductor processing station in such a way that the at least one singulating device and the at least one conductor processing station are arranged laterally offset from one another in the horizontal direction, preferably spatially spaced apart from one another, in the use position of the arrangement.This first makes it possible for the fill level or the filling at conductor end pieces of the at least one singulating device to be easily recognizable and raisable for small personnel, since due to the lateral offset a positioning of the at least one singulating device is ensured with a reduction in the height of the at least one singulating device - without the need for detection means for monitoring the fill level or for additional component components to be automated for mounting or a reduction in overall heights or a lowering of component components or separate standing means for the personnel. In addition, the risk is reduced that an inadequate fill level of the at least one singulating device will overlook or that the latter will be filled too late, which would result in an interruption in production.Furthermore, it can be ensured that even with a high number of singulating apparatus a supply of conductor end pieces can create a favourable accessibility situation for personnel.An outer contour of the conductor processing station, preferably a lateral boundary surface of the crimping unit (optionally of the crimping device) facing the singulating device and / or adjoining the singulating device, and an outer contour of the singulating device, preferably a lateral surface of the oscillating conveyor pot facing the conductor processing station and / or adjoining the conductor processing station, can serve as reference for the lateral offset.Preferably, a mounting plate for the at least one singulating device is formed spatially separately from a mounting plate for the at least one conductor processing station in the lateral direction.Particularly preferably, the at least one singulating device, preferably proceeding from a feed opening for conductor end pieces or an upper edge of the at least one singulating device, is also positioned in addition to the lateral spacing from the at least one conductor processing station in the vertical direction with respect to the at least one conductor processing station, preferably a horizontally oriented axis of symmetry of an arrangement of crimping jaws of the crimping unit in the crimping position, at a varying spacing from a base. The at least one singulating device can be located, for example, closer or more remote than the at least one conductor processing station relative to the floor on which the wire assembly machine rests.Added to this is the positive property that the localization of the at least one singulating device can be adjusted flexibly-substantially independently of a necessary drop height for the conductor end pieces and / or the localization of the at least one conductor processing station. For example, a closed safety cover for the at least one conductor processing station can remain and during the production process a refilling process with respect to the conductor end pieces can take place-without a production interruption having to be effected or the refilling process being at the expense of the safety of the personnel. By separating the at least one singulating device and the at least one conductor processing station, the refilling process can take place externally or remotely to the conductor processing station, wherein the at least one singulating device can be arranged or displaced in the space, for example, as a function of boundary conditions such as the circumstances.In addition, a space which is now freely available above the at least one conductor processing station can be used, for example, as a stowage space other than for positioning the at least one singulating device or an installation height of a wire assembly machine having such an arrangement can be reduced. In addition, transport or assembly can be facilitated by decoupling the at least one conductor processing station from the at least one singulating device.In addition, due to the (spatial and / or functional) separation between the fitting and the machining, it is possible that, in the case of a relative movement of, for example, a crimping unit as a conductor machining station and the component components required for the singulation, a mass to be moved can be reduced in the course of fitting the crimping unit, since the at least one singulating device does not have to be moved together with the crimping unit or an optionally present further singulating device for the crimping unit. Due to the possible flexibility in the configuration of the at least one transport device, it is also possible to transfer movements of component components according to the prior art onto the at least one transport device with low weight.As stated at the beginning, protection is also sought for a wire assembly machine having at least one such arrangement.In particular, the at least one transport device can be provided as an add-on for existing wire assembly machines as a retrofit component-without an adaptation of the at least one singulating device and / or a structural redesign of the at least one conductor processing station being required.As stated at the beginning, protection is also sought for a method for transporting at least one conductor end piece between at least one singulating apparatus and at least one conductor processing station via at least one transport device, preferably an arrangement of this type, wherein a multiplicity of conductor end pieces is singulated by the at least one singulating apparatus and a singulated conductor end piece or a collected multiplicity of singulated conductor end pieces is transported by means of at least one pneumatic apparatus along the at least one transport device to a further singulating apparatus or the at least one conductor processing station.The technical deadline pneumatic device is to be designed in the context of the invention as a device with which at least one conductor end piece can be moved along the transport device by means of a pressure difference and / or a fluid cushion. The fluid is preferably present in the form of air, the fluid generally being arbitrary. The pressure difference is preferably present in the transport device in the form of an overpressure upstream of the conductor end piece or the conductor end pieces, so that the conductor end piece or the conductor end pieces can be moved along the transport device by means of a fluid storage pressure in the form of a fluid cushion, wherein in general, alternatively or in addition, a negative pressure downstream of the conductor end piece or the conductor end pieces in the transport direction along the transport device can be provided for sucking in the conductor end piece or the conductor end pieces.Particularly preferably, the at least one pneumatic device generates an overpressure by means of the medium air, wherein in general an exchange of negative pressure and / or other fluids for transporting conductor end pieces is possible. The at least one pneumatic device preferably comprises a pump for building up a pressure and / or a valve for controlling a pressure flow and / or a blower for forwarding a pressure pulse.By using at least one pneumatic device, the at least one transport device can be designed to be particularly flexible, wherein, for example, in the case of a desired change to the relative positioning between the at least one singulating device and the at least one conductor processing station, no change to the structural design of the at least one transport device and no change to the at least one pneumatic device is required.Advantageous embodiments of the invention are defined in the dependent claims.According to an advantageous embodiment of the present invention, it is provided that the at least one singulating device is arranged in the use position of the arrangement in the vertical direction substantially at the same height as the at least one conductor processing station and / or outside a safety cover for the at least one conductor processing station, wherein it is preferably provided that, in the use position of the arrangement, an axis of a conductor arranged within the at least one conductor processing station and / or a feed opening for conductor end pieces of the at least one singulating device is spaced apart from a base in the range between 0.5 m and 1.5 m.When positioning substantially at the same height, for example at the same angle of view, a crimping process between a conductor and a conductor end piece can simultaneously monitor the storage of the at least one singulating device. The vertical spacing of the axis from the base particularly preferably corresponds to a horizontally oriented axis of symmetry of an arrangement of crimping jaws of a crimping device in the crimping position of the crimping unit. As a reference for the spacing of the at least one separating device from the base, a feed opening for conductor end pieces, which preferably corresponds to an upper edge of a vibrating conveyor pot, can generally be used.Advantageously, the present invention provides for the at least one transport device to be installed.at least in regions in the form of at least one flexible, preferably plastic-like tube; and / orbent, preferably in a spline shape and / or in an S shape, and / ora longitudinal extension in the range between 1m and 5m, preferably between 2m and 3.5m.For example, if the at least one transport device is present in the form of a flexible tube, the tube can be bent into the desired shape depending on the relative positioning between the at least one singulating apparatus and the at least one conductor processing station, wherein generally also rigid and / or metallic transport devices can be provided. Repositioning of a transport device in the form of plastic can be effected particularly easily.If the at least one transport device is present in an S-shape, then downstream of the at least one singulating device and upstream and / or downstream of an optionally present further singulating device of the at least one conductor processing station a gravity force can be used in the movement of the at least one conductor end piece.It is particularly preferably provided that the at least one transport device comprises at least one pneumatic device, preferably compressed air device, for applying force to the conductor end pieces, wherein the at least one transport device can be supplied continuously with compressed air and / or with discrete pneumatic pulses by the at least one pneumatic device, wherein it is preferably provided that the at least one pneumatic device is designed, particularly preferably automated, to move exactly one conductor end piece or at least 5 or 10 or 15 conductor end pieces together along the at least one transport device and / or the at least one transport device comprises at least one, particularly preferably automated, collecting device, particularly preferably collecting slide, for conductor end pieces.The at least one pneumatic device has proven to be a particularly favorable force application means for conductor end pieces during internal tests, which can ensure a rapid transport of the conductor end pieces, which transport is substantially independent of the geometry of the at least one transport device, with little resource outlay. If a plurality of conductor end pieces are transported together, compressed air can be saved, for example, wherein a common transport of conductor end pieces is generally not absolutely necessary.The at least one collecting device can basically be provided by the geometry of the at least one transport device, wherein preferably a preferably automated collecting slide temporarily stops the transport along the at least one transport device and, when a defined number of conductor end pieces is present, for example detected by at least one control and / or regulating device via an analysis of the number of forwarding movements at the at least one singulating device, releases the predefined number of conductor end pieces for further transport along the at least one transport device.It has proven advantageous that the at least one transport device comprises at least one bypass channel, wherein the at least one pneumatic device is arranged on the at least one bypass channel and / or at least in regions within the at least one bypass channel and / or is arranged relative to the at least one bypass channel in such a way that compressed air can be supplied to the at least one transport device via the at least one bypass channel.In an arrangement on the at least one bypass channel, the entry of the conductor end pieces into the at least one transport device is not disturbed and the introduction of compressed air pulses into the at least one transport device can be effected particularly favorably.According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the at least one transport device comprises at least one sealing device for inhibiting or preventing a pressure loss within the at least one transport device, wherein it is preferably provided that the at least one sealing deviceis arranged in the region of an inlet opening of the at least one transport device and / or of a bypass channel which may be present, and / ortemporarily activatable during a transport of at least one conductor end piece along the at least one transport device, and / ora, particularly preferably automated, mechanism for at least partially sealing the at least one transport device.The strength of a pneumatic pulse for the transfer of conductor end pieces can be reduced by the at least one sealing device, wherein the risk of the conductor end pieces stopping within the at least one transport device during the transport of the conductor end pieces can be reduced. For example, it can be provided that a sealing agent reduces or completely prevents the supply of air into the at least one transport device via a controlled mechanism over the duration of the pneumatic pulse.An advantageous variant of the present invention consists in that at least one control and / or regulating device is provided, which is configured to pivot the at least one ladder processing station, preferably depending on a transfer of a ladder end piece into the at least one ladder processing station, and / or to move and / or move it relative to the at least one transport device, preferably in a translatory mannera pneumatic pulse having a duration in the range between 1 s and 2.5 s and / ora plurality of pneumatic pulses having a time difference in the range between 1 s and 2.5 s and / ora pneumatic pulse as a function of an entry of a conductor end piece into the at least one transport device and / or a presence of a predefined number of conductor end pieces, preferably exactly one conductor end piece or at least 5 or 10 or 15 conductor end pieces, within the at least one transport device via the at least one pneumatic device to the at least one transport device.The at least one control and / or regulating device can generally be programmed to actuate all or at least some of the automated component components.It is preferably provided that the at least one separating device is designed in the form of at least one oscillating conveyor pot, wherein the at least one oscillating conveyor pot comprises at least one displacement device, preferably a pivoting device, for the, preferably automated, removal of the conductor end pieces from the at least one oscillating conveyor pot and / or for feeding the conductor end pieces into the at least one transport device, preferably via at least one fall channel of the at least one oscillating conveyor pot.In general, the at least one displacement device can transport a conductor end piece away from the separating device by translatory movement. In contrast, removal by means of pivoting movements of a displacement device in the form of a pivoting device is preferred.Particularly preferably, a plurality of vibrating conveyor pots are provided. Preferably, at least 10 oscillating conveyor pots are used, wherein particularly preferably exactly 16 oscillating conveyor pots, preferably arranged in a grid-like or substantially ring-shaped manner, are provided as singulating devices for the at least one conductor processing station.In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the at least one displacement device comprises at least one, preferably optical, sensor system, with which the presence of a conductor end piece on the at least one displacement device can be detected, and / or comprises at least one clock counter for pivoting movements of the at least one displacement device relative to the at least one oscillating conveyor pot.The sensor system can determine that a conductor end piece is positioned in such a way that it can be supplied to a transport device, wherein the supply into the transport device can be detected in order to actuate the pneumatic device and / or to monitor the number of conductor end pieces that have entered the transport device for a common transport. The sensor system can generally be in mechanical form, an optical sensor being preferred.According to a preferred exemplary embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the at least one pneumatic device and / or the at least one bypass channel is arranged in the use position of the arrangement in the vertical direction below the at least one downcomer channel, preferably in the region of an inlet opening of the at least one downcomer channel.As a result, for example, the pneumatic device can be arranged at a position on the arrangement which is easy to maintain or is favorable for the introduction of a pneumatic pulse, and / or the conductor end piece can be prepositioned for further transport by gravity.Furthermore, it is particularly preferably provided that the at least one conductor processing station is present in the form of at least one crimping unit, wherein the at least one crimping unit comprises at least one crimping device and / or at least one further singulating device.The at least one further singulating device enables the loading of the at least one crimping device to be handled independently of loading of the at least one singulating device and / or transport along the at least one transport device.If at least two crimping devices are provided, a conductor loop with two free ends can be crimped on both sides, for example, wherein the cycle time can be reduced.It has proven advantageous that at least one further singulating device is provided, wherein the at least one further singulating device is present in the form of at least one magazine and the at least one magazine comprises a plurality of storage spaces for varying conductor end pieces and / or at least one slide for the preferably automated, singulated further transport of the conductor end pieces to the at least one optionally present crimping device, particularly preferably via a further fall channel, wherein provision is preferably made thatthe at least one optionally present crimping device is configured to be pivotable between a loading position and a crimping position, particularly preferably substantially by 90 degrees, and / orthe at least one transport device is movable relative to the at least one magazine in such a way that the ladder end pieces can be selectively transported into one of the plurality of storage spaces, and / orthe conductor end pieces can be forwarded by the at least one singulating device to the at least one transport device and / or by the at least one further singulating device to the at least one optionally present crimping device and / or by the at least one transport device to the at least one conductor processing station in cycle times varying from one another.If the at least one crimping device is pivotable, the entry into the at least one crimping device can be effected by gravity and the conductor can be fed for a crimp connection by a translationally movable shuttle of the wire assembly machine. If a relative displacement between the at least one transport device and the at least one magazine is possible, presorging can take place depending on a type or size of the ladder end piece. If the arrangement can be operated at different cycle times, the singulating process can take place on the at least one singulating device independently of the transport process or the fitting of the at least one crimping device or the cycle time of the at least one crimping device or the transport process can take place independently of the fitting or the cycle time.Furthermore, it is preferably provided that the wire assembly machine is equipped with a plurality of conductor end pieces arranged within the at least one singulating device, preferably conductor end sleeve, turned contact, cable lug, flat plug sleeve and / or crimp connection.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is provided thatthe conductor end pieces are forwarded by the at least one separating device to the at least one transport device and / or by the at least one further separating device to at least one crimping device and / or by the at least one transport device to the at least one conductor processing station at different cycle times, and / orat least one crimping device of the at least one conductor processing station is pivoted and / or the at least one transport device is moved relative to the at least one further singulating device.According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, it is provided thata sensor system detects the presence of a conductor end piece on the at least one separating device and / orat least one control and / or regulating device determines and / or determines a number of conductor end pieces introduced into the at least one transport devicethe at least one transport device is sealed at least temporarily during transport along the at least one transport device.Further details and advantages of the present invention are explained in more detail below with reference to the description of the figures with reference to the exemplary embodiments shown in the drawings. Shown therein are: FIGS. 1 a, 1 b show an arrangement according to a particularly preferred exemplary embodiment in perspective views in varying viewing directions, FIGS. 2 a, 2 b show an arrangement according to a further particularly preferred exemplary embodiment in perspective views with varying viewing directions, FIGS. 3 a- 3 g show the arrangement according to the embodiment according to FIGS. 2 aand 2 bin different operating positions during singulating process steps or transport along a transport device between an oscillating conveyor pot and a crimping device in each case in a plan view and a sectional illustration in a view from the side and a perspective view.FIG. 1 ashows an arrangement of a plurality of separating devices 1 for conductor end pieces 3 in the form of oscillating conveyor pots 2, a conductor processing station 4 in the form of a crimping unit 5 and a plurality of transport devices 6 for transporting the conductor end pieces 3 between the separating devices 1 and the conductor processing station 4 for mounting the conductor processing station 4 with the conductor end pieces 3.The number of separating apparatuses 1 and transport devices 6 is generally arbitrary.The transport devices 6 are arranged and linked relative to the separating devices 1 and the conductor processing station 4 in such a way that the separating devices 1 and the conductor processing station 4 are laterally offset from one another in the horizontal direction 7 and spaced apart from one another in the horizontal direction 7 in the position of use of the arrangement shown.In the position of use of the arrangement, the separating devices 1 are arranged in the vertical direction 8 at the same height as the conductor processing station 4 and outside a safety cover 9 for the conductor processing station 4.FIG. 1 bshows the arrangement as part of a wire assembly machine, wherein the wire assembly machine can have a stripping unit as a conductor processing station and a handling system for transporting the conductor between the conductor processing stations, such as a movable shuttle.During operation of the wire assembly machine, conductor end pieces 3 are generally arranged at least in one of the singulating apparatus 1 in order to ensure continuous placement of the crimping unit 5. The conductor end pieces can be in the form of core sleeves, twisted contacts, cable terminals, flat sockets, crimp connection, et cetera.In the position of use of the arrangement, the feed openings 12 for conductor end pieces 3 of the separating devices 1 are spaced apart from a base 13 by between 0.8 m and 1.3 m.The crimping unit 5 comprises two crimping devices 28 and a further separating device 29.The further separating devices 29 are present in the form of a magazine 30, wherein the magazine 30 has a plurality of storage spaces 31 for varying conductor end pieces 3 and sliders (not shown for reasons of clarity) for the automated separated onward transport of the conductor end pieces 3 to the crimping devices 28.In general, it can be provided that the transport device 6 is movable relative to the magazine 30, so that the conductor end pieces 3 of the singulating device 1 can be transported selectively into one of the plurality of storage spaces 31, wherein in the exemplary embodiment shown one storage space 31 is assigned per singulating device 1 and different conductor end pieces 3 can be supplied to the crimping devices 28 by relative movement of the magazine 30 relative to the crimping devices 28 or vice versa. In this regard, however, no movement of the separating devices 1 relative to the crimping device 28 or the magazine 30 is necessary, so that less mass has to be moved for this purpose.At the bottom right in the illustration, a control and / or regulating device 23 is schematically provided for automatizing the singulating, transporting and / or crimping process, which can be in radio-signal-transmitting and / or cable-connected connection to the arrangement. The control and / or regulating device 23 can be integrated in a machine controller, for example, or provided as a unit separate from the machine controller, in order to control at least proper transport of the conductor end pieces 3 from the singulating devices 1 to the further singulating device 29 or the crimping devices 28.FIG. 2 ashows an arrangement with a vibratory feeder pot 2, a transport device 6 and a crimping device 28, which can represent, for example, a part of the arrangement according to FIGS. 1 aand 1 b.The transport device 6 comprises a pneumatic device 16 - schematically indicated in dashed lines - in the form of a compressed air device for applying force to the conductor end pieces 3, wherein the transport device 6 can be supplied continuously with compressed air or with discrete pneumatic pulses by the pneumatic device 16.The pneumatic device 16 is designed to move at least 15 conductor end pieces 3 jointly along the transport device 6, for example automatically in interaction with the control and / or regulating device 23, wherein the number of jointly transported conductor end pieces 3 is generally arbitrary and transport of individual conductor end pieces 3 can be provided.The transport device 6 comprises a collecting device for conductor end pieces 3, which is caused by the curvature of the transport device 6. In general, however, an automated collecting slide can be used, for example, which holds conductor end pieces 3 in the transport device 6 and releases the conductor end pieces 3 for further transport when a predefined number of conductor end pieces 3 (or a predefined time for the transport of the conductor end piece 3) are present.The number of pneumatic devices 16 is generally arbitrary, wherein, for example, a common pneumatic device 16 can be used for a plurality of singulating devices 1. Preferably, one pneumatic device 16 is used per singulating device 1.The transport device 6 comprises a bypass channel 19, wherein the pneumatic device 16 is arranged on the bypass channel 19 and is connected relative to the bypass channel 19 in such a way that compressed air can be supplied to the transport device 6 via the bypass channel 19 for the transport of the conductor end pieces 3.FIG. 2 bdiffers from FIG. 2 a merely in the view from a changed viewing angle.FIGS. 3 ato 3 gvisualize the movement of the conductor end pieces 3 from the singulating devices 1 up to a crimping process on the crimping device 28 along the arrangement illustrated by sectional illustrations.An exemplary method for transporting conductor end pieces 3 between the singulating apparatus 1 and the conductor processing station 4 via the transport device 6 of the arrangement can be expressed as follows: A plurality of conductor end pieces 3 are singulated by the singulating apparatus 1, wherein a sensor system detects the presence of a conductor end piece 3 on the singulating apparatus 1 and in each case forwards a conductor end piece 3 to the transport device 6. The control and / or regulating device 23 determines a number of conductor end pieces 3 introduced into the transport device 6, wherein, in the case of a predefined number of conductor end pieces 3, the collected plurality of separated conductor end pieces 3 is transported by means of the pneumatic device 16 along the transport device 6 to the further separating device 29 of the conductor processing station 4 comprising at least one crimping device 28, wherein the transport device 6 is at least partially (temporally and / or spatially) sealed during the transport for efficiency increase. The further separating device 29 is used to equip the crimping device 28 (preferably two crimping devices 28 and, if appropriate, by movement between the further separating device 29 and the crimping device 28) with a conductor end piece 3. Subsequently, the crimping device 28 is pivoted, a conductor 11 is inserted into the conductor end piece 3 and the crimping process is started.The process can be carried out analogously if only one conductor end piece 3 enters the transport device 6, wherein the collecting process for the conductor end pieces 3 is omitted and a pneumatic pulse of lower strength is sufficient for transport through the transport device 6.The cycle times of the separation at the separating device 1, of the transport via the transport device 6 and of the separation at the further separating device 29 can be chosen independently of one another.FIG. 3 ashows the process of singulating at the singulating apparatus 1, wherein the singulating apparatus 1 is designed in the form of the oscillating conveyor pot 2 and the oscillating conveyor pot 2 comprises a pivoting apparatus 24 for the automated removal of the conductor end pieces 3 from the oscillating conveyor pot 2 for feeding the conductor end pieces 3 into the transport device 6.The oscillating conveyor pot 2 comprises an optical sensor system for the pivoting device 24, with which the presence of a conductor end piece 3 on the pivoting device 24 can be detected.The pivoting movements or rotational movements of the pivoting device 24 are used via the control and / or regulating device 23 as a clock generator for determining the number of conductor end pieces 3 fed to the transport device 6, such that the oscillating conveyor pot 2 comprises a clock counter for pivoting movements of the pivoting device 24 relative to the oscillating conveyor pot 2. In general, however, other transfer mechanisms for the forwarding of the conductor end pieces 3 to the transport device 6 are also possible.FIG. 3 bshows that the conductor end piece 3 is supplied to the transport device 6 via a drop channel 25 of the oscillating conveyor pot 2, wherein the drop channel 25 can already be assigned to the transport device 6.The connection of the pneumatic device 16 to the transport device 6 and the bypass channel 19 are arranged in the position of use of the arrangement in the vertical direction 8 below the downcomer 25 in the region of an inlet opening 27 of the downcomer 25 of the transport device 6.The transport device 6 is designed in some areas in the form of a flexible and plastic hose 14, wherein the bypass channel 19 and the drop channel 25 can be metallic or likewise flexible and plastic.The hose 14 is curved in an S-shape 15 and has a longitudinal extension between 2 m and 3.5 m.FIG. 3 cshows that successive conductor end pieces 3 are collected in the transport device 6 before a further transport to the further singulating device 29 is generated. The number of the conductor end pieces 3 to be collected may be individually selected according to the requirement of the arrangement.FIG. 3 dillustrates the time during a transport of a plurality of conductor end pieces 3 along the transport device 6.In the perspective sectional illustration at the bottom right, it is schematically indicated in dashed lines that the transport device 6 comprises a sealing device 20 in the region of the downcomer 25 for inhibiting or preventing a pressure loss within the transport device 6 during the transport of the conductor end pieces 3.The sealing device 20 is not absolutely necessary, but can assist the transport of the conductor end pieces 3. The sealing device 20 is preferably arranged in the region of an inlet opening 21 of the transport device 6 or of the bypass channel 19, temporarily active during the transport of the conductor end piece 3 along the transport device 6 and is activated by means of an automated mechanism for sealing the transport device 6.For the transport of the conductor end pieces 3, the control and / or regulating device 23 is configured to forward a pneumatic pulse to the transport device 6 via the pneumatic device 16 depending on an entry of a conductor end piece 3 into the transport device 6 or a presence of a predefined number of conductor end pieces 3 within the transport device 6. With respect to the pneumatic pulses, a duration between 1 s and 2.5 s or (in particular when transporting individual conductor end pieces 3) with a time difference between 1 s and 2.5 s can be provided, wherein the parameters can be adjusted flexibly depending on the requirements of the arrangement.FIG. 3 e shows the operating position of the arrangement in which the conductor end pieces 3 have already been forwarded by the transport device 6 to the further singulating device 29 in order to be fed to the crimping device 28 or to the crimping devices 28.FIG. 3 f shows the crimping device 28 in a loading position 34, in which the conductor end pieces 3 can be fed--separated by the further separating device 29 due to gravity--to the crimping device 28, wherein a conductor end piece 3 has already been arranged in the crimping device 28 via a further fall channel 33 of the further separating device 29.The control and / or regulating device 23 is configured to move the ladder processing station 4 translationally relative to the transport device 6 and to pivot it as a function of a transfer of the ladder end piece 3 into the ladder processing station 4.FIG. 3 g shows the arrangement after a pivoting process of the crimping device 28, wherein the crimping device 28 has been transferred from the loading position 34 into the 90-degree changed crimping position 35.In the view of the sectional view located at the top, a conductor 11 for feeding into the conductor end piece 3 is schematically indicated, wherein preferably two free ends of the conductor 11 are simultaneously introduced into two conductor end pieces 3 present in two crimping devices 28.In the position of use of the arrangement, an axis 10 of the conductor 11 subsequently arranged within the conductor processing station 4 and the feed opening 12 for conductor end pieces 3 of the singulating device 1 are spaced apart from the base 13 by between 0.5 m and 1.5 m.

Claims

Arrangement comprising at least one singulating device (1), preferably oscillating feed pot (2), for conductor end pieces (3), at least one conductor processing station (4), preferably crimping unit (5), and at least one transport device (6) for at least regional transport of the conductor end pieces (3) between the at least one singulating device (1) and the at least one conductor processing station (4), preferably for equipping the at least one conductor processing station (4) with the conductor end pieces (3), characterized in that the at least one transport device (6) is arranged relative to the at least one singulating device (1) and the at least one conductor processing station (4) in such a way that the at least one singulating device (1) and the at least one conductor processing station (4) are arranged laterally offset from one another in the horizontal direction (7) in the use position of the arrangement, preferably spatially spaced apart from one another.Arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the at least one singulating device (1) is arranged in the vertical direction (8) in the use position of the arrangement substantially at the same height as the at least one conductor processing station (4) and / or outside a safety cover (9) for the at least one conductor processing station (4), wherein provision is preferably made that an axis (10) of a conductor (11) arranged within the at least one conductor processing station (4) and / or a feed opening (12) for conductor end pieces (3) of the at least one singulating device (1) is spaced apart from a base (13) in the range between 0.5m and 1.5m in the use position of the arrangement.Arrangement according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the at least one transport device (6) is - at least in regions present in the form of at least one flexible, preferably plastic-like, tube (14) and / or - curved, preferably in a spline shape and / or in an S-shape (15), and / or - has a longitudinal extent in the range between 1m and 5m, preferably between 2m and 3.5m.Arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one transport device (6) comprises at least one pneumatic device (16), preferably compressed air device, for applying force to the conductor end pieces (3), wherein the at least one transport device (6) can be supplied continuously with compressed air and / or with discrete pneumatic pulses by the at least one pneumatic device (16), wherein it is preferably provided that the at least one pneumatic device (16) is designed, particularly preferably automated, to move exactly one conductor end piece (3) or at least 5 or 10 or 15 conductor end pieces (3) together along the at least one transport device (6) and / or the at least one transport device (6) comprises at least one, particularly preferably automated, collecting device, particularly preferably collecting slide, for conductor end pieces (3).Arrangement according to Claim 4, wherein the at least one transport device (6) comprises at least one bypass duct (19), wherein the at least one pneumatic device (16) is arranged on the at least one bypass duct (19) and / or at least in regions within the at least one bypass duct (19) and / or is arranged relative to the at least one bypass duct (19) in such a way that compressed air can be supplied to the at least one transport device (6) via the at least one bypass duct (19).Arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one transport device (6) comprises at least one sealing device (20) for inhibiting or preventing a pressure loss within the at least one transport device (6), wherein provision is preferably made for the at least one sealing device (20) - to be arranged in the region of an inlet opening (21) of the at least one transport device (6) and / or of a bypass channel (19) which may be present and / or - to be temporarily activatable during transport of at least one conductor end piece (3) along the at least one transport device (6) and / or - to comprise a particularly preferably automated mechanism for at least partially sealing the at least one transport device (6).Arrangement according to claim 4 or 5, wherein at least one control and / or regulating device (23) is provided, which is configured to pivot the at least one conductor processing station (4), preferably depending on a transfer of a conductor end piece (3) into the at least one conductor processing station (4), and / or to move it, preferably translationally, relative to the at least one transport device (6), and / or - to move a pneumatic pulse of a duration in the range between 1s and 2.5s and / or - to move a plurality of pneumatic pulses with a time difference in the range between 1s and 2.5s and / or - to move a pneumatic pulse depending on an entry of a conductor end piece (3) into the at least one transport device (6) and / or a presence of a predefined number of conductor end pieces (3), preferably exactly one conductor end piece (3) or at least 5 or 10 or 15 conductor end pieces (3), within the at least one transport device (6) to be forwarded to the at least one transport device (6) via the at least one pneumatic device (16).Arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one singulating device (1) is designed in the form of at least one oscillating conveyor pot (2), wherein the at least one oscillating conveyor pot (2) comprises at least one displacement device (24), preferably a pivoting device, for the preferably automated removal of the conductor end pieces (3) from the at least one oscillating conveyor pot (2) and / or for feeding the conductor end pieces (3) into the at least one transport device (6), preferably via at least one fall channel (25) of the at least one oscillating conveyor pot (2).Arrangement according to claim 8, wherein the at least one displacement device (24) comprises at least one, preferably optical, sensor system, with which the presence of a conductor end piece (3) on the at least one displacement device (24) can be detected, and / or comprises at least one clock counter for pivoting movements of the at least one displacement device (24) relative to the at least one oscillating conveyor pot (2).Arrangement according to Claims 5 and 8, wherein the at least one pneumatic device (16) and / or the at least one bypass duct (19), in the position of use of the arrangement, is arranged below the at least one downcomer (25) in the vertical direction (8), preferably in the region of an inlet opening (27) of the at least one downcomer (25).Arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one conductor processing station (4) is present in the form of at least one crimping unit (5), wherein the at least one crimping unit (5) comprises at least one crimping device (28) and / or at least one further singulating device (29).Arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one further singulating device (29) is provided, wherein the at least one further singulating device (29) is present in the form of at least one magazine (30) and the at least one magazine (30) comprises a plurality of storage spaces (31) for varying conductor end pieces (3) and / or at least one slide for the preferably automated, singulated further transport of the conductor end pieces (3) to the at least one optionally present crimping device (28), particularly preferably via a further fall channel (33), wherein provision is preferably made that - the at least one optionally present crimping device (28) is configured such that it can be pivoted between a loading position (34) and a crimping position (35), particularly preferably substantially by 90 degrees, and / or - the at least one transport device (6) can be moved in such a way relative to the at least one magazine (30), the conductor end pieces (3) can be transported selectively into one of the plurality of storage spaces (31), and / or the conductor end pieces (3) can be forwarded by the at least one singulating device (1) to the at least one transport device (6) and / or by the at least one further singulating device (29) to the at least one optionally present crimping device (28) and / or by the at least one transport device (6) to the at least one conductor processing station (4) in cycle times varying from one another.Wire assembly machine having at least one arrangement according to one of the preceding claims.Wire assembly machine according to claim 13, having a plurality of conductor end pieces (3) arranged within the at least one separating device (1), preferably a conductor end sleeve, a turned contact, a cable lug, a flat plug sleeve and / or a crimped connection.Method for transporting at least one conductor end piece (3) between at least one singulating apparatus (1) and at least one conductor processing station (4) via at least one transport device (6), preferably an arrangement according to one of Claims 1 to 12, characterized in that a multiplicity of conductor end pieces (3) is singulated by the at least one singulating apparatus (1) and a singulated conductor end piece (3) or a collected multiplicity of singulated conductor end pieces (3) is transported by means of at least one pneumatic apparatus (16) along the at least one transport device (6) to a further singulating apparatus (29) or the at least one conductor processing station (4).Method according to claim 15, wherein - the conductor end pieces (3) are forwarded by the at least one singulating device (1) to the at least one transport device (6) and / or by the at least one further singulating device (29) to at least one crimping device (28) and / or by the at least one transport device (6) to the at least one conductor processing station (4) at different cycle times and / or - at least one crimping device (28) of the at least one conductor processing station (4) is pivoted and / or the at least one transport device (6) is moved relative to the at least one further singulating device (29).Method according to claim 15 or 16, wherein - a sensor system detects the presence of a conductor end piece (3) on the at least one singulating apparatus (1) and / or - at least one control and / or regulating device (23) determines a number of conductor end pieces (3) introduced into the at least one transport device (6) and / or - the at least one transport device (6) is sealed at least temporarily during transport along the at least one transport device (6).

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