Integrated Cable Processing Device with Movable Clamping Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cable processing methods require separate equipment for each operation, leading to complexity and low automation, making the execution of processing tasks inconvenient and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
An integrated cable processing device with a movable cable clamping assembly and multiple processing mechanisms on a workbench, allowing for sequential or random movement of cable segments to perform various operations such as crimping, flaring, cutting, and removing metal foil, facilitated by a controller for automated operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate processing equipment is used for each cable operation, then each operation can be performed with dedicated functionality, but the overall system becomes complex and automation is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate cable processing operations (stripping, flaring, cutting, foil removal) into a single integrated device with a common workbench and control system. The cable clamping assembly serves as a mobile platform that moves between different processing stations, consolidating what would otherwise require multiple independent machines into one unified system, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining full processing capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The cable clamping assembly is designed as a universal mobile platform that can perform or facilitate multiple different processing operations by moving to different workbenches. This single assembly serves multiple functions across different processing stations, eliminating the need for separate dedicated equipment for each operation and reducing the overall number of devices required in the system.
2Reliability
If separate processing equipment is used for each cable operation, then each operation has dedicated equipment, but execution becomes inconvenient and automation is low
Solution Approach 1:
The cable clamping assembly is designed to be mobile rather than fixed, allowing it to dynamically move between different processing workbenches. This dynamic capability enables automated sequencing of operations where the same clamping assembly serves multiple stations in a coordinated manner, improving both operational convenience and automation level while maintaining reliable processing at each station.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated device incorporates a control system that coordinates the movement of the cable clamping assembly between different workbenches and controls the processing operations at each station. This centralized control with coordinated feedback mechanisms enables automated operation sequences, improving execution convenience and automation while ensuring reliable processing through systematic control of each operation.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple operations are performed on separate equipment, then each operation can be optimized independently, but productivity is reduced due to complex execution
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated device enables continuous processing by having the cable clamping assembly move systematically between different workbenches in a coordinated sequence. Instead of transferring cables between multiple independent machines, the single mobile assembly maintains continuous operation across all processing stations, eliminating idle time and transfer delays while preserving processing precision through controlled movement and positioning at each station.
Data Source
AI summary
An integrated cable processing device for performing processing operations on a cable includes a frame defining a workbench, and a plurality of cable processing mechanisms provided on the workbench for performing different processing operations on the cable. A cable clamping assembly of the device is adapted to clamp the cable, and is movable relative to the plurality of cable processing mechanisms to successively move a sub segment to be processed of the clamped cable to each of the plurality of cable processing mechanisms, and each cable processing mechanism performs the corresponding processing operation on the sub segment.