Pivot Cable Assembly with Loop Tray Batch Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cable assembly installations, such as pivot machines, face inefficiencies and safety issues due to the need for multiple pivot arms and limited batch processing capabilities, particularly when forming cable loops.
Innovation Solution
The installation incorporates a cable conveying device with a roller or belt drive, pivot units with grippers, processing stations for crimping and stripping, a loop layer for forming cable loops, and a cable tray with grippers and holding elements to manage batches efficiently and safely.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple pivot arms are used to feed cable ends to processing stations, then cable processing capability is improved, but device complexity and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The single pivot arm is designed to perform multiple functions: it feeds cable ends to processing stations, forms cable loops, and transports completed loops to the cable tray. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate pivot arms for each operation, reducing device complexity while maintaining processing capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention combines the functions of multiple pivot arms into a single integrated pivot arm system. The pivot arm works in coordination with the loop layer and cable tray to accomplish cable feeding, loop formation, and transport operations that would traditionally require separate dedicated components.
2Area of stationary object
If cable loops are formed during processing, then space usage is reduced, but batch management and removal become more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The cable tray serves as an intermediary component between the loop formation process and batch removal. Completed cable loops are transferred from the pivot arm to the cable tray, which holds and organizes them in batches. This intermediary structure simplifies batch management and removal while accommodating the compact loop format.
3Device complexity
If a single batch removal system is used, then device complexity is reduced, but productivity decreases due to limited batch processing
Solution Approach 1:
The cable tray is designed as a dynamic component that can be moved along rails to transport batches to and from the processing area. This dynamic positioning capability allows the system to efficiently manage multiple batches without requiring complex automated handling systems, maintaining simplicity while improving productivity through continuous batch flow.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and safe assembly of cable loops with minimal space usage, allowing for easy handling and separation of batches, preventing cable rolling, and facilitating autonomous transport of completed loops.
Implementation Method 1
The cable conveying device, which is preferably formed as a cable feed, can be designed as a roller drive or belt drive
Implementation Method 2
The first pivot unit comprises a pivot arm, preferably rotatable about a vertical axis, with a cable gripper
Implementation Method 3
the cable gripper of the loop layer can be rotatable about an axis, so that it forms an arc-shaped rotary movement to form the loop
Implementation Method 4
Crimping is understood to mean the production of a non-detachable electrical and mechanical connection (crimp connection) by plastic deformation between a conductor and a crimp contact
Data Source
AI summary
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.