Patent ID: 11870223
Assignee: SCHLEUNIGER AG
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for automatically removing a shielding foil of an electrical cable with a longitudinal axis (L) via a cable processing equipment having a controller, said cable having, going radially outward from the longitudinal axis, at least one inner conductor, a dielectric, the shielding foil and an insulating sheath, the method comprising the following steps:
a. creating an incision of a first depth in the insulating sheath of the electrical cable via at least one radially adjustable perforation tool of the cable processing equipment, whereby the first depth is smaller than or the same as a thickness of the insulating sheath;
b. creating a predetermined breaking point in the shielding foil through pressing in of the at least one radially adjustable perforation tool through the incision produced in step a. until the perforation tool has reached a second depth, wherein the second depth corresponds to at least the thickness of the insulating sheath plus at least half of a thickness of the shielding foil, wherein the shielding foil comprises a metallic part and the perforation tool is connected to means for detection of a contact with an electrically conductive object, and wherein the pressing in of the perforation tool is stopped upon, or at a radial distance inward after, contact of the perforation tool with the metallic part of the shielding foil is detected;
c. tearing the shielding foil at the predetermined breaking point; and
d. removing the shielding foil.