Patent ID: 11913774
Assignee: HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 4:
5. A method for ensuring and/or checking the quality of a crimp making use of a crimping machine for crimping a cable with a contact sleeve and making use of a second optical sensor, distinct from a first optical sensor, for detecting and/or recording second image data of the cable, distinct from first image data, and making use of evaluation electronics, the method comprising:
acquiring the second image data of the cable by the second optical sensor;
carrying out, via the evaluation electronics, a second comparison of the second image data of the second optical sensor with second reference data of a predetermined cable;
checking the second comparison for the presence of a predetermined second criterion; and
if the predetermined second criterion is satisfied, outputting a second signal, and
wherein the acquiring of the second image data and the carrying out of the second comparison and the checking of the second comparison for the presence of the predetermined second criterion and the outputting of the second signal are carried out before the cable is crimped with the contact sleeve.