Patent ID: 6360430
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
A process for operating a cable stripping device, having at least one of clamping jaws, axially displaceable blade jaws and centering jaws on a carriage with a controlled drive and at least one contactless sensor, the sensor being provided directly adjacent to at least one of the blade jaws and the centering jaws, including the following steps:fixing the end of the cable, after it has been inserted, by the clamping jaws in its processing position, gripping the cable end with at least one of the blade jaws or centering jaws on its outer sheath and centering said cable end, wherein the blade jaws or centering jaws satisfy at least one of the following conditions: at least one of the blade jaws and centering jaws: a) are positioned a small radial distance from the surface of the cable, the cable diameter being known; b) are applied to the cable surface with at least one of a small incidental force or without force; c) are raised from an applied state to a state in which they are applied to the cable surface with at least one of without force, a small incidental force and to a raised state, so that at least one of the blade jaws and centering jaws still hold the cable in a relatively centered position which satisfies at least one of the following conditions: without force and with a small incidental force, and moving at least one of the centering jaws and the blade jaws in an axial direction to the cable end, the presence of the inserted cable end being detected during the movement step, the actual cable end thus being detected in a contactless manner by the contactless sensor for further controlling operation of the stripping device.