Patent ID: 6289573
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: H01R,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for making up a cable, comprising subassemblies for holding fast and processing the cable, the subassemblies including a gripper unit for holding the cable fast during processing so that the cable is transportable to at least one processing region, the gripper unit being moveable in a plane that is orthogonal to a plane containing the longitudinal axis of the cable, the gripper unit including a gripper module with cable grippers having two drivable cable gripper jaws operative to hold the cable, the subassemblies further including a crimping device operative to vertically displace the gripper module, the gripper unit further having a ram arranged so that the crimping device presses on the ram during crimping so as to lower the gripper module.