Patent ID: 8701966

Claim:
An apparatus for positioning a plurality of stranded wires on a printed circuit board (PCB) during a bonding operation, the apparatus comprising: a printed circuit board (PCB) nest configured to support the PCB, the PCB nest comprising: a wire routing assembly configured to align a plurality of stranded wires with a reference datum; and a horizontal wire comb configured to be placed along a top surface of the PCB, the horizontal wire comb comprising: a comb body, comprising: a plurality of notches extending into the comb body, each one of the plurality of notches having a size and shape in accordance with a corresponding one of the plurality of stranded wires, wherein the horizontal wire comb is part of a rotating wire comb assembly, the rotating wire comb assembly configured to position the wire comb along the top surface of the PCB once the PCB is installed on the PCB nest.