JPS6121374B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing connecting wires, and more particularly, to an apparatus for manufacturing connecting wires that connect appliances in panels such as electrical control panels, switchboards, and distribution boards.

A connecting wire manufactured by this type of device is terminal-treated with a crimp terminal 2, for example, crimp terminals 2a and 2b, like a connecting wire 1 shown in FIG. A wire number mark 3a, a connecting device position mark 3b, and a connecting device terminal number mark 3c are attached.

Connecting wires connected between appliances in an electrical control panel are generally crimped with crimp terminals after a wire number and other wiring information are attached to the wire terminals. Incidentally, many attempts have been made to manufacture the connecting wires prior to the wiring work in order to make the wiring work more efficient. As an automatic device for pre-processing and manufacturing connection wires, various devices are used to manufacture the same connection wires by crimping crimp terminals of the same shape and size to the ends of wires marked with the same symbol on the same wire length. There is no major problem since it is commercially available. Such a connecting wire is effective when manufacturing a large number of the same model. However, in general, electrical control panels and the like are often manufactured to order, and are often produced in small quantities of a wide variety. For this reason, the wire length, marking characters, and shape and dimensions of the crimp terminals that are normally manufactured differ from one another, so the above-mentioned method is inappropriate. Furthermore, since the terminal-treated connecting wires are separated one by one, it becomes very troublesome to store, handle, and take out the necessary connecting wires for wiring. For this reason, in consideration of the subsequent process, we manufactured the connecting wires in the reverse order of the wiring procedure.
After crimping the crimp terminal, connect the end of the nth wire and n+
By joining the starting end of the first wire and winding it around a drum, it becomes one continuous wire regardless of the length of the wire, making it extremely easy to handle the wire after processing.
When wiring, all you have to do is pull out the connecting wires wound around the drum one by one, and read the connection information such as the location of the connecting device and the device terminal number from the marking symbols on the connecting wires as you work on the connection, and consider the wiring procedure. There is no need for wiring, and even unskilled people can easily and efficiently connect the wires with less wiring errors, which is very effective. Regarding terminal processing by this method, an example using conventional crimp terminals is shown in FIG. are connected by a binding material 4. Thereafter, the (n+1)th, (n+2), and so on were similarly connected using a binding material.

As described above, when conventional crimp terminals are used, it is necessary to connect the terminals with each other using the binding material 4 as shown in FIG. Therefore, when connecting terminals before crimping, a terminal sorting device is required, and when connecting after crimping, as many crimping machines as there are types of terminals are required. Furthermore, the mechanism of the device that connects the terminals using the connecting member 4 becomes complicated. Furthermore, if the crimp terminals are shaped like pre-opened terminals or are of different types, it is not only impossible to connect them using connecting materials, but also the purchase and arrangement of many different types of crimp terminals requires storage methods and costs. It also had major drawbacks.

In addition, in the case of continuous connecting wires,
During wiring work, it was necessary to pull out the required wires from the drum one by one, find the terminal crimping part, and cut it off, resulting in extremely poor workability.

Furthermore, in the past, information necessary for manufacturing connecting wires, such as the wiring procedure, wire length, crimp terminal designation, etc., was entered manually, which required a great deal of effort to prepare the input information and caused production problems. It also had drawbacks such as lack of quick response and flexibility.

The present invention has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional connection wire manufacturing equipment described above. The connection wire manufacturing information is determined and the output information is summarized together with other production information, which is treated as input information for the lower-level system.The lower-level computer manufactures the necessary connection wire groups in the optimal sequence, and also performs various types of crimping. Crimp terminals are continuously crimped onto connecting wires without preparing terminals and storing them for long periods of time.Moreover, the connecting wires are arranged horizontally with the reference terminal terminal side and arranged at regular intervals in the order of wiring work and the equipment terminals. The object of the present invention is to provide a connecting wire manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a harness held by adhesive tape and paper tape in the order of arrangement.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a wire selection and supply device that has a tension mechanism for holding, selecting, and supplying various wire ends, a wire feeding function, and a wire selection and feeding device that can feed wires in forward and reverse directions. A wire length measuring and supplying device that has a length measuring function, a marking device that prints wiring information etc. on the wire, a wire tensioning device that holds the wire and has a fixed length wire feeding function, and a wire length pulling device that cuts the wire at a predetermined position. A crimp terminal that has a wire cutting and stripping device that strips the wire and two or more sets of terminal processing and forming jigs, and selects these and continuously shapes the hoop material with its head abutted against a predetermined crimp terminal. A processing and forming device, a device that supplies hoop material to the forming device, and a terminal supply device that cuts, holds, and conveys the continuously molded crimp terminals into each set of connected crimp terminals;
A wire end processing unit comprising a terminal crimping device for crimping the connecting crimp terminal to the electric wire; a wire supply/terminal that detects the connecting crimp terminal of the connecting wire that has been terminal-processed by the wire end processing unit and feeds it to a fixed position; a detection device; a terminal disconnection device that positions and disconnects the disconnection portion of the connecting crimp terminal;
A connecting wire conveying device that holds and transports disconnected connecting wires, and a connecting wire pasting device that aligns one end of the transported connecting wires, aligns them in a plane, and holds them by pasting them between paper tape and adhesive tape at predetermined intervals. A wire alignment and bundling section that includes a device, a printing device that prints wiring information on the device, and a transfer device that has a chute or the like that conveys the device; A dancer roller section with a multi-stage movable pulley for adjusting the progress and applying tension, a monitor television section that monitors each of the above sections, a host computer that processes various information required for manufacturing, and a computer that provides the above information to the manufacturing equipment and performs the manufacturing process. , a lower-level computer for processing information such as production, peripheral equipment for both of the computers, and terminal equipment thereof.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained with reference to an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

In FIG. 3, a wire end processing section A, a dancer roller section B, and a wire alignment and binding section C are shown in the lower part of the figure, and a monitor television section D and a control section E are shown in the upper part. Reference numeral 5 is a connection diagram showing an electric control circuit, and reference numeral 6 is an installation layout diagram of the instruments shown in connection diagram 5. From these connection diagrams 5 and installation layout diagrams 6, necessary matters related to the manufacture of connecting wires are compiled into a coating sheet 7 as computer input, and the contents of this coding sheet 7 are input to a host computer 8 that calculates wire lengths and wiring procedures. is input. By the way, the equipment name, equipment rating, size,
Terminal arrangement, terminal shape, terminal dimensions, terminal number, etc., basic wiring route, priority order of wiring route, etc. are necessary information when the host computer 8 calculates them as connection wire manufacturing information, and these are stored in the master file 9. It is registered and memorized as a basic matter. Further, reference numeral 10 is used to exchange input/output information with the host computer 8 in order to have the host computer 8 carry out design work such as designing and drawing instead of creating the connection diagram 5 and the equipment installation layout diagram 6. It is a terminal device that has a display with a keyboard, an automatic drawing machine, etc.

The content calculated by the host computer 8 is used to create a design drawing using an automatic drawing machine, or is stored as an output on an information medium 11 such as a magnetic disk, and the information stored in the magnetic disk 11 is used to manufacture electrical wires connected to machinery. It is input as one input information of the lower-order computer 12 used to output instructions and production control information. A system typewriter 13 and a display device 14 are connected to this lower-order computer 12. Of these, system typewriter 1
3 instructs the lower-level computer 12 about necessary matters regarding production control and machinery, prints out the results, and changes the program contents of the lower-level computer 12; is provided with a keyboard 14a for giving instructions to operate the lower-order computer 12, and displays items corresponding to the given instructions.

The lower-level computer 12 has an input/output conversion device 15 that uses the output of the lower-level computer 12 as an input to give instructions to a mechanical device, or converts an output signal from a mechanical device as an input to the lower-level computer 12. It is connected. Furthermore, this input/output conversion device 15 is connected to an operation panel 16 that gives instructions for actually operating or stopping the mechanical device, and a monitor television 17 that displays the status of the mechanical device. This monitor television 17 is placed at a position where it can be easily viewed on the mechanical equipment.

On the other hand, the connecting wire 1, that is, the connecting connecting wire 2
Group of wires 21 with different colors and wire diameters required for manufacturing 0
Select the necessary wire from among the wire length measurement supply device 2
A wire selection and supply device 22 is provided to supply wires to the wires 3, and a wire length measurement and supply device 23 measures the required wire length of the selected wire and sends it to the next process. Further, the wire length measurement supply device 23 is connected to a marking device 24 that directly marks wiring information necessary for wiring work on the wire.
This marking device 24 grasps the marked wire so that the marking device does not shift and pulls it for a certain length, and operates so that the cutting position becomes the center of the next step, the wire cutting and stripping device 26. It is connected to the device 25. On the other hand, the hoop material 27a, which is the crimp terminal material, is supplied to a crimp terminal processing and forming device 28, which has two or more sets of processing and forming machines to process and form the necessary crimp terminals. The processing and forming jig 28a is arbitrarily selected according to instructions from the lower-order computer 12 as a control device and the input/output conversion device 15, and is crimped to a hoop material 27a, which is a terminal material, in a predetermined shape and size. The terminals are continuously processed and formed into connected crimp terminals with their heads butted together. The connected crimp terminals that have been continuously processed and formed into a predetermined shape and size are supplied to a terminal supplying device 29 that separates one set of them, holds and supplies them to a crimping position, and is then cut and stripped by the wire cutting and stripping device 26. The electric wire is supplied to a terminal crimping device 30 that crimps predetermined connection crimping terminals to both ends of the wire, and is crimped. As described above, each device from the wire selection supply device 22 to the terminal crimping device 30 constitutes the wire end processing section A.

Next, the connected connecting electric wires 20, which have been terminal-treated and are connected by connecting crimp terminals, are sent to the dancer roller section B. The dancer roller section B absorbs the difference in processing speed between the wire end processing section A and the wire alignment and binding section C described below.
A certain tension is applied to the connected electric wires 20 to the electric wire end processing section A and the electric wire alignment and binding section C.

The wire alignment and binding section C has a wire supply/terminal detection device that detects the connection crimp terminals 18 crimped to the connection connection wires 20 that are connected to each other at the heads of the crimp terminals 2 and feeds the connection connection wires 20. Device 3
2 and the connecting crimp terminal 18 at a fixed position, and then disconnecting the connecting crimp terminal 18 at a separating portion thereof. Further, a wire conveying device 34 is provided that conveys the disconnected connecting wire 1 to a connecting wire pasting device 35. This connecting wire pasting device 35 is a device that holds and pastes the connecting wire 1 with a paper tape 35a and an adhesive tape 35b, and a reference numeral 36 is a device that attaches the connecting wire 1 to the paper tape 35a holding the connecting wire 1. A printing device for printing information, and a transfer device 37 including a chute for transferring the connecting wire 1 held by the paper tape 35a and the adhesive tape 35b to the container 39.

Note that the arrows in FIG. 3 indicate the flow of information, control signals, and mechanical devices.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment in which a hoop material 27a is continuously processed and formed into terminals of different shapes and sizes by the crimp terminal processing and forming apparatus 28 used in the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention, and the reference numeral 18a is the same. Square crimp terminals with the same dimensions, 18b is a round terminal with the same dimensions, 18c is an open terminal with the same dimensions, 18d and 18d' are round terminals with different dimensions, 18e and 18e' are open terminals with different dimensions, 18
f and 18f' are a combination of irregularly shaped terminals, each terminal having its head connected by a cutaway portion 19a. Further, each set is a connecting terminal connected in a chain by a cutting portion 19b.

Next, the operation of the control system of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG. The manufacturing specifications for the electrical control panel are decided and design begins. Connection diagram of designed electrical control circuit 5
and the fixture installation layout diagram 6 which shows the mounting position of the fixture written therein, determine each connecting wire type, the wire number 3a to be displayed at the end of the connecting wire, the name of the fixture to which the connecting wire is connected, and the fixture mounting position. Corresponds to the center coordinates 3b, terminal number 3c, and all wiring routes, and the connecting wire 1
The position of the duct for housing the machine, as well as the construction order number, model name, customer name, production quantity, etc. necessary for production control are written on the coating sheet 7, and the contents are input into the host computer 8. The computer 8 calculates the required wire length by comparing the input information with the appliance name, appliance size, appliance terminal shape and dimensions, appliance terminal arrangement and number, and wiring standards registered in the master file 9 in advance. The information input in different connection orders is calculated and compiled into connection orders and standard equipment units, and furthermore, the terminal information to be processed is processed to organize the information necessary for manufacturing each connection wire, and the information is stored on the magnetic disk 11. Output to. The magnetic disk 11, which is the output information of the higher-order computer 8, is used as input information to the lower-order computer 12. This lower-order computer 12 performs various arithmetic operations using programs input in advance and information from the magnetic disk 11 and the system typewriter 13 and keyboard 14a as manually input information. The contents of the process include displaying the contents of the magnetic disk 11 on the display device 14 by operating the keyboard 14a, and having the operator check the contents and exchange information such as the order of production models and the number of units produced based on the process plan. Format: Lower level electronic computer 1
The control processing for the mechanical devices 21 to 37 described below is performed based on the input information. Also, system typewriter 1
3 performs a process of printing out the day's production status and processing contents according to instructions.

Information regarding the control of mechanical devices is sent to the input/output conversion device 15 as the output of the lower-level computer 12 . This input/output conversion device 15 is further connected to a control panel 16 for operating the mechanical devices, a monitor television 17 for displaying the operating status of the mechanical devices, and each mechanical device, and input/output signals between the lower-level computer 12 and each device. Conversion is in progress. The monitor TV 17 displays the wire size, type of terminal removal die, terminal material, etc. required for setup change based on the production information instructed from the keyboard 14a, so it is possible to check the state of the machinery and the setup change information instructed. If the mechanical device status matches, a readiness message will appear. In addition, this monitor television 17 displays information on connected wires while the machinery is in operation or during production, as well as abnormal operating conditions and locations of the machinery, based on instructions from the operation panel 16 with the help of the lower-order computer 12. Operation, monitoring and maintenance of the device is very easy.

As described above, the arithmetic processing contents regarding the connection wire information of the upper computer 8 are given to the lower computer 12 as input information by the magnetic disk 11. Manufacturing information for the connecting wires and control signals for the mechanical device are sent via the input/output converter 15 according to instructions from the keyboard 14a, system typewriter 13, and operation panel 16.

Next, mechanical devices operated by these control devices will be explained with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 3 and FIGS. 5 to 8, which show the same in more detail.

The wire group 21 has wires of different colors and diameters necessary for manufacturing the connecting wires, and one end of each wire is held by a wire selection and supply device 22.
Based on the control signals from the lower-order computer 12 and the input/output conversion device 15, the wire selection and supply device 22 selects a designated wire 21a from among the held wires, and sends it to the wire length measurement and supply device via the tension mechanism 22a. Send it to 23rd. The wire 21a sent to the wire length measuring and supplying device 23 is sent to the marking device 24 by a feed roller 23b while its length is measured by a detector connected to a length measuring roller 23a.
The sent electric wire 221a is tensioned by the action of the movable pulley 31 of the dancer roller section B and advances until it is sent a predetermined length to a predetermined position of the marking device 24. While the electric wire 221a is being fed a predetermined length, the marking device 24's selection mechanism is activated by the lower-level computer 1.
2 and the input/output conversion device 15, the necessary characters are selected. When the character selection and wire feeding operations are completed, the marking mechanism marks the wire 21a.
Predetermined symbols are attached at the same time to the end of the n-th line and the start end of the n+1-th line at a constant interval.
The marked electric wire 21a is fed so that the cutting positions of the n-th connecting electric wire and the (n+1)-th connecting electric wire are at the center of the electric wire cutting and stripping device 26. At this time, if the wire is sent out by the normal feed roller 23b, the wire will be twisted due to the curling of the wire, and it cannot be guaranteed that the marking position will always be in the upward direction. This means that when the crimp terminal is crimped, the mounting surface of the terminal and the marking position may be misaligned, and in the worst case, the marking position may be 180 degrees off from the terminal mounting surface, making it difficult to connect to the equipment terminal. In some cases, the marking characters may become invisible. To prevent this, the marked electric wire 21a is held by the gripping mechanism 25a of the electric wire constant length tensioning device 25 and pulled for a certain length, so that the cutting position of the electric wire 21a reaches the center position of the electric wire cutting and stripping device 26. He is made to come. Then, when the wire is grabbed by the gripping mechanisms 26a and 26a' of the wire cutting and stripping device 26, the gripping mechanism 25a of the wire constant length tensioning device 25 is released. Next, the cutting and stripping blade 26b operates to cut the electric wire 21a at the cutting position, and at the same time cuts the insulation coating to the stripping length so as not to damage the core wire. Thereafter, the gripping mechanisms 26a, 26a' move left and right to peel off the insulation coating at the end portion.

In parallel with the wire selection and the above-described operations, the crimp terminal processing and forming device 28 processes and molds a crimp terminal having the necessary shape and dimensions to be crimp-bonded to the end of the connecting wire. Processing and forming jig 2 necessary for processing and forming crimp terminals
8a is a holding selection device, for example, a rotary table 28;
b, and based on commands from the lower-order computer 12 and input/output converter 15,
8b rotates by a specified amount to position the processing and forming jig 28a, which is a necessary cutting die, at a position directly below the head of the press 28c. After confirming that the hoop material 27a of the terminal material has been supplied from the hoop material supply device 27 to the crimp terminal processing and forming device 28, press 28c
works.

As a result of this operation, the two connecting crimp terminals 18 are connected to the hoop material 27c by the cutout 19a in a shape that abuts against the head, as shown in FIG. 4, and
The pair of terminals are connected in a chain by the cutting portion 19b and are continuously processed and formed. The connected crimp terminal 18 processed and formed by the crimp terminal processing and forming device 28 is cut at the terminal cutting portion 19b by a cutting device (not shown, but operated simultaneously with the press), and then transferred to the terminal supplying device 29, that is, the transfer table. The supply is maintained. Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the pair of connected crimp terminals 18 held on the carrier 29 are transported directly below the head portion of the terminal crimping device 30. At the same time, the electric wire 21a from which the insulation coating has been stripped off at both end portions is moved to the crimping jig position of the terminal crimping device 30 while being held by the gripping mechanisms 26a, 26a'. In this state, the terminal crimping device 30 operates to connect the connecting crimping terminal 1.
Perform crimping step 8. When the crimping operation is completed, each gripping mechanism 26a, 26a', 25a and the conveyor table 2
9 returns to its original position and prepares for the next operation. As shown in FIG. 9, the electric wire 221a that has undergone the crimping process becomes a connected connecting electric wire 20 that is connected by the separation part 19a at the head of the crimp terminal, regardless of the wire length and the terminal shape and size, and the wire 221a becomes a connected connecting electric wire 20 that is connected by the separation part 19a at the head of the crimp terminal, as shown in FIG. The wires are supplied to the wire alignment and binding section C via. In this case, the length of the electric wire pulled by the electric wire constant length tensioning device 25 is subtracted from the amount of the next electric wire supplied, and the length of the electric wire is measured and supplied. Therefore, if a connecting wire shorter than the fixed length is required, use the reverse feed roller 23.
C operates and sends the required amount of wire backwards. If the next connecting wire is longer than the predetermined length, the normal feed roller 23b rotates normally by the length of the wire that is insufficient, and the wire is fed while measuring the wire length with the length measuring roller 23a.

In this way, you can select the type of connection wire necessary for wiring, measure the length of the wire, mark wiring information,
The process of cutting and stripping the wire at a predetermined position, processing and forming a crimp terminal with the required shape and dimensions, and crimping the necessary terminal to the end of the connecting wire is fully automated and continuous, and the manufactured connecting wire 1 is connected to the connecting crimp terminal 18. Separation part 19a of
The electric wires 20 are connected together and processed as a continuous connection connection electric wire 20.

FIG. 9 shows a part of the connecting electric wires 20 before being processed in the electric wire alignment and binding section C by the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention. For example, the connecting electric wires 20a, 20
b, 20c, 20d are connection crimp terminals 18, respectively.
f, 18e, and 18f'.

The continuous connection wire 20 processed as shown in FIG. 9 is connected to the dancer roller section B of FIGS.
After changing the direction with the direction changing roller 31c and being hung on the multi-stage fixed pulley 31a, the multi-stage movable pulley 3
31b, and alternately passes through a multi-stage fixed pulley 31a and a multi-stage movable pulley 31b, changes direction again by a direction changing roller 31c', and is sent to the wire alignment and binding section C.

In this dancer roller section B, a multi-stage movable pulley 3
The vertical movement of 1b absorbs the difference in processing time between the wire end processing section A and the wire alignment and binding section C, so that both sections are always in operation. In the unlikely event that the multi-stage movable pulley 31b rises to the upper limit, the wire alignment and binding part C
will be temporarily suspended. In addition, on the contrary, a multi-stage movable pulley 31
When b falls to the lower limit, the wire end processing section A temporarily stops. The fixed and movable pulleys 31a and 31b are a multistage type in which two or more of the fixed and movable pulleys 31a and 31b are combined in order to increase the absorption amount of the connecting electric wire 20 and to reduce the number of temporary stops of both parts. It is as follows. In addition, the movable pulley 31b applies tension to the wire in the wire end processing section A, and in the case of wire feeding, the wire is fed smoothly without stopping on the way, and a constant tension is applied until the next process. This prevents the wire from deforming.

The connecting electric wires 20 whose direction has been changed by the direction changing roller 31c' via the dancer roller section B are sent to the electric wire supply/terminal detection device 32 of the electric wire alignment and binding section C. In the wire supply/terminal detection device 32, a pair of opposing feed rollers 32a driven by a step motor (not shown) sends the connected wire 20 to the next process. In this case, the connecting connection wire 2
0 is sandwiched between a pair of opposed detection rollers 32b, and the unevenness when the connecting crimp terminal 18 passes is detected as the movement of the opposed detection rollers 32b.

Until the connecting crimp terminal 18 is detected by the opposing detection roller 32b, the connecting wire 20 is sent to the terminal disconnecting device 33 by the opposing feed roller 32a. The opposing detection roller 32b and the terminal disconnection device 33 are installed at a constant interval, and for this reason, the opposing detection roller 32b
When the separation position of the connection crimp terminal 18 is detected at 2b, the pulse motor connected to the opposing feed roller 32a is given a preset amount of rotation, and the separation portion 19a of the connection crimp terminal 18 is connected to the terminal separation device 33. The connecting electric wire 20 is fed and stopped so that it is positioned at the disconnection position. When the connecting crimp terminal 18 of the connecting wire 20 stops at a fixed position, the upper and lower terminals are moved upward and downward by pneumatic cylinders (not shown) in the upper blade mechanism 33a with the terminal cutting upper blade and the lower blade mechanism 33b with the lower cutting blade. Blade mechanisms 33a, 33b
moves up and down, separating the connecting crimp terminal 18 from the separating portion 19a.
The wires are separated to form the respective predetermined connection wires 1.
At the same time, the clamper opening/closing mechanism 34a of the connecting wire conveying device 34 operates to clamp and hold the connecting wire 1 by the clamper 34b.

When the connecting wire 1 is held by the clamper 34b, the arm drive mechanism 34c operates and the arm 34d
rotates in the direction of arrow F. In addition, arm 34d
FIG. 8 shows the state in which the rotation has been completed.
By such rotation of the arm 34d, the connecting wire 1 held by the clamp 34d is conveyed to the portion of the connecting wire pasting device 35 where the paper tape 35a and the adhesive tape 35b overlap.

The connecting wire pasting device 35 to which the connecting wire 1 is transported in this way is attached to the pasting nail 35c inside the connecting wire pasting device 35.
, attach the adhesive tape 35b to the connecting wire 1 from below.
and press it against the surface of the paper tape 35a. In this way, the sticking claw 35c rises and the sticking tape 35b is attached around the connecting wire 1, resulting in the state shown in FIGS. 10 and 1.

Thereafter, when the pasting claw 35c is lowered, the clamp 64b is also released, and the belts 37a and 37b of the transfer device 37 are moved in the direction of the arrow Q by a preset amount. Therefore, the connecting wire 1 held between the paper tape 35a and the adhesive tape 35b is sandwiched between the belts 37a and 37b, and fed in a fixed amount, and preparations for pasting of the next connecting wire 1 begin. Further, the transfer device 37 uses a pair of upper and lower belts 37a and 37b to transfer the aligned electric wires 38 in which the connecting electric wires 1 are aligned laterally to a storage container 39 and store them therein.

On the other hand, the pasting claw 35 of the connecting wire pasting device 35
When c operates and the clamp 34b is released, the arm drive mechanism 34c operates and the arm 34d
is rotated in the direction of arrow R, as shown in FIG. 8, to return the clamp 34b to its initial state.
Also, while performing the pasting operation, the connecting wire 1
is sent by the wire supply/terminal supply device 32, and the disconnection portion 19a of the next connected crimp terminal 18 is positioned at a fixed position in the terminal disconnection device 33.

In addition, in response to the movement of the transfer device 37, the printing device 36 prints, for example, a construction number, panel number, block number, etc., as shown in FIG. Wiring information 40 such as numbers is printed.

In this way, the adhesive tape 35b and the paper tape 35
As shown in FIG. 10, the aligned electric wires 38 held by a are provided with a dividing portion 41, and this dividing portion 41 serves as a guide for connecting the left and right aligned electric wires 38 to different appliances. Further, if the left and right sides are separated at this portion, handling of the aligned electric wires 38a becomes easier.

In the embodiments described above, (1) The marking device was explained as an example of directly marking the connecting wire, but it is also possible to mark the marker tube or heat shrink tube and attach it to the connecting wire, or select a ring mark. It may be attached to the connecting wire 1 by any method, and the effect is exactly the same as that in the above embodiment.

(2) Although a rotary table is used as a holding and selecting device for processing and forming jigs for crimp terminals, a linear movable table with these jigs arranged in a straight line may also be used, and its effect is similar to that of the above embodiment. Matsutaku is similar.

(3) Regarding the processing and forming of the crimp terminal, it is also possible to use a crimp terminal processing and forming apparatus that separates the molding of the crimp part and the cutting of the shape and size, and the effect is the same as that of the above embodiment.

(4) Cutting out crimp terminals and releasing the material are performed at the same time, and each time a pair of terminals is processed, it is also possible to take out and transport the terminals.

(5) In the description of the device of the present invention, the input information is coded from connection diagrams and equipment installation layout diagrams and input into the host computer. By doing so, it is possible to simplify the method of providing input information and save labor in design work.

(6) In addition to magnetic disks, other media such as magnetic tape or paper tape may be used as the information medium between the upper computer and the lower computer.
It may be tied online, and the effect is the same as in the above embodiment.

(7) It is of course possible to provide the functions of the upper-level computer to the lower-level computer.

(8) It is also possible to use both the monitor television to display the status of mechanical equipment and the display device used for interactive purposes.

(9) In the above embodiment, the movement of the roller is detected as the terminal detection device of the wire supply/terminal detection device, but the crimp terminal is detected in a non-contact state using a proximity switch, photoelectronic switch, image sensor, etc. It is also possible to do so.

(10) In the above embodiment, a pulse motor is used to supply the connecting wire in the wire supply/terminal detection device, but if another length measuring device, such as an encoder, is used, the pulse motor can be omitted. It is also possible to provide a terminal stopper for fixed positioning.

(11) The connecting electric wire conveying device of the electric wire alignment and binding section does not have to be of the rotary arm type, and may of course be conveyed by linear movement.

As explained above, according to the present invention, the design is performed in an interactive manner with the host computer and that information is used, or the minimum necessary information is input into the host computer from the connection diagram and equipment installation layout diagram. Through arithmetic processing, the information necessary to automatically manufacture connecting wires is obtained as output information organized into necessary production orders and units, and based on this information, the lower-level computer can manage the production process and the present invention Since the control commands are given to the connecting wire manufacturing equipment, the indirect work of the operator is greatly reduced. Not only can the information necessary for production control be printed out using a typewriter, but this also greatly facilitates material arrangement and process planning. In addition, it is equipped with a device that connects and processes crimp terminals of different shapes and sizes, and the pair of terminals are connected with their heads butted together.
Only one crimping machine is required, making the device compact and inexpensive to manufacture. Furthermore, there is no need to purchase and store various crimp terminals, and instead of purchasing terminals, only the hoop material needs to be supplied, making arrangements easy and reducing purchasing costs.Furthermore, it requires less storage space and is easier to manage. You can get the effect of becoming.

In addition, unlike the conventional drum-wound connecting wire, the connecting wire manufactured by the device of the present invention, each time one connection is completed, pulls out the next connecting wire, finds the terminal part, and terminals. This not only eliminates the need for the separation work at the separation part, but also allows the ends of the connecting wires to be aligned and held in the order in which the terminals of one appliance are arranged, thereby significantly improving the efficiency of the wiring work.

Furthermore, since information that is not added to the wire but is necessary for storage and processing is printed on the surface of the paper tape, it also has the effect that there is no need to add other labels or the like.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external view of the connecting wire, Fig. 2 is a state diagram of conventional connecting wires connected with a connecting material, Fig. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the device of the present invention, and Fig. 4 is a diagram of the device of the present invention. FIGS. 5 and 6 are a plan view of an example of a molded continuous butt crimp terminal, and FIGS. The figure is an explanatory diagram of the structure and operation of a similar dancer roller section and electric wire alignment and binding section, FIG. 9 is an external view of an example of a connected electric wire processed by the electric wire end processing section of the present invention, and FIG. Figure 11 is a plan view of the connection wire held by adhesive tape, Figure 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XI-XI in Figure 10, and Figure 12 is the paper tape holding the connection wire and printed on the connection wire. FIG. 7 is a back view of the connection wire holding state showing wiring information. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Connection wire, 2... Crimp terminal, 8... Host computer, 9... Master file, 10... Terminal, 1
1... Information medium (magnetic disk), 12... Low-order electronic computer, 13... System typewriter, 14...
Display device, 14a...Keyboard, 15...
Input/output conversion device, 16... Operation panel, 18... Connection crimp terminal, 19a... Separation part, 20... Connection connection wire,
21a...Electric wire, 22...Electric wire selection supply device, 22a
...Tension mechanism, 23...Wire length measurement supply device, 2
3b, 23c...(forward, reverse) feed roller, 24...marking device, 25...wire constant length tensioning device, 26
... Wire cutting and stripping device, 28 ... Crimp terminal processing and forming device, 28a ... Processing and forming jig, 27 ... Hoop material supply device, 27a ... Hoop material, 29 ... Terminal supply device (carrying table), 30 ... Terminal crimping device, 31b ...Moving pulley, 32...Wire supply/terminal detection device, 33...Terminal separation device, 34...Connection wire conveyance device, 35...Connection wire pasting device, 35a...Paper tape, 35b...Adhesive tape, 36...Printing device, 37... Transfer device, 3
8... Aligned electric wires, 39... Container, A... Wire terminal processing section, B... Dancer roller section, C... Wire alignment and binding section, D... Monitor television section, E... Control section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. It has the function of holding various electric wire ends and selecting the electric wire necessary for production, it has a tension mechanism for supplying the selected electric wire, and it has the function of sending the selected electric wire. A wire selection supply device that has a wire selection supply device, a wire length measurement and supply device that can forward and reverse the specified wire and has a length measurement function, and designated characters and symbols that are wiring information near both ends of the wire. A marking device that has the function of marking the surface of the wire, and a wire constant-length tensioning device that holds the wire and has a fixed-length wire feeding function to prevent the position of the marking added to the wire and the crimp terminal mounting surface from misaligning. A wire cutting and stripping device that has the function of cutting the wire at a specified position and removing a specified length of the insulation coating at both ends of the wire in order to crimp a crimp terminal, and a wire cutting and stripping device that has the function of cutting the wire at a specified position and removing a specified length of insulation coating from both ends of the wire in order to crimp a crimp terminal. There are two or more sets of processing and forming jigs for supplying the product, and the processing and forming jigs are arbitrarily selected according to the instructions, and the head of the crimp terminal of the specified shape and size is butted against the hoop material, which is the terminal material, and then separated. A crimp terminal processing and forming device that has a function of continuously processing and forming a connected crimp terminal connected at a portion, and a device that holds a hoop-shaped terminal material and supplies the hoop material to the crimp terminal processing and forming device. and a terminal supplying device having a function of cutting the crimp terminals processed and formed by the crimp terminal processing and forming device into one set of connected crimp terminals, holding and transporting the crimp terminals to the crimp position, and the terminals supplied by the terminal supplying device. an electric wire end processing unit equipped with a terminal crimping device having a function of crimping a connected connection crimp terminal to a predetermined electric wire end; a wire supply/terminal detection device that detects a connected crimp terminal and sends the disconnected portion of the connected crimp terminal to a fixed position; and a disconnected portion of the connected crimp terminal of the connected wire sent from the wire supply/terminal detection device. A terminal disconnecting device that separates the connecting crimp terminal after it is positioned at a fixed position, and a connecting wire pasting device that holds the end of the connecting wire that has been cut and separated at the disconnecting portion of the connecting crimp terminal by the terminal disconnecting device. A connection wire conveyance device for conveying connection wires up to the point where the connection wires are conveyed, paper tape and adhesive tape, respectively, and one end of the connection wires conveyed by the connection wire conveyance device is aligned and arranged in a plane, and paper tape and adhesive tape are attached at regular intervals. A connecting wire pasting device that sticks and holds the connecting wires with tape, a printing device that prints wiring information on the surface of the paper tape that aligns and holds one end of the connecting wires, and a connecting wire that is held by both tapes. A wire alignment and bundling unit equipped with a transfer device having a chute or the like for transporting the wires to a storage container; and a wire alignment and bundling unit that connects the wire end processing unit and the wire alignment and bundling unit with a continuously processed connecting wire, and has mutual processing capacity. A dancer roller section having a multi-stage movable pulley between the wire end processing section and the wire alignment and binding section, which functions to temporarily hold the connecting wires and to apply tension to the connecting wires, in order to prevent the wire from decreasing. A wire end processing section, a wire alignment and binding section, and
A monitor TV section that displays the operating status of each mechanical device in the dancer roller section, trouble details, setup change information and its status, and the status of connected wires during production, as well as the size of the control panel and connections within the control panel. The input information such as the position of the wiring duct that stores the electric wires, the name and position of the equipment that connects the connecting electric wires, terminal numbers, wire numbers, electric wire types, etc. and fixed information prepared in advance are required from the master file that is registered. Calculation of the wire length and the type, shape, and type of terminal required for the wire terminal.
Determination of dimensions and optimal wiring procedures, information on the wire type, marking information to be added to the wires, printed information on paper tape for binding connected wires, and other manufacturing information on magnetic disks and tapes. A host computer that outputs output to information media such as, a dedicated low-order computer that uses magnetic disks and other information media to control each of the above devices, diagnose troubles, grasp and monitor the production status, and A keyboard, display device, and operation panel that act as operating and information input devices; a system typewriter used to print out production information and change control programs; It is equipped with an input/output conversion device that converts the output from the mechanical device into a control output and converts the output from the mechanical device into the input of the lower-level computer, and furthermore, a terminal device such as a keyboard with a display and an automatic drafting machine is installed in the upper-level computer, and the online A connecting wire manufacturing device characterized in that it has a control unit that allows the design work to be performed by the above-mentioned host computer, thereby simplifying input information.