Contact Insertion and Wire Lay Robotic End Effector Apparatus.
Abstract
This abstract describes insertion and wire lay apparatus for manufacture of wire harnesses which provides for insertion of a contact affixed to the trailing end of a wire segment after wire lay. The invention provides for gripping a wire segment while the segment is caused to lay in a desired configuration. Thereafter, a set of tip jaws enables a trailing end contact to be inserted into a selected contact holding device. This operation may be prefaced, prior to wire lay, by insertion into another contact holding device of a contact affixed to the leading end of the wire segment, by means as another set of tip jaws. The apparatus is arranged to facilitiate lateral receipt and rejection of wire segments. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 16, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADD011451
Entities
People
- C. M. Travlos
Organizations
- United States Department of the Air Force