Methods of assembling electrical components

Abstract

Abstract A ROTATABLE TURNTABLE HAVING A PLURALITY OF WORKHOLDERS SPACED ABOUT THE PERIPHERY THEREOF IS INDEXED TO ADVANCE EACH OF THE WORKHOLDERS SUCCESSIVELY THROUGH EACH OF A PLURALITY OF WORK STATIONS POSITIONED ADJACENT THE PERIPHPER OF THE TURNTABLE TO ASSEMBLE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. A FIRST PART POSITIONED IN ONE OF THE WORKHOLDERS AT A FIRST WORK STATION HAS THE LEADING END OF AN INSULATED WIRE EXTENDING FROM A SUPPLY OF WIRE WELDED THERETO AT A SECOND WORK STATION, AFTER WHICH THE FIRST PART IS INDEXED TO A THIRD WORK STATION WITHOUT SEVERING THE WIRE EXTENDING FROM THE FIRST PART TO THE SUPPLY. AT THE THIRD WORK STATION A PORTION OF THE WIRE EXTENDING TO THE FIRST PART IN THE WORKHOLDER IS SEVERED FROM THE SUPPLY AND THE NEW LEADING END OF THE WIRE IS ATTACHED TO THE FIRST PART IN THE NEXT SUCCEEDING WORKHOLDER. THE FIRST PART IS ROTATED IN THE FIRST WORKHOLDER WHILE TENSIONING THE WIRE EXTENDING FROM AND SECURED TO THE FIRST PART TO WIND THE WIRE THEREON AS THE WORKHOLDER IS ADVANCED WITH THE TURNTABLE THROUGH A FOURTH AND A FIFTH WORK STATION TO A SIXTH WORK STATION. AT THE SIXTH WORK STATION A SECOND PART IS ASSEMBLED TO THE FIRST PART AND, SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE INSULATION ON A PORTION OF THE WIRE EXTENDING FROM THE FIRST PART IS STRIPPED. AT A SEVENTH WORK STATION THE TRAILING PORTION OF THE WIRE IS WELDED TO A METAL CAP WHICH IS SECURED TO THE SECOND PART AND THE STRENGTH OF THE WELD IS TESTED, WHEREAFTER THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENT IS ADVANCED TO A LAST WORK STATION AND TESTED ELECTRICALLY AND THEN SORTED.

Inventors

• 👤 Thomas A La Valle

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