Programmable pin feeder

Details Programmable pin feeder Programmable pin feeder

1996-01-25

1998-03-17

Briggs, William R.

Metal working

Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for...

Including composite tool

295646, H01R 4300

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057273057

ABSTRACT:
A programmable pin feeder for use in connection with an automated component assembly system, for providing pin headers from a supply reel containing a continuous carrier strip of the pins. The feeder includes a motor for indexing the carrier strip, a pin removing mechanism for removing pins from the carrier strip, a pin crimping mechanism for crimping pins in the carrier strip, a gripper for releasably gripping the pin headers at a pick-up station, and a cutter for cutting the headers from the carrier strip. A programmable logic controller is responsive to Pin Count, Pin Configuration and Pin Crimping instructions, and actuates the motor, pin removing mechanism, pin crimping mechanism, gripper and cutter as a function of the instructions to provide the desired pin headers.

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Reel Solutions from Autosplice, Inc., autosplice Innovative Interconnections Brochure, 1994, 12 pp.

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