Abstract: A cable loading machine for connecting a plurality of insulated conductors of a multiconductor cable to terminals of a connector one at a time, which includes a conductor separation unit (D) having a conductor separation assembly (3) with a conductor receptor (6) sufficiently large to receive separated conductors; a conductor pressure unit (L) for applying a pressure on the conductors in the conductor separation assembly in a direction from a conductor inlet (6a) to a conductor outlet (6b); a conductor separation member (14) having a row of teeth with conductor receiving channels (a) therebetween and laterally movable over the conductor outlet for inserting the conductors pushed out of the outlet into the conductor receiving channels one at a time and positioning the inserted conductors on an outlet side of the conductor receiving channels; a probe unit (E) having probing pins (25) for contact with the separated conductors to identify line pairs and line numbers; and a conductor push up unit (F) for pushing u

Abstract: A shielding wires removing machine for automatically removing a desired length of shielding wires from a shielded cable, which includes a blade body secured to the base and having a blade aperture whose edge forms a circular blade; a movable sleeve able to slide in the blade aperture along a longitudinal axis; a movable cable holder provided in front of the fixed blade body and having a holding aperture and a shield guide concentrically about the longitudinal axis, the shield guide having a diameter sufficiently large to receive an exposed shield portion of the shielded cable but too small to receive the shielded cable; a pressure bar disposed in a side hole provided at right angles to the holding aperture for holding by pressure the shielded cable in place within the holding aperture; and a movable clamp provided behind the fixed blade body and having a plurality of clamp elements movable in radial directions to form a variable opening concentrically about the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A machine for mounting a plurality of conductors of a multiconductor cable on a plurality of contacts or connection grooves of a connector, which includes a connector holder secured on a top surface of the base section to hold a connector having a row of connection grooves or contacts and a conductor carrier rotatable about an axis perpendicular to a top surface of the base and movable along the axis and the vertical plane. The conductor carrier includes a carrier arm provided on the conductor carrier for reciprocating movement in a direction perpendicular to the vertical plane; two pairs of fingers, one provided on the conductor carrier and the other on the carrier arm, to pick up the conductor from the receiving groove and bring it over to a position above a desired connection groove or contact of the connector; and a pusher provided adjacent one of the pair of fingers for reciprocating movement along the vertical axis to insert the conductor into the desired connection groove or contact.