An apparatus for assembling an electrical plug connector on a first cable end and/or on a second cable end of an electrical cable which has one or more inner conductors. The apparatus has at least one module group with at least two processing modules for processing the cable. The apparatus furthermore has a feed device for feeding the cable end along a feed direction (X) to a processing station (B) in the module group. The module group has a module transport device for feeding in each case one of the processing modules of the module group to the processing station (B). The feed device is configured to remove the cable end from the module group counter to the feed direction (X) after the processing.

A cable preparation machine includes a frame forming a cable cutting zone, the frame having a cable opening along a cable axis at the cable cutting zone receiving an end of a cable. The cable preparation machine includes a pulley assembly rotatably coupled to the frame about the cable axis and a drive assembly operably coupled to the pulley assembly to rotate the pulley assembly about the cable axis. The cable preparation machine includes a blade assembly operably coupled to the pulley assembly and rotated with the pulley assembly about the cable axis. The blade assembly includes a blade having an arcuate cutting edge configured for cutting an insulator from the end of the cable.

Positioning of a shield electric wire is performed by an insertion jig in front of a peeling jig, and a portion at a distal end of the shield electric wire where a metal foil is exposed is inserted into an electric wire insertion hole of a peeling jig through the center hole of an insertion jig. Air is blown from an opening on an other-end-surface side of the peeling jig toward the distal end of the shielded electric wire, and the metal foil is expanded while being separated from a wire core. A cut is formed from a side of a metal foil expanded by blowing air in a predetermined gap between a one-end-surface of the peeling jig and an end surface of the insertion jig, and the metal foil is cut from the cut as a starting point.

A cable-jacket removal tool is described. The tool includes cutting unit that provides a cutting cylinder that carries a blade and a die. The blade is adjustable to provide a desired depth of cut into the cable jacket. The die is interchangeable and selectable based on a diameter or gage of cable to be stripped. A drive unit that is adapted to be driven by a common, handheld, battery operated drill is also provided. The drive unit rotates the cutting cylinder and the blade carried thereby about the circumference of the cable. The drill is coupled to the drive unit such that the axis of rotation of the drill and the cutting cylinder are substantially parallel and an operator can easily apply a force on the tool via the drill in a direction substantially parallel to those axes of rotation.

Techniques, systems and articles are described for preparing electrical cables for connections to a power grid. In one example, a system includes a cable preparation device configured to cut one or more layers of an electrical cable and a computing device configured to control the cable preparation device to cut the one or more layers of the electrical cable.

A cable processing system comprises a stripping device for stripping a segment of an outer cladding layer of a cable. The stripping device includes a support frame, and a mounting plate movably mounted on the support frame between a start position and an end position in the axial direction of the cable. The mounting plate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other in an axial direction of the cable. A plurality of cutting units are mounted on the first surface of the mounting plate for cutting off the outer cladding layer in a circumferential direction of the cable. A plurality of stripping units are mounted on the second surface of the mounting plate for slicing the outer cladding layer in the axial direction.

Positioning of a shield electric wire is performed by an insertion jig in front of a peeling jig, and a portion at a distal end of the shield electric wire where a metal foil is exposed is inserted into an electric wire insertion hole of a peeling jig through the center hole of an insertion jig. Air is blown from an opening on an other-end-surface side of the peeling jig toward the distal end of the shielded electric wire, and the metal foil is expanded while being separated from a wire core. A cut is formed from a side of a metal foil expanded by blowing air in a predetermined gap between a one-end-surface of the peeling jig and an end surface of the insertion jig, and the metal foil is cut from the cut as a starting point.

A wire coating removal device includes: a wire feed path; a pair of first rotary tools that remove a coating of the wire at a first position on the wire feed path; a first rotary drive mechanism that rotationally drives the pair of first rotary tools; a pair of second rotary tools that remove the coating of the wire at a second position; a second rotary drive mechanism that rotationally drives the pair of second rotary tools; a first tool distance changing mechanism that makes the pair of first rotary tools approach or separates from each other; and a second tool distance changing mechanism that makes the pair of second rotary tools approach or separates from each other, wherein the pair of first rotary tools remove a part of the coating of the wire, and the pair of second rotary tools then remove a remainder of the coating.

A device and method for stripping a cable has at least one support roller arrangement and a work wheel arrangement. The end of the cable to be stripped can be clamped with the application of a pressure force between the work wheel arrangement and the support roller arrangement. The unit made up of the work wheel arrangement and the support roller arrangement can be driven to rotate around the cable and to roll off thereon.

A circular cutting unit for partially cutting one or more layers of a cable or wire along a cutting plane. The circular cutting unit include a knife head including a drive disc and an adjustment disc that are each rotatable about a disc axis. A pair of knife holders that each include a knife blade are pivotally mounted to the drive disc. Relative rotation of the adjustment disc relative to the drive disc causes the knife holders to pivot causing movement of the knife blades toward or away from each other. The circular cutting unit includes a primary drive assembly and an adjustment drive assembly that are each separately operable. The primary drive assembly rotates the knife head at the cutting speed and the adjustment drive assembly rotates the adjustment disc relative to the drive disc.