A wire harness manufacturing device includes a first rail and a second rail provided in parallel on a jig plate; a first holding portion that holds a first connector and a second holding portion that holds a second connector; an electric wire holding portion that holds a first electric wire and a second electric wire; a one end side connection portion that connects one end sides of the first electric wire and the second electric wire to the first connector and the second connector; a cutting portion that cuts the first electric wire and the second electric wire; the other end side connector that connects the cut first electric wire and the cut second electric wire to a third connector and a fourth connector and a binding portion that binds the first electric wire and the second electric wire whose tension is adjusted.

A wire harness including: a first wire that is electrically connectable to a first connector installed in a vehicle; a second wire that is electrically connected to the first wire; a third wire that is electrically connected to the first wire; a connection where the first wire, the second wire, and the third wire are electrically connected to each other; a tubular first shield that surrounds an outer periphery of the connection and an outer periphery of the first wire; and a tubular second shield that surrounds an outer periphery of a portion of the first shield and an outer periphery of the second wire, the portion of the first shield surrounding the outer periphery of the connection.

A cover for a cable harness including: (i) a first layer comprising a first color; (ii) a second layer layered adjacent to the first layer, the second layer comprising a second color that is different than the first color; and (iii) an adhesive layer adhered to the first layer, at least a portion of the adhesive is not covered by the second layer. The first color can black, while the second color is white. The second layer comprises fibers that can be substantially free of dye. At least one of the first layer and the second layer can be polyethylene terephthalate. The cover can cover a plurality of cables of a cable harness. If wear forms a hole through the first layer, the second color of the second layer is visible from an environment external to the covered cable harness through the hole through the first layer.

A system for the automated manufacture of a wiring harness, which demonstrates a branched structure made up of multiple individual conductor elements. To form wiring harnesses having an individually branched structure, the conductor elements are automatically brought into a predefined distribution structure, multiple second rails oriented in parallel to each other and multiple second transporters, distributed on the second rails, being used for this purpose. The second transporters are each fitted with one wire end of the conductor elements. To form the distribution structure, the second rails are subsequently moved in a vertical direction, and the second transporters are moved along the second rail. In this spread-apart structure, additional processing steps are carried out, for example a fixing of the conductor elements to each other.

A wire harness manufacturing method includes: an insertion step of inserting a binding member into an insertion hole of a protective member including a base member forming a routing space, the insertion hole provided in the base member and into which the binding member is insertable, and a temporary holding part provided on an outer surface of the base member and capable of temporarily holding an end of the binding member in a state in which the binding member is inserted into the insertion hole; a temporary holding step of temporarily holding the end of the binding member; a routing step of routing an electric wire in the routing space; and a binding step of removing the end of the binding member from the temporary holding part, and binding the electric wire to the base member by the binding member.

An adhesive tape particularly for wrapping cables comprises a textile carrier and a pressure-sensitive adhesive applied on at least one side of the carrier, where starting materials used for the textile carrier comprise fibres of recycled polyethylene terephthalate, where the fraction of the fibres is at least 50 wt % and where the fibres are staple fibres or continuous filaments or are processed to form yarns.

A wire harness routing method is provided. A wire harness is routed on a protector base. A protective tape is wound around an outer periphery of the wire harness at a position outside an end portion of the protector base in a longitudinal direction. A cover is put on the protector base under the above state. The wire harness is fixed to, by winding a binding band at a position where the tape is wound, a wire harness-fixed protruding piece protruding outward in the longitudinal direction from an end portion of the cover in the longitudinal direction.

The present invention relates to an adhesive tape and to a method for jacketing an elongated item, more particularly cable sets. The adhesive tape must cure within the operational dictates for further processing, e.g. within 6 min, and after curing must exhibit the required dimensional stability properties. However, the adhesive compositions must not cure during storage itself, since otherwise they can no longer be used. Nor may the curing temperatures be too high, since otherwise the lead insulation, which is often made of PVC, may suffer damage. The invention proposes a method for jacketing an elongated item such as more particularly leads or cable sets, where a tape which comprises a moisture-curing binder on a carrier is first impregnated with water and immediately thereafter is guided in a helical line around the elongated item or the elongated item is wrapped in an axial direction by the adhesive tape, the elongated item together with the adhesive tape wrapping is brought into the desired disposition, more particularly into the cable set plan, the elongated item is held in this disposition, while the curable adhesive cures. Alternatively proposed is a method for jacketing an elongated item such as more particularly leads or cable sets, where a tape which comprises a moisture-curing binder on a carrier is guided in a helical line around the elongated item or the elongated item is wrapped in an axial direction by the adhesive tape, the elongated item together with the adhesive tape wrapping is brought into the desired disposition, more particularly into the cable set plan, the elongated item is held in this disposition, and the curable adhesive is brought to cure by the supply of moisture.

An adhesive tape for jacketing an elongated item, more particularly cable sets, comprises a tapelike carrier which is characterized in that the tapelike carrier is provided on at least one side with a binder which is thermally softenable at a temperature of 50° C. to 100° C. and comprises a polycaprolactone.

A cable set includes a line run having a multiplicity of lines. A protective sheath surrounds the line run. A taping is disposed between the line run and the protective sheath. The taping surrounds the line run and has nubs projecting outward to the protective sheath. At least some of the nubs pass through the protective sheath. A winding tape for winding around a line run for producing a cable set and a method for producing a cable set are also provided.