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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1988
Kenneth Wollermann, Mukwonago, WI (US);
Ragnar Gudmestad, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Artos Engineering Company, New Berlin, WI (US);
Abstract
A programmable wire stripper is provided for cutting and stripping selectively variable length insulation portions from the end of wire segments presented at a workstation. The stripper includes a base frame mounted in fixed relation to the workstation and a carriage mounted on the base frame for movement toward and away from the workstation by a first drive. A turret is mounted on the carriage for movement relative thereto. The turret has a plurality of individual mounting positions and an insulation cutting mechanism is mounted on the turret at each of the mounting positions for movement between open noncutting and closed cutting positions. A second drive is provided for moving the turret to place any selected mounting position and its associated cutting mechanism at the workstation. A first actuator is provided to effect closing of the cutting mechanism. A gripper is provided on the carriage and movable between open nongripping and closed gripping positions and a second actuator is provided for effecting movement of the gripper between the open and closed positions. A third actuator is provided on the carriage for moving the gripper toward and away from the workstation.