Wire assembly manufacturing equipment

Abstract

Wire assembly manufacturing equipment is provided. The equipment includes an automatic insertion device mounted on a wire connection supporting device. The equipment enables another end of a terminal-attached wire with which an operator carries out connection work by the wire connection supporting device to be automatically inserted by the automatic insertion device. Simultaneously with or immediately after the work that connects one end of the terminal-attached wire by manual operation, automatic insertion becomes possible on the other end with the automatic insertion device. An inspection apparatus is also provided for determining the condition of a connector having at least one terminal attached wire inserted into a cavity therein, the connector being formed as a double lance type having a temporarily fastened retainer. The inspection apparatus includes a press mechanism capable of pressing with a predetermined load in order to finally fasten the retainer which is temporarily fastened to the double lance type connector, a measuring system for measuring the displacement of the retainer pressed by the pressing mechanism, and a discriminator that discriminates a good/bad condition between the connector and the terminal based on the displacement of the retainer.