Producing low quality, unreliable wiring harnesses or defective complex wiring harnesses is certainly not what a wiring harness manufacturer wants. Any wire harness manufacturer worth their salt depends on state-of-the-art, efficient workmanship. One of the major contributors to efficiency and quality in any process is calibrated equipment. Within the scope of wire processing machines, there are three main process blocks: pre-processing, process and post-processing. As the name suggests, pre-processing and post-processing are auxiliary and supplementary processes performed before or after the main process. The actual process involves measuring a length of bulk wire, cutting and stripping the ends of the wire, and attaching connectors and/or other components to those ends.
Wire harnesses are constructed to be installed in vehicles, appliances, etc., so we can surmise that the connection between the two ends of each wire in the harness and its intended destination is critical. Therefore, length accuracy combined with proper electrical connections is an absolute must. These two key elements are included in the main flow of the machine and give us clues to the mechanisms in the device that need to be calibrated. When evaluating these elements, we must analyze the feed pull mechanism, cutting and stripping head and transport arm, as well as the crimping press and tooling.