Wire Terminal WT C machine is an automated machine that processes wires from bulk material with individual wire printing (black, white, and light blue) and makes them ready for assembly. Its advantages include multiple available combinations, different wire output methods and support for downstream, digital and automated processes, such as labelling, sorting and transport.
WT C’s individually adaptable and expandable modular system structure for hardware and software lets panel builders and control manufacturers meet future requirements. Its payback period is reported to be only 2.5 years for 300 enclosures per year.
Wiring in panel building and control manufacturing is time-consuming, and takes up about 50% of processing time. To speed up assembly and wire processes, cut costs and maintaining high quality, and streamline processes and future flexibility in mind, WT C provides flexible configuration, quick-change system for wires, process reliability, three wire output methods, and a digitally supported process.
WT C is available in two versions and flexible configuration stages, which each allow further expansion to full functionality in respective wire applications:
- As an entry-level wire processing solution, WT C5 has five vibratory bowl feeders for wire-end ferrules and a wire-end treatment feature for wires with cross-sections ranging from 0.5 to 2.5 mm². The product also cuts to length, labels, and crimps.
- WT C10 has up to 10 vibratory bowl feeders for wire-end ferrules with wire cross-sections of up to 6 mm². These 10 bowl feeders provide a safer process for inputting loose wire end ferrules and easy refill process, and enable maximum flexibility and less set-up effort for the wire end treatment.
WT C’s new crimper allows processing of wire end ferrule lengths ranging from 8 to 18 mm. Users can choose between stepless partial and full stripping up to 20 mm when stripping the wires. This new crimper, which uses servomotor technology, ensures continuous high quality.
The fully automated machine is easily operated using a 24-inch display, and offers improvements and innovations, for example, when feeding and outputting the wires. Safe wire feeding and a simple, fast changeover to other wires are achieved via a new type of wire feeding system featuring three feed blocks for as many as 36 wires and with 12 wire types per feed block. The quick-change system allows the feed blocks to be set up and changed flexibly. An RFID transponder automatically secures the wire feed which makes it easy to change complete wire magazines.
Depending on the requirements, the wires can be dispensed in a machine in three different ways: through ejection, by a rail system, or via a chain bundler. The patented rail system can hold up to 2,100 wires. Wire sorting is unnecessary, as the pre-assembled wires are produced in wire rails as standard, depending on the order. This enables the lined-up wires to be processed quickly and efficiently, which, in conjunction with the Wire Cart trolley, is ideal for improved order picking at the workplace. Chain bundles can also be produced to make the wiring process even more efficient as wires are arranged sequentially in the order chosen. This also allows companies to be flexible service providers as the Wire Terminal three flexible output options can be implemented. Combined with the “EPLAN Smart Wiring” software app, this results in increased value with the additional process step of enclosure wiring.
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