Verfahren zum automatischen Sortieren und Handhaben von Leitungen vieladriger Kabel

The description refers to a process for the automatic sorting and handling of lines (3a-3h) of a multi-conductor cable, by which the separated lines are positioned in a workpiece fixture (1) in a random sequence, by which the actual sequence of the lines (3a-3g) positioned on the workpiece fixture (1) is stored in a control unit which controls the movement of a receiving device by which the lines (3a-3g) of the multi-conductor cable can be removed from the workpiece fixture (1). The invention provides for the fact that a gripper device (10; 20) is used as the receiving device, said gripping device having at least one gripping element (11a-11g; 21a-21j) by which a line positioned on the workpiece fixture (1) is actively gripped, the lines (3a-3g) of the multi-conductor cable positioned on the workpiece fixture (1) are successively picked up by at least one gripping element (11a-11g; 21a-21h) of the gripping device (10; 20), and the gripping device (10; 20) feeds the line (3a-3g) picked up in at least one of its gripping elements (11a-11h; 21a-21h) to the following processing step in a predefined reference sequence of a defined processing position (5a-5j) of the receiving lines (3a-3g) from the workpiece carrier (1). Moreover, a special device suitable for the performance of the process according to the invention is described.