With a footprint of just 2,150 by 1,545 millimeters, the Zeta 620 can produce 360 cables per hour, complete with ferrules on both ends.

The Alpha 550 G2 is a fully automatic system for cutting, stripping and crimping wire.

Fully and semiautomatic wire processing machines can greatly increase quality and productivity—if they are set up and run properly. But, as the great Scottish poet Robert Burns reminds us, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.”

Like any assembly skill, manual soldering of wire can be learned through proper training. This training begins by teaching the person how to cleanly strip, tin and solder the wire to a connector, PCB or terminal.

New equipment addresses changeover and repeatability issues.