Abstract:
This invention covers an installation device for a protective spiral (1), with the purpose of facilitating the installation of a protective spiral around elongated objects (10), such as hose bundles, cables and similar objects. The installation device is formed by the feeding rolls (2,3) of a spiral-shaped protective spiral (1), which operate using machine power (4) to push the elongated cord of the protective spiral in a spiral, screw-shaped manner around the objects (10) during the feeding process.
Abstract:
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for maintaining orientation of a manufactured part (108) during a manufacturing process. The apparatus, system, and method include uncoiling a carrier (102) from at least one supply reel (104) and feeding the carrier (102) into a manufacturing machine (110) used by a manufacturing process to form a manufactured part (103). The apparatus, system, and method include forming the manufactured part (108) onto at least one prong (116) protruding from the carrier (102). The at least one prong (116) and the carrier (102) maintain orientation of the manufactured part (108) with respect to the carrier (102).
Abstract:
Armouring tape (102) for wrapping around a hose (300) during its fabrication by a hose-wrapping machine (200; 400). The tape (102) is coiled into a roll (100) having a hollow core (109) from which the tape (102) is unwound to be wrapped onto the hose (300). The hose-wrapping machine (200; 400) rotatably mounts the roll (100) with the hose (300) passing through the roll core (109), the roll axis (108) being skewed to the hose axis (304) by the helix angle at which the tape (102) is to be wrapped onto and along the hose (300). The hose (300) is moved longitudinally through the longitudinally static roll (100) and at the same tine, the roll (100) is rotated around the longitudinal axis (304) of the non-rotating hose (300). The armouring tape (102) unwinds from the inside (109) of the roll onto and along the hose (300) so as to wrap the hose (300) with a uniform helix of armouring tape (102).
Abstract:
A method for producing a convolute paper core (10) of a desired width and thickness, said method comprising unwinding paper from a paper roll, thereby creating unwound paper (3), conveying said unwound paper (3) to a cutting position in a feeding direction, cutting said unwound paper (3), thereby creating a paper sheet (8) having a length L, conveying said paper sheet (8) from said cutting position to a mandrel (9) in a winding direction, wherein said winding direction is perpendicular to said feeding direction, adhesively and convolutely winding said paper sheet (8) on said mandrel (9) so as to produce a paper core (10), so that a width W of said paper core is equal to said length L, and repeating the steps of unwinding, conveying, cutting, conveying and adhesively and convolutely winding a plurality of paper sheets until said paper core (10) has the desired thickness.
Abstract:
An apparatus, and method for laying up structural filaments. The apparatus includes an openable race providing a circular path for a carrier bearing a filament source. The carrier moves circumferentially within the race and may be formed as a centerless wheel. The carrier may be formed in sections to facilitate opening of the race to insert a workpiece.
Abstract:
When winding a strip of uniform width onto a rotating core for forming a cylindrical strip roll the length (L) of which is several times the strip width (B) and the end faces of which are located in planes (11A, 11B) which are perpendicular to the axis (12) of the roll, the winding is controlled such that the positions in the strip roll where the hand of winding of the strip is reversed are distributed circumferentially in a controlled manner.
Abstract:
A cable wrapper has a carriage coupled to a main frame with a plurality of twine compartments coupled to the carriage, each twine compartment comprising a roll of twine. The twine of each twine compartment is fed into the carriage. A plurality of cables are pulled through the carriage and the twine of each twine compartment is secured to the cables. As the cable is then pulled through the carriage, the twine is pulled and, via one or more pulley systems, causes the carriage to rotate. As the carriage rotates, the twine from each twine compartment wraps the cables, ensuring they are secured together their entire length.