Assembly for and method of marking and cutting wires, and machine comprising said assembly

A method for marking and cutting wires by using an assembly comprising a first cutter, a second cutter, and a fixed abutment, the second cutter facing said first cutter, being located between said first cutter and said fixed abutment, and being designed to cooperate with said first cutter for cutting a wire, at least one of said first and second cutters comprising reliefs or incisions formed in a face thereof, and said first and second cutters being designed to be moved in a direction transverse to a wire feeding direction and toward said fixed abutment, said method comprising the following steps:

• feeding the wire wherein the wire is positioned between the first cutter and the second cutter on a wire feeding axis;
• stopping the wire wherein wire feeding is interrupted when the wire has reached a predetermined length;
• advancing the first cutter toward the second cutter in the direction transverse to the wire feeding direction until the first and second cutters come into contact with the wire;
• cutting the wire wherein the first cutter continues movement in the direction transverse to the wire feeding direction, cutting the wire and moving the second cutter therewith;
• marking the wire with distinguishing markings when said reliefs or incisions confront a longitudinally-extending sidewall of the wire when the movement of said second cutter in the direction transverse to the wire feeding direction is halted due to said fixed abutment.