Powered banding device and related methods

A powered banding device comprising:

• a housing having a feed slot along a top surface;
• a plurality of gears within the housing and configured to pull a tail end of a band through the feed slot as the plurality of gears rotate;
• an electric motor coupled to and configured to cause rotation of the plurality of gears to pull the band between the pair of gears;
• torque circuitry coupled to the electric motor and configured to calculate a torque using a motor current of the electric motor to determine when to stop rotating the plurality of gears;
• a buckle clamp configured to hold a buckle of the band when pulling the tail end of the band through the housing;
• a roller slot formed in the housing between the feed slot and the pair of gears, the roller slot defining an elongated aperture having a first horizontal portion and a second downward curved portion;
• a roller pin within the roller slot;
• and
• a cutter blade positioned behind the roller pin within the roller slot;
• wherein the roller pin is configured to move through the roller slot when the electric motor stops pulling to form a fold in the band as the roller pin moves to an end of the second downward curved portion, and the cutter blade follows the roller pin and cuts the band above the roller pin as the cutter blade extends across the second downward curved portion of the roller slot.