Method and apparatus for forming a braided yarn coating over a product, and product thus obtained
AssigneeIsolet Ind. S.R.L.
InventorsMaurizio Mongardi, Alberto Castello
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Abstract
A method of forming a braided coating over a product (2, 2A), in particular a flexible product such as a cable, a rope, a pipe, etc., is provided, in which the product (2, 2A), while leaving a coating zone (17) of a braiding machine (100), is submitted to a continuous rotation about its longitudinal axis. A braiding machine (100) for carrying out the method and a coated product obtained with the method are also provided.
Claims8
A method of forming a braided yarn coating over a product having a longitudinal axis, wherein the product, while leaving a coating zone of a braiding apparatus, is submitted to a continuous unidirectional or bidirectional rotation about its longitudinal axis, wherein said product is a flexible product, and in that said rotation, at least in case of a unidirectional rotation, is accompanied by a corresponding and synchronized rotation of the product along a whole path thereof between means feeding the braiding apparatus with the product to be coated and the coating zone and between the latter and means collecting the coated product.
An apparatus for forming a braided yarn coating over a product having a longitudinal axis, including a mechanism, placed along the path of the coated product at an exit from a coating zone of the apparatus, for imparting a continuous unidirectional or bidirectional rotation to the product about its longitudinal axis, wherein said mechanism includes:
- a worm screw reducer with speed and direction control, which is programmed to make the worm screw rotate either according to a continuous unidirectional rotary movement or according to a bidirectional rotary movement obtained by alternating, at programmed intervals, a rotation in a first direction and a rotation in a second direction opposed to the first;
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- means for radially positioning the product leaving the coating zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.