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US 12,646,899 B1Granted
Armored cable coil tie-in detector
AssigneeEncore Wire Corporation
InventorsCasey A. Gomez, Jeremy T. Smith
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Abstract
A system and method of detecting a tie-in on a cable is disclosed. The method includes the steps of pulling a cable from a payoff reel; scanning the cable for a visual cue; detecting the visual cue; stopping the pull of the cable; cutting the cable; and discarding the cable portion with the visual cue.
Claims11
A method of detecting a visual cue on a cable and discarding the portion of the cable including the visual cue, the method comprising the steps of:
- pulling the cable including conductors from a payoff reel;
- scanning the cable for the visual cue, wherein the visual cue designates a tie-in and wherein the tie-in is a coupling connection of an end of a first section of the conductors with an end of a second section of the conductors;
- detecting the visual cue;
- upon detection of the visual cue, stopping the pull of the cable;
- cutting the cable creating a cable portion with the visual cue;
- and
- discarding the cable portion with the visual cue.
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