Cable binder application device having a concentric drive motor

A high-speed binder device for binding together various components of a cable advancing in a machine direction, said device comprising:

• a frame;
• a hollow shaft defining a central opening through which the cable is advanced, said hollow shaft being rotatably supported on at least two bearings that are spaced apart in the machine direction and mounted to said frame;
• a binder reel supported on said shaft and having a supply of binder wound on the binder reel;
• a guide drum supported on said shaft for paying out binder from the binder reel and wrapping the binder around the cable;
• and
• a rotary drive comprising;
• a stator fixed to said frame so as to surround said shaft, and
• a rotatably driven rotor fixed to said rotatable shaft concentrically thereabout and within said stator so that, when said rotary drive is operated, the shaft with the guide drum mounted thereon is caused to rotate such that binder is unwound from the binder reel and wrapped around the advancing cable.