Method and associated apparatus for reducing the tension of wires during a strand production process
OwnerVincenzo D'Ottaviinventor
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Abstract
Method for reducing the tension of wires during a process for production of a strand using said wires, comprising the steps of unwinding at least one wire (1) from a supply reel, feeding the unwound wire (1) to a stranding machine which pulls the wire, winding it onto a take-up reel (31) at a predetermined winding speed, said at least one wire being subjected to a pulling/pushing action in the same sense as the direction of feeding thereof, along the section of the travel path between the supply reel and the point of entry into the stranding machine.
Claims28
1) Method for reducing the tension of wires during a process for production of a strand using said wires, comprising the steps of:
- unwinding at least one wire (1) from a supply reel;
- feeding the unwound wire (1) to a stranding machine which pulls the wire, winding it onto a take-up reel (31) at a predetermined winding speed;
- characterized in that said at least one wire is subjected to a pulling/pushing action in the same sense as the direction of feeding thereof, along the section of the travel path between the supply reel and the point of entry into the stranding machine.
9) Apparatus for reducing the tension of the wires (1) during a process for forming a strand (2) wound onto a reel (30) of a stranding machine using at least one wire (1) fed from a supply reel (10,11), characterized in that it comprises means (111,112) able to impart to said at least one wire (1) a pulling/pushing action in the same sense as the direction of feeding of the said wire, along the section of the travel path between the supply reel (10,11) and the winding reel (30).
20) Plant for forming strands (2) from wires (1), in which at least one stranding machine with a winding reel (30) and at least one reel (10,11) for feeding at least one wire (1) are envisaged, characterized in that it comprises an apparatus for reducing the tension of said at least one wire (1), which is provided with means (111,112) able to impart to said at least one wire (1) a pulling/pushing action in the same sense as the direction of feeding of the said wire, along the section of the travel path of the wire between the supply reel (10,11) and the winding reel (30).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.