Wire processing apparatus and wire processing method

A wire processing method of recycling a coated wire composed of a coating insulator and an electric conductor by means of a microwave generator, a waveguide connected to the microwave generator and a wire insertion pipe disposed in a transmitting space of the waveguide, the method comprising the steps of:

• inserting a tip end of the coated wire into the wire insertion pipe;
• disposing the coated wire such that the tip end thereof is located at a predetermined position in the wire insertion pipe;
• launching microwave to the transmitting space of the waveguide by means of the microwave generator;
• separating the tip end of the coated wire into the decomposed coating insulator and the molten electric conductor, and recovering the electric conductor in a state suitable for recycling it;
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• sending a new tip end of the coated wire sequentially such that the tip end is always located in the predetermined position in the wire insertion pipe whenever the tip end is disappeared.

A wire processing method of cross-linking a coated wire composed of a coating insulator and an electric conductor by means of a microwave generator, a waveguide connected to the microwave generator and a wire insertion pipe disposed in a transmitting space of the waveguide, the method comprising the steps of;

• launching microwave to the transmitting space of the waveguide by means of the microwave generator;
• inserting the coated wire into the wire insertion pipe sequentially;
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• cross-linking the coated wire and adhering well the coating insulator to the electric conductor.