Coil realignment and untelescoping machine

A machine for untelescoping a coil of sheet material, the coil of sheet material comprising a plurality of wraps which are wound in concentric spirals around a central longitudinal axis, wherein one or more of the coil wraps have unraveled in a direction along the central longitudinal axis, the machine comprising:

• a first side wall;
• a second side wall disposed a distance from the first side wall, wherein the coil is received between the first and second side walls;
• and
• one or more linear actuators adapted for selectively driving one of the first and second side walls towards the other and thereby compressing the coil along its central longitudinal axis between the first and second side walls;
• wherein as the coil is compressed along its central longitudinal axis, the unraveled coil wraps twist about the central longitudinal axis and coil radially inwardly;
• and
• wherein one or both of the first and second side walls twist about the central longitudinal axis together with the unraveled coil wraps.