Arrangement of strand twisting apparatuses

Abstract

Herein disclosed is an arrangement of strand twisting apparatuses, comprising a plurality of strand twisting apparatuses which are side-by-side and vertically installed in a row on floor, and each of which comprises a fore portion of a frame including a flyer unit vertically disposed for supplying and twisting strands into a cable, a take-up unit disposed in side-by-side relation with the flyer unit to wind the cable, a direction change roll unit disposed immediately above the flyer unit for changing the cable vertically fed from the flyer unit to a horizontal direction, a capstan roll unit disposed immediately above the take-up unit for smooth feed of the cable fed from the direction change roll unit to the take-up unit, and an over-twister unit disposed between the direction change roll unit and the capstan roll unit to stabilize twisting of the cable during travelling between the direction change roll unit and the capstan roll unit; and a rear portion of the frame including a driving the flyer unit, the take-up unit, the direction change roll unit, the capstan roll unit and the over-twister unit.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.