Process and device for depositing wire loops into a drum pack

Drum pack winding device for winding string-like goods, in particular wire, having an upper surface covering, insulated wire and the like, comprising:

• a winding core (2) which is substantially cylindrical and is arranged vertically;
• a depositing device which deposits wire windings onto said winding core, whereby the winding core is formed such that the respective lowermost wire windings fall into a winding drum pack (4) arranged underneath the winding core as soon as the number of wire windings wound on the winding core overshoots a predetermined number,
• a catch device comprising at least three storage fingers (11, 12, 13, 14) distributed around the circumference of the winding core and which are movable relative to the winding core (2) in such a way that they hold the wire windings wound on the winding core during the changing of the winding drum pack, characterized by further comprising,
• a wire positioning device having a rotatable ring (30) arranged concentric to the winding core, whereby on said ring a number of positioning fingers (41, 43, 44) are movably guided, said fingers being arranged at an angular distance to one another;
• a driving device (32, 33, 35) controlled by a control device by means of which the rotatable ring (30) is rotatable from a first, initial position which the ring occupies before the changing of the drum pack, to a second, changing position which the ring occupies during the changing of the drum pack;
• a guiding device (47) by means of which the positioning fingers are guided, whereby the guiding device is formed such that the positioning fingers are transferred from a first position in which they are held at a distance to the winding core, to a second position in which they are in contact with the winding core, whereby said movement of the positioning fingers is then carried out when the positioning fingers have crossed a first storage finger (11), during the rotation from the initial position to the changing position, and which position is particularly favourable for the changing of the drum pack;
• and in that
• the control device is formed such that the rotation of the rotating ring (30) is stopped when the first positioning finger (41) which reaches the position contacting with the winding core (2), is located vertically below the first storage finger (11);
• and in that
• the driving device (32, 33, 35) rotates the rotating ring (30) after the changing of the drum pack from said changing position back to said initial position.