Method and apparatus for producing a cable
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsReiner Schneider, Edgar Heinz, Thomas Müller
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Abstract
In the method for manufacturing a cable (CA1), the individual leads (AD1 through ADn) are supplied to a stranding apparatus (RE, RA) that produces a stranded bundle (SB1), whereby the material (MMA1) for the cable cladding (MA1) is applied onto the stranded bundle (SB1) produced in this way with an extruder head (EK1), and the stranding point for the stranding lies in the region of the extruder head (EK1). The individual leads (AD1 through ADn) are already brought into contact with the material (MMA1) for the cable cladding (MA1) when or before they have just been completely stranded to form the stranded bundle (SB1).
Claims9
A method for manufacturing a cable comprising the steps of providing a stranding apparatus which generates a stranded bundle comprised of a plurality of leads and has a stranding point, providing an extruder head for applying a cladding material for the stranded bundle adjacent the stranding point to thereby form a cable cladding surrounding the plurality of leads, supplying individual leads to the stranding apparatus, contacting the individual leads with the cladding material from the extruder head by the time that the leads are brought into the stranding point so that the leads are provided with the cladding material prior to being completely stranded to form the stranded bundle, and completing the stranding of the bundle with the stranding apparatus after the bundle has passed through the extruder head.
An apparatus for manufacturing a cable with a stranding means in which individual leads are supplied to form a stranded bundle, said apparatus including an extruder head being provided for application of a cladding material on the bundle to-thereby form a cable cladding surrounding the plurality of leads with the improvement being the individual leads being guided in the inside of the extruder head as they come into contact with the cladding material prior to being completely stranded to form the stranded bundle, and at least a portion of the stranding means being arranged following said extruder head.
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