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US 6,782,727 B2Granted
Method and system for support and/or transport of a wire
AssigneeEnkotec A/S
InventorKlaus Peter Matzen
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InventorKlaus Peter Matzen
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The present invention relates to a method of and a system for carrying out at least one operation on at least one wire(1) in a wire forming manufacturing machine, said operation involving deformation of at least a part of the wire, said machine comprising at least two counter-rotating synchronized blocks(2,4), said blocks each comprising at least one operation means(6,7) for performing said operation. The new and characterizing aspects involve that at least two co-operating following means(8,10) temporarily engage the wire, said engagement starting at least before or during the at least one operation, where at least one of said following means(8) is rotating with an axis of rotation parallel to a first block(2) and at least one second following means(10) is rotating with an axis of rotation parallel to a second block(4), and where the rotation of said following means is synchronized with the rotation of at least one block, and where the following means in a first phase of engagement is gradually yielding and in a second phase of engagement gradually expanding to follow the wire.
A method of carrying out at least one operation on at least one wire(2) in a wire forming manufacturing machine, said operation involving deformation of at least a part of the wire, said machine comprising at least two counter-rotating synchronised blocks(2,4), said blocks each comprising at least one operation means(6,7) for performing said operation, characterised in that at least two co-operating following means(8,10) temporarily engage the wire, said engagement starting at least before or during the at least one operation, where at least one of said following means(8) is rotating with an axis of rotation parallel to a first block(2) and at least one second following means(10) is rotating with an axis of rotation parallel to a second block(4), and where the rotation of said following means is synchronised with the rotation of at least one block, and where the following means in a first phase of engagement is gradually yielding and in a second phase of engagement gradually expanding to follow the wire.
A system for carrying out at least one operation on at least one wire(1) in a wire forming manufacturing machine, said operation involving deformation of at least a part of the wire, said machine comprising at least two counter-rotating synchronised blocks(2,4), said blocks each comprising at least one operation means(6,7) for performing said operation, characterised in that said system comprises at least two co-operating following means(8,10), said following means temporarily engaging the wire, said engagement starting at least before or during the at least one operation, where at least one of said following means is rotating with an axis of rotation parallel to a first block(2) and at least one second following means is rotating with an axis of rotation parallel to a second block(4), and where the rotation of said following means is synchronised with the rotation of at least one block, and where the following means in a first phase of engagement is gradually yielding and in a second phase of engagement gradually expanding to follow the wire.
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