Apparatus for packing wire in a storage container by use of reverse winding
AssigneeLincoln Global, Inc.
InventorChristopher Hsu
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for packing welding wire in a storage container to reduce the amount of shifting of the welding wire in the storage container and the number of incidence of tangles (e.g., bird nesting, etc.) occurring during the payout of the welding wire from the storage container. A turntable storage container support that supports the storage container is used to rotate the storage container in a forward and a reverse direction while the welding wire is packed into the storage container.
Claims48
An apparatus to pack welding wire in a storage container comprising:
- a laying head of a winding machine that packs wire loop in the storage container;
- and,
- a turntable having a storage container support to support the storage container and a rotating mechanism to rotate the storage container support while the welding wire is packed into said storage container in fanning out wire loops, said rotating mechanism rotating said storage container support in a forward direction and in a reverse direction for a period of time while said welding wire is packed into said storage container.
A method of packing welding wire into a storage container comprising:
- providing a welding wire packer having a laying head that packs wire loop in the storage container;
- providing a storage container support to support said storage container as said welding wire is packed into said storage container in fanning out wire loops;
- and,
- varying an effective rotational speed of said storage container relative to said laying head at least once while said welding wire is packed into said storage container, wherein said step of varying an effective rotational speed includes turning said storage container support in a forward direction for a first time period and turning said storage container support in a reverse direction for a second time period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.