Spool filled with multiple elongated elements wound closely together
AssigneeNV Bekaert SA
InventorsRik Mullebrouck, Luc Sabbe, Stijn Vanneste
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Abstract
A spool filled with two or more elongated elements such as steel cords wound in parallel and in several windings upon the spool. The distances between two neighboring elongated elements, as measured along a line parallel to the axis of the spool, is not more than 10 mm along 90% of the length of each elongated element.
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A spool comprising two or more elongated steel elements wound in parallel and in several windings upon said spool, wherein several windings wound next to each other build a layer, wherein said two or more elongated steel elements alternate with each other in each layer, wherein the distance between two neighboring elongated steel elements, as measured along a line parallel to the axis of the spool, is not more than 10 mm along 90% of the length of each elongated steel element.
A method of winding steel elements on a spool, said method comprising the following steps:
- a) providing a spool;
- b) winding multiple elongated steel elements in parallel and in several windings upon said spool so that the distance between two neighboring elongated steel elements, as measured along a line parallel to the axis of the spool, is not more than 10 mm along 90% of the length of each elongated steel element, wherein sagging of the steel elements is minimized during unwinding the multiple elongated steel elements from the spool.
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