Integrated wire cable twisting, wrapping, and testing apparatus and method of operating same

A method of manufacturing a wire cable assembly including an insulated twisted wire pair having a tape spirally wrapped about said wire pair, said method comprising:

• providing a first clamp configured to secure a first end of the wire pair;
• providing a second clamp axially opposed to the first clamp configured to secure a second end of the wire pair;
• providing a first tape reel holding a first tape;
• securing the first end in the first clamp;
• securing the second end in the second clamp;
• attaching an end of the first tape to the wire pair in a location proximate the first clamp;
• rotating the second clamp while fixing the position of the first clamp, thereby twisting the wires of the wire pair one about the other and securing the end of the first tape within the wire pair;
• rotating the first clamp;
• rotating the second clamp synchronously with the rotation of the first clamp thereby rotating the wire pair without twisting;
• and
• moving the first tape reel in a direction generally parallel to the axis of the first and second clamps as they rotate synchronously thereby wrapping the first tape around the wire pair.