Device to determine the diameter of the conductor of a wire
AssigneeKomax Holding AG
InventorsStefan Lurati, Benno Häfliger
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Abstract
A wire-processing device includes a first advancing device, a cutter head, and a second advancing device. The first advancing device pulls the wire out of a wire store and advances according to the desired length of wire to be cut. After the wire is cut through by the cutter head, the wire-ends of the wire-length are processed. The wire-processing device is provided with a device to determine the diameter of the conductor of the wire including an input coupler that generates in the wire a wire signal, and wherein the wire signal can be sensed by an output coupler which generates an input signal which is interpreted by a signal processor, wherein the cutters of the cutter head touch the conductor and change the input signal when cutting into the wire.
Claims12
A device for determining a diameter of a conductor of a wire, the device comprising:
- an input coupler for receiving an output signal and applying said output signal to the wire to generate a signal that is conducted through the conductor, wherein said input coupler includes a ring core with a primary winding wound thereon, said output signal being received by said primary winding such that when the wire is passed through said ring core the wire forms a single secondary winding;
- an output coupler for contactlessly sensing said signal that is conducted through the conductor to generate an input signal from said output coupler;
- at least one contact element;
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- a signal processor for generating said output signal, said signal processor connected to said input coupler for sending said output signal to said input coupler, and said signal processor connected to said output coupler for receiving said input signal from said output coupler, said input signal being changeable by said at least one contact element when said at least one contact element selectively contacts the conductor, said signal processor determining the diameter of the conductor based on a position of the at least one contact element and a change of said input signal.
A device for determining a diameter of a conductor of a wire, the device comprising:
- an input coupler for receiving an output signal and applying said output signal to the wire to generate a signal that is conducted through the conductor, wherein said input coupler includes a ring core with a primary winding wound thereon, said output signal being received by said primary winding such that when the wire is passed through said ring core the wire forms a single secondary winding;
- an output coupler for contactlessly sensing said signal that is conducted through the conductor to generate an input signal from said output coupler;
- a cutter head;
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- a signal processor for generating said output signal, said signal processor connected to said input coupler for sending said output signal to said input coupler, and said signal processor connected to said output coupler for receiving said input signal from said output coupler, said input signal being changeable by said cutter head when said cutter head selectively contacts the conductor, said signal processor determining the diameter of the conductor based on a position of the cutter head and a change of said input signal.
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