Apparatus for making border wire
AssigneeL&P Property Management Company
InventorsVon W. Brottlund, Travis L. Brummett, Kelly M. Knewtson, Thomas J. Mitchell
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided which makes a border wire having a rectangular cross-section. The apparatus is adapted to receive a roll of wire having a circular cross-section, straighten the wire and change the cross-section of the wire to rectangular. The reconfigured wire is then accumulated, passed through another straightener, cut to size and then bent into a rectangular configuration. Opposed ends of the piece of wire having a rectangular cross-section are welded together to complete the border wire. The apparatus has an ejector which removes the completed border wire from the apparatus.
Claims22
An apparatus for making a rectangular border wire having a generally rectangular cross-section, the apparatus comprising:
- a wire holder adapted to hold a roll of wire having a circular cross-section;
- a wire payoff;
- a two-plane straightener downstream of the wire payoff;
- a metal forming machine downstream of the two-plane straightener;
- an accumulator downstream of the metal forming machine;
- a three-axis straightener downstream of the accumulator;
- a feed assembly downstream of the three-axis straightener;
- a bender section including four bending assemblies downstream of the feed assembly, each of the bending assemblies being driven by a servo motor;
- and
- a welder.
An apparatus for making a rectangular border wire having a generally rectangular cross-section, the apparatus comprising:
- a wire holder adapted to hold a roll of wire having a circular cross-section;
- a wire payoff;
- a first straightener downstream of the wire payoff;
- a metal forming machine downstream of the first straightener;
- an accumulator downstream of the metal forming machine;
- a second straightener downstream of the accumulator;
- a feed assembly downstream of the second straightener;
- four bending assemblies downstream of the feed assembly, each of the bending assemblies being driven by a servo motor;
- and
- a welder.
An apparatus for making a rectangular border wire having a generally rectangular cross-section, the apparatus comprising:
- a wire payoff for supplying wire having a circular cross-section;
- a first straightener downstream of the wire payoff;
- a metal forming machine downstream of the first straightener;
- an accumulator downstream of the metal forming machine;
- a second straightener downstream of the accumulator;
- a feed assembly downstream of the second straightener;
- a bender section including four bending assemblies downstream of the feed assembly, each of the bending assemblies being driven by a servo motor;
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- a welder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.