EP0104725A2 - Erzeugung von Kabelseeleneinheiten - Google Patents

Erzeugung von Kabelseeleneinheiten Download PDF

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EP0104725A2
EP0104725A2 EP83304422A EP83304422A EP0104725A2 EP 0104725 A2 EP0104725 A2 EP 0104725A2 EP 83304422 A EP83304422 A EP 83304422A EP 83304422 A EP83304422 A EP 83304422A EP 0104725 A2 EP0104725 A2 EP 0104725A2
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John Nicholas Garner
Jean March Roberge
Oleq Axiuk
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01B—CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
    • H01B13/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing conductors or cables
    • H01B13/02—Stranding-up
    • H01B13/0235—Stranding-up by a twisting device situated between a pay-off device and a take-up device

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  • This invention relates to the forming of cable core units.
  • the stranding of wires together to form a wire unit offers physical and electrical advantages when the wires are individually insulated conductors as used in communications or other electrical systems.
  • the stranding of pairs or units of wires as used in telephone systems improves electrical characteristics such as reducing cross-talk.
  • a twisting means at the downstream end of the tubular member twists the member by rotating the downstream end of the member for a predetermined number of revolutions, first in one direction and then the other, to torsionally twist the member in reversing manner.
  • a twist is imposed upon each wire by the twisting means and this twist causes the wires to strand together along their lengths as the wires emerge from the twisting means.
  • apparatus for stranding wires comprises at least two tubes each defining a passage for wire, the tubes being rotatably flexible about a common axis to torsionally twist the tubes together around the axis to enable each of the wires to be given a twist by the twisting means while the tubes prevent the wires from twisting together.
  • the tubes are prevented from moving towards or away from each other during the twisting operation and a resilient means is used at one end of the tubes to place the tubes continuously in tension and to allow for end movement of the tubes as the tubes change in effective length during each twisting and untwisting operation.
  • the wires strand together to form a wire unit immediately they pass downstream from the twisting means.
  • the present invention provides apparatus for forming a cable core unit from a plurality of wire units, each of at least two stranded together wires, comprising a plurality of wire guide means, each for the wires of one of the units, each guide means having a longitudinal axis extending in a wire pass direction, being rotationally flexible, and defining individual feedpaths for the two wires of its unit to maintain the wires separate as they proceed to one of at least a first and second twisting stations disposed downstream of the guide means with the second twisting station downstream of the first station; each guide means terminating at its respective station in a twisting means which is rotatable at its station around the feedpaths of the guide means to effect a rotational twist to the guide means and thus of the feedpaths around the axis, rotating means to rotate the twisting means in each station and effect rotational twisting of each guide means and its feedpaths for a plurality of revolutions about its axis alternately in one direction and then in the other to introduce and impose an alternating twist
  • the guide means is of the construction described in the patent application referred to above entitled "Stranding Wires" in the names of John Nicholas Garner and Jean Marc Roberge.
  • a guide means comprises at least two tubes which define a passage for the wires for each wire unit. Lateral vibration of the tubes during twisting is minimal so as not to be a factor in determining the closeness together of the guide means in apparatus according to the present invention.
  • Twisting means is necessarily of larger dimensions in a lateral direction to the feedpaths than the guide means.
  • the disposition of the twisting means in the different twisting stations results in a need for less width across the apparatus than if the twisting means were all located at one station.
  • the twisting means may be placed at each of these stations to provide an overall width across the apparatus, i.e.
  • the preferred construction has frames for holding the twisting means in position and the wire guide means extend to the twisting means along paths which are disposed around a common axis of the apparatus. Some of the guide means and thus the twisting means are disposed outwardly of the common axis from others. In a preferred arrangement, the outwardly disposed twisting means are located around one pitch circle and inwardly disposed twisting means are disposed around another pitch circle or pitch circles.
  • the apparatus shown in the drawings is an apparatus for the manufacture of a cable core unit from twenty-five wire units, i.e. stranded pairs of insulated electrical conductors (referred to as "wires" in this specification).
  • the core unit may be intended to form a complete cable core, or the core may be made from a plurality of such units.
  • the apparatus comprises a plurality of wire guide means for each wire pair.
  • each guide means 10 has a longitudinal axis which extends in the wire pass direction, i.e. from the left to the right in Figure 1.
  • the twenty-five guide means 10 are disposed in substantially parallel relationship and also extend parallel to a common axis 12 of the apparatus.
  • all the guide means are disposed around the common axis 12 and are located upon three pitch circles centered upon the axis 12.
  • the guide means 10 are represented, for simplicity, as circles.
  • Three inwardly disposed guide means 10 are equally spaced around an inner pitch circle 14, nine guide means 10 are equally spaced around intermediate pitch circle 16 and the remaining thirteen guide means are equally spaced around an outer pitch circle 18.
  • each guide means is in the form of two guide tubes 20 extending one alongside the other, from a tube support plate 22 at their upstream ends to a twisting station at their downstream ends.
  • Each tube is individually rotatably mounted about its own axis by its upstream end within the plate 20, which is, in turn, spring urged upon parallel guides 24 towards a fixed frame member 26.
  • the tubes are rotatably flexible for the purpose of withstanding the rotational forces involved when downstream ends of the tubes are rotated relative to upstream ends and each at its twisting station, around another longitudinal axis located substantially symmetrically between the tubes. This rotation is alternately in one direction and then in the other from an equilibrium position in which the tubes are untwisted and lie parallel as shown in Figure 1.
  • the tubes are formed from a material which provides for this rotational flexibility and may be made, for instance, from stainless steel or from an acetal homopolymer, e.g. as sold under the Trademark "DELRIN".
  • each guide means and its method of mounting to the frame member 26 are described in patent application Serial No. , filed concurrently with this present application in the names of John Nicholas Garner and Jean Marc Roberge and entitled “Stranding Wires".
  • a direction changing means is provided for each twisting means (to be described) as shown by Figure 1.
  • This changing means 28 comprises a magnetic switch means which is triggered by an interrupter arm as described in copending patent application Serial No. , filed concurrently with this present application in the names of John Nicholas Garner, Jean Marc Roberge and Norbert Meilenner and entitled "Apparatus For Stranding Wire".
  • each changing means 28 is located a short distance from its associated plate support 22.
  • All of the guide means 10 have twisting means disposed in one of the three twisting stations. It is convenient for design considerations particularly, that all the guide means disposed on a particular pitch circle 14, 16 or 18 terminate in twisting means disposed at one only of the stations 30, 32 and 34. In this particular apparatus, the three guide means 10 on the pitch circle 14 terminate at a twisting means 36 disposed at twisting station 30. Also, the guide means 10 disposed upon pitch circles 16 and 18, respectively, terminate at twisting means 38 and 40 at the twisting stations 32 and 34.
  • each frame means comprises two frames which are spaced apart along the common axis 12 and each twisting means is carried. by both of the frames at its respective twisting station. While Figure 1 shows only certain of the guide means and twisting means of the apparatus, the illustrations in Figures 2 to 5 clearly show the positions of all of the twisting means and guide means of the apparatus.
  • the tubes of the guide means on the inner pitch circle 14 extend for approximately 65 feet from their tube support plate 22 to the twisting station 30. This distance may of course be greater or smaller, dependent upon design requirements.
  • the other twisting stations 32 and 34 are disposed slightly downstream along the axis 12 from station 30.
  • Each twisting means 36, 38 and 40 comprises a cylinder 42 formed with two holes (not shown) within which the downstream ends of its two tubes 20 are secured.
  • Two annular electric clutches 44 and 46 have their driven sides secured to the cylinder 42 for driving it alternately in opposite directions. All clutches 44 and 46 are radially aligned into two groups within the frames 48, 50 and 52 at the stations 30, 32 and 34.
  • the clutches in each group are driven by a common drive belt 54 or 56 and the drive belts at each twisting station are driven continuously, each in one direction around pulley wheels 58 and 60 secured to drive shafts 62 (which are in line in Figure 1).
  • the drive shafts are driven by a single electric motor 64 ( Figures 1 and 3).
  • Each twisting means therefore, comprises a twisting assembly of the two clutches and the associated cylinder 42.
  • This assembly is rotatable within two annular plates 65 which are held to the two frames 48, 50 or 52 by bolts as indicated by positions 70 in Figure 6.
  • the cylinder 42 of each assembly lies within aligned apertures 66 of its two frames (see Figure 6), each of the apertures opening into a central hole 68 formed in the frames, whereby the assembly is removable in its assembled state by moving it radially from its apertures 66, into the central hole and then axially away from the frames.
  • Figures 3, 4 and 5 show clearly the relative sizes of the central apertures 68 and of the positions of the twisting means around the apertures in each case.
  • a separation tube means Downstream of each twisting means 36, 38, a separation tube means extends, said means being to prevent the wires of each wire unit from stranding together until they reach a stranding station (to be described).
  • this separation tube means comprises a single tube 72 which is secured at its upstream end to its cylinder 42 and at its downstream end is rotatably held by a bearing 74, in a frame 76, lying immediately downstream from the twisting station 34.
  • These tubes 72 are torsionally rigid, i.e. as they rotate with their twisting means, they do not torsionally twist as does each guide means.
  • Each tube 72 is formed from metal or rigid plastic.
  • each guide means 10 terminating at twisting stations 32 and 34 passes through either a clearance hole in each upstream frame 48 or 50 or alternatively, the guide means passes through a bearing 78 in each frame as shown by these figures.
  • Each of the guide means and tubes 72 leading to the frame 76, or in the case of the guide means terminating in the twisting means 40, is to be used to enable each of its wires 80 to be given a degree of twist by the twisting means while the tubes prevent the wires from twisting together.
  • the pitch circle for the twisting means 40 is at a diameter only sufficient to allow all guide means and twisting means to be passed between and held by the various frames while being suitably drivably connected to the motor 64 without any interference between one twisting means and its guide means and another. Nevertheless, for stranding together twenty-five pairs of wires, the diameter of the outermost pitch circle is approximately 20 inches. However, it is required that the appartus should provide a cable core unit 82 from these wires.
  • a stranding station 84 is immediately at a position upstream of a core unit forming station 86. Hence, some means is required to more closely group the unstranded wires together at the stranding station where stranding into the wire units is then accomplished.
  • separation tube means extend downstream beyond frame 52 and 76 and have the properties which will now be discussed to enable them to follow and maintain converging curved paths although they are caused to rotate in alternating directions together with the twisting means.
  • These curved paths direct the twenty-five parallel paths for the wires of the pairs into a single path which is coincident with the axis 12 at the station 86.
  • each separation tube means comprises a wire separation tube 88.
  • each tube 72 terminating at the frame 76, the paths for the wires of each pair to be stranded are continued by a separation tube 88 which passes through bearings 90 in a support frame 92 and terminates at a support frame 94 which is disposed immediately upstream of the stranding station 84.
  • These tubes 88 are secured to the tubes 72 so as to rotate with them.
  • Wire separation tubes 88 also are secured to and extend from the cylinders 42 of twisting means 40, and these tubes 88 pass through clearance holes (not shown) in the frame 76, which lies close to the cylinders 42, and then proceed through bearings 90 to terminate at frame 94.
  • the tubes converge as they pass through frame 92 to frame 94 and each tube is held upon its curved path by the frames.
  • each tube is required to rotate around its axis which coincides with the fixed curved feedpath section for the wires to be fed through it.
  • Each tube must have sufficient flexibility to be maintained in this curved configuration while enduring alternating compressive and tensile stresses to give a satisfactorily long working life.
  • Each tube 88 also has torsional rigidity to prevent it from twisting thereby avoiding build-up and retention of twist.
  • the tubes 88 of this embodiment are formed from an acetal homopolymer as sold under the trademark "DELRIN” and have an outside diameter of 0.22" and an inside diameter of 0.075". These tubes pass through the frame 92 to frame 94 at pitch circle diameters, which while decreasing, still maintain the relative positions of the tubes at frame 94.
  • each of the twisting means is rotated continuously in alternating directions for a preset number of revolutions (e.g. 35 revolutions to each side of an untwisted position of the guide tubes as shown by Figure 1).
  • the downstream end of the associated guide tubes 20 rotate with the twisting means to place torsional twist on the tubes first in one direction and then the other about a longitudinal axis.
  • the alternate rotation of the twisting means is effected by the direction changing means 28 which alternately operates the clutches 44 and 46.
  • the wires 80 are passed through the tubes 20 which prevent the wires from twisting together as the wires move towards the twisting means.
  • the wires pass through the twisting means 36, 38 or 40.
  • each tube 88 the two wires 80 for each pair are fed one on either side of each of two pins in the manner described in application Serial No. referred to above under the title "Apparatus For Stranding At Least Two Wires Together". These pins prevent the wires from stranding together under the action of the twisting means while in the tubes 88. The pins also prevent the wires from stranding together during their movement along the tubes 72 and before reaching the tubes 88. The pins in tubes 88 leading from the twisting means 40 also prevent stranding of the wires in these tubes.
  • the alternately rotating tubes 88 maintain the converging curved paths of their axes to cause the unstranded wires to issue from the tubes at stranding station 84 and in closely adjacent positions. Pairs of wires then strand together from the action of the twisting means. The stranded wire units then move into a conventional binding head 96 at station 86 to bring them together as core unit 82. Because of the closeness of the stations 84 and 86, there is negligible untwisting of wires of the wire units before the wire units come together in the station 86. Frictional contact between the pairs and the use of a binding tape, resists any unwinding tendency. For this purpose, a conventional spool 98 of tape is provided which wraps tape 100 around the core unit 82 as it emerges from the head.
  • the above apparatus shows that twenty-five pairs of stranded wires (or wire units) may be formed into a cable core unit after having twist imposed in the wires by the use of alternately rotating twisting means.
  • the particular size of apparatus constructed according to the basic concept described in the embodiment depends upon the numbers of pairs of wires required in the final cable core unit.
  • the apparatus is compact transversely of the feedpath for the wires, i.e. transversely to the axis 12.
  • the diameter of the outermost pitch circle is approximately 20". This renders the apparatus attractive for commercial application.
  • each guide means in the form of two tubes 10 is replaced by a guide means comprising a single tube defining a single axial passage which provides at least two side-by-side feedpaths for wire.
  • the passage is shaped to prevent wires from moving across the passage to interchange positions by having a narrow passage region in between wider regions which provide the feed paths.
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US3910022A (en) * 1974-07-18 1975-10-07 Northern Electric Co Apparatus for stranding wires
DE2558095A1 (de) * 1975-12-19 1977-06-23 Siemens Ag Vorrichtung zur verminderung der elektrischen kopplungen in nachrichtenkabeln bei deren verseilung
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