Essex Group, Inc.

James Gerencser

Mohammad F Zaman

David J Lothamer

A wire winding system has a plurality of stations, each with a single take-up turntable driven by a variable speed motor. A mobile transfer cart is moveable to a selected station and is operable to effect transfer of the winding of wire from the full spool on the turntable to a take-up spool on the mobile transfer cart and then after the full spool at the turntable is removed and replaced by an empty spool, the mobile transfer cart will effect transfer of the winding of wire to the empty spool on the turntable. The take-up spool on the mobile transfer cart is constructed and arranged to have its effective outer diameter reduced in order to readily effect removal of the wire wound thereon after the wire is transferred to the empty spool on the turntable.

Wire winding system with mobile transfer cart

A wire winding system includes a capstan assembly for drawing wire at a substantially constant speed and a wind-up unit turntable adapted to receive a spool upon which wire is adapted to be wound. Between the capstan assembly and the wind-up unit turntable is an adjustable wire wind-up tension control system for a plurality of wire gauges. The tension control system comprises dancer means including a dancer pulley, variable weight means, including a chain with a plurality of weights affixed to the chain, and wire gauge selection means, operatively connected to the dancer means and the chain for positioning the chain to apply the predetermined weight for a selected one of the plurality of wire gauges so that a predetermined tension is placed in the wire. A linear sensor is operatively connected to the dancer means for sensing the relative position of the dancer means and providing a signal. The wind-up unit turntable is driven by a variable torque motor which is operable in response to the signal from the linear sensor to vary the torque supplied to the wire winding turntable.

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Ft. Wayne, IN, United States of America

James Gerencser