Schleuniger Holding Ag

Schleuniger Ag

Reto Appenzeller

Beat Locher

Locher Beat

An apparatus for removing at least one layer of the cladding of electrical conductors or light guides is provided with at least two clamping jaws which can be moved towards the conductor for fixing the conductor in the longitudinal direction. Furthermore, a rotary stripping head is provided which comprises at least one stripping blade which can rotate about the axis of rotation of the stripping head and which can be moved radially in relation to the axis of rotation for cutting through at least one layer of the cladding of the conductor and at least two centring jaws which can be moved radially in relation to the axis of rotation of the stripping head and which are arranged directly at the blade or blades for centring the conductor in the axis of rotation of the stripping head. At least one first drive system is provided for the centring jaws and at least one separate second drive system which can be actuated independently of the first drive system is provided for the stripping blade or blades.

Stripping head and method for the operation thereof

A cut and strip machine () for producing cable-sections by processing a passing cable, especially coaxial or optical cable (). Cable-sections are cut off from the cable, and on both ends of each cable-section at least one insulating layer can be notched/cut and stripped off. The machine comprises at least one cable feeding device (), and a cable processing unit, preferably cutting unit () arranged adjustably transverse to a cable axis, as well as a first cable guiding unit arranged&#x2014;in a feeding direction () of the cable ()&#x2014;in front of said cable processing unit (). A second cable guiding unit is arranged behind said cable processing unit (). These first and second cable guiding units may be formed as fixed, non-rotating first and second cable centering units (). These are arranged in the immediate vicinity of the cable processing unit (), and are suitable for centering, preferably straight-line centering, of the cable () on both its sides. At least one of the cable centering units () can be adjusted transversely to the cable axis for effecting its adjustment to the current diameter of the cable to be processed.

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