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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2020
Hellermanntyton Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
David A. Hempe, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Roger D. Neitzell, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Peter David Joseph, Mukwonago, WI (US);
Blaine G. Kuehmichel, Wausau, WI (US);
Jonathan Paul Loeck, Sherwood, WI (US);
Nicholas Alexander Matiash, Oshkosh, WI (US);
HellermannTyton Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A cable tie application tool is described that includes an electro-mechanical tensioning system. When the electro-mechanical tensioning system is controlled by a processor to tighten a cable, a reactionary force through a drive nut that is pivotally mounted to a tension bar can be monitored and measured by a strain gauge, a load cell, or other sensing system. This reactionary force is an indication of tension on the cable tie and is monitored by the processor until the tension reaches a predetermined tension, at which point, the processor causes a motor in the tensioning system to stop increasing the tension on the cable tie. The processor activates a cut-off system to cut the cable tie that has been tightened to the predetermined tension.