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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2022
Applicant:
Encore Wire Corporation, McKinney, TX (US);
Inventor:
Jeremy T. Smith, The Colony, TX (US);
Assignee:
Encore Wire Corporation, McKinney, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 7/32 (2006.01); G01R 31/59 (2020.01); H01B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 7/32 (2013.01); G01R 31/59 (2020.01); H01B 1/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
System and method for improved bond wire payoff during the armoring process of armored cables and metal-clad cables is disclosed. A bond wire payoff system includes a bare bond wire; a bond wire payoff assembly; a sensor assembly connected to the bond wire payoff assembly, wherein the bare bond wire passes through the sensor assembly; a controller coupled with the sensor assembly, wherein the controller detects a break in the bare bond wire; and an alarm, wherein the alarm is triggered when a break in the bare bond wire is detected.