US 11,833,575 B2
Device and method for twisting single cables
Denis Faccenda, Altdorf (CH)
Assigned to KOMAX HOLDING AG, Dierikon (CH)
Filed by komax Holding AG, Dierikon (CH)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/979,827.
Claims priority of application No. 21206486 (EP), filed on Nov. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0137569 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B21F 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B21F 7/00 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device (100) for twisting single cables (11, 12) about a twisting axis (V) to form a cable bundle (10) along an extension axis (A), the device comprising:
mutually spaced single rotating units (41, 42) for separately holding cable ends (15, 16) at one end of the single cables (11, 12);
a twisting unit (30, 1030) for holding and twisting cable ends at the other end of the single cables (11, 12); and
a guiding apparatus (35, 1035), to which is fastened a guiding mandrel (360, 1360) for separating the single cables (11, 12), at least in some regions, during a twisting process by means of the twisting unit, in a region in which there is a transition from an untwisted region to a twisted region;
wherein the guiding apparatus (35, 1035) further comprises: a movement element (355, 1370) for moving the guiding mandrel (360) out of an initial position into a moved-in position, in which the guiding mandrel is moved into the twisting axis (V); and a locking element (353, 354; 1353, 1354, 1355) for holding the guiding mandrel (360) in the position moved into the twisting axis (V).