Device and method for accepting a cut length of wire that has been formed into a coil

Abstract

A swivel machine for wire processing including a coiler arranged between a cutting-off/insulation-stripping unit and a second swivel arm. The cut length of wire whose leading wire-end has been processed is coiled by a coiling disk of the coiler. After the leading wire-end of the cut length of wire has been processed, it is grasped by the coiler. A belt drive then advances the wire by the desired length of the cut length of wire, and simultaneously the coiler coils the advanced wire into a coil. After the coiling operation, a linearly movable stacker unit grasps the coil, and the coiling disk releases the coil. After the trailing wire-end has been processed, the stacker unit moves further in the wire-advance direction to the deposit. While the trailing wire-end is being processed, and while traveling to the deposit, the coil is provided with a bind.

1 . A device for accepting from a coiler a cut length of wire that has been formed into a coil and transporting the coil to a deposit, comprising:
 coil grippers of a stacker unit for firmly holding the coil; and   a binding device for providing the coil with a bind while said stacker unit is transporting the coil to the deposit.   
   
   
       2 . The device according to  claim 1  including a linear guide and a drive for moving said stacker unit between the coiler and the deposit, and said binding device being arranged on said stacker unit, and opposite said stacker unit is a locationally fixed tape station that prepares a tape from a tape stock for use as the bind. 
   
   
       3 . The device according to  claim 2  wherein said tape station has a tape gripper with a cutting blade to firmly hold and cut the tape and a tape pull-out gripper to pull a length of tape necessary for the bind out of the tape stock. 
   
   
       4 . The device according to  claim 2  wherein said binding device, for the purpose of accepting the length of tape from the tape station, has two roller grippers that hold the length of tape firmly before the tape gripper cuts through the tape stock. 
   
   
       5 . The device according to  claim 4  where in each said roller gripper is provided with a rotatable roller arm having a roller and a pressure arm, said roller and said pressure arm firmly holding the length of tape. 
   
   
       6 . The device according to  claim 5  where in for the purpose of manufacturing the bind, said two roller grippers are moved towards each other by associated linear units and moved opposite to the direction of travel to the deposit by another linear unit, whereby the length of tape is laid around the coil. 
   
   
       7 . A method for accepting from a coiler a cut length of wire that is formed into a coil and transporting the coil further to a deposit comprising the steps of:
 firmly holding the coil with coil grippers of a stacker unit; and   while the coil is moved by the stacker unit to the deposit, providing the coil with a bind using a binding unit.   
   
   
       8 . The method according to  claim 7  including preparing a tape for use as the bind from a tape stock using a tape station that is stationary relative to the stacker unit. 
   
   
       9 . The method according to  claim 8  including accepting and firmly holding a tape stock with two roller grippers of the binding unit and then cutting through the tape stock with tape grippers of the tape station. 
   
   
       10 . The method according to  claim 9  including operating said two roller grippers to lay the tape around the coil to provide the bind.