Abstract: This invention relates to apparatus for stranding filaments, such as wire, and in one embodiment comprises a lightweight frame with low centripetal and friction force generating characteristics for mounting a spool containing a multiplicity of parallel-wound wires on a "floating" bed, and imparting twist to the wires prior to the finished strand being accumulated on a take-up reel, with the bed mounted at each end to the interior of a twisting frame by means of bearings such that the twisting frame may revolve about the stationary bed.

Abstract: This invention relates to apparatus for making stranded wire, and in one odiment comprises a lightweight frame with low centripetal and friction force generating characteristics for receiving individual wires from spools mounted on a "floating" bed, and imparting twist to them prior to the finished strand being accumulated on a take-up reel. Other embodiments may include a wire stranding machine wherein a spool tray for holding spools of wire to be stranded is removeable mounted at each end to the interior of a twisting frame by means of bearings such that the twisting frame may revolve about and relative to the tray.