Abstract: A cabling machine for laying optofibers, cables or the like in an oscillating, wavy path around a smooth pull-reliever, or into grooves having an oscillating, wavy shape which are extruded around a pull-reliever, i.e., so-called S/Z-cabling. The machine includes a pull-reliever pulling-off device, a braking capstan, a fiber reeling-off device, and an S/Z-bench (6) for laying the fibers around the pull-reliever. When used with a grooved pull-reliever (2), a laying-on tube (11) of the S/Z bench (6) is connected to a transmission (14), and a sensor (17) is connected to the transmission and functions to detect rotation of the laying-on tube (11) caused by the oscillating waveshape of the grooves. The reeling-off device (1) and the braking capstan (3) are controlled to cause the pull-reliever (2) to rotate to perform a corrective function.

Abstract: A cabling machine is disclosed for laying optofibers, cables or the like in an oscillating, wavy path around a smooth pull-reliever, or into grooves having an oscillating, wavy shape which are extruded around a pull-reliever, i.e., so-called S/Z-cabling. The machine includes an S/Z-bench (6) which includes an aligning mechanism (13) which grips and guides the pull-reliever (2), and a motor (15) which imparts an oscillating, rotational movement to the aligning mechanism via a transmission (14). When used with a grooved pull-reliever (2), a laying-on tube (11) of the S/Z bench (6) is connected to the transmission (14) and a sensor (17) is connected to the transmission and functions to detect rotation of the laying-on tube (11) caused by the oscillating waveshape of the grooves. A reeling-off device (1) and a braking capstan (3) of the machine then cause the pull-reliever (2) to rotate to perform a corrective function.

Abstract: A linear measuring apparatus for measuring elongated materials such as cables is disclosed. The apparatus includes a measuring station which includes two endless belts which run over two pulleys and between which the material to be measured is drawn. The measuring station is provided with sensors to which a counter unit is connected for indication of material lengths, and the endless belts (5a, 5b) extend horizontally, side-by-side, and resiliently abut the material to be measured.

Abstract: An arrangement for winding yarn (3) from a supply roll (2) by means of a flyer (4) onto a bunch of wires fed through the center hole of the supply roll for automatically transferring to the unwinding of a new supply roll (2') when the yarn on the first supply roll (2) is used up or broken. The new supply roll (2') is disposed downstream of the first supply roll (2) seen in the direction of feed of the bunch of wires and a second flyer (4') is associated with it. Downstream of the new supply roll (2') and the second flyer (4') there is a holding device (13) to loosely hold the free end of the yarn (3') on the new supply roll (2') as long as the yarn (3) on the old supply roll (2) is not used up or broken. At its free end the yarn (3') on the new supply roll (2') is formed into a sliding knot (15) carried by the holding device (13), through which sliding knot the bunch of wires (1) is freely fed.