Abstract: A machine for manufacturing disks on a very long rod, said machine including two conveyor-driven chains of moulding units that press against one another and receive said rod therebetween in an area provided with at least one orifice for injecting a plastics substance into a cavity formed between a pair of mating units, one from each chain, the units then parting to release a disk-shaped part moulded onto said very long rod. At least one of the sets of moulding units has a so-called "hermaphrodite" unit (1) with leading tabs 8 and trailing tabs (10) for fixing to its adjacent units in the chain. The tabs are such that they allow the "hermaphrodite" unit to be inserted between a female unit and a male unit or between two other hermaphrodite units. Applications to manufacturing insulator disks on the central conductor of a coaxial cable.

Abstract: The semi-continuous manufacturing of wave-guides of great length formed by an insulated wire wound in a helicoidal way with its turns contacting one another, involves forming a first length of the guide on a cylindrical mandrel with the mandrel and the length being pushed longitudinally over a distance virtually equal to the length of the latter, the length is stopped in this position, and the mandrel is brought back to its original position to enable a new length of guide to be formed on it, and so on.