Abstract: In a process and apparatus for wrapping up articles, particularly for wrapping up of electrical windings applied to bobbins with a tape, a tape is drawn from a tape reel mounted on a reel holder. The apparatus includes a deflecting and measuring device for determining a tape tension during the removal and wrapping up process, a contacting and application station for the tape which is self-adhesively applied to the bobbin winding, a winding station provided with a pendulum part and a control unit having at least one computer and a number of control devices. The control unit is used for forming controlled and adjustable signals for the tape winding and tape speed, for the tape tension and for the direction of deflection of the pendulum part depending on an instantaneous running direction of the tape. The bobbin with the winding is interchangeably fitted onto a fit-on mandrel.

Abstract: A linear unit, particularly for a handling technology assembly device operatively connected to an external energy source and an external signal generator is proposed. The linear unit comprises a casing, a control valve incorporated into the casing, an actuator formed as a piston/cylinder unit and at least one guide device provided with a guide tube extended axially in parallel with the piston rod. In order to provide a closed pneumatic or hydraulic energy supply to the linear unit, the piston/cylinder unit is operatively connected by a first duct system integrated into the casing and by a second duct system integrated into the casing and the guide device to a mounting element which carries a gripper. The electric power can be supplied from the control valve via cables integrated into the casing and a second guide tube to the mounting element.

Abstract: An apparatus for a handling assembly comprises at least one carrier member and at least one slide unit displaceably arranged on the carrier member. The slide unit is in operative connection via a cable drag member electrically/pneumatically or electrically/hydraulically with an energy and a signal source. The carrier member is a one-piece cellular structure and has an integrated guideway which, has an inclined position within the carrier member, so that a space-saving arrangement of the cable drag member, substantially protected against external action, is obtained. The slide unit comprises a driving unit, which is arranged in a U-shaped head guided with the lateral legs on the carrier member and is operatively connected with a rack arranged on the carrier member, for linear movement. Protective members are provided laterally on the carrier member. The slide unit together with the carrier member forms a closed system protected against external action or intervention.