Abstract: A method of and a device for providing a concentric layer of wire material on a cable (C), in which a number of wires (G) are taken simultaneously and in a tangential direction off a common rotating feed reel (27) on which the wires (G) are wound parallel to one another. The wires (G) are guided into the axial direction, are spread in the circumferential direction and are wrapped around the cable (C), which passes through a hollow shaft (11) supporting the feed reel (27). The method can be used both for armouring cables and for providing a screening.

Abstract: A method of, and apparatus for, manufacturing a stranded product from materials wound on feed reels journalled in a rotating feed cage. To permit operation at a maximum safe speed based on centrifugal force of the mass of material on the feed reels, an energy beam such as light is arranged to sense the diameter of the various feed reels. Cage rotation is then increased as permitted according to the observed diameter of charge of material on the reel having the greatest charge.