Abstract: An improved wire or fiber strand payoff neutralizer adapted for multi-position application is described, which permits numerous individual strands of wire or fiber that will be formed into a cable to be payed out linearly and uniformly under controlled and regulated tension to the other components of a cabling machine. The present invention utilizes a split shaft, the reel containing the wire or fiber strand being mounted on an arbor portion of the split shaft, and a flyer being mounted on the driven portion of the rotor shaft. The wire or fiber strands then travel from the product supply reel to the flyer and then back to the hollow core of the rotor shaft and thence to the other components of the cabling system. The flyer and the rotor shaft rotate at the same speed as the other components of the cabling system, as well as in the same direction.

Abstract: A continuous process of drawing a plurality of strands from a supply and neuturalizing the twist as taken from supply reels, twisting the various strands into a cable and then passing the cable over capstans and an accumulator to maintain proper tension in the cable and then on to a closer where the cable is packaged, all units being driven from a common shaft in time with each other and in a one-to-one relationship with the elimination of back twist in individual strands and the maintenance of uniform tension on the individual strands and a minimum tension on the cable.

Abstract: A cable strand tension-controlling apparatus is described. As numerous individual wire or fibre-optic cable strand material is fed from multiple pay-off neutralizers, the cable strand material is directed across a rotating driven capstan and subsequently a rotating idler capstan. The cable strand then is directed into contact with a moveable accumulator. The moveable accumulator is positioned appropriately in response to the internal tension of the cable strand that is in contact with it. Signals eminating from the rotating moveable accumulator are then transmitted to a take-up in order to control the position and movement of the take-up reel.