Abstract: The invention makes it possible to perform regular winding of a wire material by a simple means easily and inexpensively. A guide roller 2 is placed near the outer circumference of a reel body 1a and inclined, around the rotation center C (center of curvature of an R guide 8) located near the outer edge of the guide roller 2 on the side near the reel body 1a as the fulcrum, in a direction in which the roller outer edge recedes from one of reel flanges 1b ahead in the traverse direction on the side apart from the reel body 1a. The inclining direction is switched at the midpoint position between the reel flanges 1b, and with the guide roller 2 being inclined at all times, a reel 1 is rotated while being moved in the axis direction to wind a wire material T on the reel 1.

Abstract: A lashing assembly lashes together two or more fiber optic telecommunications cables. The lashing assembly comprises at least a first and a second bobbin. As the cables are passed through the first bobbin, twine pays off from the first bobbin and wraps around the cables in a clockwise helix. As the cables are passed through the second bobbin, twine pays off from the second bobbin and wraps around the cables in a counterclockwise helix. In this way, the twine from the first and second bobbins lash the cables together as the cables are passed through the first and second bobbins.

Abstract: A bobbin winding device for generating a bobbin by winding a thread or bandlet onto a bobbin core comprises fixing means (12) for holding a bobbin core (8) and rotating it around an axis of rotation (A), thread-pressing means (7) for pressing a thread (1) or bandlet against the peripheral surface of a bobbin (9) that builds up on the bobbin core (8), whereby the thread-pressing means are movable essentially radially relative to the axis of rotation (A), a traversing thread guide (10) located close to the thread-pressing means (7) for reciprocating the thread (1) or bandlet along the axis of rotation (A), and thread-support means (14) for conducting the thread supplied to the bobbin or bobbin core, respectively, in an axially stationary manner relative to the axis of rotation (A).

Abstract: The invention relates to a winder for winding a thread or yarn to a winded package comprising at least one spindle and a pressure roller. The distance of the pressure roller from the spindle is dependent on the movement of the spindle or the pressure roller along a degree of freedom. The pressure roller is pressed against the outer circumference of the winded package. The spindle or the pressure roller is connected to a drive unit for rotating the same. The thread is supplied to the winded package in a contact area between the pressure roller and the winded package. An actuator is linked with the pressure roller or the spindle such that a force produced by said actuator influences the contact force between the pressure roller and the winded package. The actuator produces a constant force (FN). At least a component (FFHG) of the force (FN) of the actuator is directed along a translational degree of freedom.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for winding pre-oriented, non-crystalline polyester filaments onto a spool at a winding speed of at least 4,200 m/min, in which the wound filament is wound over the width of the spool by means of a flying traverse arm and is turned by a driven sensing roller with an applied pressure between 8 and 18 kg on the circumference of a spool placed on a driven spool-locating pin. The filaments for winding are introduced to the traverse thread guide at a thread tension of between 0.03 cN/dtex and 0.20 cN/dtex. The sensing roller is driven at an overspeed of preferably between 0.3 and 1.2%, in comparison with the spool circumferential speed. The thread laying angle is set between 3.5° and 7.5° by means of the spool travel. The above method permits a good spool formation even at high spooling speeds.

Abstract: A winder for elastomeric fibers, which can reciprocate the fiber during winding and provides a substantially constant distance of fiber travel between the point where the fiber leaves the puller roll and the point where the fiber first contacts the contact roll, is provided.

Abstract: A moving strand is provided and a size is applied to the strand. A collet is rotated to wind the strand and build a package. The strand is reciprocated with a strand reciprocator to lay the strand in a pattern on the package surface as the package rotates. The strand reciprocator is lubricated with a lubricant which is compatible with the size. There is also provided an apparatus for winding a fiber strand to build a cylindrical strand package having a radially outer surface. The apparatus includes a rotatable collet for receiving the strand to build a package. A strand reciprocator is mounted to guide the strand from edge to edge of the package and to lay the strand in a helical pattern on the package surface as the package rotates. A lubricator for atomizing a lubricant creates a fog of small airborne lubrication particles which are compatible with the size.

Abstract: A yarn winder in which a fluctuation of winding tension is avoided and the winding characteristics are made uniform from the most inner to the most outer layer. Yarn is wound by a winder in which a spindle 2 having a positively driven pressure roller 5 is positively driven, the pressure roller 5 being positioned so that it is not in contact with a tube 100 immediately after the yarn setting operation. After a predetermined amount of yarn layer has been wound on the tube 100, the pressure roller 5 is moved so that it contacts the yarn layer on the tube 100. The surface speed of the pressure roller 5 is controlled to be higher than that of an empty tube until the yarn is switched to the empty tube, wherein the controlled speed is approximately the same as or lower than the surface speed of a fully loaded tube, and the surface speed of the pressure roller is controlled to be approximately the same as the surface speed of the empty tube after the yarn has been switched to the empty tube.