Abstract:
A device for controlling the transfer operation of wire from one spool to the next in an automatic double coil-winder provided with a traverse winding mechanism which moves alternately in a back-and-forth motion along the entire width of the spools, starting from one of their ends where wire-catching means are located. It comprises a counter capable of continuously counting the length of paid-out wire, means for doubling the counter''s counting rate and for stopping the counter from functioning during the back travel of the traverse winding mechanism, a control element actuated by the counter when the predetermined length of wire has been counted which causes a reversal of the sense of travel of the traverse winding mechanism, and means for initiating the transfer operation which is actuated when the traverse winding mechanism reaches the end of its back travel following that final reversal of its direction of motion.
Abstract:
A double bobbin coil winder having one bobbin in fixed position and another movable along its own axis from a winding position with its flanges parallel and aligned with the flanges of the fixed position bobbin to an unloading position axially offset from the winding position.