An apparatus for de-braiding a braided shield of a wire. The apparatus comprises a brush assembly having a first bristle wheel mounted on a first axis and a second bristle wheel mounted on a second axis wherein the first bristle wheel and the second bristle wheel are positioned with respect to one another to have their respective bristles brush against a braided shield of a wire placed between the first and second bristle wheels; a wheel drive motor; a first flexible drive shaft connecting the wheel drive motor to the first axis to rotate the first bristle wheel; a second flexible drive shaft connecting the first axis to the second axis to rotate the second bristle wheel; and a drive assembly, wherein the drive assembly moves the brush assembly both axially and rotationally with respect to a wire placed between the first bristle wheel and the second bristle wheel.

Stripping structure strips insulation from ends of a plurality of leads of a lead bundle. Each lead includes a conductor member coated with the insulation. The structure includes a housing having wall structure defining a stripping chamber, an inlet in fluid communication with the stripping chamber, and an outlet in fluid communication with the stripping chamber. A cover has an opening for receiving an end of the lead bundle in a sealing manner so that the leads thereof are received in the stripping chamber. Chemical stripping solution is in communication with the inlet. When the lead bundle is received through the opening with the leads in the stripping chamber and when the chemical stripping solution is provided though inlet and in the stripping chamber, the chemical stripping solution strips the insulation from the conductor members, with the stripping solution along with stripped insulation exiting through the outlet.

According to typical inventive practice, a cable is grasped by a Kellum grip and is positioned through the topside “V”-notch of an “M”-structure. Two wires engage pulleys and a ratchet distanced from the pulleys. The pulleys are joined with a grip plate, attached at an axial end of the Kellum grip. The ratchet is joined with a ratchet plate, proximate and/or attached to the “M”-structure. The “M”-structure has joined therewith three blade wheels having cutting orientations in the same linear direction. The blade wheels are situated interiorly and perpendicularly in correspondence to the geometric sides of the inverted triangle defined by the “V”-notch. Each blade wheel is adjustable to suit the diameter of the cable positioned through the “V”-notch. Ratcheting of the wires moves the ratchet plate and hence the “M”-structure, resulting in creation via the blade wheels of three parallel slices in the cable along its axis.

An apparatus for cutting a previously flared shield conductor of a shielded electrical cable includes a two-piece clamping die having an aperture in which the shielded electrical cable is secured and a cutting surface. The clamping die is opened and closed around the shielded electrical cable. The apparatus further includes a cutting tube configured to be pressed against the cutting surface while the flared shield conductor is between the cutting tube and the cutting surface, thereby cutting a portion of a free end of the flared shield conductor. Alternatively, the apparatus may include a die comprising a cutting surface and an aperture in which the end of the shielded electrical cable is received. The cutting tube has two parts that are closed about the shielded electrical cable and pressed against the cutting surface while the flared shield conductor is disposed between the cutting tube and the cutting surface.

The invention relates to a device (1) for stripping a clable (2), comprising a stripping apparatus (3) for cutting in and for pulling off a portion (4) of a cable component (13, 14, 15). The stripping apparatus (3) has a rotation head (5), which can be rotated about a central axis (M) and on which a blade (8, 8′) and a counter-holder (9) for the cable (2) are arranged opposite one another in such a way that the blade and the counter-holder are directed at the central art (M). The cable (2) is guided eking the central axis (M) in the stripping apparatus (3), and the blade (8, 8′) can be advanced toward the cable (2) in the direction toward the central axis (M) in order to produce a radial incision into cable component (13, 14, 15) of the cable (2) at a defined axial position. The stripping apparatus (3) has at least one pull-off tool (10.1, 10.2), which is arranged on the rotation head (5) and can advanced onto the cable (2) in the direction toward the central axis (M), the pull-off tool (10.1, 10.2) being positioned relative to the blade (8, 8′) in such a way that, in order to pull off the portion (4) of the cable component (13, 14, 15), the pull-off tool (10.1, 10.2) engages in the incision produced by the blade (8, 8′) when the pull-off tool (10.1, 10.2) is advanced onto the cable (2).

An embedded wire removal tool is disclosed. The embedded wire removal tool can include a feed mechanism operable to cause movement of a cable. The cable can have a jacket about a core. The cable can also include a wire disposed about the core and at least partially embedded in the jacket. The embedded wire removal tool can also include a jacket cutter operable to receive the cable from the feed mechanism and remove at least a portion of the jacket. In addition, the embedded wire removal tool can include a wire excavator operable to separate the wire from the core.

Provided is an insulating coating device for an electric wire, including a pressing pipe. The pressing pipe includes two first pressing parts which are configured to divide the pressing pipe into two parts along a longitudinal cross section of the pressing pipe, an inner wall of the pressing pipe is provided with an air bag, and the air bag is provided with an air pipe joint which penetrates to an outside of the pressing pipe. In the insulating coating device for the electric wire, a self-curing insulating material is coated on joints of the electric wires, the air bag is used to squeeze the self-curing insulating material such that the self-curing insulating material is shaped and compacted, so that cavities generated in a coating process is reduced, and the self-curing insulating material is uniformly attached to the joints of the electric wires.

Space in a conduit having at least one cable therein which is surrounded by a duct is recovered by longitudinally cutting the duct and removing the duct from around the cable. The duct may be pulled out of the conduit and past a blade to affect the cutting, or a blade may be pulled through the conduit to cut the duct while still in the conduit.

A device for analyzing or inspecting a prepared portion of a power cable includes a cable gripping section to grip a portion of the power cable proximate to a prepared end of the power cable, where the cable end has been prepared by removing certain portions of the power cable so that it can properly accept an electrical or cable accessory, such as a splice or termination. The device also includes an imaging device holding section to hold an imaging device at a predetermined radial distance from the prepared cable end. In particular, the imaging device holding section is radially and axially adjustable in position. During inspection of the prepared cable end, the imaging device is fully rotated about the prepared cable end to acquire a 360 degree image of the prepared cable end.

An apparatus and process for preparing an end portion (1a) of a shielded electrical cable (1) wherein the apparatus (10) includes at least one contact element (8) with a contact surface (8a) adapted to engage the outer surface of the end portion (1a) of the cable (1), movement means (9) to move the contact element (8) with respect to the cable (1), and a logic control unit (20) in which at least one movement path around the longitudinal axis (A-A) of the cable (1) is stored or acquired.