A cable processing machine includes a cable feeding device for moving a cable in a feed direction. The cable feeding device has a first guide element and a second guide element, between which elements the cable is guided at least in an operating mode of the cable processing machine. The spacing between the two guide elements is selectively variable. A method for laying a cable in the cable processing machine includes moving one or both of the guide elements relative to one another when the cable processing machine is shifted between the operating mode and a cable laying mode.

A cable feed device for feeding a cable to a cable processing machine includes a first rotatable roller and a second rotatable roller for guiding the cable such that the cable can be arranged in a loop around the first roller and the second roller, and a cable drive for transporting the cable. The first roller is arranged stationary, wherein the second roller can be pushed or pulled away from the first roller with a force, wherein the second roller has a first state and a second state, wherein the second roller is locked in a first position in the first state and is moved in the second state by the force such that the distance between the first roller and the second roller changes depending on the length of the cable between the two rollers.

The invention relates to a machine (100) for manufacturing an optical fibre (200), characterised in that the machine comprises: at least one capstan (20, 21) and at least one pulley (22), which define a run of the optical fibre in a main area (2) of the machine, an optical fibre guiding system comprising a transmission member (25) and a clamping element (26) that is rigidly connected to the transmission member (25) and is able to retain an end of the optical fibre (200), the transmission member (25) being arranged parallel to the run of the optical fibre, a device (5) for having the clamping element (26) automatically grip the optical fibre (200), said device comprising: means (53) for placing the optical fibre in a starting position in which the optical fibre runs at a distance from the clamping element in a direction extending substantially perpendicularly to the clamping element (26), a fibre-spacing finger (51), that can move between a neutral position at a distance from the optical fibre located in the starting position and a position in which the finger (51) keeps the optical fibre at a distance from the starting position in such a way as to bring the optical fibre into an intermediate position opposite the clamping element (26), said means being designed to open the clamping element (26) when the finger (51) has brought the optical fibre (200) into the intermediate position and close the clamping element again when the finger (51) has returned to the neutral position thereof.

A thread guide wear testing machine wears a test piece by causing a thread to slide while the thread contacts the test piece. The thread guide wear testing machine includes a winding reel winding the thread thereon fed from thread feeder. A winding drum guides the thread fed from the thread feeder to the winding reel. The winding drum has an outer peripheral surface contacting an outer peripheral surface of the winding reel. Specimen holder is on a path of the thread fed from the thread feeder and moves while being wound on the winding reel. The specimen holder holds the test piece in contact with the thread under a predetermined load. Tension adjuster adjusts tension on the thread when the test piece is in contact. Contact retainer retains a state of contact between the winding reel and the winding drum by pressing the winding reel toward the winding drum.

An apparatus for reducing fiber whip damage to optical fiber wound on a fiber winding spool is provided. The apparatus includes a fiber entry feed mechanism operatively coupled to the fiber winding spool to feed the optical fiber onto the fiber winding spool. The apparatus also includes a whip shield arranged to substantially surround the fiber winding spool. The whip shield includes a first surface aligned with and facing the fiber winding spool within an entry slot that is laterally offset from a second surface. The first surface transitions to the second surface such that a loose end of the optical fiber is initially directed into the entry slot away from the fiber winding spool and transitions to the second surface.

A multi-core cable core aligning device is composed of a temporary holding mechanism, which is configured to arrange tips of a plurality of cores exposed at one end of a multi-core cable in a row along a predetermined arranging direction, and temporarily hold each one of the plurality of cores in such a manner as to be movable along the predetermined arranging direction, a transferring mechanism, which is configured to transfer the plurality of cores one by one while separating the plurality of cores held by the temporary holding mechanism one by one from other ones of the plurality of cores, and an aligning mechanism, which is configured to align and hold the plurality of cores with a predetermined space between adjacent ones of the plurality of cores while holding the plurality of cores transferred by the transferring mechanism one by one at spaced intervals.

A system (100) for drawing and transferring wires arranged in one or more racks (110) of the system includes: a mobile structure (114) including a frame (114a), a base (114b) and one or more mobile means, one or more roller panels (116) made up of horizontal and vertical rollers that allow the wires to be organized; and a fixed structure (120) disposed at the end of the rack (110) and including a frame (120a) and a base (120b), allowing the transfer of the roller panels (116) from the mobile structure towards the fixed structure without loss of alignment of the wires, wherein the mobile structure is positioned next to the fixed structure. A method for drawing and transferring wires selected for incorporation in a reinforced ply is performed by the disclosed system.

The invention relates to an apparatus for feeding elongated strands through an aperture in a plate having a divided frame, which comprises a frame bottom part and a frame cover which are divided transversely to the running direction of the elongated strands to be inserted, and which has at least one chamber for the insertion of at least one elastic grommet, wherein the frame has devices for fastening the frame to the plate. The apparatus according to the invention is characterized in that the devices comprise hooks for fastening the frame in the aperture of the plate or in fastening holes in the plate, wherein at least two hooks are provided which are designed to be movable relative to one another, wherein at least one of the hooks is designed as part of or movable indirectly by a link element which is movable relative to the frame via a fastening element transversely to the running direction of the accommodated elongated strands.

A cable processing machine includes a cable feeding device for moving a cable in a feed direction. The cable feeding device has a first guide element and a second guide element, between which elements the cable is guided at least in an operating mode of the cable processing machine. The spacing between the two guide elements is selectively variable. A method for laying a cable in the cable processing machine includes moving one or both of the guide elements relative to one another when the cable processing machine is shifted between the operating mode and a cable laying mode.

A threading nozzle for threading a wire electrode for a threading device in a wire electrical discharge erosion machine includes a threading-nozzle body having a guide bore configured to guide the wire electrode along a longitudinal axis of the former and a gap that splits the threading-nozzle body in two parts which are connected at a flexural hinge configured in the threading-nozzle body. The gap splits the guide bore in two parts.