The device incorporates a mobile station with: a first shaft to support a movable reel and to actuate rotation of the movable reel around the first shaft; a grip for gripping and releasing the movable reel from a first side of the movable reel closest to the first shaft; and a transporter to move the movable reel in the direction of the first shaft between the mobile station and a loading position. The process handles one single reel in each change, reducing labor and simplifying logistical management of reels. Likewise, the reels are handled from one single side, the side closest to the first shaft. Therefore, space is freed up on the other side, providing more available space.

The device incorporates a mobile station with: a first shaft to support a movable reel and to actuate rotation of the movable reel around the first shaft; a grip for gripping and releasing the movable reel from a first side of the movable reel closest to the first shaft; and a transporter to move the movable reel in the direction of the first shaft between the mobile station and a loading position. The process handles one single reel in each change, reducing labor and simplifying logistical management of reels. Likewise, the reels are handled from one single side, the side closest to the first shaft. Therefore, space is freed up on the other side, providing more available space.

A filament spool dry box includes a shell, a dehumidifier and a sleeve component. The shell includes a hanging structure configured to allow a bracket to be disposed in for hanging the shell. The dehumidifier is disposed inside the shell. The sleeve component is rotatably disposed inside the shell and configured to allow a filament to be disposed on. A central axis of the hanging structure is offset from and above a central axis of the sleeve component. The filament spool dry box can isolate the filament from an external environment outside the shell and remove moisture from an internal environment inside the shell by the dehumidifier. Therefore, the filament spool dry box can prevent the filament inside the shell from absorbing moisture. Furthermore, the filament spool dry box can replace disposable spools in the prior art and be energy saving and environmental protecting.

Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods for providing a wired connection between a ground-based robot and a controller. A cable handling system for a robot may include a base housing, a cable cartridge removably connected to the base housing, a control cable housed at least partially within the cable cartridge, and an outfeed assembly coupled to the base housing and configured to deploy the control cable from the cable cartridge. The control cable may be deployable from the cable cartridge to maintain a wired connection between the robot and a controller. The outfeed assembly may be configured to couple to a drive mechanism of the robot such that movement of the drive mechanism deploys the control cable from the cable cartridge. The outfeed assembly may be configured to deploy the control cable from the cable cartridge regardless of the direction of movement of the drive mechanism.

A holding system and methods, systems, and apparatuses for constructing, assembling, and using the holding system are disclosed. The holding system can include an arbor bushing. The arbor bushing can include a head portion. The holding system can also include a plate attached to the arbor bushing. A pad can be attached to the plate. The head portion of the arbor bushing extends outward beyond a surface of the pad.

A tube holder supports a spool of flexible line wrapped onto the outer surface of a tube. The tube holder comprises a body portion configured to support the tube thereon, such that the interior surface of the tube rests of the top surface of the body portion; and an end protector detachably secured to the distal end of the body portion via a quick-release, contact fastener. The end protector is configured to be detachably secured to the body portion, while remaining spaced away from the tube such that the tube does not interfere with connecting the end protector with the body portion.

A tube holder supports a spool of flexible line wrapped onto the outer surface of a tube. The tube holder comprises a body portion configured to support the tube thereon, such that the interior surface of the tube rests of the top surface of the body portion; and an end protector detachably secured to the distal end of the body portion via a quick-release, contact fastener. The end protector is configured to be detachably secured to the body portion, while remaining spaced away from the tube such that the tube does not interfere with connecting the end protector with the body portion.

A system for dispensing a flexible hose includes a hose dispensing carousel having a frame, a spool support plate rotatably mounted to the frame and having a plurality of spool axles for rotatably supporting a plurality of spools of hose, and a lock adapted to fix a position of the spool support plate relative to the frame in a plurality of discrete positions. The system further includes a guide defining an opening adapted to receive a free end of a hose held on one of the plurality of spools. The guide defines at least one rotatable bearing surface positioned at the opening, and is adapted to guide the hose toward a tool for performing a manufacturing operation on the hose.

Disclosed is a creel including a plurality of creel bobbins, a plurality of guiding tubes located at the lower end of the creel and a plurality of guiding tubes located at the upper end of the creel, wherein each guiding tube is arranged for receiving a wire from an individual creel bobbin, wherein the lower half of the creel bobbins are arranged to feed their wires to the guiding tubes at the upper end of the creel, while the upper half of the creel bobbins are arranged to feed their wires to the guiding tubes at the lower end of the creel.

Disclosed is a creel including a plurality of creel bobbins, a plurality of guiding tubes located at the lower end of the creel and a plurality of guiding tubes located at the upper end of the creel, wherein each guiding tube is arranged for receiving a wire from an individual creel bobbin, wherein the lower half of the creel bobbins are arranged to feed their wires to the guiding tubes at the upper end of the creel, while the upper half of the creel bobbins are arranged to feed their wires to the guiding tubes at the lower end of the creel.