A wire stranding apparatus, comprising: a core wire moving mechanism configured to move a core wire in an axial direction; a spool configured to feed a wound wire by rotation; a revolving mechanism configured to revolve the spool about the core wire; a rotation driving mechanism configured to feed the wire by rotating the spool, the wire fed from the spool being spirally wound on an outer periphery of the core wire moving in the axial direction by revolution of the spool; and a control device including a wire speed obtaining unit configured to obtain a speed of the wire to be wound on the core wire and a rotation driving mechanism control unit configured to control the rotation driving mechanism such that the speed of the wire obtained by the wire speed obtaining unit has a predetermined value.

A wire stranding apparatus, comprising: a core wire moving mechanism configured to move a core wire in an axial direction; a spool configured to feed a wound wire by rotation; a revolving mechanism configured to revolve the spool about the core wire; a rotation driving mechanism configured to feed the wire by rotating the spool, the wire fed from the spool being spirally wound on an outer periphery of the core wire moving in the axial direction by revolution of the spool; and a control device including a wire speed obtaining unit configured to obtain a speed of the wire to be wound on the core wire and a rotation driving mechanism control unit configured to control the rotation driving mechanism such that the speed of the wire obtained by the wire speed obtaining unit has a predetermined value.