A twisted pair cabling line and method comprising, a source of at least two twisted pairs, a source of planar shield, a cabling station, that combines the twisted pairs and the shield into a non-twisted cable, a twisting station that twists the cable that is produced by the cabling station, a twisting space between the cabling station and the twisting station, in which the non-twisted cable produced by the cabling station is twisted, to thereby form the shield into a figure-8 cross section having two loops, with a twisted pair in each loop, and a cable storage station.

Continuously transposed conductor (“CTC”) cables are described. A CTC cable may include a plurality of electrically insulated strands connected in parallel at their ends. Additionally, each strand may include one or more conductors and an extruded insulation layer formed at least partially around the one or more conductors.

An improved system for handling delicate linear media and in particular to a method and apparatus for winding delicate linear media such as superconducting wire or tape or optical fibers onto a spool. A combination of direct closed loop control and media routing design facilitates the handling of the delicate media without causing damage. The axial tension in the linear media may be closely controlled during winding by means of feedback control loop using tension measurements to control the rotation speeds of the wind-from and wind-to spools. Further, during winding, the delicate linear media is only exposed to large radius bends with no reverse bending. Finally, output devices and features, commercial or otherwise, made possible by delicate linear media handling are revealed. This includes advanced SC devices and features.

Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for producing a continuously transposed cable (CTC) by using a plurality of motors and a plurality of linear servo actuators instead of conventional apparatus and method for mechanically producing the continuously transposed cable by using a cam in the step of driving a continuously transposing head, which is the core of the manufacturing process of the continuously transposed cable. The apparatus comprises a continuously transposing head including at least four transposing devices; a control part being connected to the individual transposing devices in the continuously transposing head with wired or wireless connections; and a display input part for enabling a user to access and control it, the display input part being connected to the control part with wired or wireless connections, whereby the user can control the operation of the apparatus through the display input part, and continuously the control part can respectively control the individual transposing devices in the continuously transposing head in order to produce the continuously transposed cable.

A method of twisting electrical conductors includes cutting the conductors to size and transferring them to an actively displaceable twisting head and an oppositely positioned displaceable clamping device; clamping and tensioning the conductors between the twisting head and the clamping device by moving at least the twisting head away from the clamping device; activating the twisting head so that it rotates about an axis of rotation parallel to the clamped conductors while at the same time moving the twisting head towards the clamping device according to prescribed travel profile; applying a force, if need be of different magnitude, directed away from the twisting head to at least the clamping device, at least during the twisting process; and determining and evaluating a travel and/or force profile for the movable clamping device.

A twisted pair cabling line and method comprising, a source of at least two twisted pairs, a source of planar shield, a cabling station, that combines the twisted pairs and the shield into a non-twisted cable, a twisting station that twists the cable that is produced by the cabling station, a twisting space between the cabling station and the twisting station, in which the non-twisted cable produced by the cabling station is twisted, to thereby form the shield into a figure-8 cross section having two loops, with a twisted pair in each loop, and a cable storage station.

An apparatus and a method twists first and second single electrical wires to form a cable pair. The apparatus includes a main twisting device and a retwisting device with an stationary retwisting module and a retwisting module that is movable along a linear guide direction. Each of the retwisting modules also includes a transfer unit for transferring and holding an end of the twisted cable pair, wherein the transfer unit includes a first wire gripper for the first single electrical wire and a second wire gripper for the second single electrical wire, wherein a relative distance between the first wire gripper and the second wire gripper can be changed, typically programmably changed, according to a distance between the ends of the wires. At least one of the stationary retwisting module and the movable retwisting module is configured for the retwisting of the respective held cable pair.

Twisting device for electrical conductors has at least one twisting head that rotates about an axis of rotation and a clamping device. The twisting head is movable in the direction of its axis of rotation toward the clamping device and is mounted on a first, motorized length compensation carriage, while the clamping device is mounted on a travel compensation carriage that is movable towards the length compensation carriage parallel to the axis of rotation of the twisting head. After the conductors have been cut to size and transferred to the twisting head and the clamping device, they are placed under tension. Then, the twisting head is activated to rotate about an axis of rotation parallel to the conductors while simultaneously moving towards the clamping device. Simultaneously, the clamping device is subjected to a force directed away from the twisting head and the travel/force profile for the clamping device is evaluated.

A twisted pair cabling line and method comprising, a source of at least two twisted pairs, a source of planar shield, a cabling station, that combines the twisted pairs and the shield into a non-twisted cable, a twisting station that twists the cable that is produced by the cabling station, a twisting space between the cabling station and the twisting station, in which the non-twisted cable produced by the cabling station is twisted, to thereby form the shield into a figure-8 cross section having two loops, with a twisted pair in each loop, and a cable storage station.

Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for producing a continuously transposed cable (CTC) by using a plurality of motors and a plurality of linear servo actuators instead of conventional apparatus and method for mechanically producing the continuously transposed cable by using a cam in the step of driving a continuously transposing head, which is the core of the manufacturing process of the continuously transposed cable. The apparatus comprises a continuously transposing head including at least four transposing devices; a control part being connected to the individual transposing devices in the continuously transposing head with wired or wireless connections; and a display input part for enabling a user to access and control it, the display input part being connected to the control part with wired or wireless connections, whereby the user can control the operation of the apparatus through the display input part, and continuously the control part can respectively control the individual transposing devices in the continuously transposing head in order to produce the continuously transposed cable.