A method of removing a foil shield from a cable includes positioning the cable proximate a heating source, monitoring a characteristic of the cable or the heating source with at least one sensor, heating the foil shield in a designated area to weaken the foil shield, and removing an outer insulation of the cable and the foil shield.

An automated process for producing exposed electrical contact areas on the conductor part of an epoxy coated bus bar. When the epoxy coating is in the glassy state, one can safely and economically, preferably via automated apparatus, put the epoxy into the rubbery state by positioning the bar and applying localized heat at a select area of the coating; monitoring the heating to above the glass transition temperature of the epoxy, bringing cutting tools into contact with the epoxy for cutting and removing the rubbery coating away from the bus bar, and cooling the bus bar to bring adjacent coating back to the glassy state, thereby leaving an exposed electrical contact area of conductor on the bus bar with little or no surface damage.

A method of removing a foil shield from a cable includes positioning the cable proximate a heating source, monitoring a characteristic of the cable or the heating source with at least one sensor, heating the foil shield in a designated area to weaken the foil shield, and removing an outer insulation of the cable and the foil shield.

The invention relates to a device (21) for working an electrical cable (1) which has a sheath (6) and a cable film (5) situated beneath said sheath, comprising an assembly (32) of modules (33, MD1, MD2, MD3, MD4), which are independent of one another, for removing a piece (6′) of sheath and a piece (5′) of cable film from the cable (1). According to the invention, provision is made for the assembly (32) to have a first module (MD1) for cutting off the piece (6′) of sheath from the cable (1), a second module (MD2), which follows the first module (MD1), for reducing the mechanical loadability of the cable (5) in an intended crack position (RP), and a third module (MD3), which follows the second module (MD2) and has the purpose of removing the piece (6′) of sheath and the piece (5′) of cable film from the cable (1) in an automated manner.

The invention relates to a device (21) for working an electrical cable (1) which has a sheath (6) and a cable film (5) situated beneath said sheath, comprising an assembly (32) of modules (33, MD1, MD2, MD3, MD4), which are independent of one another, for removing a piece (6′) of sheath and a piece (5′) of cable film from the cable (1). According to the invention, provision is made for the assembly (32) to have a first module (MD1) for cutting off the piece (6′) of sheath from the cable (1), a second module (MD2), which follows the first module (MD1), for reducing the mechanical loadability of the cable (5) in an intended crack position (RP), and a third module (MD3), which follows the second module (MD2) and has the purpose of removing the piece (6′) of sheath and the piece (5′) of cable film from the cable (1) in an automated manner.

In this treatment method of a coated wire, a coated wire, which is a metal wire coated with a resin, is subjected to low-temperature heating in a non-combustion atmosphere in coexistence with an alkali to embrittle the coating resin, the embrittled coating resin is crushed, and the coating resin and the metal wire are separated.

The invention relates to a device (1) for producing an electrical cable (2) which has a cable film (20). The device has a film working module (9) for reducing the mechanical loadability of the cable film (20) at a crack position (PR) which is provided along a cable centre axis (M). The film working module (9) has a round blade (33) in order to cut into at least one outer layer, which is remote from the cable centre axis (M), of the cable film (20) at the crack position (PR).

The invention relates to a device (1) for producing an electrical cable (2) which has a cable film (20). The device has a film working module (9) for reducing the mechanical loadability of the cable film (20) at a crack position (PR) which is provided along a cable centre axis (M). The film working module (9) has a round blade (33) in order to cut into at least one outer layer, which is remote from the cable centre axis (M), of the cable film (20) at the crack position (PR).

A method of removing a foil shield from a cable. The method includes: positioning the cable proximate a heating source; heating the foil shield in a designated area to weaken the foil shield; and removing an outer insulation of the cable and the foil shield after the foil shield has been heated.

A multi-member cable includes at least a first cable element and a second cable element. The first and second cable elements may extend in parallel, be stranded in a helical winding pattern, or be stranded in a reverse-oscillatory winding pattern, along the length of the cable. At least one binder is helically wrapped about the first and second cable elements to hold them together. The binder is formed of a material which disintegrates when exposed to a particular liquid or heat. In a preferred embodiment, the binder may be formed of polyvinyl-alcohol (PVA).