Strander, Tubular

A high speed stranding machine in which the multiple stranding bobbins are mounted in floating frames along the center line of a large rotating steel tube which is cut away at intervals so that the bobbins can be inserted. The wires pass along the internal or external periphery of the tube to the end of the machine. A core wire is passed through the center of the end of the machine and all wires are threaded through the closing die. The stranded wire is pulled out of the tubular by a dual or single wheel capstan and then onto a spooler.