EoW November 2012

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Process solutions for very small wire

a square end burr-free cut, and stack finished wire pieces for collection. The system can either continuously produce cut pieces until the material runs out, produce pieces based on a quantity limit, or provide batch quantities of a total production quantity on command. The TAK PRWS (programmable rotary wire straightener) is designed to run operator free from pre-programmed settings entered into the controller. These “programmed” settings include: • Payout tension value • Wire feed speed • Clockwise rotating arbor speed • Counter-clockwise rotating arbor speed • Cut length • Quantity In addition to system monitoring sensors for such things as out of wire and low air pressure, the system design allows for the integration and control of additional devices that might include eddy current checking, mechanical sorting, or even wire marking devices.

The employment of wire and cable in the US has been steadily increasing, especially in the medical and electronic markets. The application demand of smaller and more compact product designs has placed demands not only on the suppliers of these two items but even more so on products and the machines that can process the base items into ever more sophisticated products and subassemblies. Wire diameters of under a millimetre (0.040") are increasingly being utilised for applications in the medical and electronic market places. The material composition of the wire used in such applications can be of very special alloys or as in many medical applications, high tensile stainless steel. The end products or subassemblies made from these small diameter wires require more advanced processing and forming equipment. TAK Enterprises, of Bristol, Connecticut, USA, has been an innovator and manufacturer of machines and systems for the processing and forming of wire and narrow strip type materials since 1981, and has recently been recognised with lifetime achievement awards for this work.

▲ ▲ The TAK programmable rotary wire straightener

The newest product to be offered by TAK that satisfies many of the demanding needs of these small diameter applications is the new “Programmable Rotary Wire Straightener”. This system is ideally suited to produce extremely straight and precisely cut-to-length wire pieces automatically. The system is fully equipped and configured to take standard DIN style spools of wire, pay the wire out under controlled tension, rotary straighten the wire, feed to whatever length desired, cut the wire to length without hindering the wire feed, provide

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