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INVENTOR’S CORNER

Figure 6: schematic view showing the cable advanced to the left, and
the swaged barrel positioned in a spacing fixture.
ularly to figure 5, the apparatus for preparing coated cable
for a cable conveyor system is designated generally by the
reference numeral 10. The apparatus 10 includes a cable
coating stripping die 20, a barrel swaging die 40, and a spac-
ing fixture 60. The stripping die 2, swaging die 4, and spac-
PULLEYS & SHEA
ing fixture 60 are spaced from each other at a predetermined PULLEYS & SHEAVESVES
interval 7 (figure 6) that corresponds to the spacing interval
between discs 80 in a cable conveyor system.
The apparatus 10 facilitates the practice of the method of
the present invention which is illustrated in figures 7-10,
and includes the steps of stripping a section 11 of coating 12
from a coated cable 13 leaving a bare section of wire cable,

Military Specification Pulleys
Figure 7: Perspective view illustrating the step of cutting the coating & Commercial Sheaves.
from a section of the coated cable.
and securing a metal barrel 16 to the bare cable 14. Also, Loos & Co., Inc. is proud to off er a
figure 9 shows that the end portions of the barrel 16 extend
over portions 15 of the coated cable 13 adjacent the bare wide variety of military specifi cation
wire cable 14. As shown in figure 11, the barrel 16 acts as an and commercial pulleys and sheaves.
attachment base between the coated cable 13 and a disc 80 These products are the perfect
that is molded on the coated cable 13. compliment to the specialized wire
The discs 80 are molded after all the barrels 16 are swaged,
and this would be true on short lengths of cable. About 20 and wire ropes used in the markets
feet of cable has barrels 16 attached prior to the cable reach- that we have supported for years.

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Figure 8: Perspective view showing the coating removed. Call 800-533-5667 or email
sales@loosco.com for a quote today.
ing the molding machine. If the cable is 20 feet or shorter, it
would all be swaged and then ran through the disc molding
machine. If it is longer than 20 feet, which is the case 95%
of the time, they are done together. The swaging process is
much faster so lengths of cable can be swaged ahead, but the
whole cable is not swaged and run through the disc molding
machine separately. www.loosco.com
The coated cable 13 is fed into the apparatus 10 from left
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