Automated braided sleeve placement and tensioning

AUTOMATED BRAIDED SLEEVE PLACEMENT AND TENSIONING A method (600) for drawing a flexible sleeve (102) over an elongated mandrel (104) includes placing a ring (106) within a lumen (108) of the sleeve (102). A first end (118) of the sleeve (102) is fixed against movement relative to a first end (110) o...

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Hauptverfasser:	STEELE, Peter Nathan, LOCKETT, Peter, SCARFE, Manning, FLETCHER, Luke, NESBIT, Ashleigh Raoul, BAIN, Richard, SZARSKI, Martin, WIERZBICKI, Dominic, KLIMOVSKI, Andrew
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING LAYERED PRODUCTS LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM PERFORMING OPERATIONS SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS TRANSPORTING WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	AUTOMATED BRAIDED SLEEVE PLACEMENT AND TENSIONING A method (600) for drawing a flexible sleeve (102) over an elongated mandrel (104) includes placing a ring (106) within a lumen (108) of the sleeve (102). A first end (118) of the sleeve (102) is fixed against movement relative to a first end (110) of the mandrel (104). A first end (110) portion of the sleeve (102) is inverted over a first end (118) portion of the mandrel (104) so as to define a circumferential cuff (120) in the sleeve (102), and the ring (106) is positioned concentrically within the circumferential cuff (120). Using, e.g., a magnet (102), the ring (106) is then urged longitudinally along the mandrel (104) and toward an opposite, second end (112) thereof, such that the sleeve (102) is inverted over at least an outer surface of the mandrel (104). co (NJ (NCJ