METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPACT SINGLE-STRAND-REINFORCING CORD WITH PLURAL LAYERS FOR ELASTOMERIC ARTICLES, AND REINFORCING CORD MADE BY THIS METHOD

A reinforcing cord for elastomeric products is produced by feeding a plurality of single metal wires of the same diameter into a set of successively arranged stranding points. At least two wires are fed into the first stranding point and through the subsequent stranding points. Additional wires are fed into the respective subsequent stranding points. The quantity of wires fed to the stranding points is determined by the number of valleys which are present in the peripheral contour of the processed strand at this particular stranding point. In this manner each additional wire is brought in contact with at least two preceding wires in the processed strand.