WIRE-HANDLING ARRANGEMENT PROVIDED WITH REDUNDANCY CONVEYOR LINES

A wire-handling arrangement (2) for receiving a series of preformed loops (4) of wire and for accumulating said loops of wire in order to form a coil of wire, comprising an essentially horizontal conveyor arrangement (6) configured to convey a rolled wire arranged in the form of overlapping loops from a wire providing member (8) to at least two coil-forming chambers (10) provided in the wire-handling arrangement. The conveyor arrangement (6) comprises a first conveyor line (12), a second conveyor line (14), a third conveyor line (16), and a switching conveyor member (18), wherein said first conveyor line (12) is arranged upstream said switching conveyor member (18) and said second (14) and third (16) conveyor lines are arranged downstream said switching conveyor line (18). Each of said second conveyor line (14) and third conveyor line (16) is provided with a coil-forming chamber (10) which is arranged downstream. The wire- handling arrangement (2) further comprises a control unit (20) configured to control said switching conveyor member (18) to be in a first position connecting the first conveyor line (12) to the second conveyor line (14), and in a second position connecting the first conveyor line (12) to the third conveyor line (16), thereby enabling said loops of wire (4) to be conveyed to the second conveyor line (14) or to the third conveyor line (16), respectively. The control unit (20) is configured to control said switching conveyor member (18) to be in a third position, and wherein in said third position the switching conveyor member (18) is connected to an upwardly open discard chamber (22) to convey loops of wire (4) to the discard chamber (22). L'invention concerne un système de manipulation de fil (2) permettant de recevoir une série de boucles préformées (4) de fil et d'accumuler lesdites boucles de fil afin de former une bobine de fil, comprenant un système de transporteur sensiblement horizontal (6) conçu pour transporter un fil laminé agencé sous la forme de boucles en chevauchement, d'un élément de fourniture de fil (8) vers au moins deux chambres de formation de bobines (10) disposées dans le système de manipulation de fil. Le système de transporteur (6) comprend une première ligne transporteuse (12), une deuxième ligne transporteuse (14), une troisième ligne transporteuse (16) et un élément transporteur de commutation (18), ladite première ligne transporteuse (12) étant disposée en amont dudit élément transporteur de commutation (18) et