Specialty Coiling Machines

Leveraging 40 years of coiling knowledge allows REELEX to provide custom coiling and winding equipment for a variety of applications.

Specialty and Custom Coiling

40 years of coiling and winding experience.

Because of the unique nature of the REELEX figure-eight wind, our engineers have accumulated extensive knowledge and experience about tension, precision and control systems. This experience has been used in a variety of specialty projects ranging from military applications to remote vehicle applications, to oil and gas and much more.

Beginnings in military applications.

REELEX got its start in packaging cable for battlefield applications. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, REELEX honed its technology on the “battlefield pack” – a backpack deploying up to 500m of communications cable. Fast forward to today, and REELEX offers consultation and expertise for a variety of military and civilian projects.

Not just figure-eight coiling.

While REELEX focuses on the figure-eight wind and packaging, we have provided a wide variety of custom and specialty projects, many of which use other types of winding methods.

Some past projects have included:

Oil and gas shipborne cable deployment
Indoor and outdoor fiber optic cable packaging projects
Welding wire packaging
Wire-guided missile and torpedo projects
Seismic and oil and gas Down-well projects for seismic and oil and gas industries

Custom Machine Design and Manufacturing

REELEX can design and build a custom winding machine to suit your application, along with the necessary ancillary equipment to run it. Contact us with your custom application and let us figure it out for you.

Cross Winding Technology

REELEX’s experience in precision winding has allowed us to develop a variety of high-density, multi-layer winding methods resulting in extremely dense, self-contained coils. This technology allows the user to specify the number of crossovers and produces a coil which does not require flanges.

Precision REELEX Winds

Particularly useful for small-diameter products such as fiber optic or other small filaments, REELEX’s expertise in precision winding allows figure-eight coiling technology to be used for a variety of specialty applications.

Custom Project Examples

Due to NDA agreements, much of the custom work and equipment we have built cannot be shown. However, here are some examples of what we can show you.

D-510A Torpedo Coiling Machine

The D-510A utilizes our high-density coiling technology to produce coils of copper or fiber optic cables used in guiding torpedos or other projectiles.

D-510A

The D-510A coil winder is a highly specialized winding machine that produces a multi-count universal wind. It is a completely self-contained machine and includes payoff, dancer/tension control, and take-up.

This highly precise machine produces coils that are extremely dense, self-supporting, and are perfectly cylindrical in shape. These coils can be then dispensed from the inside or the outside of the coil.

The D-510A was originally designed for military applications requiring dense wire packages and smooth payout from the center of the coil.

However, it should be noted that this coil type does not utilize REELEX technology and thus does impart a twisting or “corkscrew” in the product during payout.

These types of coils have been typically used in torpedos and missiles as a way to package long lengths of control cable.

Self-Supporting Coil

The D-510A is an all-in-one machine that produces a highly dense, self-supporting coil. The interlocking edges of the coil interweave the product to eliminate the need for flanges.

All-in-One Design

The D-510A features payoff, dancer and takeup on one frame. The traverse uses a sensor to incrementally move the guide tube away from the coil surface as it grows.

Unique Winding Technology

What makes the D-510A different than other winding machines is that the product is placed directly on the surface of the coil. This means there is almost no distance between the edge of the guide tube and the coil surface; leading to extremely dense, high-precision coils.

Specifications

Specifications
Maximum Spindle RPM	150
Traverse Width	40 mm to 450 mm (1.6 in. to 17.7 in.)
Maximum Coil Diameter	450 mm (17.7 in.) max
Mandrel (Coil ID)	78 mm (3.07 in.) typical, custom sizes available.
Maximum Density Factor	92%
Round Wire Capability	0.5 to 7.0 mm (.020 in. to .270 in)
Flat Wire Capability	0.5 x 1.35 to 0.9 x 1.55 mm (.020 x .050 to .035 x .061 in.)
Integral Payoff	Yes, Mounted on Frame
Pricing - Machine	Please Inquire