P - R

P

Pail Pack

Paper Jacketed Wire

A solid core wire that is tightly wrapped in cellulose as a means of insulating the wire

Passivating    

An acid dipping treatment applied to stainless steel to remove contaminants and improve corrosion resistance

Payoff

The equipment used to achieve decoil (see decoil)

Pen Dispenser

A particular pen type device used to manually insert springs produced on one of the Colombi spring coiling systems

Permanent Set    

The difference in length of a highly stressed spring upon release of a force.

Pig-tail    

A term to describe wire that has a Helix or “corkscrew” in it.

Pin

Another name for “Top Hat”

Pin Stop    

An adjustable dead point on the TAK PCS designed to keep the wire from exceeding the desired cut length.

Pitch (p)    

The distance from center of the wire in two adjacent coils

Pivot Assembly

An attachment for a TAK series #04QR & #05QR wire straightener to allow a particular rotational angle to be set for the wire-in location so as to be congruent with the angle of payoff cast.

Pneumatic Coiler

An air based spring coiling unit

Posiblank Holder™

A special product used to enhance and extend the capabilities of a four slide machine available from TAK

Precision Cutting Station

The PCS is a TAK product that is used to manually cut precise lengths of wire from a rod

Precision Cutting Station    

A semi-manual precision device offer by TAK for cutting short burr free pieces of material from bar stock.

Precision Grade

A term used to distinguish between certain types of tools or hardware – Wire straighteners are classified this way

Preset    

The process of closing to solid height a compression spring which has been coiled longer than the desired finish length, so as to increase the apparent elastic limit

Process

The flow of material in time and space. The accumulation of sub-processes, or operations that transform material from raw material to finished products.

Profile Shape

Pro-Pack

Special TAK system option. A package of add-on accessories to enhance the ease of monitoring the operation of the TAK equipment.

Proportional Limit    

Maximum load at which strain or deformation is directly proportional to stress, at zero percent offset.

PRWS    

A TAK Programmable Rotary Wire Straightener

Pulling Force

The power required to pull a particular wire type & diameter through the straightening rolls of a roll straightener

PWS

Precision Wire Straightener

Q

Quality

Meeting expectation and requirements, stated and un-stated, of the customer.

Quick Change Cart

The transport vehicle to move tooling and fixtures rapidly from point to point

Quick Changeover

The ability to change tooling and fixtures rapidly (usually minutes), so multiple products can be run on the same machine.

Quick Close

See Quick Release

Quick Opening

See Quick Release

Quick Release

Usually a cam type device on a roll straightener that will open a group of rolls at one time to ease threading the wire

Quick Set Value

This is the measured value used on TAK precision wire straighteners to cause the material to travel on the central line of the PWS.

Quill Block

The tooling component used to hold the (traveling) quill in a TAK cutting system.

Quill Body Block

Quill on Quill

The cutting method typically found in the TAK SF&C system. Two separate cylinders with precise profiles cut into them along the length to allow material to pass through them. One quill called (traveling) is passed across the face of the other quill called (stationary) and produces the cutting action on the material.

R

Radius Bearings

A standard or custom radius ground into the bearing rolls used in the TAK precision wire straighteners.

Rate (R) (Gradient)

Change in force per incremental unit of deflection. I.E. pounds per inch

Real Value

Attributes and features of a product or service that, in the eyes of customers, is worth paying for. [See Value Added, Non-Value Added]

Recording Chart

A printed chart of the TAK precision wire straighteners used to record the offset used on a particular wire or job.

Reel

A material retaining or transport device for wire or strip material usually over 24” in OD and may be made of wood, plastic, or metal. Reels can weigh in the thousands of pounds but generally do not weigh less than 100lb – See Spool

Residual Stress    

Stresses incorporated within a spring by coiling, compressing to remove set, shot-peening, cold working or induced by heat treatment

Resilience    

Elastic ability of a material to rebound to its original shape after deflection.

Resistive Heating

The heating method used by the Colombi spring coiling systems to in-line heat treat the spring.

Rod

(See Bar)

Roll / Rolls

This is the rotating element, typically a bearing, within a straightener that guides the wire or strip along the straightener path.

Roll Cap

The term given to the mounting screw and cap that attaches a bearing to the sliding mechanism of a roll straightener

Roll Plate

The term given to the sliding plate to which the bearing or roll of a wire straightener is attached

Roller Guides

The plastic “V” shaped ceramic coated wheels used in the TAK Fine Wire Payoff.

Rotary Straightener

A straightener that employs a spinning mechanism and continuous material feeder to straighten wire