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SBT

Stanzbiegetechnik of Austria – Maker of Stamping, Bending, Welding, Injection Molding, and Assembly Machines – TAK business partner.

Sealed Bearings

Servo Drive

A motorized drive device used for linear material. Typically with pneumatically operated claming wheels and an encoder for feed control

Set

Also referred to as “cast” – The curve or bow a wire takes from being wrapped around in a coil or on a spool

SF&C

Straighten Feed & Cut – A standard cut to length system of TAK Enterprises Inc.

Shaped Bearings

Specially ground “roll bearings” on a roll type straightener that match a particular material contour

Shaped Wire

A non-round wire – Typical shapes are square, hex, rectangle, and “D” shaped

Shielded Bearings

A bearing or straightening roll that has a contamination prevention shield

Shock Stop

The gas cylinder on a TAK SF&C system used to reduce the shock of the pneumatic gripper / puller when it strikes the dead stop on its stroke cycle.

Single Pivot

A specific set of mounting hardware from TAK Enterprises that allows a wire straightener to be set in a rotational value around 360 degrees of the wire feed line – A single device

Sinker EDM (conventional)

The sinker EDM process utilizes an electrically charged electrode (EDM electrode) that is configured to a specific geometry to burn the geometry of the electrode into a metal (conductive) component. The sinker EDM process is commonly used in the production of dies and molds.

Skip

The number of mechanical strokes that a TAK SF&C will make before cutting the material – Maximum is 300

Slenderness Ratio    

The ratio of spring free length (L) to the mean coil diameter (D). If the ratio is over 4.0 compression springs may buckle depending upon the amount of deflection.

Snag Sensor

Electronic device incorporated into TAK equipment to signal when processed material has snagged or stopped decoiling.

Solid Height (H)  

Length of the compression spring when force causes each coil to come in contact with adjacent coils

Speedfeeder™

An automatic spring separator and feeding system manufactured by Colombi for delivering individual orientated springs to a particular location.

Spool

A material retaining or transport device for wire or strip material usually under 24” in OD and is generally made of plastic. Spools normally do not exceed 50 lbs – See Reel

Spring Coiler

A mechanical device, usually CNC based, that is used to form or coil springs

Spring Index    The ratio of mean coil diameter (D) to wire diameter (d) . The best ratio is between 7-13

Spring Pitch

The center line to center line distance between spring coils. -  An adjustable value available on the Colombi CNC based in-line spring coiling system

Spring Separators

A mechanical device to separate tangled springs. Also called a detangler

Standard Grade

A term usually applied to the performance level and limited features of a wire straightener – A “Standard grade” wire straightener does not perform as well as a Precision Grade” which has more features and greater control..

Stationary Quill

The non-moving quill of a TAK cutting quill set found in our cut to length systems

Stepper Drive

Straight Wire

Straightening Rolls

The bearings or “rolls” that wire passes over to break the “set” or memory in the wire or flat strip

Strain    

The deformation produced by a stress as compared to the original shape

Stranded Wire

A group of individual wires wrapped around each other or twisted together

Stress    

The force divided by the area over which it acts.

Stress Relieve    

A low temperature heat treatment to relieve residual stresses induced during coiling

Strip

Strip Straightener

A straightener used to take “bow” out of strip stock

Stroke Length

The physical single stroke length limit of a TAK feed and cut system. The lengths available are 3”, 6”, & 12”

Syncro Cam Timing™

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

T

Tandem Winding

Tapered Retainer

A cone shaped element that is used to hold

Throughput

The rate the system generates money through sales.

Tooling

This term refers to the "special" hardware items that are either inserted or attached to a mechanical machine to either form, shape, or a particular part or to perform a particular function such as cutting or bending.

Top Hat

A metal frame, usually tubular, in the shape of a “Lincoln Stove Pipe Hat” for holding a large coil of wire.

Torque (Movement)    

A twisting force in torsion springs which tends to produce rotation, equal to the force multiplied by the distance from the force to the axis of the spring body.

Torque Wrench

The pre-set torque knob supplied with a TAK PWS for setting the proper holding torque on the positioning screws

Torsion Straightener

Total Coils (N)    

The number of active coils (n). For compression springs add to (n) the number of dead coils forming the ends

Tractor Feed   

A general name for a method of feeding linear materials between two opposing moving belts.

Traveling Quill

The cutting quill of a quill set that moves across the face of the Stationary quill in a TAK feed & cutoff system

Turnkey System

A "system' or machine which is complete in its design that will produce a part or perform a certain task and requires only to be loaded with the primary material(s) and can be operated from one location using one controlling device that has only one key to turn on to start it up.

U

U-groove

A term that means that a roll bearing or servo feed wheel has a radius or “V” or other  such shape