Patent ID: 11880084
Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 16:
17. A system to make an armored cable from strip stock, the armored cable having at least one conductor, the system comprising:
a forming stage configured to form an advancing armor tubing from the strip stock being fed to the forming stage;
a welding stage after the forming stage being configured to weld a seam of the advancing armor tubing;
at least one guide tube having an outlet disposed in the advancing armor tubing beyond the welding stage, the at least one guide tube guiding insertion of the at least one conductor inside the advancing armor tubing and protecting the at least one conductor past the welding stage; and
a plurality of support legs disposed on the at least one guide tube and supporting the at least one guide tube inside the advancing armor tubing.