Patent ID: 9592528
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B05C,B05D,B29C,B29L,H01B

Claim:
1. An apparatus for forming a sheath over an elongate member, comprising: an extruder configured to apply a material to form the sheath, the extruder further comprising a feeder operating at a feeder speed to supply the material to the extruder; a drive mechanism configured to move the elongate member through the extruder at a line speed to apply the material to the elongate member thus forming the sheath, wherein the sheath has a thickness; a thickness sensor configured to determine the thickness of the material applied to the elongate member; and a controller comprising a central processing unit, a memory, and a transceiver that communicates with the feeder, the extruder, and the thickness sensor and receives feeder speed data from the extruder, line speed data from the drive mechanism, and thickness data from the thickness sensor, wherein during a ramp up timer period (RUt), the central processing unit is programmed to: