Patent ID: 9168634
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: B08B,B24C,B29B,B29C,H01B,H02G,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A method of removing covering(s) from underlying metal in a substrate consisting of tangled: wires, bundles of wires, coils of wires, and/or cables of wires, comprising: a) providing a system for use in removing covering(s) from underlying metal in said substrate: comprising: a source of pressurized fluid; at least one nozzle for expelling fluid in a jet, and apparatus for adjusting the orientation of said at least one nozzle; a primary entry conveyor (CB said system further comprising at least one additional, entry (CB such that in use fluid provided from said source of said pressurized fluid is expelled from said at least one nozzle as a jet and is directed to impinge onto, at an angle-of-incidence thereto, said substrate which is present on said supporting surface comprising the supporting mesh or perforations of said primary entry conveyor (CB 1 ), said angle-of-incidence being effected by adjusting the orientation of said at least one nozzle via adjusting said apparatus for adjusting the orientation thereof; and such that impact of said fluid with said at least one covering causes a substantial portion thereof to be stripped from said underlying metal at or near the location at which it impinges onto said substrate; b) causing lengths of substrate to be present on said supporting surface comprising the supporting mesh or perforations of said primary entry conveyor (CB c) while causing said length of substrate to be conveyed along said primary entry conveyor and/or causing said at least one nozzle to move with respect to said supporting surface comprising the mesh or perforations of said primary entry conveyor, causing said at least one nozzle to be oriented so that fluid ejected therefrom impinges upon said substrate and causing fluid to be ejected from said at least one nozzle as a jet; such that interaction between said ejected fluid and said at least one covering causes a substantial majority thereof to be removed from said underlying metal in said substrate.