Patent ID: 8371147
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: B21F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A coil interlinking process for interlinking first and second wire coils defining respective first and second coil axes, the process comprises: providing the first and second coils on a supporting surface such that the first and second coil axes are orientated substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the supporting surface, actuating a first compression member to compress the first coil substantially parallel to said first coil axis to define a first clearance between the first coil and a first edge of the supporting surface, actuating a first indexing member to extend the second coil substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis passed the first coil via said first clearance, retracting the first compression member to allow the first coil to extend substantially parallel to the first coil axis across said first clearance, and retracting the first indexing member to allow the second coil to contract substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis such that the second coil engages the first coil thereby interlinking the first and second coils.