摘要 |
A method of manufacturing a brush seal includes the steps of maintaining a pair of first elongated frames spaced from one another on a fixture; wrapping wire strands about and longitudinally along the pair of frames in multiple longitudinal wire passes forming wire runs; disposing two pairs of first elongated plates between the wire runs at respective locations spaced from one another along the wire runs and at an angle to the wrapped strands with the plates of each pair lying parallel to and in registration with one another; clamping two pairs of second elongated plates at respective locations along an outside of the wire runs with each pair of second plates registering with the respective first pairs of plates, the two pairs of second plates extending generally parallel to the pairs of the first plates; cutting the wrapped strands outside of and beyond the first and second pairs of plates forming two wire strand runs with both ends of each run disposed between and straddled by a pair of plates; welding the cut strands and the pair of plates straddling the cut ends to one another at respective opposite ends of each cut wire strand run; and cutting each wire strand run intermediate the welded ends of each strand run to form two bristle packs from each run and from which bristle packs brush seals may be formed.
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