CONDUCTOR BUNDLE HOLDER AND APPARATUS FOR BANDING CONDUCTOR BUNDLE BY PLASTIC TAPE

摘要

A method and an apparatus for automatically binding bundles of electric cables. According to this invention, a plastic strap in the form of a continuous serrated band (52) is advanced by means of a feeding and pulling mechanism (80) along guides (80) and through a hollow retaining element (62) provided with a similar indentation and fed in the form of a continuous strip (60) of retaining elements (62). The plastic strap (52) is advanced until the bundle of cables has been wrapped, and the end of the serrated band (52) is reinserted through the opposite side of the retaining element (62). The binding is tightened by reversing the operation of the pulling mechanism (80) until the cables are pulled together; the serrated band (52) is then cut performing a binding stretched to the desired value.