摘要 |
A winding apparatus for winding an element through a form which loads a coil of element through the form in a first direction to generate layers of the element in the coil, and unwinds the element from its layers in the coil and winds it under tension about the form in the opposite direction to wind a final coil. The apparatus uses a releasable retention mechanism responsive to a predetermined tension applied by the element for sequentially releasing successive portions of unwinding layers of the element as it is paid out from the loading coil to wind tightly about the form in response to an advancing region of maximum tension between the outer periphery of the final coil and the advancing point of separation of the element from the inner periphery of the loading coil. |