In the art of cable or wire rope manufacture several wires are helically wound about a central core wire or king wire as it is otherwise known. The wires are located on bobbins or spools the axis of which are transverse to the direction of the axis of the cable of the time of manufacture.
These bobbins are mounted in suitable cradles, generally one behind the other in a rotating device and the wires, except for the core wire, pass through guide apertures around the periphery of an annular guide. As the device rotates the annular guide winds the wires around the central core wire in a helical manner as described above.
It will be appreciated that because of the configuration of the apparatus and particularly the broad diameter of the rotating portion thereof the rotational speed and hence the rate at which cables can be produced is limited.
An object of this invention is to provide apparatus for making cables of this type, which apparatus has the facility of working at higher speeds than known types of apparatus and has a reduced filament loading time.