What is the difference between wire traverse vs. oscillating spool?
The traverse system moves the wire back and forth along the horizontal face of the spool to provide uniform winding. The better the traverse system selected, the better the winding and the more costly. However, even the best designed and engineered wire traverse tends to put camber in the wire and for such applications as flat wire and fiber-optics, this cannot be tolerated. In such cases it is best to oscillate the spool while the centerline of the product remains fixed through accurate guiding.
