Shield Braid Brushing, Cutting and Fold-Back Machine for 3–9 mm Shielded Cable WM-181

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The WM-181 prepares the braided shield on cable ends from 3.0 to 9.0 mm OD — rotating steel brushes open and comb the braid, the blade trims it to a set remaining length of 3 to 10 mm, and the machine folds it back over the jacket, ready for a 360° shield termination. It works on strip windows from 8 to 35 mm at 700–1,000 pieces per hour, needs 220 V (600 W) and 0.4–0.6 MPa of air, and sits on a bench at 580 × 500 × 400 mm. Blades and brushes are the only consumables.

Specifications

Key features

• Steel wire brushes open and comb the braid without nicking the insulation underneath — gentler than pulling it apart with blades or hand picks
• Trims the shield to a repeatable 3–10 mm remaining length and folds it back over the jacket in one clamp cycle
• One operator loads pre-stripped ends and takes out finished, fold-backed shields at 700–1,000 pieces per hour
• Blades and brushes are the only wear parts, listed as standard consumables and swapped without special tools

What it processes

• Shielded cable prepared for EMC glands, ferrules and 360° shield contacts
• Sensor, signal and camera harnesses with 3–9 mm OD shielded cable
• New-energy and industrial assemblies where hand-combed braid is too slow and too inconsistent

Suited for: shielded cable from 3.0 to 9.0 mm OD whose braid must be opened, trimmed to 3–10 mm and folded back over the jacket — the end state EMC glands and 360° shield ferrules expect. Not suited for: cutting to length, jacket stripping or foil-only shields — for the upstream cut and jacket work, pair it with the WM-184X rotary blade cut and strip machine, built for the same braided and shielded constructions; foil shields are a job for the coaxial cable processing machines.

Braid density and lay length vary between cable makes: send 2–3 meters of your actual shielded cable and we run it on this machine on video before you order.