Traversing

Hello,

I'm new to the wire industry and I'm trying to get educated on some of the basic concepts.

I'd like to know what effect different pitch to wire diameter ratios have on the quality of the finished spool.

Specifically, if you have a 0.1"OD twisted bunch of stranded wire and you have a pitch setting of 0.1" then the wire will lay directly side by side. (if everything works perfectly.) What happens when you increase the pitch to twice the wire diameter? I would think it would be a bumpy mess. If you have a pitch that is 3 or more times the wire diameter what happens to the reel density and the finished spool appearance?

A reel of 1" rope will have the rope laying tight side by side. A spool of string has a cross hatch pattern. How are these effect created?

Does anyone know if a paper or book that addresses the effects of varying pitch ratio on the finished spool?

Thanks for your help.
Bruce Lamarre
NEWT