A repeating period of stranding the bundle of elements consists of at least two successive phases of twisting.

A machine for symmetrical stranding of at least two wires includes wire magazines in a number corresponding to the number of wires, from which magazines the wires are fed out.

A device is disclosed for stranding cables with individual strands which extend in alternating directions (SZ stranding) and which are guided in several successive guiding elements.

Sommer cable has employed a new, zero torsion stranding method (X-Torsion) for quite some time which handles this problem very well.

It is to be possible for the wires (3) to be double-twist stranded together while maintaining quality, i.e. ensuring the same length ratios in the wire layers on the multi-wire stranding principle on highly productive stranding machines.