At the end of the forward stroke of {TAIL ~ the first ram}, the blank wire is stopped projecting from the cutting die by a predetermined length, {HEAD ~ i.e., a predetermined thickness} of the coupling element 
At the end of the forward stroke of { TAIL ~ the first ram } , the blank wire is stopped projecting from the cutting die by a predetermined length , { HEAD ~ i.e. , a predetermined thickness } of the coupling element
OTH OTH OTH OTH OTH OTH OTH OTH TAIL TAIL TAIL TAIL TAIL TAIL TAIL OTH OTH OTH OTH OTH OTH OTH OTH OTH OTH OTH OTH OTH OTH OTH OTH HEAD HEAD HEAD HEAD HEAD HEAD HEAD HEAD HEAD OTH OTH OTH OTH