EoW May 2009

Materials handling & equipment

Strand spool saves costs More than ten years ago, Maschinenfabrik Niehoff introduced the Niehoff Package System (NPS) to the market, a handling system which enables an efficient, safe and economical handling of cables, conductors, wires and strands. The NPS consists of specially developed spoolers and collapsible multi-way spools made of ABS plastic. One of the NPS spools is designed for the spooling and transportation of wire bundles and strands. It features a correspondingly rugged and sturdy design and construction and is available in flange diameters of 630mm or 560mm. Like all other NPS spools, the NPS strand spools can be fully dismantled when empty and stacked into each other, which means that an NPS strand spool takes up only a third of the space of a comparable conventional spool and needs therefore much less return shipping space than traditional spools of the same capacity.

NPS spools can be fully dismantled when empty ▲ ▲

For the application of the NPS strand spool, a return on investment calculation, carried out by Niehoff, suggests that investment in NPS630 spools and the necessary conversion of the relevant machinery may be returned in a year and a half. The detailed calculation example is available upon request from Niehoff. Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co KG – Germany Fax : +49 9122 977155 Email : info@niehoff.de Website : www.niehoff.de Cable winding Drouaire cable winding machines incorporate modern state-of-the-art technology, using a combination of electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic power. The result is believed to the most rapid and easily operated unit of this kind available. Drouaire machines have been installed all over the world for major cable makers and cable sellers including Nexans, Prysmian, Draka and Silec and the range of production represents wide choice for cable, wire and optical fibre cable producers.

The cable winding machines are fitted to a wide variety of drums and cables: for small drums (less than 1.4m diameter) payoff, traversing unit and take-up can be an all-in-one machine. This winding equipment is designed for cable sellers and cable users. The same machine will wind onto either a coiler or a drum: selection is easy, quick and secure (CE labelled). For larger, heavier drums

(from 1.4m to 3.4m diameter), a gantry type is highly recommended to work more efficiently in all safety conditions. The layering unit should be motorised and controlled by PLC to wind the cable perfectly onto the drum. Control is by touch screen in the language of the user’s choice. Drouaire & Fils sa – France Fax : +33 553 887649 Email : contact@drouaire.com Website : www.drouaire.com Winding systems from Drouaire ▲ ▲

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EuroWire – May 2009