EoW May 2009

Materials handling & equipment

Special coil winding line

“ ACID-FREE PROCESS FOR STEEL ROD CLEANING & SURFACE PREPARATION” “New Way to Draw Steel Wire in the 21 st Century”

Upon a specific request from Prysmian of Aberdare UK (formerly Pirelli), PS Costruzioni engineers have designed and manufactured a special packaging line: the automatic coil winding machine, model PS 200/8-2. This line is unique because it can wind up short length coils (5, 10, 15 and 25m) with the following dimensions: Maximum outer diameter: 230mm • Inner diameter: 110mm or according to the customer’s requirements • Adjustable height from 30mm to 110mm •

DCCD process features: • Eliminates acid, borax and precoatings • Zero energy consumption • Direct drawing from bare rod with no speed limitation, for H/C and L/C • New Lubricant Viscosity Control provides exceptionally adherent coating • Adjustable lubricant residual • Zero lubricant waste • Recommended for severe drawing applications (spring, rope, bead, CO 2 welding, PC strand, plating quality) • H/C wire drawn at 18 m/s (3600 ft/min) • Up to 8 times longer die life • Exiting wire temp. 45°C (113°F) • Greatly improved wire ductility

DECALUB 31, avenue de Condé 77500 CHELLES, FRANCE Fax: +33 1 60 20 20 21 E-mail: info@decalub.com Website: www.decalub.com

Short length coils for Prysmian ▲ ▲

The standard PS 200/8-2 comprises units such as a 1,800mm driven portal payoff stand, a vertical dancer, an electronic control cabinet, as well as a meter-counter group, a coiling head, a diametric strapping unit, a thermo-shrinking tunnel, a film drilling machine and automatic perimetral taping unit and two labelling machines. The perimetral taping machine is designed to automatically apply adhesive tape onto the coil outer diameter thus making the final packaging more presentable. Company details such as the company name, address and website URL can be shown on this tape as well as the cable characteristics. The film drilling machine, located at the exit of the tunnel, can drill both sides of the shrink-wrapped coil simultaneously, thus producing a circular drilling and a hole to enable the customer to easily pull the end of the cable through. Moreover, by pressing the film-drilled area, the end-user can have a shrink-wrapped coil with a central hole and a small hole to pull the end of the cable. These holes, on the shrink-wrapped coil, also enable the customer to shelve the coils accordingly. PS Costruzioni Meccaniche Srl – Italy Fax : + 39 039 6898769 Email : ps@pscostruzioni.com Website : www.pscostruzioni.com

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EuroWire – May 2009