EoW May 2010

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Welding head of the M101 manual ▲ ▲ cold welder from PWM

Next stop, Wire Expo

bench-mounted or supplied with a trolley as an extra, enabling the machine to be wheeled directly to the weld area. The M101 has a capacity of 1mm to 3.6mm copper (0.04" to 0.141") and 1mm to 5mm (0.197") aluminium. PWM cold welders are precision engineered to provide strong, reliable permanent bonds, helping manufacturers save materials, cut costs and increase productivity. Amaral Automation is also the northeast US representative for Zumbach, B & H Tool Co Inc, W Gillies Technologies, Powertec, Bardac, Engineered Control Systems (ECS), New England Temperature Solutions (NETS), Subec, Yield Management Corp, Tulsa Power and Maag Pumps. PWM Ltd – UK Fax : +44 1233 820591 The cables supplied to this CRH project come from Nexans’ Flamex® range, specially designed to adhere to the various international standards and safety needs of the rolling stock industry. The selected cables are halogen free. The cable resists the propagation of fire and produces low smoke emissions in the event that a fire occurs. Nexans – France Fax : +33 15669 8484 Email : nexans.web@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.com Email : pwm@btinternet.com Website : www.pwmltd.co.uk

British company PWM will showcase its manually operated cold pressure welders at May’s Wire Expo. The range includes hand-held, bench and trolley-mountedmachines, with capacities from 0.1mm to 3.6mm (0.0039" to 0.141") diameter copper and 0.1mm to 5mm (0.0039" to 0.197") aluminium. The PWM range will be displayed at the show by Amaral Automation Associates, exclusive distributor of PWM cold welding equipment, spares and dies in the US and Canada. PWM’s hand-held portable welders, the M10, M25 and M30 models, designed for welding fine wire breaks quickly in confined spaces, are said to be exceptionally comfortable to hold and easy to use. The larger bench-mounted BM10 and BM30 models are durable, low maintenance machines with capacities ranging from 0.1mm to 1.8mm (0.0039" to 0.071") copper or aluminium. The versatile M101, one of PWM’s best-selling models, can either be Nexans has been awarded a contract worth €9.5 million to supply China’s state-owned vehicle producer, CNR Corporation Limited (CNR), with cables to develop the China Railway High-speed (CRH) trains that will enter service between Beijing and Shanghai in 2011. The cables are being manufactured at Nexans China’s production facilities in Waigaoqiao and Baoshan, both located in Shanghai. The first batch of cables was delivered in March 2010 and the last is due in March 2011. The new CRH trains will be composed of 16 cars, with a design speed of 350kph, and will carry up to 1,026 passengers. Flamex® cables for China railway

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