EoW November 2011

Cable sheathing, armouring, printing & marking

Cable marking machines

Queins & Co, Germany, in addition to its long years’ experience in manufacturing stranding machines, is engaged in building complete extrusion lines. new combi-extrusion line for XLPE (Silan processed), PVC, PE and TPR. Three extruders are available (65mm, 150mm and 90mm), all L/D = 25, including payoff/take-up 2,500mm, along with two caterpillar capstans, Plasticolor mixing stations, Sikora laser measuring heads, and Medek & Schörner hot stamping marking device. Complete extrusion lines Available from stock is a

Medek & Schörner produces cable marking machines and optical fibre processing lines, and covers virtually the entire spectrum of machines for marking and printing of wires and cables and coding optical fibres.

The company’s product range begins with extremely simple coding machines, and extends all the way to fully automated machines using cutting-edge technology for use in high-speed production lines. The capacity of any system can be increased quickly and easily by exchanging individual components. New components from Medek & Schörner are always compatible, even if a system has been in operation for many years. The company’s product range includes high quality gravure printers for LAN cables, control cables, etc, for speeds up to 1,200m/min, providing better performance and printing quality compared to ink-jet-printers, in particular on critical insulation material. Embossing metre markers/hot foil sequential metre markers provide high accuracy of length measurement (for power cables, tele- communication cables, optical fibre cables, etc). The company produces high performance ring markers for speeds up to 2,500m/min, for telephone wires, switchboard wires, automotive cables and LAN cables.

▲ ▲ Queins triple extrusion line

Queins also builds extrusion line accessories such as heavy-duty payoffs and take-ups, and pushing and pulling caterpillar capstans. Queins & Co GmbH – Germany Fax : +49 2472 3014 Email : info@queins.com Website : www.queins.com

▲ ▲ Medek & Schörner’s FMS 5 hot foil metre marker

Medek & Schörner also manufactures a line of highly specialised precision marking machines to cover those applications where conventional markers may not be the optimal choice, such as laser printers. Medek & Schörner GmbH – Austria Fax : +43 1 982 72 96 Email : m+s@medek.at Website : www.medek.at New line to boost company’s growth

Formed in 1907, Mazzoleni manufactures galvanised steel wire for cable armouring in low and high carbon quality, and in a production range of 0.8mm diameter to 12mm, according to EN 10257 in tensile class from 34-165. For high performance cables flat wire is mostly used in 7x2mm to 20x4mm in heavy galvanised quality. The company also has a new high performance galvanising line in order to meet the specific technical requirements of cable armouring, and this guarantees the continuous growth of the company in the international market. The company also holds the ISO 9001 and since 2003 the certificate for environmental management, ISO 14001. Mazzoleni SpA – Italy Fax : +39 035 211 004 Email : info.tb@mazzoleni.it Website : www.mazzoleni.it

▲ ▲ Some of the products fromMazzoleni

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EuroWire – November 2011