EuroWire January 2016

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▲ ▲ SV 400 D type double spooler for insulated wires with filled and empty spools (Niehoff Package System)

Efficient, safe and economic cable handling

where they can be easily and quickly re-assembled, reloaded and then re-used. To protect the NPS spools from foreign spools which are not compatible with NPS, new original NPS multi-way spools are equipped with an RFID transponder. In this way NPS users can identify if a spool belongs to the system and is compatible with it – or not. In this case considerable disturbances would be the consequence. The RFID transponder also simplifies spool labelling. As the spool identification is stored in RFID no label is needed. The NPS packaging system allows trouble-free and tangle-free paying-off of automotive cables made of copper, copper alloys and aluminium at the highest speeds. Even signal cables made of copper alloys with a cross-section of 0.13mm² can be processed without any problems. Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co KG – Germany Website : www.niehoff.de

For almost 20 years, cable and wire harness manufacturers have been working with the Niehoff Packaging System (NPS). It has been in continuous development since its beginnings and has proven to be a highly efficient, safe and economic handling system for primary automotive cables as well as bunched wires, strands, conductors and cables. The NPS comprises special spoolers and collapsible multi-way spools made of ABS plastic. The spoolers are designed to operate in line with extrusion lines. Changeover from full to empty spools is carried out at full production speed, allowing non-stop operation. The spools made in different sizes offer a secure, stable and tangle-free package both when full or partially empty, and enable highest cable pay-off speeds into downstream processes. When empty, spools can be fully dismantled and nested into each other and returned to the cable manufacturer

Flexible Category 7 data cables The new ‘CU 7003 4P stranded’ range of cables from Dätwyler are Category 7 S/FTP installation cables produced using stranded conductors, which makes them particularly flexible. The AWG23 cables are available in three versions – designed for office cabling, harsh industrial environments and offshore applications. Dätwyler supplies the flexible installation cables (maximum 90m) either with a zero-halogen, flame-retardant, low-smoke outer sheath for structured in-house cabling, a polyurethane sheath for use in harsh industrial environments, or a tough, halogen-free SHF1 sheath for offshore applications (with DELTA and DNV certificates).

Dätwyler Cabling Solutions AG – Switzerland Website : www.cabling.datwyler.com

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