EuroWire January 2024

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Innovation and new challenges for the cable industry

Mixer has expanded its EKOPREN range with rubber compounds for sheathing and insulation, which join the existing bedding compounds, to provide complete solutions to cable manufacturers. The company states that this further expansion of the portfolio and the new EKOgraft offering will allow cable manufacturers to find effective solutions for their needs and to be supported by the technical area in the development of customised products. Visitors to wire Düsseldorf will find Mixer on stand 12 E72. Mixer SpA www.mixercompounds.com BWE Ltd BWE Ltd is a British engineering company specialising in continuous extrusion machines and cold pressure welders. Its Conform™ and Conklad™ continuous extrusion technologies are established in the non-ferrous, cable and tube industries. Typical applications for Conform include copper and aluminium rectangular wire (magnet wire for transformers), solid aluminium conductor (SAC for cables) and copper busbar. Read the full story in the March issue

to the new EKOgraft compounds, the company will present at the event its EKOPREN® brand: a complete solution of peroxide cross-linkable compounds for low and medium voltage insulation as well as sheathing and thermoplastic bedding grades. In particular, Mixer will present products designed to increase the performance of cable in terms of fire propagation, gas emission and dripping – elements that allow the cable producer to obtain a better classification of the cable according to the CPR (Construction Product Regulation).

Mixer SpA provides solutions to cable manufacturers, and throughout its history has constantly innovated its offerings. The company’s new series of EKOgraft® moisture curable compounds allow cable manufacturers to achieve flexible and simplified production using a reinvented process. Mixer’s scientists analysed solutions and studies on the development opportunities of moisture curable compounds, closely correlating them to real clients’ needs. This enabled the company to enhance its offering with a new solution to meet customers’ high expectations. The EKOgraft portfolio includes grades for photovoltaic cables according to EN 50618 and TÜV specifications; new compounds for railway and offshore cables are currently being developed. Mixer will participate as an exhibitor at wire in Düsseldorf, Germany, in April, where it will highlight its innovations announced in recent months. In addition

Mixer has developed new compounds for cable manufacturers

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January 2024