EuroWire March 2024

Exhibitors at wire 2024

a more environmentally friendly waste profile than current Reelex and other packaging options. Reelex Air allows cable producers to put more product on a pallet while reducing waste and eliminating bulky and costly spools and reels.

as well as protective coatings, cleaners and corrosion inhibitors for all non ferrous and ferrous alloys, for both wire and tube applications. The core products can be made at all of the company’s manufacturing locations in the USA, Europe, Australia, Mexico and Singapore. An established global sales network serves customers throughout the world, including on-site support and technical sales assistance. The company has subsidiaries in the UK (RichardsApex Europe) and Australia (RichardsApex AustralAsia), and representatives in Canada, China, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Venezuela and Vietnam. Many other countries are served by subsidiaries and representatives. RichardsApex, Inc www.richardsapex.com Ridgway Machines Ltd 11 J01 Ridgway Machines’ high-speed taping machinery has been designed and manufactured for a large number of applications. multi-purpose taping heads that will apply a variety of materials such as Kapton®, glass and varnish, Daglas, mica and PTFE to round or flat conductors. The company has designed and manufactured a wide range of machines over the years, with taped applications ranging from 0.5 to 400mm (0.019" to 15.7") in diameter. While specialising in the manufacture of taping/insulating machinery, Ridgway also designs and manufactures a range of other cable and conductor equipment that can be installed into existing lines to improve and enhance the end products. These include: • Payoff and take-up drum stands, varying from simple pressure brakes to torque and dancer control systems. Manual, pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical lift systems are available to suit the application • Wire and cable encapsulation payoff, designed to pay off material for the encapsulation of electrical cables and wires • Accumulators that enable a change of drum without the need to stop production • Straighten-and-clean units designed to straighten and brush clean cables and conductors prior to taping Equipment includes

As a consequence, the heat of the drawing process can be transferred over the same surface area as usual. As with ND, crystal orientation is guaranteed, which makes them suitable for producing round drawing tools. Large SSCD crystals are readily available, and are traceable and conflict-free. In terms of the technical suitability of SSCD dies versus natural diamond dies, on an atomic scale the two materials are indistinguishable from each other: the carbon crystal lattice is identical. However, natural diamond often has traces of nitrogen, boron and other elements that manifest macroscopically as the diamonds colour. Crystal defects, as seen in natural diamond, can also appear during synthesis of SSCD, but in carbon vapour deposition (CVD) processes these defects can be avoided more easily by process control. As confirmed by Redies customers in a variety of tests, SSCD drawing tools can replace natural diamond tools without changing the drawing process. Redies Deutschland GmbH www.redies.com Reelex Packaging Solutions, Inc 09 F06-1 Reelex will debut the new S320e multi product combination spooler/Reelex machine, which features the capability to wind spools, Reelex coils and other linear winding patterns. The S320e represents the latest in Reelex’s new equipment and coiling technologies, and allows the user to make reels, spools, Reelex or linear coils all on one machine, via a programmable variable traverse. Bolt-on custom shafts accommodate a variety of spool sizes, and quick-change mandrels allow a wide variety of cable sizes to be wound in Reelex form. Featuring an ISO-standard safety design, physical safety cage, interlocks, safety PLC and Category 4 devices, the S320e can be used safely by both experienced and novice operators in distribution or manufacturing operations. The company will also exhibit physical examples of a variety of reel-less packaging technology available to cable manufacturers, including the Reelex Air® package – claimed to offer a slimmer profile, greater pay-out performance and

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S320e rewinder

Reelex is a patented method of winding any flexible filamentary material into a precision-wound figure-eight coil. This unique coil dispenses from the inside out without twists, tangles, snags or overruns, and can be placed into a wide range of containers, from cardboard boxes to shrink film and environmentally sustainable packaging. Reelex Packaging Solutions, Inc www.reelex.com RichardsApex, Inc 09 F06-04 RichardsApex, a manufacturer of wet lubricants for the ferrous, non-ferrous and alloy wire and tube industries, will be displaying its latest technology.

RichardsApex manufactures wet lubricants for ferrous, non-ferrous and alloy applications

From wire drawing, tube drawing and hot-rolling applications, RichardsApex provides semi-synthetic, fully synthetic and straight oil form compounds for wet drawing of non-ferrous and ferrous wire,

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