EuroWire May 2022

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Optimal recirculation of braiding spools in the wire and cable industry

loading and set-up in less than five minutes. To avoid taking up additional factory space, the machine is positioned directly on the EPAL box pallet containing the recycled material. With a simple action, the unwound material falls directly into the box underneath. The machine can be transported easily around the factory due to the substructure, which corresponds to the EPAL standard, and the low net weight of the machine. The new VisioCablePro® bobbin unwinder has an intelligent automatic switch-off function, which stops the machine once thewire is unwound fromthe spools or the decoiler is full. Anti-vibration rollers and rubber elements gradually slow down the decoiler when the machine is switched off. Safe operation is ensured due to the low traction on the rotating components and the clear indicator lights. The quality of the used spools remains high over a long period. The spools can therefore pass through the production process more frequently, and the risk of wire breaking during braiding is minimised with undamaged spools. By removing the manual use of sharp blades, the unwinder also reduces the risk of injury. The machine is suitable for use with wire, thread or plastic fibres. iiM AG measurement + engineering www.iimag.de having to fetch them from the control room. • Follow line performance with the online PSU screen, from any location: Remote Office enables viewing of production live on a PC, in read-only mode. Real parameter settings and essential readings for a certain run can easily be checked. Users can review the recent alarm list to ensure that production is executing smoothly. Operators have uninterrupted access to work on the line, even with several remote office sessions underway. The new Remote Office function offers convenient access to interpret, understand and analyse the production line and its data. Maillefer Extrusion Oy www.maillefer.net

usually has to be removed by hand. Popular methods in the industry, such as using blades or multi-tools, are not only time consuming but can also damage the surface of the spools. This damage increases the risk that the fine wire will become caught or snap when the spool is used again. The service life of the spool is also reduced by these manual methods. iiM’s new automatic unwinder was developed to counteract this problem and make the use of braiding spools more sustainable. It offers the ability to unwind up to 24 spools at the same time without supervision. The machine’s simple, logical design allows the operator to complete

A contribution towards supporting sustainable production and resource conservation in the cable and wire manufacturing industry is now available from iiM. The new ABU24 automatic bobbin unwinder makes it possible to gently and quickly feed up to 24 braiding spools back into the braiding process simultaneously. Special braiding spools are required in order to use braiding machines within the cable and wire manufacturing process. These spools, or bobbins, cannot be completely or evenly unwound during braiding: there is always a certain amount of wire remaining on the spool, which

The ABU24 guides wire from the braiding spools to the reel via the distributor

Analyse lines fromwhere you work best Maillefer is offering customers the pos sibility to bring the Process Supervising Unit into the remote office. while working with Remote Office. Data can be stored on the user’s own device, reports can be printed on a local printer, and information can be analysed from any workplace.

The Process Supervising Unit version 6 (PSU6) has brought several improvements to users in a manufacturing environment. Customers gain possibilities for improved data logging and analysis, unlimited storage time for data, and more flexible and editable systems for recipes and alarm management. This was previously only possible when in reach of the production line and its controls. Remote Office gives the ability to securely monitor PSU screens and to analyse production data, independent of location. Users can connect fromtheir own office PC without disturbing the actual operations on the production line, via read-only access. All office PC tools are available

Three basic scenarios are available: • Analyse production data: all data can be downloaded to a PC, where line performance can be analysed. Troubleshooting, output analysis and production comparisons between lines are typical of the data that can be analysed using the Wonderware Historian tools. • Plan and add recipes to the line: users can easily insert upcoming recipes, then go to the control room to load them into the production system. This tool helps users to plan for and develop products. Production reports can be printed anywhere, without

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