EuroWire November 2020

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Efficient cable handling The Niehoff Package System (NPS) is an efficient and safe handling system for automotive wires, and consists of SV type spoolers and collapsible NPS plastic multi- way spools.

Even signal cables made of copper alloys with a cross-section of 0.13mm 2 can be processed without problems. Empty NPS spools can be fully dismantled and nested into each other. Dismantled spools take up only a third of the space of comparable conventional spools and so require less return shipping space. Upon return to the cable manufacturer, NPS spools can be easily and quickly reassem- bled and re-used for dozens of cycles. Nine types of NPS spool are offered, covering the size range 600/400 to 400/100, with the first figure indicating the flange diameter inmm and the second

The spoolers are designed to operate in line with extrusion lines, to spool the insulated wire coming from the line with a particular conical wire-laying technology onto the NPS spools. The spools offer a secure, stable and tangle-free package, both when full and partially empty, and enable high cable payoff speeds into downstreamprocesses.

▲ ▲ The NPS 400/400 spool made of PP has a flange diameter of 400mm and traverse height of 400mm

one showing the traverse height in mm. The 400/400 to 400/100 spools are also offered in a PP version. They are lower in cost than their predecessors but offer the same production safety and application potential as original NPS spools made of ABS, and are fully compatible with a pool of more than three million NPS spools.

▼ ▼ NPS 400/400 to 400/100 spools made of PP

All new NPS spools can be equipped with an RFID transponder system that allows users to identify if a spool belongs to the system and is compatible with it. As the spool identification is stored in the RFID chip, no label is needed. Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co KG www.niehoff.de

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