EuroWire September 2020

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Lukas at wire China

▲ ▲ Lukas Anlagenbau taping line

Lukas Anlagenbau GmbH, a family-owned manufacturer from Germany, will exhibit its equipment for the wire and cable industry on StandW1D14 at wire China in September. The focus of the company’s products is on complete taping lines with taping materials such as PTFE, Kapton, mica, paper or metal. Also used for producing special cables for medical, aircraft or power applications, the company’s taping lines can be found at the premises of suppliers worldwide. The product range covers single components like payoffs, capstans, caterpillars, sintering ovens and take-ups, to complete rewinding lines and fine wire drawing lines for non-ferrous materials. In October 2019, Lukas took over the business of Erwin Neumann Drahtveredelungstechnik GmbH, Germany, extending its product range with electrolytic single wire-plating lines for tin, silver, nickel and copper. The current product highlight is the horizontal taping machine. With a new drive concept, Lukas ensures improvement of quality in taping technology. The design of the components has also been revised for easier handling and better serviceability. Lukas Anlagenbau GmbH www.lukas-anlagenbau.de Kieselstein launches new service enquiry tool Customers of German wire machine producer Kieselstein can use a new service tool for placing their enquiries. The company had recognised a problem with the existing process. A maintenance person who identifies a need for spare parts, for example, might not have the opportunity to send the enquiry, and might have to address the request to a purchasing department. The requirements would have to be specified, and technical documents placed at the purchaser’s disposal, for forwarding by email to the supplier. Kieselstein intends to facilitate this often-laborious process with a tool provided on its spare parts website. The customer can choose either a request for spare parts or services, or to address an individual request to Kieselstein, and then has the option to upload pictures or files containing details about the enquiry, or to add contact details directly from the mobile device being used. This can be done directly at the machine. Pictures of the machine label and the required spare part can be added, as well as a photo of the business card, before the enquiry is sent to Kieselstein. The company will also distribute stickers that can be attached to the plant, to display a QR code that leads directly to the service enquiry portal. Kieselstein is able to process enquiries not only for its own plants, but also for plants of other drawing machine brands. Kieselstein International GmbH www.kieselstein.com

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