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Coatings, printing and striping inks

Printing on cables and fibres

Medek & Schörner covers virtually the entire spectrum of machines for marking cables and coding optical fibres. The cable marking machines range features: High quality •

The Colorant Chromatics Group produces a full range of colour concentrates, compounds, pigment dispersions, inks and additives for processors of high performance plastics and fluoropolymers. The major polymers processed are FEP, ETFE, ECTFE, PFA, MFA, PVdF, PEEK, THV and PES. Colorant Chromatics has developed an extensive range of water based top coatings, printing, striping or ring marking inks with specially developed heavy metal free pigments – including new offerings with reduced PFOA dispersions – for fluoropolymers and other high temperature, high performance plastics: FEP and PTFE inks to print and • stripe or top coat on FEP, PTFE and PFA insulated wires FEP and PTFE low noise • dispersions to coat low noise coaxial cables with a dielectric core of FEP and PTFE. The dispersions can also be used as an antistatic coating on FEP and PTFE impregnated glass cloth Low temperature inks to print • and stripe or top coat on ETFE, E-CTFE and PVdF insulated wires Printing and striping inks for • Colorant Chromatics ink products have been formulated without the intentional addition of any substances listed in “European Directive 2002/95/ EC – Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances”, RoHS. Colorant Chromatics Group has facilities in Aland, Finland; Bethel, CT, USA; and Shanghai, China, and sales offices worldwide. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the ColorMatrix Group. Colorant Chromatics AG – Switzerland Email : info@colorant-chromatics.ch Website : www.colorantchromatics.com polyimide and PEEK

gravure printers at speeds up to 1,200m/min, including an ‘intelligent’ ink pump system Water misting

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unit for the application of fine water dust for pre-cooling of the hot wire immediately after the extruder Embossing metre markers or hot foil sequential metre markers for accuracy • of length measurement of cables High performance ring markers for marking telephone wires, switchboard • wires, automotive and LAN cables Video system for monitoring the print quality of fast-running cable printing • machines, allowing real-time inspection for poor quality or missing prints A laser marking system for cables • The capacity of any system can be significantly increased, quickly and easily, simply by exchanging individual components. New components from Medek & Schörner are always compatible – even if a system has already been in operation for many years. Cable marking machines from Medek & Schörner are particularly serviceable by the operating staff, without the need for service engineers from the manufacturer. High-speed optical fibre processing systems offer optical fibre colour coding up to 3,000m/min and ring marking of optical fibres. Cable marking equipment from Medek & Schörner ❍ ❍

Medek & Schörner GmbH – Austria Fax : +43 1982 72 96 Email : m+s@medek.at Website : www.medek.at

Marking solution for wire

Wiedenbach’s WP Series inkjet printer is designed for the positioned printing of wires, of the same lengths, with the same marking. It allows for a smooth change of printing texts and parameters. Input of text and positions can take place directly at the printer or by using the provided software. Software is also available for the processing of wire harness. The printer is easy to integrate or retrofit with all wire processing machines and can be used for different production lines or for printing on both sides of the wire by simultaneous use of two print heads (ring marking).

Wiedenbach Apparatebau GmbH – Germany Website : www.wiedenbach.com

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