WCA March 2014

Technology news

❍ The NPS double spooler SV 402 D and transportation device with empty and filled NPS multi-way spools NPS spools: Compatibility protected by RFID

compatible with each other, has come into being worldwide. No matter which spools are returned, they always fit together – an invaluable advantage. To protect the NPS spools in future from foreign spools which are not compatible with NPS, Niehoff has protected the system for a long time. In the last few years the Federal Court of Justice has ruled on several decisions that the improper insertion into a foreign series has to be regarded as an anti-competitive practice. From 1 st June 2014 Niehoff will supply original NPS reusable spools with a built-in RFID transponder system – at no extra cost. By means of this transponder NPS users can identify if the spool belongs to the system, either at their incoming goods department or at the Niehoff NPS double spoolers. Moreover, the RFID transponder simplifies spool labelling.

As the spool identification is stored in RFID no label is needed. Niehoff has also applied for industrial property rights protecting this development and expects to receive that protection soon. A five-year warranty for NPS spools equipped with RFID transponders is offered by Niehoff – also free of charge for users. NPS is the world’s only packaging system for automotive cables made of copper, copper alloys and aluminium which allows trouble-free and tangle-free paying-off at highest speeds. Even signal cables made of copper alloys with a cross-section of 0.13mm² can be processed with NPS without any problems. NPS users are well prepared for the future. Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co KG – Germany Website : www.niehoff.de

MORE than 20 years ago Niehoff developed the highly efficient, safe and cost-effective reusable packaging NPS system for automotive cables. Simultaneously, it produced the fully automatic double spoolers for insulated conductors. These spoolers are operated in line with extrusion lines and feature a reliable and safe changeover from full to empty spools at full production speed (non-stop production). The NPS system guarantees the safe and cost-effective transport of automotive cables and highest, tangle-free pay-off speeds in front of fully automatic crimping machines for all materials and conductor cross sections. Empty spools are dismantled and stacked into one another ensuring low-cost return transport to the cable maker. In around 20 years a pool of more than three million NPS spools,

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