WCA March 2014

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to 60 per cent less energy in comparison with desiccant dryers; eliminate the need to regenerate desiccant; and reduce start-up time as a result of a drying cycle that is only one-sixth as long.

of technological know-how and equipment solutions, but also from products with high added value. The company also offers a wide range of services and maintenance packages, product cost and materials saving solutions, as well as insulation cleanliness and quality improvement solutions. With customer value targets in mind, Maillefer is expanding the wire and cable product portfolio beyond the high performance range. New products are being launched in order to fulfil the more diverse needs coming from customers who are less concerned with possessing the highest production performance available. The different requirements and customer value demands are coming, for example, from the world’s developing markets. In response, a medium voltage and a building wire insulation line have been developed. Both newcomers use the Maillefer extrusion standard, tested in more than 4,000 installations. More new solutions are on their way.

for producing telecom, LAN, coax and speciality signal cables. Maillefer has sales and service support, production facilities, development and testing capabilities in Finland and Switzerland. Regional sales and service offices are established in China, Egypt, India, Russia and the USA. In addition Maillefer has a worldwide agent network. Maillefer Extrusion OY – Finland Website : www.mailleferextrusion.com Medek & Schörner Stand: 10A56-01 Medek & Schörner will be presenting and demonstrating the following high- performance cable marking machines at wire 2014. Cable marking machines : • High quality gravure printers (LAN cables, control cables, etc) for speeds up to 1,200m/min • Water misting unit for the application of fine water dust for pre-cooling of the hot wire immediately after the extruder • Embossing metre markers/hot foil sequential metre markers for highest accuracy of length measurement (power cables, telecommunication cables, optical fibre cables, etc) • High performance ring markers for marking telephone wires, switchboard wires, automotive cables and LAN cables • Video system for monitoring the print quality of fast-running cable printing machines, eg allowing real-time inspection for bad quality and/or missing prints • Laser marking system for cables ❍ Medek & Schörner covers virtually the entire spectrum of machines for marking cables

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• Conveying and loading systems . The Clear-Vu™ loader is a portable “mini-central” system that allows flexible deployment and makes it possible to automate loading in smaller operations. The system automatically conveys raw materials to as many as eight stations while incorporating features that streamline material discharge, reduce maintenance requirements, and eliminate plant noise.  Maguire also offers a range of centralised or plant-wide conveying systems. The FlexBus™ vacuum loading control system uses a single cable to connect a vacuum pump with one or many individually controlled receivers and readily accommodates the addition of more. • The Sweeper™ . Available only from Maguire, this device completely empties octobins or Gaylords of compound without wasting operator time or resorting to cumbersome box tilters. Every Sweeper continuously sweeps the length and breadth of the top level of pellets in a container, reaching into every corner, as it uses vacuum to transfer the material to an extruder or dryer. The device descends along with the level of pellets in the octobin until the container is empty. Maguire Europe Ltd – UK Website : www.maguire-europe.com ❍ MLS Clear-Vu™ loading system, left, with receivers atop a Maguire weigh scale blender, right

Over the past year, Maillefer has been developing its product portfolio around one central theme – customer value. It is not a new idea, but rather a growing priority. The new ways of working and supporting its customers in everyday manufacturing activity create new types of competi- tiveness for its customers. The current product families available from Maillefer are energy cables including manufacturing solutions for producing automotive, building, LV, MV, HV and EHV cables; fibre optic cable manufacturing solutions for buffering and jacketing fibre optic cables; plastic pipe manufacturing technology; solutions for producing heating and plumbing, medical, automotive, irrigation, water and gas pipes; and telecom cable making including solutions ❍ Maillefer’s new high performance screw for XLPE insulation

Maillefer Extrusion OY Stand: 10D21

Maillefer provides complete extrusion solutions serving both wire and cable and pipe and tube manufacturers worldwide. The progress achieved together with customers comes not only from its supply

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