WCA March 2016

Technology news

Hybrid assemblies from Northwire

Northwire project managers, in collaboration with research and development, will focus on expanding SMPTE and ARIB product lines with halogen-free flame retardant, low smoke zero-halogen, low smoke halogen-free, riser, plenum rated and low temperature interconnectivity solutions. Northwire Inc – USA Website : www.northwire.com EcoStrip is a show debut Schleuniger demonstrated some new additions to its range at the 2016 IPC Apex Expo, the conference and exhibition at the Las Vegas Convention Center, USA. Schleuniger debuted its newest cut and strip machine, the EcoStrip 9380. This flexible machine is designed for expanded capabilities due to its quick-change transport unit for belts, rollers and shortmode, and is compatible with a wide range of accessories, including pre-feeding, marking, stacking and coiling. An intuitive colour touchscreen user interface minimises training and set-up times. Schleuniger – Switzerland Website : www.schleuniger.com

NORTHWIRE, a subsidiary of the Lemo Group, has been officially certified by Lemo to build and repair SMPTE hybrid fibre optic cable assemblies. Fully compatible with Lemo push-pull connectors – including the hybrid electrical/fibre optic 3K series – Northwire’s SMPTE 311 and ARIB versions are also compliant to RoHS2, REACH, ANSI and UL 758 AWM. Resistant to crush, impact, abrasion, cut and VW-1 flame testing, the Lemo and Northwire combination is said to “ensure quality and performance for rugged outdoor broadcast applications”. “In addition to celebrating our one-year anniversary within the Lemo group, Northwire has the pleasure of expanding our interconnectivity suite of products and services with Lemo to offer fully certified SMPTE and ARIB end-to-end solutions,” said Mike Schauls, VP of operations and engineering. “Around the world, our Lemo colleagues in the United Kingdom, Germany, Benelux, Japan, China, Singapore and the United States are equipped with fibre termination facilities and we are pleased to complement their efforts and expand Northwire’s HD broadcast offering to our valued customers,” he added.

At Wire Show Duesseldorf 2016, a Vertical Taping Machine with Vertical Oven will be exhibited. We would appreciate welcoming you to our booth, no. 12 B 22.

Lukas Anlagenbau GmbH is a family owned company, established in 1959, that produces customer-specific equipment for the wire and cable industry. The focus of our products is complete taping lines for producing taped or wrapped conductors with tape materials like PTFE, Kapton, Mica, Paper, etc. We also produce special cables for medical and aircraft applications, our taping lines can be found at many well-known suppliers worldwide. Furthermore our product range covers single components like pay-offs, capstans, caterpillars and take-ups, up to complete rewinding lines and fine wire drawing lines for non-ferrous materials.

During recent years our development has been advanced by a focus on energy and size reduction. At this year’s wire show we answer this request with new components that are intended to solidify our top position in taping machines for magnet wire applications and to extend our business in the cable industry with cost-optimized and easy-to-integrate taping and heating solutions. This should make our products more competitive especially to the Asian market. At our newly designed and enlarged booth 12B22 we are looking forward to meeting new and existing customers.

www.lukas-anlagenbau.de Am Forst 1, D-92648 Vohenstrauss • Phone: +49 9651 / 930-0 • info@lukas-anlagenbau.de w .luka - l bau.de

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