WCA May 2007

Cable Production Equipment

‘A superb piece of machinery’ At every re-appearance of this section the editors are always struck by the advances in equipment that had already reached a very highly advanced state the last time the feature was assembled.

Photo credit: Associated Engineers & Industrials Ltd

The question suggests itself, just how much can a superb piece of machinery be enhanced? Just how far can a vision of perfectibility be extended? Even a casual inspection of the websites of cable production equipment makers is instructive. They teem with the expressions of aspiration and striving. ‘Future-oriented.’ ‘Innovative.’ ‘Cutting-edge.’ ‘Progressive.’ ‘State-of-the-art.’ This is the language of professionals who proudly offer their best products – even as they maintain their efforts to improve those products.

Rotating machinery for the cable industry

Flymca is a Spanish firm which designs and manufactures rotating machinery for the production of power and telecommunication cables, steel ropes, and low relaxation strands. Flymca provides the cable industry with a wide range of cabling equipment like rigid stranders, tubulars, skip stranders, planetary and drum twisters, as well as all the auxiliary equipment like pay-offs and take-ups, rewinding lines, taping and binding heads, capstans and caterpillars. The services offered by Flymca are not restricted to the production of this machinery, and are completed by a whole service based on a professional installation and commissioning, recon- ditioning and upgrading, personnel training, and after-sales guarantee. Some examples of the present productions are a tubular strander (1+12) for 630mm DN bobbins, or several bow cablers for 1,600mm DIN bobbins, and the current commis- sioning of a rigid stranding line 1+12+18+24 for 630mm DIN bobbins. At present, the technological develop- ment department of Flymca is studding the tubular layer production, with trapezoidal wires.

Exceptional service from Flymca

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sale of second hand machinery, with the possibility of reconditioning and refurbishing the elements.

This process is realised non-stop during the cabling, beginning with circular section wires, and supposes an immense convenience for the production of this kind of cabling. The company has also opened this year a new subsidiary called Flyro, which deals with the purchase and

Flymca/Flyro – Spain Fax : +34 942 55 98 65 Email : flymca@flymca.com Website : www.flymca.com

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Wire & Cable ASIA – May/June 2007