WCA May 2022

Exhibitors at wire 2022

strapping rubber tube involved in the final stage of the manufacturing process, help to prevent damage to the finished product. Equipment to be presented at wire 2022 will include new battery and portable shears, provided with 360° rotating head, for both wire and cable; a new wire butt welding machine for diameters up to Ø32mm, and the new TRS-3V vertical welding machine; clamps for coils and bobbins lifting up to 4 T; and unwinders and tilting machines for wire rod. Tramev Srl www.tramev.com Troester GmbH & Co KG 10 F60 The Troester Group is a manufacturer of complete extrusion systems and compounding solutions for the cable industry. The company will present its extrusion equipment for the production of low, medium, high and extra-high voltage cables, comprising CCV and VCV lines for underground and submarine cables, insulation and sheathing lines, single machines and components for cable production.

Brexit market access with Construction Products Regulation (CPR) related safety testing and certification services for the CE Mark in the European Union and the UKCA Mark for the United Kingdom. The UKCA mark has been introduced for products in England, Scotland and Wales in place of the European CE mark, and will be mandatory for regulated products from 1 January 2023. For manufacturers looking to place products in both British and European markets, certification must be completed by both an EU Notified Body (NB) and a technical assessment body for the CE Mark, and by a UK Market Conformity Assessment Body (UKMCAB) for the UKCA Mark. Through a combined safety testing and certification process, UL can now provide comprehensive services for a wide variety of power, control and communication cables for permanent installation in buildings. Available services include testing and certification to the requirements of the CE Mark for CPR products for the European market; UKCA Mark for CPR products for England, Scotland and Wales; UL safety testing and certification for North America; and various types of performance testing services for cables and cable assemblies based on national, international and industry specifications. “Our science-driven testing and certific- ation can help cable manufacturers assess compliance with the Construction Products Regulation for EU’s CE Mark and the UK’s UKCA Mark, which will help them demonstrate their dedication to safety while achieving market access throughout Europe,” said Morten Lassen, UL’s regional vice president of Europe. “Manufacturers can save time and money by integrating testing and certification to global requirements under UL’s comprehensive service solution for both the EU and the UK.” Products can be certified under the Assessment and Verification of Constancy of Performance (AVCP) System 1+ at UL International BV for CE marking and at UL International (UK) Ltd for UKCA marking. According to Product Area 31 (power, control and communication cable), this helps confirm compliance for market access to both the EU and UK. UL can also facilitate AVCP System 3 CE and UKCA marking requirements for cables. Products entering the Northern Ireland market may require the UKCA and UKNI marking.

TapeFormers range and discussing face to face with new and existing customers their upcoming projects and product developments. All TapeFormers are made bespoke to customer-specific requirements, and the company is looking forward to developing new tooling concepts.

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TapeFormers are made to meet individual customer requirements

A new product development for the TapeFormers range is extra-long versions – additional to the A XL and C XL models. These are useful when mounting the TapeFormer at a distance from the extruder head or for reaching inside a taping machine. TapeFormers Ltd www.tapeformers.com Tramev Srl 11 J14 For metal wire, wire rope and wire derivatives manufacturers, Tramev acts both as a supplier of new standard or special accessories and as a partner for the solution of technical problems. With light and portable tools from the company’s shears division, cutting, bending and straightening are easy operations. The Tramev shears line offers a full range of portable tools for cutting, straightening or bending of metal wire, allowing a fast and effective solution to problems related to wire, cable, strand and bolts and nuts. While shears for wire and cable are Tramev’s most successful product, the company has also developed – with customers and suppliers – other equipment to resolve common problems that are created along the wire and cable production chain. Some solutions, such as the gripper for handling of coils and bobbins, allow savings in terms of time; others, like the

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X-Compound will present its kneader technology for the continuous com- pounding of HFFR (LSOH), PVC, XLPE, semi-conductive materials and EPR/ EPDM. X-Compound specialises in the planning and construction of complete systems for the compounding of plastics with theprocess steps conveying,melting, dispersing, mixing and degassing. Troester GmbH & Co KG www.troester.de

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