WCA September 2016

wire China 2016

➣➢➣ aircraft applications. Its taping lines can be found at many well-known suppliers worldwide. Its 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.

• Maillefer Consultation is a new service entity that is built around the wire and cable production process. It exploits core knowledge into individual advice and process skill improvements of wire and cable manufacturers The company is introducing a new Value Package to the Chinese market, including the new Round Value Package Premium with which production is controlled under very precise tolerances. This brand new curing concept guarantees utmost roundness in high voltage cable production. The new three-layer crosshead THX 100/180 LR redefines extrusion for big conductor sizes and EHV insulation. Optimised bi-flow distributors enable accurate wall thickness, centricity and roundness of the cable. The application offering has grown by one to include aviation, and the company’s experts are happy to explain about the new Aviation & Aerospace Wire Insulation Lines TEL 15X/Enter and TEL 25X// Extend. Material know-how is proven by demonstrations of how a rheometer for testing rubber curing parameters and the Curing Calculation Program NSS together give the best possible production run recipe. Cable samples from the R&D Centre’s Vertical Pilot Line for cables up to 750kV are available, and visitors can see how the new CRM 180 Cable Roundness Meter works. Measurement results are examined in minute detail for sudden cable geometry errors. Finding the reason for cable geometry errors in processes makes it easier to maintain quality in CV line production. Maillefer Oy – Finland Website : www.maillefer.net

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 high 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 Optical fibre coating systems: • Top speed optical fibre processing systems • Optical fibre colour coding up to 3,000m/min • Ring marking of optical fibres at speeds up to 1,150m/min • Tight buffering up to 1,300m/min • Fibre ribbon production with excellent ribbon planarity and for speeds up to 1,000m/min • CFU production of compact fibre units • Copper wire insulation with UV varnishes (enamelled wire) • Manufacture of dimension- sensitive precision micro flexible flat cables (FFC) using UV resins Medek & Schörner GmbH – Austria Website : www.medek.at ❍ Optical fibre colouring from Medek & Schörner

Recent developments have been advanced by energy and size reduction – and this will be in evidence with the exhibiting taping machines for magnet wire appli- cations, cost-optimised and easy- to-integrate taping and heating solutions. This should give incentives, especially to the Asian market. Lukas Anlagenbau – Germany Website : www.lukas-anlagenbau.de ❍ The focus of Lukas Anlagenbau’s products is on complete taping lines Maillefer has its roots in cable manufacturing. This combined with the widest application coverage and over 4,000 line deliveries has created unique competences available for customers via several new products. At China the company will introduce many novelties which enhance the competitiveness and responsiveness of wire and cable manufacturers. • Maillefer Factory System is a qualified concept to plan and realise a greenfield factory with the lowest possible risk and cost. The system is a way to outsource a factory project right after you have defined the end product, and is also suitable for expansion of current production facilities Maillefer Stand W1F24

Medek & Schörner Stand W1C32

Medek & Schörner will be presenting the following cable marking machines in Shanghai:

wire China 2016 – Shanghai New International Expo Centre 26 th -29 th September

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