WCA September 2016

wire China 2016

➣➢➣ Industry 4.0 – “Smart Factory” – is becoming a reality and opening new doors both for suppliers and manufacturers. Predictive maintenance, backtracking of processes and online monitoring are just a few of those values and benefits. It supports optimising of the complete product life cycle.

surface as well as devices for monitoring the cleanliness of plastic material and for temperature measurement of PE melts will be shown. Sikora will showcase the Preheater 6000 TC, a temperature-controlled conductor preheating device that assures an optimum adhesion of the PE or other plastics on the conductor. In this context the Wire-Temp 6000 will also be presented: a non-contact conductor tempera- ture measurement system that is now also available for diameters up to 50mm and suitable for installation in CV lines. With the Purity Scanner, Sikora offers a system for 100 per cent online inspection and sorting of plastic pellets that contributes to process optimisation, quality assurance and cost saving. In addition, visitors will get to know the company’s sophisticated systems for quality assurance of optical fibres in the drawing tower. The product series is com- plemented by a gauge head for measuring the fibre temperature, as well as innovative equipment that gives information on the

manufactured by the Gauder Group China division for direct supply to the Asian market, with the same quality standards. Setic – France Website : www.pourtier-setic.com ❍ A large double twist stranding/laying-up machine (Setic TC 1250-4M) Sikora is presenting a full programme of well proven and innovative non-contact measuring, control, inspection and sorting devices for quality assurance and cost reduction in the wire, cable, optical fibre and plastics industries. The product range includes X-ray and laser devices for the measurement of diameter, eccentricity, ovality and wall thickness. In addition, lump detectors for the detection of non-conformities on the product ❍ The X-Ray 6000 measures the diameter, wall thickness and eccentricity of cables Sikora Stand W1F62

❍ VAD preform technology

Rosendahl & Nextrom have undertaken technological develop- ments in: • Processing high-temp materials and silicone rubbers • Producing loose tubes with fibre overlength control at extremely high speeds • Recycling helium during fibre draw • VAD/OVD preform technology RosendahlNextrom – Austria Website : www.rosendahlnextrom.com Setic provides high-speed double twist bunchers/stranders for the automotive industry as well as complete solutions to produce high quality LAN, special and control cables with enhanced performance (in one or two steps, according to product mix). The company is continuously developing new lines and concepts for non-ferrous cables in order to meet customers’ needs, such as tandem “mica taping/ bunching”, special high speed lines for battery cable, and new high speed lines for special and instrumentation cables. These machines are made in France and some of them are also Setic Stand W1F25

coating concentricity. Sikora AG – Germany Website : www.sikora.net

Spirka Schnellflechter Stand W1F57

Since 2012, Spirka Schnellflechter has offered complete reverse coiling lines with revised design and control for shielded low voltage and medium voltage cables. The advantage of LV- or MV-cables with a waveconal shielding is their easy and safe installation. The SSB shielding system features a high efficiency, good product quality and a long runtime as it uses drums for the copper tapes in

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