WCA January 2020

Technology news

Length and speed gauge for bouncing, unguided moving products

APPLICATIONS that involve the production of long, continuous cylindrical products can pose measurement challenges. Products that cannot be well guided can move off-axis and out of the measurement range, making it difficult for traditional laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) gauges to keep the laser on the product’s surface. This results in hard-to-obtain and unreliable length and speed measurements. NDC’s new LaserSpeed Pro M Series gauge from the Beta LaserMike products family is designed to solve this problem. The patent-pending gauge uses an LDV optical technique that provides reliable and robust length and speed measurements of small, bouncing and unguided cylindrical moving products, from bare conductor wire to insulated primary wire and cable. The LaserSpeed M Series gauge enables manufacturers to effectively control product speed and process functions in challenging applications. Manufacturers can benefit by reducing product give-away, minimising scrap,

❍ The new LaserSpeed Pro M Series gauge can measure moving wire

avoiding loss in productivity and downtime, and realising other savings. Beta LaserMike – an NDC Technologies brand www.ndc.com

The C2S service division of Sampsistemi supplies more than 600 adaptable bow designs to the market for all kinds of double-twist equipment. For smaller bunching units (400/560mm) to larger double-twist stranders for aluminium or copper cords (2,000mm), C2S can propose bows to ensure performance and optimised production. By moulding high-graded carbons, C2S also ensures the long durability of its bows, as well extended lifetime of the main equipment, preventing harmful vibrations from spreading to the main bearings housings. The technical definition of the bow design is always discussed with the end-user, in terms of expected production speeds, product size or wire path interchangeability. The C2S team works in close collaboration with cable makers (mostly maintenance teams) to harmonise guides or eyelets on different brands of double-twist equipment. The strength of the company is in its supply chain simplification, along with technical improvements. Among C2S’s best sellers is the patented Greenbow2 design, a closed-bow design that allows up to 25 per cent energy savings on high-speed bunchers. Initially developed for automotive products but now extended to small control or robotics cables thanks to fully interchangeable wire paths, Greenbow2 is easy to maintain as it features a removable inner tube. Samp SpA www.sampsistemi.com Bows for all types of double-twist equipment

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