WCN Autumn 2010

Winding up, and winding down

WGH Wire Drawers sold

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Techna International is the UK agent for Meccanica Nicoletti equipment. The range includes a selection of winding machines to suit almost every cable winding application, from the smallest manual bench-top models, through motorised and s em i - a u t oma t ed units, up to fully automated cable handling systems for large-scale operations.

WGH Wire Drawers Ltd, based in the UK’s West Midlands area, has been sold after twenty-seven years in production. As a result the company has a range of wire drawing and ancillary plant for sale, including rod breakdown machines, finishing blocks (both heavy duty and smaller to cover size range from 20mm to 1mm), gravity blocks, coilers, die sizing machine and a stock of both diamond dies and tungsten carbide dies. There is also a wide range of lifting equipment including cranes, hoist, Pellaby swinging jibs and overhead track. The full range of equipment for sale can be seen on the WGH website, www.wgh.netai.net The non-ferrous business in brass, copper, phosphor bronze and aluminium wires is now being produced by fellow IWMA member Fox Wire and the steel wire business by Boswell Rod & Wire Ltd. Fox Wire Limited – UK Fax : +44 114 288 4874 Email : info@foxwire.co.uk Website : www.foxwire.co.uk Boswell Rod & Wire Ltd – UK Fax : +44 1384 480223 Email : kevin_perry@btconnect.com Website : www.boswellrod.co.uk

Meccanica Nicoletti winders from Techna International ▲ ▲

For large cable facilities a further Nicoletti development is the Automat 300, providing fully automated cable handling including payoff, electronic cable stretching control, drums supplied on pallets, fork-lift or conveyor, guide rollers for correct cable feeding, cable diameter measurement, winding and coiling (only one winder required), keyboard drum positioning and drum marking. The system can be integrated with customer order and service software and hardware for a remote system inspection.

Working on drums, coils, coils to drums, coils to coils, drums to coils and drums to drums, these units are designed to provide consistent and reliable winding and unwinding operations, from the most basic to the most sophisticated requirements. Stand or bench-mounted coil winders and unwinders Twin function stand-mounted take-ups and payoffs (Bob-Mat and CD series) Avomat 16 series PC-controlled take-up and coiler Linap series of semi-automated, high speed drum winding and unwinding systems • • • • The range includes:

Techna International Ltd – UK Fax : +44 1923 219700 Email : sales@techna.co.uk Website : www.techna.eu

Taiwan innovation, Shanghai manufacture

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Shanghai Yessjet Precise Machinery Co Ltd was founded in 2002 by a technical team from Taiwan, and specialises in complete extrusion lines, auto-coiling and packaging systems for the wire and cable industry. Shanghai Yessjet has professional technical teams always looking to innovate and improve the user-friendly interface and flexible design of automatic wire and cable equipment. To provide technical service to the market, the Taiwan innovation department cooperates with Taiwan JYI Sheng Engineering Co Ltd, a company with over 30 years’ experience in production and machinery. The companies work together to improve and produce twisting and stranding machines for wire and cable. Shanghai Yessjet Precise Machinery Co Ltd – Taiwan Fax : +86 2169790811

Email : sales@yessjet.com Website : www.yessjet.com

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