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New to the market

new technologies. HFX 521 and CTX 65 are now parts of the wide range of compounds that Fainplast puts on the market in order to satisfy all requirements. Fainplast continues to stand out in the market of compounds, where it has been operating for over 15 years. Research and development, on-going innovation and cutting-edge technology are the keys to success of the Italian company.

The LN3015 is said to offer a high degree of coverage around the product’s circumference to detect instantly any sudden changes in the surface. The LN detector can measure products up to 15mm in diameter, can detect flaw heights down to 0.02mm at line speeds up to 3,000m/min. It can accept a range of inputs including length encoder, tachometer, line start/stop, and clear faults and can be connected to a host PC or PLC using ethernet IP, Devicenet, Profibus, and Profinet. Data capture capabilities enable report critical process information such as height, length, number, and location of the flaw. In response to increasing demands of high-speed protocols, TE Connectivity (TE) has developed high speed copper cable solutions that offer improved networking performance in extreme applications. The smaller, lighter cables have a smaller bend radius and greater flexibility in routing. Jill Weir, wire and cable product manager at TE Aerospace, Defense & Marine, said: “Ourmatched impedancehigh speeddata cables and connectors [offer] reduced weight, size and complexity, along with an ability to protect cables from harsh environments and electro-magnetic interferences (EMI).” High-speed copper

The increased bandwidth required for communication standards such as ethernet, firewire/IEEE 1394, FiberChannel, and USB 3.0 and 2.0 protocols is currently met in a number of aerospace, defense and marine applications. “TE can provide unique end-to-end cable assembly solutions to meet present and future high-bandwidth applications,” added Weir. “Our high speed copper cables are easy to use and save engineering time and costs, giving engineers more time to focus on the overall platform design.” TE copper cables are designed to meet the demands of high performance applications, including aerospace, radar systems, thermal imaging, situational awareness, weapon systems and more. “Increasing platform complexity requires dependable solutions to transmit data in harsh environments,” said John Wadeley, regional product manager, Global TE Aerospace,Defense&Marine. “TE’shighspeed copper cables provide ruggedized signal integrity in mission critical applications.”

Fainplast has launched two new products in the world of cables: the halogen free crosslinkable compound HFX 521 and the halogenated crosslinkable compound CTX 65. HFX 521 is a halogen free crosslinkable compound (XLPO-HFFR), featuring long duration even at high temperatures, high fire resistance, low smoke emission and oil resistance. This type of product – that can be processed using the SIOPLAS method (working with a normal extruder, and thus achieving a considerable reduction in costs) – is particularly suitable for applications on ships and railways, where high levels of reliability and safety are required. CTX 65 is a halogenated crosslinkable compound, with technical features similar to rubber, which is also resistant to high temperatures, atmospheric agents, mechanical and chemical stresses. CTX 65 can be used with the SIOPLAS method, in order to produce cables with a normal extruder, with no need of specific plants. This product is particularly suitable for the realisation of power, signal and control cables. These two new products are the result of the continuous research and development work of Fainplast and of its natural tendency towards innovation and implementation of

Fault detection

Beta LaserMike has designed its new three-axis LN3015 lump and neckdown detector to help wire and cable manufac- turers precisely detect short-term faults in cable diameter.

Titanium alloy wire contract

Taiwan’s China Steel Precision Materials (CSPM) is to supply 1.5 tonnes of titanium 64 alloy wire products for Apple’s iPhone5. The material is valued at US$8.33 million per tonne, 140 times that of typical carbon steel hot-rolled products.

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