EoW September 2010

Fibre optic – machinery & equipment

Higher productivity to optic fibre extruders As optic fibre technology continues to expand in telecommunications and network transmissions, cable manufacturers are looking for system innovations to increase production but maintain product quality. For many years, JoeTools has developed solutions for improved performance in wire and cable manufacturing. In fibre optics, JoeTools offers a selection of crossheads and tooling specifically designed to increase productivity, while meeting or exceeding product quality demands. Among these are JoeTools multi- conductor heads. With this series of crossheads the initial production time for extruding fibre optic cable is substantially reduced, due to a zero core-tube design that allows the operator to easily thread micro-fibres into the die. This maximises operator control and minimises the time and intricacy of the process for less stress on optical fibres. JoeTools also offers other heads for fibre extrusion, such as RN heads, specifically designed for fine wire and fibre optic applications, and the well-established Metric head. The RN head offers the ease of a fixed-centre design with high balanced flow and precision concentricity, while the condensed, fixed-centre design of the Metric head reduces set-up time. JoeTools designs and manufactures extrusion heads for a complete selection of outdoor and indoor fibre optic cables, including: tight buffered • loose tubes • zip cords • ribbon • LSZH • aerial/self-supporting and armoured • designs indoor/outdoor distribution and • breakout cables JoeTools – USA Fax : +1 770 832 7868

JoeTools’ fibre optic crossheads: RN, Multi-Conductor and Metric ▲ ▲

Email : sales@ joe-tools.com Website : www.joe-tools.com

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EuroWire – September 2010