EoW September 2010

Fibre optic – machinery & equipment Coding optical fibres Medek & Schörner is known for the development and manufacture of high speed optical fibre processing systems: Optical fibre colour coding at speeds up to 3,000m per minute • Ring marking of optical fibres • Tight buffering at up to 1,300m per minute • Fibre ribbon production with excellent ribbon planarity and for speeds up to • 1,000m per minute CFU production of compact fibre units •

Medek & Schörner offers a wide range of machines for marking cables and coding optical fibres, particularly for power, telecommunications and data cables. Medek & Schörner GmbH – Austria Fax : +43 1982 72 96 Email : m+s@medek.at Website : www.medek.at Medek and Schörner optic fibre coating systems ▲ ▲ Process reels for optical fibre tubing Pentre Group offers a wide range of ABS (plastic flanged) process reels from 250mm to 1,000mm diameter and specified to both DIN 46395 and imperial standards for optical fibre tubing. These in-process lightweight take-up reels also access the inner end of the optic fibre for test purposes, as well as catering for extrusion process speeds of up to 1,000m per minute, and multi-trip transportation journeys between factories.

ABS flanged process reel, (left to right – 1000mm and 450mm) ▲ ▲

The barrels are manufactured from seam-welded aluminium alloy and painted to customers’ own specification. These BAS process reels (type PF/OF) are also available with a number of options, including non-standard traverse widths, barrel sizes, materials and surface finishes. Pentre Group - Hearl Heaton – UK Fax : +44 1924 440 803 Email : info@hearlheaton.co.uk Website : www.pentregroup.com

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