EoW September 2010

Fibre optic – machinery & equipment

High speed production

Tensor Machinery has spent over 25 years focusing on equipment for the fibre optic cable market, from individual pieces of equipment to complete cable manufacturing lines ready to produce cable. Tensor’s equipment portfolio includes UV colouring lines, ribbon fibre manu- facturing lines, SZ stranding, armouring and tape forming, yarn serving, payoffs, take-ups and complete jacketing lines for both indoor and outdoor fibre optic cables. Tensor aims to engineer robust equip- ment that will withstand the daily demand placed on it by high-speed production. For SZ stranding, line speeds of over 150mpm are achievable while maintaining an accurate lay length and reversal throughout the entire run.

Detail of the Roll former from Tensor Machinery ▲ ▲

Roll former from Tensor Machinery ▲ ▲  

Premise jacketing lines achieve over 300mpm on simplex cables and 100mpm on high-count distribution cables. With roll forming technology for armour tape, speeds over 100mpm are easily obtained without lubrication or heat build-up in the tooling, even with narrow tapes. Tensor Machinery Ltd – Canada Fax : +1 514 636 3288

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

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EuroWire – September 2010