WCN Spring 2010

Marldon hysteresis payoffs Marldon has supplied a number of hysteresis flyer payoffs to a UK wire manufacturer demanding versatility and simplicity from a payoff system. Marldon has supplied the hysteresis system of braking applied to payoff and tensioning applications since the 1960s and the system remains popular owing to its wear-less and frictionless operation and the ability to offer stepless adjustment across a wide range of tensions. The system can be applied to many applications including bare non-ferrous wires, insulated cables and multi-wires as well as mounted in numerous configurations to apply braking to pulleys, or use as a clutch system. The equipment shown used the Marldon brake size 6, which offers a torque of 4NM, but Marldon offers a range of sizes. The configuration shown, with the flyer mounted on a swivelling gantry, allows the bobbin to be easily positioned and the flyer brought simply into place.

wire Düsseldorf stand: 9E34

Marldon Group Ltd Fax : +44 870 90 70016

Email : sales@marldon.com Website : www.marldon.com Neptune 2 contract for SKET

A typical application of the Marldon brake ▲ ▲

SKET has won a contract to supply equipment for Kiswire’s Neptune 2 project. What are believed to be the world’s largest planetary closer and longest tubular strander are scheduled for delivery in Q4 2010. The machines will be used in the manufacture of deep-sea offshore ropes, among other products. The model MKVS 1+8 x 2700 planetary closer is suitable for making 160mm diameter rope. The machine will be provided with a payoff and take-up capable of accommodating reels with a maximum capacity of 600 tonnes. Both the payoff and take-up reels have a flange diameter of 5,600mm and a traversing width of 10,000mm. The previous largest take-up made by SKET has a 400 tonnes winding capacity and is in operation at Bridon International.

The high-speed tubular strander, SRW 1+48x800 (32") type, will produce strands with a diameter of up to 55mm at a maximum line speed of 100m per minute. This line will also be capable of produc- ing compacted strands. SKET’s previous largest high-speed tubular strander, of the SRW 1+48x630 type, has been working successfully at the Kiswire Neptune 1 plant in Malaysia for over ten years. The Neptune 2 project, an $80 million investment on a 20 acre site near the Johor-based Neptune 1 plant, will be completed in 2011.

wire Düsseldorf stand: 11G44

SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH – Germany

Fax : +39 391 4055 815 Email : info@sketvmb.de Website : www.sketvmb.de

SKET’s previous largest take-up in operation at Bridon International ▲ ▲

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