EoW May 2012

Wire Expo 2012

22-23 May

Gauges operate via PC-based Total Vu™ software. Total Vu gives you a complete audit trail of the process, including aw reporting, SPC charts, and Excel-based user-designed reports. You also get real-time analysis, with run and trend charts, graphical cross-section display, and measurements in con gurable, easy-to-read panels. Other features include in-process tolerance checking, feedback control and recipes. Laser gauges measure diameters from 0.035mm (0.0014") to 120mm (4.7"), and feature compact models and the highest measurement rates available. With the UltraGauge+, you can measure wall thickness at up to eight positions with up to 2,000 measurements per second. LaserLinc – USA Website : www.laserlinc.com Nextrom & Rosendahl will be co-exhibiting at Booth 515. Nextrom is a premium supplier of optical bre glass preform manufacturing equipment, and produces bre draw towers and associated machinery for the global bre market using MCVD, OVD and VAD technologies. Besides providing optical bre equipment, the company also supplies bre optic cable production lines. Rosendahl is a global supplier of high-tech wire and cable manufacturing solutions o ering rst class products and turnkey solutions in the elds of extrusion, corrugation, bre optic cable and SZ Stranding. Together Nextrom and Rosendahl o er rst class products and turnkey solutions combining leading edge know-how Nextrom and Rosendahl Booth 515

and state-of-the-art technology in close cooperation with their customers and product suppliers. Nextrom OY – Finland Website : www.nextrom.com Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH – Austria Website : www.rosendahlaustria.com

LaserLinc Booth 209

LaserLinc’s adaptable non-contact laser and ultrasonic systems measure OD, ID, wall, eccentricity and concentricity for the wire, cable and bre industries. High-speed three-axis laser gauging for ovality and aw detection, plus features such as FFT and SRL prediction, help reduce scrap, increase production e ciency, and improve quality. wall thickness measurement system uses hardened stainless steel xtures designed to withstand harsh wire and cable manufacturing environments, and UltraLock™ Auto Setup provides automatic con guration. accurate and The UltraGauge+™ ultrasonic

Phifer Inc Booth 704

With 60 years of wire drawing experience, Phifer is an international leader in the manufacture of aluminium round wire for a wide variety of applications. Phifer has some of the most diverse capabilities in the industry, producing custom aluminium round wire from numerous alloys in diameters 0.11mm-11.1mm. Phifer aluminium wire 0.127mm, 0.16mm, 0.254mm and 0.32mm (0.005", 0.0063", 0.0100" and 0.0126") is used all over the world as coaxial cable braid shielding, shipboard cable armouring and hose braiding. Other applications include weaving wire, industrial knitting, tea bag staples, semi conductor bonding, medical devices, stranded power cables, and lightning protection cables. Newer products include copper clad aluminium, low carbon steel and bronze wire 0.127mm-0.50mm (0.005"-0.020"). Available packages for ne diameter wires include numerous returnable and disposable spools 0.34kg-14kg (0.75lb-30lb). Phifer aluminium wire is also o ered in larger diameters 0.81mm-11.1mm (0.032" to 0.4375") for use in wire forms, food packaging clips, automotive moulding reinforcement, vacuum metallising and more. Innovative machinery has expanded

Accuracy on show from LaserLinc

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