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QUITE rightly, IWCS takes center stage in the October issue of wiredInUSA. For 60 years now this symposium has played an important role in the wire and cable calendar and can be justifiably proud of reaching its diamond anniversary. It is, therefore, fitting that the show features heavily in this issue (see page 30). Also of serious note is that nanotube cables can now be developed to carry as much current as copper – despite the fact they can be knotted or woven together and weigh six times less than copper. It is said that money talks. This has never been more true than in the case of the Hibernian Express high speed fiber optic cable being the next transatlantic cable to be laid to connect financial traders in New York and London. At 59milliseconds to deliver data on the other side of the pond, six milliseconds faster than the AC-1 cable, this could be a potential saving of around $350m to a large hedge fund. Now that’s a speedy saving! David Bell Editor

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06 Show Diary From the USA

09 Making the News Industry news from the USA

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30 IWCS 60 th Anniversary symposium 46 Company Profile Taking a closer look...

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DIARY SHOW EVENTS

OCTOBER 4-6 Oct: WiCAB 2011 São Paulo, Brazil Exhibition www.cipanet.com.br

MARCH 26-30 March: wire 2012 Düsseldorf, Germany Exhibition www.wire.de

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NOVEMBER 6-9 Nov: IWCS Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Conference www.iwcs.org 7-8 Nov: CabWire World 2011 Düsseldorf, Germany Conference www.cabwire-duesseldorf.com 17-19 Nov: Expocentralasia Almaty, Kazakhstan Metal and wire exhibition www.expocentralasia.com

MAY 21-22 May: AWPA Conference 22-23 May: Wire Expo Dallas, Texas, USA Exhibition www.wirenet.org

SEPTEMBER 10-12 : International Manufacturing Technology Show McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA Exhibition www.imts.com

OCTOBER 3-5 : Spring World 2012 Chicago, Illinois, USA Exhibition www.wireworld.com/events/

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MAKING THENEWS Copper Conductors to grow in Elkhart

LakeCopperConductors,amanufacturer of bare copper wire, is to expand its operations with the investment of $3.4 million to lease and equip a new 90,000 ft2 facility in Elkhart, Indiana, that will specialize in drawing thin copper wire.

Economic Development Corporation. “LakeCopper Conductors’commitment to grow in Indiana is yet another indication that the Hoosier state offers a skilled workforce, unmatched infras- tructure and a competitive business climate.” Lake Copper Conductors currently employs 28 associates in Indiana, and expects to create a further 23 jobs. Lake Copper Conductors, formerly Lake Cable of Elkhart, LLC, was founded in 2009 by William Runzel IV to produce conductors in the transportation, energy and heavy machinery industries. The company is headquartered in Bensenville, Illinois, and operates two Indiana facilities in Elkhart and Valparaiso.

“Creating an environment that encour- ages growth is essential to Indiana’s economic success,” said Mitch Roob, Secretary of Commerce and chief executive officer of the Indiana

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Fast track for London and New York

A British firm, Global Marine Systems, is laying a transatlantic submarine communications cable on the Atlantic seabed. At a reported cost of $300 million the high speed fiber optic cable, known as the Hibernian Express, will eventually stretch 3,741 miles to connect financial traders in New York and London. Hibernia Atlantic, the company behind the project, said the cable will offer sub-60ms latency, initially lit with 40Gb

technology and could be upgraded to 100Gb technology in the future. Financial traders currently rely on submarine cabling dating from the 1990s. As millisecond delays in trading cost money, the new cable is claimed to be cost-effective for its customers. Predictions set the cost of linking via the Hibernian Express superfast bandwidth to be around 50 times the cost via existing transatlantic cables. The Hibernia cross-Atlantic cable

is Global Crossing’s AC-1 cable, offering transatlantic connection in 65 milliseconds. The Hibernian Express is expected to offer 59 milliseconds. A one millisecond advantage in financial trading could be worth up to $100 million (£63m) a year to a large hedge fund. The new cable will start from New York and follow the circular London-to-New York route used by aircraft, 310 miles shorter than any existing route.

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Nanotube cables - as good as copper?

Developers have made carbon nanotube electrical cables, claimed to carry as much current as copper wires. Nanotube cables could help carry more power in the electrical grid, provide lightweight wiring for fuel efficient vehicles, and make connections in low-power computer chips. Researchers at Rice University have demonstrated carbon nanotube cables in a practical system and are designing a manufacturing line for commercial production.

Individual carbon nanotubes (hollow nanoscale tubes of pure carbon) are mechanically strong and more conductive than copper, but are demanding in construction. Large structures made from carbon nanotubes demand precision construction, or they lack the properties of the individual tubes. Rice materials science professors Pulickel Ajayan and Enrique Barrera have developed construction techniques to ensure carbon nanotube cables will perform as well as copper cables. Their nano cables boast a combination of properties, claimed to be unprecedented. Mechanically strong, yet flexible enough to be knotted or woven together into long lengths of wire, the cables carry around 100,000 amps of current per square centimeter of material, about the same amount as copper wires (but copper weighs around six times as much). They outperform copper on current density, which means they carry more electricity over longer distances without losing energy to heat, and, being made of carbon, there is no danger of corrosion.

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Pattern partners Samsung

Allied Wire and Cable expands the team

Pattern Energy has partnered with Samsung Renewable Energy to acquire the 180MW Armow wind energy project in Ontario, Canada, from Spanish energy company Acciona. Located in the township of Kincardine, the wind farm will utilize turbine components produced by Siemens in Ontario. Construction of the facility is expected to begin in 2013 and the project will commence operation in 2014. The electricity generated by the Armow wind farm is to be purchased by the Ontario Power Authority. The wind farm will produce enough clean energy to power nearly 50,000 local homes annually and will avoid more than 675,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year. Samsung C&T Corporation senior executive vice-president Cheol-Woo Lee said as part of Samsung’s commitment to Ontario under the Green Energy Investment Agreement, the company and its partners are establishing four manufacturing plants in the province and developing up to 2,500MW of renewable energy projects.

Allied Wire and Cable has hired new account representatives at three of its locations across the US. Paul Lawruk is the newest account representative at Allied’s headquarters in Pennsylvania. Lawruk began his career in the wire and cable industry at Omni Cable, where he worked as an account manager. Allied’s newest location, Las Vegas, welcomes Kristy Ventura. Ventura has a highly industrial background with previous positions at Anacapa Micro Products, R&B Welding, and Grainger. Ryan Baldinelli is a recent addition to Allied’s New England branch, and to the wire and cable industry. He is a 2011 graduate of Castleton State College in Vermont, where he studied business and marketing. Although a rookie, he’s very enthusiastic about his new position, saying he “looks to make [his] footprint on the industry soon enough.” The Allied Wire & Cable family is happy to have Lawruk, Ventura, and Baldinelli, and looks forward to growing with them.

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Fort Wayne Metals adds ISO 13485

Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corp of Fort Wayne, Indiana, has been recognized as an ISO 13485 certified contract manufacturer of medical device components.

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“This certification gives our customers additional assurance of our quality system,” explains John Arnold, director of quality for Fort Wayne Metals. “When our custom assembly division manufactures critical components for implantable and non-implantable medical devices from our wire, strands, cable and composite materials, our customers know that these components will meet their expectations for medical device quality.” Fort Wayne Metals’ custom assembly division provides a wide range of contract manufacturing services, including swaging, welding, crimping, ECG cutting, coating and laser ablation.

thermoplastic that is inherently lighter and smaller with equal robustness when compared to XLPE. In addition, EcoWire Plus is non-halogenated and contains no heavy metal pigments, meeting RoHS and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) requirements for the elimination of hazardous substances and recyclability. “EcoWire Plus is a great advancement on our EcoWire line,” says Tim Howlett, senior product manager at Alpha Wire. “Not only does it continue to offer space-saving design and weight reduction, its fluid and chemical resistance is ideal for demanding factory and industrial applications. Plus, it enables significant cost savings when replacing XLPE wire.” The initial EcoWire Plus is built to ISO 6722 standards for thin and ultra-thin wall requirements and is RoHS and REACH compliant. It is available in sizes from 28 AWG (0.09mm2) to 10 AWG (4.92mm2) with stranded bare copper conductors and an operating temperature range of –40°C to +110°C.

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Alpha Wire has launched an extension of its EcoWire line. Offering the environmental benefits and abrasion resistance characteristics of the original EcoWire, EcoWire Plus also resists oils, fuels, solvents, and other hazardous liquids. EcoWire Plus meets the fluid resistance requirements of ISO 6722 for thin-wall and ultra-thin wall wire, making it an eco-friendly and cost-effective replacement for XLPE-insulated wire. As with original EcoWire, EcoWire Plus derives its advantage from a modified polyphenylene ether (mPPE)

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Keeping track of solar power

Solar Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of LS Power Group. The project was designed and built by SunPower Corp utilizing SunPower ® Tracker systems and high efficiency solar panels to follow the sun’s movement during the day, increasing energy capture by up to 25 per cent over conventional fixed tilt solar technology. A dedication ceremony was recently held for Dover SUN Park, which is planned to supply enough power for 1,500 homes in the Delmarva Peninsula.

Over 100,000 feet of Alcan Cable’s Stabiloy ® SunPlus™ PV cable was installed in Delaware’s Dover SUN Park project, to distribute power from the combiner box to the AC/ DC inverter. Said to be easier to install than copper cables, Stabiloy SunPlus cable is an aluminum alloy photovoltaic cable that addresses environmental conditions and installation challenges associated with solar projects. As the largest operational solar project in the Northeast, SUN Park is owned by White Oak

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Cable jobs for Blairsville

US fastener imports/exports

Optical fiber cleaver

Agiltron Inc has launched a coated optical fiber cleaver. Compatible with the Agiltron PermLock™ fiberoptic splice kit, the fiber cleaver is designed to make thousands of cuts through high-performance polyimide-coated optical fiber before a blade change. The cleave leaves no residual torn polyimide to interfere with low optical loss splicing. Used in conjunction with the PermLock™ splice tool low-loss, reliable splices can be obtained in industrial, military, aerospace, mining, and oil exploration environments.

The Industrial Fasteners Institute (IFI) has reported that US fastener imports increased 29.9 per cent in value to $2.09 billion, with a growth of 23.7% to 1.43 billion pounds in volume during the first six months of 2011. US fastener exports also posted strong gains during the first half of 2011, rising 16.9% in value to $1.44 billion, but fastener exports declined 30.4% by weight to 793,315,558 pounds. IFI attributed this decline primarily to lower shipments to Canada. Exports to Canada jumped 12.9 per cent in value while

The north Georgia town of Blairsville has been chosen as the site for a new manufacturing facility, creating 60 jobs and investing $4.2 million in the community. According to reports from the Georgia department of economic development, Advanced Digital Cable (ADC) is purchasing an existing building in Blairsville Airport Regional Industrial Park where it will manufacture larger cables for instrumentation and control, QPL cables, PV cables for solar arrays and flat cabling for pumping and irrigation. Advanced Digital Cable (ADC) manufactures a broad range of communications and industrial cables.

down 40.2 per cent in weight during the first six months of the year. “Excluding Canada, weight exported (from the US) is 22% higher,” the IFI reports.

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Draka’s Swiss partner Drahtex AG has completed the initial phase of a rural community fiber network combining Fiber To The Home (FTTH) with environmental control for the village of Hünenberg in Zug, Switzerland. As part of a showcase renewable energy project, Draka fiber connectivity will secure high speed broadband services to community residents, and form the backbone to supply and control a substantial proportion of the energy demands of Hünenberg. The village biogas plant, one of the biggest plants in Europe, provides 15% of energy requirements. “This is an entirely self-financed renewable energy project in which fiber interconnectivity plays a key role,” explains Roland Kurmann, chairman of Drahtex. “A cooperative venture which brings community stakeholders together to invest in a future-oriented energy approach for the citizens of Hünenberg.” With 9,000 inhabitants spread over an area of 18.5km 2 , Hünenberg has a high proportion of agricultural activity. Draka JetNetXS blowing technology helped deploy the underground fiber infrastructure running alongside the biogas distribution network over a total network length of 4.5km. Despite the challenge of jetting fiber over distances up to 5km, the fiber optic network has been installed rapidly using the JetNetXS technique. Fiber network combines FTTH with environmental control

Leoni acquires further 50% of Daekyeung Leoni is set to acquire the remaining 50 per cent of the South Korean wiring systems manufacturer Daekyeung from 1 st January 2012, ahead of schedule. This complete takeover of the joint venture partner is taking place a year earlier than planned. “Our aim with the help of this brought-for- ward acquisition is to expand our activity in South Korea more rapidly,” said Uwe H Lamann, member of Leoni AG’s management board in charge of the wiring systems division. “Our objective is by 2015 to virtually double our [automotive] sales in South Korea by broadening our business with existing customers and gaining new customer projects.” To date, the principal buyers of Leoni cable harnesses and wiring systems in the country include General Motors, SsangYong and Volvo.

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Tratos investing in UK

Brazilian wind project

Wire rod mill goes part-time

Nexans is to sponsor the 130 th class to graduate from the Paris-based ESPCI (Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution). A three-year sponsorship agreement is designed to foster a high level of interaction between engineering students and Nexans’ R&D department. The projects to be carried out by ESPCI ParisTech’s students under Nexans’ sponsorship will be specified in annual action plans, to be drawn up at the start of each academic year. These plans will be defined during meetings between engineering students responsible for the sponsored activities and Nexans’ representatives. They will include various activities designed to reinforce 130 th class of ESPCI ParisTech gets sponsorship

Cable manufacturer, Tratos, is making a £1m investment in a new £450,000 drum twister and two extrusion lines for its Merseyside facility. Determined to remain a potent force in the UK’s cable-manufacturing market, the investment is part of a plan for international growth and increasing output. Dr Maurzio Bragagni, export director of Tratos, commented on the state of manufacturing in Europe: “There are many black clouds hanging over Europe, but if we don’t invest, Europe as a manufacturer is finished.” He added: “As a company with €150 million turnover, we have invested €10 million on new equipment in the last year alone to modernize our factories. We have a desire to continually increase our competitiveness and profitability: hence we have new, faster machines that allow us to compete with China.”

The Lecco-based wire rod mill of Italian steelmaker Lucchini is imposing part-time hours on its 90 employees, for one year beginning at the end of September. The mill is currently assured of orders amounting to 12,000mt, enough for two weeks of full-time work but low compared to the average normal monthly output of 30,000mt. Labor unions said of the company’s decision: “We are pleased that Lucchini has accepted to face this critical situation through this job-security agreement, as it guarantees the workers the payment of 80 per cent of their salaries and the conservation of their workplace.”

ABB has secured an order from Galvao Energia to supply a new transformer substation and lay cables for the transmission of power from a wind energy project currently under construction in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte. The contract is said to be worth around $14m. The company will deliver a turnkey 34.5/138kV substation and lay 60km of 34.5kV cables to connect four new wind plants with a total generating capacity of 94MW to the national grid. Galvao Energia is a Brazilian power company specializing in the development, installation and operation of plants that generate electricity from renewable sources.

the mutual understanding and interaction between the school and the company.

Conferences or roundtables regarding Nexans’ strategy and business, as well as site visits, will be arranged during the next three years, and work assignments and training periods will be offered within Nexans’ Corporate Technical Department.

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Teledyne awarded development contract for Brazilian project

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated’s Teledyne Oil & Gas group has been awarded a development contract from Cameron do Brasil Ltda, to design and deliver a subsea high-power electrical interconnect system for a deepwater oil field in Brazil. Teledyne was selected over an incumbent supplier as a result of the high-power design expertise of Teledyne Oil & Gas in Daytona Beach, Florida and the advanced materials and analysis expertise at Teledyne Scientific in Thousand Oaks, California.

The award from Cameron is for a development phase, followed by deliverable hardware prototypes to be installed in 2013, for a subsea system that will supply power to an electrical submersible pump to increase oil production. It is the largest Teledyne Oil & Gas development contract to date and complements other high-power interconnect technology developed for other major operators in the Gulf of Mexico.

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CCCA warning on non-compliant cable

The Communications Cable and Connectivity Association (CCCA) has found that certain imported communication cables do not comply with National Electrical Code (NEC) standards. Contractors who install this non-compliant cable, whether known to the contractor or not, may be exposed to liability for violating the applicable civil lawsuits for damages caused by the installation of non-compliant cable. The CCCA has tested communications plenum cables (CMP) and communications riser building codes and become involved in

cables (CMR) from lesser-known offshore manufacturers that import to the United States. Many of those tested failed to comply with the minimum requirements for fire safety established by the NEC, published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Some were found to “catastrophically fail” the required standards. Many of these cables are falsely rated as CMP and CMR and may be deceptively marked as complying with NEC fire safety codes and NFPA approved test methods. Potentially hazardous communications cables

are generally made from lower fire performance materials and variable manufacturing processes, often making them highly combustible when exposed to fire, particularly when installed in building plenum spaces or in vertical floor-to-floor riser shafts. This can cause fires to spread rapidly and dense smoke to be distributed throughout a building, making evacuation and rescue of occupants more difficult. Further details are available from the Communications Cable and Connectivity Association.

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IWCS Charlotte North Carolina USA 6 th - 9 th November 2011 IWCS celebrates its 60 th anniversary show when it lands in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 6 th -9 th November. More than 100 companies will be in attendance at the Charlotte Convention Center, one of the leading events in the wire and cable calendar. To help everyone get into the party mood there will be a cocktail reception on Monday evening, 7 th November, from 6.30- 8pm. The event is being hosted in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, adjacent to the Charlotte Convention Center, where many cars are on display and there will be the chance to take a ride in a race simulator.

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Exhibitors AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. - 116 AKSH Technologies Ltd. – 118 AlphaGary Corp. - 213  Amaral Automation - 114  American & Efird, Inc. (A&E) - 206 Arkema Inc. – 500 ASI/Silica Machinery, LLC - 204  Aurum Chemicals Corporation - 106  AW Machinery LLC - 117  BASF – Elastollan TPU – 225  Beta LaserMike - 300  Borealis Compounds Inc. - 305  Cable Components Group - 413 Cable Consultants Corp. – 404  Carris Reels - 312 Cary Compounds, LLC - 221  CERSA-MCI - 201 

Maillefer Extrusion - 220 MGS Manufacturing Inc. - 208 Miltec UV - 408 Monson Companies Inc. – 515 Nabaltec AG - 202  NEPTCO - 100 Nye Lubricants – 503 OFS - 104 OptEM Engineering, Inc. - 207 Optogear – 519 Otech Corp – 124 PE fiberoptics Ltd – 609 Photon Kinetics - 507 Pittsfield Plastics Eng. Inc. – 224 

Plumettaz Inc. – 606 Printsafe, Inc. - 304 Prysmian Group – 320 R.E. Carroll Inc. - 321 Reelex Packaging Solutions – 504 Rio Tinto Minerals - 518  Roblon A/S - 209 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies - 406 S&E Specialty Polymers – 420 Saco Polymers – 614 

Changzhou Hengfeng Copper Co., Ltd. – 123 Chengdu Centran Industrial Co., Ltd. - 203  Chromatics Inc. - 120 Coats North America – 505 Commission Brokers, Inc. - 212 Conductix Wampfler – Delachaux Group – 223 Daikin America, Inc. - 506 DeWal Industries, Inc. - 200 Dow Electrical & Communication - 107 DSM Desotech, Inc. - 101 Durr Marketing Associates – 618  Electrolock – 605 Emirates Conversion Ind. (Senaat) LLC - 419  EuroWire Magazine - 604 Fiber-Line, Inc. - 119 Fil-Tec, Inc. – 612 Gem Gravure Company, Inc. - 110  George Evans Corporation – 600  Gotex S.A. – 222  Guill Tool & Engineering Co, Inc. - 302  Hoowaki LLC – 607 Huber Engineered Materials – 125 Inhol BV - 517  Integer Research - 126 International Wire & Cable Symposium, Inc. – 602 j-fiber GmbH - 405 Keir Manufacturing, Inc. – 216 Kolon Industries, Inc. - 418 Kuraray America - 122  Lantor BV - 513 LaserLinc, Inc. - 307 Lubrizol Estane ® Engineered Polymers – 620 Conneaut Industries, Inc. - 214  CRU North America, Inc. - 400 Fusion UV Systems, Inc. - 105 Gauder Group, Inc. – 621 

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. - 219 Shanghai Wangxun New Material Co., Ltd. – 520 Shenzhen Delifeng Trading Co., Ltd. – 402

Sikora International Corp. - 318 Solvay Specialty Polymers – 608 SSCP USA - 205

Stewart Group, The - 319 T & T Marketing, Inc. - 301 Technical Marketing - 509 Teijin Aramid USA, Inc. - 407 Teknor Apex Co. - 412 Tekstilna Tovarna Okroglica - 112 Tensor Machinery, Ltd. - 309 Thermoplastics Engineering Corp – 601 UNC Charlotte – Lee College of Engineering – 616 Unigel (UK) Ltd. - 403  Unitape Limited - 401 Web Industries – 502 Weber & Scher Mfg. Co., Inc. – 501 Windak Inc. – 508 Wire World Internet – 324 Wire & Cable ASIA Magazine - 604 Wire & Cable Technology Int’l & WCISA ® - 619 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp. - 306 Wire Association International, The - 218 WiredIn USA Magazine - 604 Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Co., Ltd. – 521  Zumbach Electronics Corp. - 113

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Commission Brokers Commission Brokers will display photos and brochures of currently available used equipment, as well as information about the company’s appraisal, liquidation and consignment capabilities. Commission Brokers specializes in non-ferrous wire and cable equipment, wire harness/ assembly/processing equipment, and braiding machinery, from individual components to complete plants.

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longitudinal taping units, traditional cable equipment such as payoffs and take-ups, caterpillar, dual flyers, rotating capstans and accumulators. Also available is a range of high-speed PLC-controlled fiber optic cable production equipment, including SZ stranding lines; microtube and loose tube lines with good EFL control; and individual items such as automatic spool change dual take-ups and fiber payoffs. Gem Gravure The alphaJET evo from KBA-Metronic and Gem Gravure Co Inc is designed to meet the printing needs of the wire and cable industry. The alphaJET evo benefits from Ethernet, USB and RS232 interfaces for smooth integration into new or existing production processes. The unit has an IP65-rated stainless steel hous- ing, to withstand challenging environmental conditions, and a solvent recovery unit, for dramatically lower solvent usage. The 10.4” TFT color display is designed to lead the operator simply and intuitively via a Windows CE-based operating system. A tough touch panel tilts, can be positioned to suit the operator’s requirements, and is com- pletely removable.

Conductix-Wampfler

AFA Industries, part of Weber & Scher Mfg, is a worldwide supplier of equipment and technology to the wire and cable industry. Information and literature covering the complete portfolio of products offered in the Weber & Scher/ AFA Industries production program will be available at IWCS. The range includes metal tape handling and ultrasonic splicing equipment; binding equipment; Kevlar serving equipment; cable core pressure filling and flooding equipment for optical fiber and copper telephone cables; metal tape overlap seam bonding systems and concentric and eccentric taping heads presentations covering the Inductoweld and Gatweld continuous seam welded sheathing systems for power and optical fiber cables will also be on display. The Inducto weld system uses high frequency induction welding technology, while the Gatweld system uses a TIG (GTAW) welding process. Corrugating systems are available to impart either a helical or annular corrugation in the welded metal sheath of power cables and RF coaxial cables in tandem with the welding operation. and cable payoffs/take-ups. Detailed information and video

Beta LaserMike will be demonstrating a comprehensive range of non-contact measurement systems, including the patent pending LayScan measurement system for accurate and consistent on-line measurement of the lay length of twisted pairs used in telecommunication cables. Providing high-data rate capabilities, LayScan precisely determines the variations in lay length within each lay. Systematic lay variations, typically caused by twinning and cabling operations, can be readily observed and measured. A data acquisition system collects and processes the lay length data, and reports the measurement results. Beta LaserMike will also exhibit its latest CenterScan 2010 system. CenterScan 2010 provides on-line, high-speed eccentricity measurement of wire and cable insulation over a solid or stranded core without touching the product. Highly sensitive magnetic and optical technology precisely determines the location of the conductor and insulated wire. This information is instantly processed to provide eccentricity, diameter, and ovality measurements, and can be used to detect product flaws.

For over 40 years, Conductix Wampfler (Delachaux Group) has been providing equipment to the fiber and cable markets. An estimated 50 million kilometers of bare silica fiber is produced each year on Conductix Wampfler equipment. Over 100 complete fiber optic draw tower drawing lines and more than 300 proof testers are in use worldwide. For copper cable production, over 60 Rollertwist stranders - a unilay stranding technology than can be applied to cables up to 30mm, with or without tapes - have been installed, as well as concentric and

The alphaJET evo prints TrueType fonts with- out loss of speed. Logos and graphics can be created with a PC graphics program and transferred as a bitmap to the ink jet printer. It operates with the full range of GEM ink jet fluids.

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sliding, significantly boosting the surface capabilities of standard polymers. Low-friction surfaces have already been applied to polypropylene, polyethylene, nylon, silicones and fluoropolymers using this process. Hoowaki’s surfaces can also be used to increase extruder productivity, and to reduce drag between the die surface and the polymer without changing the process parameters. The surfaces allow polymers to flow smoothly.

Halogen free CV- and irradiation crosslinkable compounds have been introduced for IRM 902/ASTM #2 oil resistant cables for applications at elevated temperatures, and a new halogenated, irradiation crosslinkable compound for 90C cables, applied in dry or wet conditions for 600V power and control cables, is designed to meet UL, RHH, RHW, RHW-2, SIS, USE, USE-2, XHHW and XHHW-2.

braiding to produce superior strength and durability in a lightweight structure. For the global wire and cable industry, Keir’s products include high-purity 99.8% alumina ceramic guides, the Frontiersman™ line of air wipes,and composite flyer bows including the BackBone™ bow. LaserLinc LaserLinc’s non-contact laser and ultrasonic systems measure OD, ID, wall, eccentricity, and concentricity for the wire, cable, and fiber industries. High-speed three-axis laser gauging for ovality and flaw detection, plus features such as FFT and SRL prediction, help reduce scrap, increase production efficiency, and improve quality. The UltraGauge+™ ultrasonic wall thickness measurement system uses hardened stainless steel fixtures, designed to withstand harsh wire and cable manufacturing environments, and UltraLock™ auto setup provides automatic configuration.

Gotex SA has been serving the worldwide cable industry with custom fiber solutions since 1947. From its European manufacturing facility the company supplies flexible strength members, central strength elements, binder yarns, ripcords, water blocking yarns, woven glass tapes (for protection against rodents), aramid woven tapes (for ballistic protection of ADSS cables) and mica tapes for fire protection. Hoowaki LLC Extrusion dies from Hoowaki LLC use micro- structured surfaces to lower friction on wire and cable polymer jackets, so providing easier installation. Standard extrusion dies are modified with the low friction surface and the micro-features then transfer to the product during the normal extrusion process, requiring few or no adjustments to the process and no adjustments to the material. Hoowaki’s technique requires minimal modification to existing manufacturing processes, without introducing any new materials, and is cost-effective for high volume production. Hoowaki custom designs the micro-features according to material and application. The company’s design process takes material shrinkage and drawdown into account to provide features that give the optimal geometry on the final product. The company has demonstrated up to 20% reduction in dry sliding, and up to 80% reduction in lubricated

Inhol BV also offers a hot set test oven, for fast measurement of hot-creep according to EN 60811-2-1, and complete production lines and compounds for the heat-shrinkable products industry. Keir Manufacturing, Inc Keir Manufacturing, Inc is a US-based manufacturer of engineered technical ceramic and composite products serving a variety of industries. Since its inception in 1983, Keir has developed proprietary forming and machining methods for production of a wide variety of parts. In March 2010, Keir acquired Kamatics Wire Products (including all assets and intellectual property), relocating all Wire Products production to the Keir facility and headquarters in North Carolina, USA. Kamatics designed, produced, and developed composite flyer bows for over twenty years, combining aerospace proven materials with triaxial

Inhol BV The Inhol range of compounds serves many industry sectors. For the solar industry, Inhol offers proven compounds to meet the European standard TUV 2Pfg 1169. These compounds can be crosslinked by electron beam (RDX 2125-PV-solar-UV) and the duo system, with an insulation compound and a jacketing compound, can be cured in CV lines (PX 21169-1 and PX 21169-2). PTL mud resistant compound RDX 20606 was developed to perform in the harshest off-shore environments, designed to withstand drilling fluid muds and to meet the requirements of NEK 606, IEC 61892-4 and IEC 60092-359 SHF2.

Gauges operate via PC-based Total Vu™ software. Total Vu provides a complete audit trail of the process, including flaw reporting, SPC charts, and Excel-based user-designed reports, and offers real-time analysis, with

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run and trend charts, graphical cross-section display, and measurements in configurable, 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+ wall thickness can be measured at up to eight positions with up to 2,000 measurements per second. LaserLinc micrometers and the UltraGauge+ digital signal processor have a four-year warranty, parts and labor, and LaserLinc will provide a temporary replacement while a micrometer is undergoing repairs.

Flame retardant fillers are used in cables for use in tunnels, airports, high-rise buildings and electronic devices, while additives replace stabilizers containing heavy metals in PVC processing. Nabaltec also produces base materials for use in technical ceramics, the refractory industry and catalysis. Unlike halogenated flame retardant fillers, the products manufactured by the company´s Functional Fillers division contain no hazardous substances and do not require separate disposal. Rather, in the event of fire, the company´s flame retardant fillers decrease the development of fumes hazardous to human health and the environment. Nye Lubricants Inc Nye Lubricants formulates, manufactures, markets and sells synthetic lubricants, thermal coupling compounds and index-matching optical gels. Nye provides lubricant solutions for a range of industries and applications including automotive, aerospace, and appliance wiring harness connectors, as well as supplying curing and thixotropic optical gels for fiber optic mechanical splices and LED applications. Nye services US customers through its regional engineering offices, with representation throughout Europe, South America, Asia, South Africa, Australia and India. OptEM Engineering OptEM Cable Designer is a CAE tool for designing and simulating the performance of copper cables. Hierarchical-design modeling is used where existing design elements are defined as building blocks (instances) in constructing higher level designs. Objects in the cross-section are tagged with object properties such as core

material (conductor or dielectric), plating and object name. Each design instance has a unique position, rotation and lay length, which provide realistic twisting parameters for individual pairs, bundles, and cables. The EM field analysis generates accurate ASCII reports for LRCG parameters, and plots S-parameter data for RL, IL, NEXT, FEXT, ELFEXT, PS-NEXT and PS-FEXT.

Optogear has launched a product portfolio aimed

at both specialty fiber and telecom fiber manufacturing segments. Through ongoing collaboration with leading research groups and advanced technology companies, Optogear is able to offer short lead times from research findings to commercial production. Optogear’s team has decades of experience of building optical equipment. A strong machine building tradition is matched with solid scientific back-up, resulting in newhigh-performance equipment and new processes. Optogear endeavors to individually tailor equipment to resolve each customer’s individual production problems.

The Pair Advisor module calculates conductor and insulate diameters that fulfill a selected standard using assigned design properties for a shielded or unshielded pair, while the Lay Length Advisor module calculates lay lengths of a four-pair cable based on assigned design properties and ratios between NEXT resonance frequency and maximum frequency for diagonal and side-by-side pairs.

Proton Products International

Optogear

Nabaltec AG Nabaltec AG manufactures, develops and distributes highly specialized products based on aluminum hydroxide (ATH) and aluminum oxide, as well as other raw materials, through its Functional Fillers and Technical Ceramics divisions. The company´s product range includes halogen-free flame retardant fillers and eco-friendly additives for the plastics industry.

Proton Products International provides measurement and control solutions to the wire and cable industry. The company’s leading products include non-contact speed and length measurement with bi-directional and true-zero speed recognition. The latest super fast range of diameter gauges can measure items at up to 10,000 times per axis, per second.

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Three-axis lump and neck detectors - for enhanced circumference quality control - preheaters, spark testers and capacitance gauges complete Proton’s portfolio. Proton will display the SLR3060 bi-directional speed and length gauge; the LN3030 lump and neck detector; InteliSENS diameter gauge and NEXiS control system.

to provide a cost-effective, user-friendly packaging solution for a wide range of products never before packed in Reelex. Reelex ® is a patented method of winding any flexible filamentary material into a precision-wound figure-eight coil. This coil dispenses from the inside-out without twists, tangles, snags or overruns and may be placed into a wide range of containers from cardboard boxes to shrink film to environmentally-sustainable packaging. Roblon Roblon develops and manufactures high-tech industrial fibers such as glass and aramid strength members, binder yarns and ripcords (standard and water-blocking) used in fiber optic cables and is ISO 9001 and 14001 certified.

Roblon servers SE-18 or SE-24 apply yarns to a cable winding off the material, making them suitable for yarn types such as the Roblon composite glass. Tension is individually controlled during production by means of hysteresis brakes. Roblon servers can be easily integrated in both existing and new production lines.

Saco Polymers is a manufacturer of moisture-crosslinkable polyethylene compounds for the wire and cable industry, with a broad range of formulations of flame retardant and low smoke zero-halogen (LSOH) compounds to meet the highest international standards. Saco Polymers recently announced its acquisition of AEI Compounds Ltd, increasing product line capabilities and extending the company’s geographic reach. Headquartered in Kent, UK, AEI is a long-standing developer and manufacturer of specialized thermoplastic and crosslinkable polymer compounds for insulation and jacketing applications.

Reelex Packaging Solutions

Alongside examples of the Reelex “I” and Reelex II ® coils in corrugated box packaging,

Rosendahl Increasing demand for foamed data cores, for RG-type coaxial cables up to ½” using cheaper standard FEPs and for fluor-polymer insulated wires for data-, coaxial-, micro-co- axial and aerospace applications, drives the demand for improved processing equipment, process and material developments. For this wide area of applications Rosendahl has developed a series of extruders to cover output ranges from 0.02kg/h up to 50kg/h and cover foam rates for FEP from 20% up to 68% depending on product design and wall thickness. By developing four new crosshead designs a wide range of products is covered. Newly designed payoffs and take-ups allow wire tensions down to 3grams for processing AWG54 special alloy wires.

Roblon produces a range of composite glass strength members and offers specialized hotmelt formulations. One example is an extra-adhesive version that transmits the force of the strength members to the jacketing material, making it ideal for short-span aerial cables. Roblon has also developed a formulation particularly suitable for direct buried cables or for cables placed in extreme environments such as sewer systems.

The Macromeric ® division of Saco Polymers produces thermoplastic compounds and additive concentrates. These polymeric materials cover a wide spectrum of performance, targeted for flame retardant, electrically / thermally conductive and static-dissipative end-use applications. Other major product lines include thermoplastic polyurethanes and plasticized/impact-modified polyamides.

a new type of Reelex package will debut at IWCS. This next-generation Reelex package is said to offer a slimmer profile, greater payout performance, a more environmentally-friend- ly waste profile and lower material costs than current Reelex and other packaging options. The second packaging system on display is a new concept aimed at shorter (500 feet and under) lengths of cable, and is designed

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Weber & Scher Mfg. Co. Inc For over 60 years, Weber & Scher has on the manufacture and supply of metal tape handling and application systems. This includes the manufacture of seam welding and corrugating systems for use in the production of power cables. specialized in equipment and technology for the wire and cable industry, with an emphasis

Macromeric has a long history of custom formulation expertise for unique applications, complemented by its significant development, testing and analytical laboratory capacity and competence. T&T Marketing Inc T&T Marketing Inc, a distributor for the wire and cable industry, will be introducing several new products at IWCS, including a high performance TPE product. TPE 5575R is a highly flame retardant wire and cable compound that is both RoHS and REACH compliant, with a broad range of excellent performance attributes. T&T will shortly begin manufacture of several products based on the formulations of Santo prene 8261-87 TPV, Santoprene 8451-87W232 TPV and Santoprene 8453-87W232 TPV, since ExxonMobil Chemical Company made the decision to suspend the manufacture

of these grades. The formulations have been transferred to T&T. Low smoke zero-halogen compounds from DYM are also a point of interest. These products are believed unique in their high degree of flame retardancy and excellent processability.

the two tape edges formed longitudinally around the cable core. A series of tools form the metal tape into a tube, which is followed by a precision weld box section to accomplish the final rounding of the tube and properly positions the tape edge seam for passage under the weld torch. A critical component within this line is the model COR-400 welded metal sheath corrugating machine, designed for imparting helical or annular corrugations into the welded metal sheath in tandem with the longitudinal welding operation.

Web Industries Web Industries provides contract

manufacturing and development services to the wire and cable industry; services that include converting metals, polymers or non-wovens, extruding tape, slitting and rewinding, or recycling fiber optic spools. For nearly 25 years, Web Industries has worked closely with telecommunications, control and power and energy cable manufacturers and suppliers to address their need for fast, reliable service, while minimizing inventory and freight costs. Web Industries is also the producer of Superbulk ® polypropylene cable filler. Designed not to wick or absorb water, lightweight Superbulk is acid-, alkali-, and mildew-resistant. The 10.4” TFT color display is designed to lead the operator simply and intuitively via a Windows CE-based operating system. A tough touch panel tilts, can be positioned to suit the operator’s requirements, and is completely removable. The alphaJET evo prints TrueType fonts without loss of speed. Logos and graphics can be created with a PC graphics program and transferred as a bitmap to the ink jet printer. It operates with the full range of GEM ink jet fluids.

Weber & Scher will be presenting its Gatweld longitudinal metal tape seam welding and corrugating line for the production of power cables with a longitudinal seam weld and corrugated metal tape sheath construction. This system utilizes the TIG (GTAW) welding process to weld

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