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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.

AFA Industries

Beta LaserMike

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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