WCA July 2012

Technology news

❍ ❍ Part of the range from GMP Slovakia

Reels range

which has strong construction for drawing and stranding steel wire process. The reel is normally supplied with high strength, hardened changeable bushings fixed by screws or by welding points. Many different dimensions are available, starting from 355 to 1,250mm flange. GMP Slovakia also manufactures carries to load wire that is used for the production of annealed and galvanised wire. These carries can have a very easy structure, completely manufactured by tubes or can have a big central barrel in bent sheet. Both types are made in welded steel structures and they can be painted or zinc galvanised. These carries can also be used for off-shore cable payoff and have large dimensions, according to customers’ specifications.

GMP Slovakia’s range of products includes many different items, starting from normal steel reels, take apart reels and all the equipment suitable to handle reels and coils with standard or special dimensions. The application of these products is wide and different. There are items suitable for drawing, buncher and stranding steel, copper or aluminium wire and many of them can be used both for winding and unwinding processes. HD-Heavy Duty reels type, for example, can be used for steel wire drawing process and also for payoff process. This reel has a machined barrel to avoid damage to the wound wire, and is dynamically balanced for high speed. It can be supplied with wire accumulator system for continuous process. Another suggested reel for both applications is the MR-Massive Reel,

GMP Slovakia sro – Slovakia Website : www.gmp-slovakia.com

A mini-wipe that cleanses bare, fine gauge wire The new mini-wipe from Cosmos features a Vortex air stream, diamond polished wiping cylinders and exchangeable centring guides. The machine is dedicated to cleanse bare, fine gauge wire of Ø 0.025 to Ø0.71 mm with air velocity within the air wipe exceeding the speed of sound while consuming only 0.1 to 0.2 cubic feet per minute of compressed air. A line speed of 900 metres/minute has been reported. A range of exchangeable wiping cylinders and centring guides are available to realise the optimum combination of wiping cylinder and centring guide for the wire diameter customers have in mind.

Cosmos Enterprises Co Ltd – Taiwan Website : www.cosmos-na.com

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Wire & Cable ASIA – July/August 2012