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38 March 2015
When it comes to the production of special cables with
special properties, the desired machine performance
rises to a high level. The demand of sensitive production
processes made Rosendahl boost and fine-tune its
manufacturing solutions for aerospace and automotive
cable manufacturers.
High-quality extrusion, combined with economic
production, plays a pivotal role for every cable
manufacturer. This is why Rosendahl has developed
first-class process technology for X-ETFE extrusion under
economical production conditions.
Rosendahl has put its extensive material and process
know-how into special equipment features. The results are
process security and high productivity. Its high performance
extrusion line can be set up in either a single or dual layer
insulation design in a tandem process.
Features include:
• Extruder and screw design: Achieve outstanding
product quality due to low shear of sensitive materials
• Crosshead design: Expect perfect material flow. A
minimum residence time maintains the material‘s
properties and supports smooth production. The
design‘s uniform melt flow leads to perfect concentricity
• Line configuration: Benefit from a quick process start-up
with a helper capstan. Optimise production with a
cooling trough close to the crosshead
Line demonstrations can be seen at the installed laboratory
line at Rosendahl’s new technology centre in Austria.
Rosendahl Nextrom GmbH – Austria
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High-performance
X-ETFE extrusion
▲ ▲ Rosendahl – suitable for the production of special cables
New data record?
Alcatel-Lucent and the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE)
consortium have successfully completed a field trial on the
existing ACE system between France and the west coast
of Africa, based on 300Gbit/s and 400Gbit/s technology.
Transmission rates were achieved of 12.6Tbit/s of data per
fibre pair.
Alcatel-Lucent – France
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