EoW January 2008

reels & spools

Designed to meet individual needs Pentre Group provides machinery manufacturers and wire and cable producers worldwide with individually tailored reel and drum processing technology and products.

With four manufacturing facilities in the UK and across Europe, multilingual staff, a highly skilled workforce, and prompt distribution resources in more than 50 countries, Pentre Group offers a comprehensive design, development, evaluation, and manufacturing capability. All the technical departments run the latest CAD design packages. The plate material used is fully certified prime quality mild steel. All boss material is manufactured from ST52. The welds conform to International Standards and are applied using fully automatic, or semi-automatic machines. Hearl Heaton, the Pentre affiliate, is recognised as a leader in the design and manufacture of ABS (plastic flanged) high-speed process reels. For the wire, cable, telecommunication, and fibre optic industry, the range of products includes process reels ranging from 250mm to 1,000mm Ø. Manufactured either to customer specification or to DIN 46395 standard, these in-process reels are suitable for extrusion speeds up to 2,500m/min.

A BP wire drawing reel from Pentre

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ABS flanges are moulded from virgin material which has good impact properties and high rigidity. The bosses are manufactured in CNC to maintain an accurate and high tolerance component. Pentre Group – Germany Fax : +49 36762 33405 Email : info@pentregroup.com Website : www.pentregroup.com

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EuroWire – January 2008