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successful rigid and planetary stranders, single twist cablers and drum twisters for producing of all types of power cable (low, medium, high and extra high voltage underground, overhead conductors and submarine/umbilical), as well as signal/ instrumentation and large communication cables. Pourtier is also extending its existing range of tubular stranders, skip stranders and bow cablers. Pourtier of America – USA Website: www.pourtier-setic.com

to 15mm (0.59") aluminum, and is quiet, clean and energy efficient to operate. The smaller air/hydraulic HP100 cold welder, for welding wire and strip 1mm to 5mm (0.039" to 0.197") is mounted on a trolley, so it can be wheeled quickly to the work area. Manual cold welders on show include the manually operated M101 cold welder, for copper wire and strip 1mm to 3.6mm (0.04" to 0.141") and aluminum 1mm to 5mm (0.197”). The M101 can be used on a workbench or supplied with a trolley. Suitable for joining fine wire in confined spaces, PWM’s M10, M25 and M30 hand-held machines are suitable for wire and strip 0.1mm to 1.8mm (0.0039" to 0.071"). The BM10 and BM30 models, for similar wire sizes, can be used on aworkbench or trolley. PWM machines and dies, standard or custom made to suit round or profile wire and rod, are designed and made in the company’s own UK workshops. PWM Ltd – UK Website: www.pwmltd.co.uk Queins will show large-sized pictures of machines on display, as well as a movie showing the machines in operation. Since the 1970s the company has supplied new and reconditioned machinery to customers of the cable and rope industry worldwide. By consulting with customers, Queins is continuously updating its range. Besides the standard machines for the production of cables and ropes, it also supplies huge production lines for special Queins Machines GmbH Booth 1506

industries such as the offshore or the transformer industry.

wires, resulting in a clean surface that is free of decarburization. The company, headquartered in the USA, operates globally, with over half of its turnover generated outside the USA for the last ten years. RadCon offers advanced systems for annealingwireandwire rod, medium-carbon and alloy steels, to cold-heading quality specifications. The H2SHC™ system is said to provide the highest convection of any system to produce the uniform mechanical properties necessary for the manufacture of high quality fasteners.

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S S A rigid strander from Queins

Queins offers a wide range of modern rigid, planetary, skip-type and tubular stranders, single- or double-twist bunchers/stranders, machines for the production of off-shore and umbilical cables, continuously transposed conductors (CTC) as well as disc- and belt-capstans, taping machines and all types of pay-offs and take-ups. It also offers used and reconditioned cable-making machines which have been modernized and finished with new components according to the customer’s specification. Queins Machines GmbH – Germany Website: www.queins.com

British company PWM will present its best-selling EP500 rod welder, plus a range of powerful portable cold welders and manual machines. The PWM products will be featured by Joe Snee Associates, exclusive distributor of PWM cold welding equipment, spares and dies in the US and Canada.

S S Advanced system from RadCon

RadCon’s control system design produces a stable thermal cycle, key to achieving 90 to 100 percent spheroidization, for prolonged die life and better flow during the cold forming process. A 100 percent hydrogen protective atmosphere and patented AC/APEx™ control system ensure surface quality free of decarburization - an important element in the production of cold-heading quality wires. RadCon – UK Website: www.radcon.com proportional-pulse

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RadCon manufactures bell-type furnaces for spheroidize annealing of wire and wire rod for the production of cold-heading quality wires. RadCon specializes in spheroidizing of alloy steel hot-rolled wire rod and drawn

S S The PWM EP500

PWM’s electro/pneumatic EP500 cold welder provides a cost-effective method of welding large non-ferrous rod sections. The machine is designed for wire sizes 5mm to 12.5mm (0.197" to 0.492") copper and 5mm

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