WCA November 2013

The reel deal. . .

Inosym Reels and Qunye Reels have established a joint venture company – IQ Reels. The establishment of IQ Reels is a major milestone for Inosym and Qunye and will ensure existing and new customers continue to receive high quality products and service through a comprehensive worldwide sales network and world-class production facilities of over 40,000m 2 . The quality and service of Inosym combined with the cost base and production facilities of Qunye will allow IQ Reels to offer reels, bobbins and spools to meet all markets, quality and price expectations. IQ Reels welcomes enquires through the local Inosym agent, found through the Inosym website at www.inosym.com or directly through either www.inosym.com or www.qunyeglobe. com Inosym – New Zealand Qunye Reels – China Website : www.inosym.com Website : www.qunyeglobe.com

❍ ❍ IQ Reels’ directors are, from left, Mr Chen Houqing, Mr Grant Latimer, Mr Bob Zhou, Mr Philip Young and Ms Wang Qiuxiang Changing spools is made easy Changing spools is made easy with fast-action clamping systems for plain shafts. But how do you do this? Pictures tell

more than words. For this reason, Uhing has published two short online videos showing the Easylock fast action clamping system, and its variant, the U-Clip clamping element. These videos show the fastening on plain shafts and some application examples. The viewer sees how easy, fast and safe handling is. Both products can be operated without tools or even with one hand and independent of the direction of rotation, and they are

❍ ❍ A screenshot of the video on the Uhing website

vibration resistant. The video also shows that – depending on the size of the element used – the retaining force of Easylock can be up to 5,000N and that of U-Clip up to 420N. The close-up pictures focus on the essential: the plain shaft, the clamping element and the hand of the person operating the element. Explanations of the handling are not necessary. In these presentations the viewer can see exactly each single move – even if there is a hurry during operation. The videos are available at www.uhing.com/en Joachim Uhing GmbH & Co KG – Germany Website : www.uhing.com

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Wire & Cable ASIA – November/December 2013