EoW September 2013

Feature Handling & packaging equipment

Efficient, economic and cost saving wire, strand and cable handling with NPS packaging system

▲ ▲ The SV 402 from Niehoff

A full NPS spool takes up only one third of the space required by a comparable conventional spool. Empty NPS spools can be fully dismantled and nested into each other and therefore need much less return transport space than traditional spools and packages of the same capacity. The results are considerable savings in shipping and handling expenses. Upon return to the cable manufacturer NPS spools can be easily and quickly re-assembled, reloaded and then re-used for dozens of cycles. Further advantages are the savings on packaging material and the reduction of the cable scrap rate. For all these benefits, the NPS has almost entirely replaced in Europe all alternatives such as cardboard barrels, boxes and disposable packaging. Like in the past, Niehoff continues to develop further NPS handling solutions. Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co KG – Germany Website : www.niehoff.de

Cable and wire harness manufacturers have been working with the Niehoff Package System NPS which has been proven to be an efficient, safe, reliable and economical handling system for primary automotive cables as well as bunched wires, strands, conductors and cables. The users of the NPS can achieve considerable cost savings in packing and transportation especially when the extrusion and assembly plants are situated hundreds, if not thousands, of miles apart. The NPS comprises Niehoff’s SV type spoolers which use a patented wire-laying algorithm and collapsible multi-way ABS plastic spools. The spools, made in various sizes, offer a secure, stable and tangle-free package both when full or partially empty and enable the highest cable pay-off speeds into downstream processes.

IWE Reels and Handling, Germany, delivers worldwide: • Shipping reels made of steel from Ø300 to Ø4,000mm flange diameter • Collapsible systems with folding or removable flanges for reducing the transport costs can also be selected • Smooth internal flanges and drum surface for protecting the winding material • Surface treatments like hot- galvanising, painting with two com- ponent lacquer or stainless steel Range of services

▼ ▼ Shipping reel from IWE Reels and Handling

Accessories include: • Lifting holes, fixing holes for safe loading, rim profiles for nail-less lagging, data plate • Cable entry bow, transportation racks and more Design and dimensions are according to customer specifications. IWE Spulen und Handling GmbH – Germany Website : www.iwe-reels.com

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