EuroWire January 2007

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Worldwide use Italy’s Coremo Ocmea manufactures a wide range of brakes and clutches which are used globally in the wire and cable industry. The design of the DUAL caliper brakes is conceived from the application on cable pay-off machines. The thruster of this brake is both air-applied and spring- applied to combine controlled tensioning and emergency stopping or holding in one single brake. The DUAL range of caliper brakes is designed to bring lower costs and higher safety. Coremo Ocmea SpA – Italy Fax : +39 02 4881940 Email : g.taverna@coremo.it Website : www.coremo.it

State-of-the-art! For continuous online quality control of wires and cables, Sikora delivers state-of-the-art devices for diameter, wall thickness, eccentricity and ovality measurement, detection of lumps and neck-downs as well as spark testing directly on the extrusion line. Important for extrusion operations, the Sikora technology features outstanding quality and reliability with X-ray and laser technology with no requirements for calibration. The use of fast digital signal processors eliminates effects of vibrations, which ensures unprecedented accuracy and long-term stable measurement data. Sikora presents this data through operator friendly display and control interfaces. The display options provide statistical analysis, data collection and print capabilities. The proven automatic control of the extruder output or the line speed provides fantastic return on investments. Leading Sikora´s product developments is the X-Ray 2000 series for diameter and wall thickness measurements on

Outstanding quality and reliability

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insulation and jacketing lines, and the Centerview 2000 series for non-contact eccentricity and diameter measurements on LAN, coaxial, RF, telephone cables, automotive and building wires. The success of the X-Ray 2000 comes from Sikora's X-ray experience applied to satisfying customer demand for a reliable solution for on-line measurements of the wall thickness, diameter, eccentricity and ovality without any time delay during production process. Start-up scrap is minimised, material consumption optimised and the line

productivity is increased. Sikora AG – Germany Fax : +49 421 489 0090 Email : bodmann@sikora.net Website : www.sikora.com

A wide range of brakes and clutches from Coremo Ocmea ▲

Flying rotor bows from ASEA

ASEA, Turkey, makes spare parts for copper wire and cable machines, and supplies companies both in Turkey and worldwide. The company’s range of products includes flying rotor bows for bunching machines (made from pure carbon/aramid fibre, rather than using fragile lamination coating), 99.9 per cent nickel (pure Ni) tubes for multi-wires, ceramic guides, and wearing plates with high friction resistance to ensure wire is unharmed while twisting.

Some of ASEA’s products on display

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The company, which also manufacture economical spare parts with a longer life span, and perform coating work with any kind of plasma coating, can also supply information about its products on a CD. ASEA Ltd – Turkey Fax : +90 264 276 1974 Email : foreigntrade@aseaavar.com Website : www.aseaavar.com

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EuroWire – January 2007