EuroWire January 2007

pay-offs, take-ups and winding systems

Modular pay-off and take-up systems

Marldon Rolling Ring Traverse Units W hat’s important to users of a traverse unit? The quality, the performance, the price? The answer is, of course, ‘yes’ to all three, and Marldon are confident that no customer would find one of their traverse lacking in any. But there are two extraordinary attributes of the Marldon product range which give the customer that extra added value. Marldon uses a design which is unique in the variable pitch rolling ring traverse market – a monocoque body which is completely stable on the shaft and a separate ‘load-isolated’ pressure plate to engage the unit with the traverse shaft and drive to the unit. This is a separation of the two essential functions of a traverse, load carrying and traversing motion. If these functions were not separated and the traverse casing used to both carry an external load and to create traverse drive, it would then be necessary to allow the unit to ‘float’ on the shaft to accommodate differing conditions which would result in differing performance. It follows that a requirement to float would mean an inability to remain stable! Not only does this unique Marldon design afford operational advantages - the resulting unit is extremely simple in its construction. It can be disassembled and rebuilt quickly and without specialist equipment thereby making in-house maintenance an easy and economical option Marldon Group Ltd – UK Fax : +44 870 90 700 16 Email : sales@marldon.com • Website : www.marldon.com

Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc, a provider of equipment and technology to the wire and cable industry, has launched its latest line of modular cable pay-off and take-up systems. The new systems are designed to offer cable manufacturers a compact and economical unit that can be used throughout the factory for a variety of applications. The pay-offs and take-ups are offered in different sizes to accommodate a range of reel diameters and widths. Pay-off systems can be furnished non-driven with a mechanical or electrical brake. Driven pay-off and take-up models are also available that can be either torque regulated, or speed regulated from a dancer to maintain the preset cable tension.

The cable take-up systems can be furnished with a mechanical type cable traversing mechanism to provide a level wind on the cable reel.

Weber & Scher’s shaftless cable take-up

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In addition, reel traversing type cable take-up systems are offered to obtain a level wind on the reel while also maintaining the cable on the wire centreline. Both optical and processor based traversing systems can be furnished to suit any application. The company also manufactures a variety of cable accumulation systems for use in tandem with the pay-off and take-up units, to allow continuous operation of the production line. Both vertical and horizontal accumulation systems are available in heavy duty and light duty models. The accumulation systems can be furnished for dancer trim on-line speed control of the pay-off or take-up units for precise tension regulation. Weber & Scher Mfg Co Inc/AFA Industries – USA Fax : +1 908 236 7001 Email : webscher@webscher.com Website : www.webscher.com

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EuroWire – January 2007