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Over a number of years the IWMA has funded an
educational scholarship award scheme through its
charitable trust, the International Wire & Machinery
Association Educational Trust.
The scheme provides an award of up to $24,000 over
a two-year period to be paid to an institute, training
organisation, university, college or similar establishment
for the benefit of a trainee, student or apprentice or for a
group training programme.
The candidate must be engaged in study, research or
training activities related to the wire, cable or wire product
industries. All applications must be introduced and
sponsored by a member of the IWMA. There is no upper
age limit.
The scholarship is named after the late Walter Niehoff, a
founder member and past president of the IWMA. A board
of trustees of representatives drawn from IWMA member
organisations considers and selects the recipients of the
scholarships. The most recent IWMA Educational Trust
grant was awarded to the Institute of Spring Technology
to support a series of training seminars in countries like
India and Thailand.
Could you introduce someone or an organisation to this
award? If you would like to receive some promotional
material to distribute and display at your work place please
contact the IWMA.
Application details and terms for the scholarships can
be found on and downloaded from the IWMA website at
Along with the John C Hogg Travel Award for the wire
Düsseldorf exhibition (see editorial on page 18) the Walter
Niehoff Scholarships make a significant contribution
to the development of well trained and well informed
personnel in the wire and cable industry.
Control in power cable production
Zumbach Electronic AG offers a wide range
of dimensional measurement and quality
monitoring systems for cable.
The three-axis ODAC® Trio gauge offers
accurate detection of out-of-round condition,
regardless of the orientation of the product
ovality, in combination with reliable and fast
diameter measurement. The advantages
include synchronised measurement axes
on a single plane, compact design, reliable
detection of mean value regardless of the
orientation of the product ovality, accurate
computation of circumference and cross
section and integrated fault detection
functions.
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and quality monitoring. Diameter, ovality, eccentricity and capacitance can be measured, and additional sensors for faults,
line speed or events can be integrated.
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