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Marldon hysteresis payoffs
Marldon has supplied a number of hysteresis flyer payoffs to
a UK wire manufacturer demanding versatility and simplicity
from a payoff system.
Marldon has supplied the hysteresis system of braking
applied to payoff and tensioning applications since the
1960s and the system remains popular owing to its
wear-less and frictionless operation and the ability to offer
stepless adjustment across a wide range of tensions.
The system can be applied to many applications including
bare non-ferrous wires, insulated cables and multi-wires
as well as mounted in numerous configurations to apply
braking to pulleys, or use as a clutch system.
The equipment shown used the Marldon brake size 6, which
offers a torque of 4NM, but Marldon offers a range of sizes.
The configuration shown, with the flyer mounted on a
swivelling gantry, allows the bobbin to be easily positioned
and the flyer brought simply into place.
wire Düsseldorf stand: 9E34
Marldon Group Ltd
Fax: +44 870 90 70016
Email:
Website:
Neptune 2 contract for SKET
SKET has won a contract to supply equipment for Kiswire’s Neptune 2 project. What are believed to be the world’s largest
planetary closer and longest tubular strander are scheduled for delivery in Q4 2010. The machines will be used in the
manufacture of deep-sea offshore ropes, among other products.
The model MKVS 1+8 x 2700 planetary closer is suitable for making 160mm diameter rope. The machine will be provided
with a payoff and take-up capable of accommodating reels with a maximum capacity of 600 tonnes. Both the payoff and
take-up reels have a flange diameter of 5,600mm and a traversing width of 10,000mm. The previous largest take-up made
by SKET has a 400 tonnes winding capacity and is in operation at Bridon International.
The high-speed tubular strander, SRW
1+48x800 (32") type, will produce strands
with a diameter of up to 55mm at a
maximum line speed of 100m per minute.
This line will also be capable of produc-
ing compacted strands. SKET’s previous
largest high-speed tubular strander, of the
SRW 1+48x630 type, has been working
successfully at the Kiswire Neptune 1 plant
in Malaysia for over ten years.
The Neptune 2 project, an $80 million
investment on a 20 acre site near the
Johor-based Neptune 1 plant, will be
completed in 2011.
wire Düsseldorf stand: 11G44
SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH –
Germany
Fax: +39 391 4055 815
Email:
Website :
SKET’s previous largest take-up in operation at Bridon International ▲ ▲
A typical application of the Marldon brake ▲ ▲