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The RTM equipment can be configured
in various ways to handle nearly any
tension control task. The monitoring
system comprises tension sensors,
amplifiers, bus system with radio
transceiver and software.
The components are specially
designed for rotating applications and
are all produced by FMS.
A wide range of proven tension
sensors is available. If control is
required, controllers are used instead
of amplifiers. The system can be
powered by AC or DC.
FMS Force Measuring Systems AG
– Switzerland
Website:
Flymca SL, located in Spain, is a
producer of rotating equipment for
the cable industry. Flymca’s range of
machines includes: rigid stranders,
tubular stranders, double twist bun-
chers, bow stranders, drum twisting
lines, planetary stranders, payoffs,
take-ups, capstans, caterpillars and
taping heads.
For different types of cables, such as
power, telecommunication, instrumen-
tation, steel, offshore or umbilical,
Flymca’s high technology, robust
machines are built for low maintenance
and easy operation. Flyro deals in
second-hand equipment for the wire
and cable industry.
Flymca & Flyro – Spain
Website:
Along with showcasing its full line
of diamond wire drawing dies, Fort
Wayne Wire Die (FWWD) will have
personnel on hand to provide details
about the company’s die-inventory
management and re-cutting services
to optimise return on investment for
its customers.
“It’s really cost effective from more
than just the standpoint of extending
die life through timely, precision
re-cutting,” explains Brad Scherer of
FWWD. “Our customer inventory
management system is designed
around the customer’s operation and
expected die life cycles, with the
goal of maximising die utilisation by
managing the inventory to demand. By
increasing the number of re-cuts used,
the customer’s new die purchases
should decrease.”
For high-speed multi-wire drawing
applications, FWWD can detail the
numerous cost-efficiency benefits of
its matched elongation die sets.
On display on the booth will be
FWWD’s complete product line,
including:
Wire drawing dies – single crystal •
diamond, Poly-Di® polycrystalline,
Dual-DrawTM and tungsten carbide
Extrusion tips and dies •
Shaped profile dies •
Poly-Strand • TM stranding, bunching
and compacting dies
Enamelling dies •
Di-Pro • TM diamond powder and
compound
Miscellaneous wear parts •
Visitors can also find out more about
Fort Wayne Wire Die’s full line of equip-
ment for die maintenance, measuring
and inspection.
Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc – USA
Website:
GCR Eurodraw has been manu-
facturing brass plating lines since the
early 70s, with continuous improve-
ments in design and efficiency,
implementing new technical solutions
developed by its R&D department.
Significant developments include:
Ultrasonic degreasing: high- •
frequency waves hit the wire and
cause cracking of residues adher-
ing to the wire surface. Ultrasonic
degreasing can be combined with
electrolytic degreasing, making the
system more effective
Electrolytic pickling: H • 2 SO4 electro-
lytic pickling has many more
advantages than HCl fumeless
pickling, being faster and less
hazardous, as the fumes are less
aggressive and sulphuric acid is
safer to handle
Electro-plating with insoluble an- •
odes: zinc is carried by the plating
solution and dissolved in a sepa-
rate tank. There is no need for zinc
anodes that require continuous
replacement because the zinc
pellets are dropped into the dissolv-
ing station, maintaining constant
concentration of the plating solution
GCR Eurodraw has developed
technology for current control with a
high-precision wave slicing rectifier
and no choppers.
This assures transmission of much
cleaner current to the wire, thus further
improving the plating quality.
Induction diffusion: a zinc-copper •
diffusion system based on induc-
tion heating technology. Induction
diffusion is offered as an alternative
to Joulé effect or fluidised bed
diffusion
Automatic take-ups: GCR’s new •
take-ups for brass-plating lines are
equipped with an automatic wire
accumulation system for non-stop
operation of the line, and an auto-
matic winding control system
Computerised line supervision and •
process analysis: a process super-
vision system that monitors all the
parameters of a brass-plating line
GCR Eurodraw will attend wire
Southeast Asia 2009 with its associ-
ated company DEM Wire Rolling
Technology.
GCR Eurodraw – Italy
Website :
Monitoring systems from FMS m m
Flymca & Flyro
Booth C18
Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc
Booth B11
GCR Eurodraw SpA
Italian Pavilion
FWWD’s matched elongation die sets m m
Brass plating lines from GCR Eurodraw m m