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EuroWire – January 2008 50
english technology news
New electric furnace
I LE S Srl has launched an electric
furnace with horizontal chamber
together with quenching tank
and NC loading device, model
1.08.3+7.62+DCB.
The main characteristic is the
innovative system of automatic
loading / unloading / quenching
system of interlocking to the furnace,
named DCB.
This is made of a four-axle NC loading
device that, using a personalised
hooking device, allows the operator
to work in a completely safe zone. The
operator just has to do some simple
operations to put the pieces in and
out of the NC loading device.
To program the machine the operator
only has to enter the data by means
of the operator board and of the
programmer of the thermal cycle.
I LE S Srl – Italy
Fax: +39 0373 750 110
Email:
Website :
Electric furnace from I LE S ▲
Double automatic spooling line from PS
lCostruzioni for Australian plant
PS engineers have designed and installed a double automatic spooling line, Model
PS400/14-B, featuring a double portal pay-off stand and automatic pallet units, at
Prysmian Plant in Australia.
The double portal pay-off enables the line to produce spools continuously, without any
time lost to changing cable reels. While the first reel is unwinding the second portal
pay-off can be loaded with a new reel.
As soon as the first reel is empty, the operator moves the first portal pay-off aside and
moves the second one into place, threads the cable end and re-starts the line operation.
The produced spools are labelled and conveyed automatically to the axis automatic
pallet units.
The plant also features an incremental cable marking device, using an ink jet printer,
which enables the cable to be cut on the 100m mark. The pay-offs accept reels with
diameters from 1,000mm to 2,000mm, with a maximum weight of 7 tons.
Spool sizes range in outer diameter from 200mm to 400mm, with width of 100mm to
400mm, bore of 102mm, and maximum weight of 45kg. The line can accommodate
multi-polar insulated flexible and semi-solid cables with outer diameter of 5-14mm, and
semi-solid flat cables with dimensions
from 4.12 x 6.06mm to 16.5 x 9.55mm.
PS Costruzioni Meccaniche Srl – Italy
Fax: +39 03968 98769
Email:
Website:
The PS400/14-B from PS Costruzioni ▲
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