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reels & spools
Designed to meet individual needs
Pentre Group provides machinery manufacturers and wire and cable producers worldwide with individually tailored reel
and drum processing technology and products.
With four manufacturing facilities in the UK and across Europe,
multilingual staff, a highly skilled workforce, and prompt distribution
resources in more than 50 countries, Pentre Group offers a
comprehensive design, development, evaluation, and manufacturing
capability.
All the technical departments run the latest CAD design packages.
The plate material used is fully certified prime quality mild steel.
All boss material is manufactured from ST52. The welds conform to
International Standards and are applied using fully automatic, or
semi-automatic machines.
Hearl Heaton, the Pentre affiliate, is recognised as a leader in the design
and manufacture of ABS (plastic flanged) high-speed process reels.
For the wire, cable, telecommunication, and fibre optic industry, the
range of products includes process reels ranging from 250mm to
1,000mm Ø.
Manufactured either to customer specification or to DIN 46395 standard,
these in-process reels are suitable for extrusion speeds up to 2,500m/min.
ABS flanges are moulded from virgin material which has good impact properties and high rigidity. The bosses are manufactured
in CNC to maintain an accurate and high tolerance component.
Pentre Group – Germany
Fax: +49 36762 33405 Email: Website:
A BP wire drawing reel from Pentre ▲