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EuroWire – January 2010 24
technology news
Cimteq, the supplier of the cable design
software CableBuilder©, has signed a
partnership agreement with SAP to
enhance its software’s ability to gener-
ate professional reports, manufacturing
instructions and online catalogues.
CableBuilder, used by wire and cable
manufacturers worldwide for design,
quotations, costing and datasheets, will
now feature an integrated reporting
engine in the form of Crystal Reports.
Crystal Reports software enables
CableBuilder users to design interactive
reports and use them as a template
to format CableBuilder data. These
reports can be static or interactive,
and can cover a variety of purposes
from manufacturing instructions to
datasheets to quotation performance
analysis.
The chief benefit of Crystal Reports
is thought to be the familiar and
convenient drag-and-drop user inter-
face, similar to the majority of word
processing applications. A secondary,
but important, feature is the ability to
generate PDF, Microsoft Office, and
HTML documents from the same user
defined report format, hence reducing
the time and cost of reporting.
Cimteq – UK
Fax: +44 1978 667 005
Email:
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Software partnership Smoother winding
The Luxembourg facility of tyre manu-
facturer Goodyear Dunlop is using
AVS automatic winding width control,
developed by Joachim Uhing KG GmbH
& Co, to prevent the formation of bulges
and dents in wires wound on the flange
area of spools.
The metal spools on which Goodyear
Dunlop winds the 1mm–2mm thick steel
tyre cord are used in several locations
of the Colmar-Berg plant. During their
service life, some of the spools change
their initial geometry considerably, bent
flanges being the central issue.
Warped metal spools require frequent
adjustment of the traversing width
if such spools are to be reused. This
negatively affects the cost efficiency of
the production process.
Uhing developed the automatic winding
width control, AVS, to provide a smooth
winding pattern in the reversing area
of the traversing system, known to be
particularly critical in the process.
The Uhing AVS is extremely
unsusceptible to soiling, since it lacks
optical sensors, and can be integrated
into existing traversing systems as a
complete system or in parts.
Joachim Uhing KG GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 4347 90640
Email:
Website:
Zumbach Electronic has introduced a new profile measuring system. Profilemaster®
PMM 80 is the latest model available from the Zumbach Profilemaster family,
enabling measurement systems using light section principle and machine vision.
The design was focused to achieve the best price-to-performance ratio for all
profiles, tubes and cables made of plastic, rubber, metal, steel or other materials. In
addition, the Profilemaster PMM 80, fulfils the demands of the market for a compact,
industrial-proof and cost effective system to increase the accuracy of the end product.
Profilemaster PMM 80 can be easily integrated into an existing production line and
any PC-based network.
Main technical specifications include:
Measuring field: within 80mm (3.15 • " ) cross-section
Repeatability: up to ± 0.002mm (± .00008 • ")
Measurement rate: up to 5/s (option: 20/s) •
Light source: VLD (visible laser diode) red, class 3R •
Cameras: CCD megapixel gigabit ethernet •
Line speed: unlimited •
Type of protection: IP 65 •
Dimensions (w x h x d): 440 x 520 x 280mm (17.3 x 20.4 x 11 • ")
Operating system: Windows™ XP embedded •
Display: high resolution 17" TFT •
Network interfaces: 2 x ethernet •
Communication interfaces: digital I/Os, relay outputs •
Zumbach Electronic AG – Switzerland Fax: +41 32 356 0430
Email: Website:
Measuring shapes or profiles