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EuroWire – May 2009 12
english corporate news
Exhibitor at this year’s Wires & Fasteners
Kiev, ITF Group is among leading suppliers
of integrated solutions for cleaning,
degreasing and deburring. Knowledge
and experience gained over 30 years of
activity enable the company to provide its
customers with a wide range of individual
solutions across customised machines.
Automatic wire cleaning at Kiev
ITF’s automatic plants for metal wire
cleaning and degreasing represent one
of these individual solutions. This type of
plant has been designed and developed
for continuous automatic removal of oils
and draw residuals from up to 24 wires.
The wire is cleaned by mechanical and
chemical actions, giving excellent results.
The cleaning cycle can include spray
washing, ultrasound cleaning, spray
rinsing and blowing with forced air.
In the loading and unloading area, on
the opposite site of the plant, the plates
where the wires enter the line have
ceramic bushes. Other features of this
flexible wire washing plant include:
Powerful ultrasound •
Ultrasound tank equipped with •
pump for continuous maintenance
of level
Ceramic bushes to allow for smooth •
wire run
Spray rinsing with net water supplied •
by a factory net
These compact machines do not need
any floor foundation work. The internal
parts are constructed from stainless steel
AISI 316L, and external parts (fairing and
structure) not in contact with liquids are
in painted carbon steel.
ITF Group – Italy
Fax: +39 02 972 89697
Email:
Website:
ITF will exhibit automatic wire cleaning lines ▼ ▼
Tratos has acquired
NorthWest Cables
Tratos Ltd, the UK distribution subsidiary of electrical
cable manufacturer Tratos Cavi SpA of Italy, has com-
pleted its acquisition of North West Cables Ltd and its
subsidiary, Modular Wiring Systems Ltd.
The deal has resulted in all UK manufacturing being
transferred to the bespoke Knowsley facility and more
staff have been employed there.
John Light, the UK group managing director, believes:
“The purchase is of strategic importance to give us
a manufacturing operation here, particularly as it is
based in what was once the heartland of the British
cable industry.”
He continued that taking over the Modular Wiring
Systems business puts the group at the forefront in
this area, which is based on an easily installed modular
sub-circuit distribution system that is prefabricated
off-site.
Under the new ownership, NorthWest Cables has become
Tratos, whilst Modular Wiring Systems will retain its name
and become a Tratos Group company.
Tratos Ltd – UK
Fax: +44 1246 858000
Email:
Website: