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UK agent Techna International has introduced new
products from Witels-Albert GmbH, a leading European
manufacturer of guiding, straightening and feeding
equipment, from hand-held units to fully automated,
computerised systems.
The latest addition to the range of feed/drive units is
the NAK 160Z utilising feed-belts that are now being
increasingly designed into feed units for the handling of
cable, tube and profiled shapes.
Compared to feed rolls, belts have better friction
coefficients and exert less surface pressure on the work
piece such that, at given contact pressure and torque,
they generate higher force whilst being gentler on the
product.
Though they have a shorter service life than rolls, the
belts used on the NAK 160Z have a newly developed
coating, on the back of the belt, which significantly
extends the service life.
Units can be used to clamp and feed process materials
which have varying diameters or cross-sections,
in thickness between 0.6mm and 40mm, whilst
maintaining a defined, identical zero-line.
The NADH 160 is designed for round steel wire with
diameters from 15mm to 40mm.
Depending on the up- and down-stream roll
straightening process, feed forces may need to be
as high as 10kN, so requiring exceptionally rugged
straightening equipment.
For horizontal or vertical mounting, the robust, durable
construction of the NADH 160 Includes hydraulic
clamping of the process material and factory-installed
direct-drive hydraulic actuators for the shafts of the
feed rolls, so providing a very high performance density.
Process materials of a minimum curvature radius of
300mm can be inserted into the open feed throat.
The newly developed straightening modules of the AS
PO system meet the increasing trend for producing and
processing high-strength process materials with large
diameters from 10mm to 40mm.
Straightening of such materials requires straighteners
which have more than five rollers per plane and
combine features such as quick closing and opening
with full adjustability of all rollers to achieve the best
material handling and to ensure an identical zero-line
for different diameters.
The modular AS PO system provides all this whilst
making it very cost effective to process wire or tube in
large or small batch sizes.
Techna International Ltd – UK
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Feeding, guiding and straightening you out!
S S The new additions to the Witels-Albert range
Building a presence
Assomac Machines is a New Delhi-based company that
manufactures wire drawing, galvanising plants, cable
machinery and other allied machinery.
The company started production of quality wire drawing
machinery in 1989 and now offers its customers
state-of-the-art technology.
Recently the company has won a prestigious $1m plus
order from a leading UAE company.
Assomac also took part in wire 2012 in Düsseldorf,
Germany, where it exhibited the latest technological
innovations made in its plants, and the number of visitors
confirmed a general upward trend of interest from across
the world.
European countries are also eager to make their
presence felt in the Indian market in sectors like
infrastructure, automobile and to source their machinery
from India itself.
Assomac Machines – India
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