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Wire & Cable ASIA – March/April 2014
Technologynews
Lukas is a global supplier of machinery for the wire and cable
industry. As a leader in technology, Lukas is known for its high
quality and high precision products. Both standard machinery
and customized solutions are provided.
Beside Pay-off, Take-up, Rewinding lines, drawing machines,
etc, the main focus is on taping and spinning lines. These
Taping lines are available in horizontal or vertical version.
They are suitable for a lot of different types of tapes and fibers,
such as: PTFE, Polyimide, Mica, Polyester, Fleece, Laminated
Tapes, Metal Tapes, Paper, etc. The high speed and the high
precision is enabled by a closed loop tape tension control and
a very precise speed synchronization between the capstan (or
caterpillar) and the taping heads.
Depending on the application, a line can be equipped with a
cooling unit for the taping area, devices for quality control or an
inline sintering oven.
The photo on the right shows a vertical taping and sintering
line for aircraft cables. It consists of Pay-off, 2-Head-Taping-
unit with air condition, Capstan, Infrared Sintering Oven and
Take-up. (Drawing Machine: photo bottom right, Horizontal
Spinning Line: photo above)
Especially the vertical oven is a very space saving solution. By
using special IR- heaters the power consumption is reduced to
a minimum. These very fast reacting heaters allow adjusting
the heating power according to the line speed.
Lukas is able to provide Taping Lines for wire dimensions from
round wire with diameter 0.15mm up to rectangular wire with
cross section 100mm².
Possible application fields are aerospace cables, high
frequency cables, fire resistance cables, wires for generator,
motor, transformer and railway applications, etc.
At Wire Show Duesseldorf 2014, a Vertical Taping Machine with Vertical Oven will be
exhibited. We would appreciate welcoming you at our booth no. 12 B 21.
Am Forst 1, D-92648 Vohenstrauß, Phone: +49 9651 / 930-0,
CERRO Wire has introduced a new
electrical calculations app for the
iPhone® and iPad®, which gives
electrical contractors instant access to
an easy-to-use, all-in-one tool for
computing field measurements.
At the touch of a finger,
electrical contractors can
calculate conduit fill,
voltage drop, and
amperage all within a
simple mobile app.
Using the conduit fill
calculator, users can enter
the type of conductor, the
size of each conductor, the
type of conduit being used,
and the length of the
conduit run, and the
calculator will return the
recommended conduit fill
required.
For voltage drop calculation, users
simply enter the length of the conduit
run and the type of conductor, and the
calculator will return the recommended
conductor size based on
NEC-recommended amperages.
The amperage calculator
simplifies an NEC
amperage chart into a
convenient calculator.
Combining all three of
these calculations in a
single app, Cerrowire’s
Voltage Drop, Conduit Fill
and Amperage Calculator
is a must-have.
The app can calculate
voltage drop for 120V,
208V, 240V, 277V and 480V
voltages, as well as
277/480V and 120/280V
4-wire voltages. Calculations work for
THHN/THWN, XHHW, or USE copper
or aluminium conductors.
The conduit fill calculator applies to 14
AWG through 750 MCM conductor
sizes, and works for EMT, ENT, FMC,
IMC, PVC, Type EB PVC, LFNC-A,
LFNC-B, LFMC and RMC conduit
types.
The amperage calculator can handle
14 AWG through 1,000 MCM
conductor sizes.
The app has been successfully
launched and is now available on
iTunes. It is available for dual download
for the iPhone ® and iPad®. Cerro Wire
hopes to expand the app to Android at
a later date.
Cerro Wire LLC – USA
Website:
New apps for iPhone and iPad
❍ The new app from
Cerro Wire
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