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from Sikora
Sikora, with its headquarters in Bremen,
Germany,manufacturesmeasuring, control
and test equipment for the wire and cable
industry according to the international
quality standard DIN ISO 9001.
The company also has offices in China,
USA, Korea, Ukraine, Russia, Italy and India
– as well as more than 30 representatives
offering sales and service worldwide.
For production lines for LAN and RF,
coaxial and telephone cables, automotive
and building wires, and optical fibres,
different devices of the Inline 2000 series
can be delivered.
Centerview 2000 offers unique real non-
contact 8-point eccentricity measurement
plus 4-axis diameter measurement and
8-point ovality calculation by one device,
no guiding roll is necessary. The gauge
head centres itself automatically and
ensures precise measurements.
Laser 2000 T offers the most accurate
3-axis measurement of the outer diameter,
including minimum and maximum values
and ovality with the direction or angle of
the variation, in real time.
Capacitance 2000 offers capacitance
measurement to the highest precision,
and all digital analysis of short time
capacitance variations, extremely fast
updates of measured values and performs
bare wire detection as well. Lump
2000 T offers themost reliable 3-axis lump/
neck-down detection.
Combined with its unique double sensor
technology random imperfections in the
surface are detected even at a production
line speed of up to 3,000m/min. Spark
2000, available as a UL version for high
frequency spark testing, as DC version
and BS version, ensure reliable detection
of defects in the insulation of wires and
cables.
X-Ray 2000 for jacketing and sheathing
lines stands for reliable measurement
of the inner and outer diameter, the
wall thickness and eccentricity by X-ray
technology.
The goal is continuous quality control.
Further aspects and of significant
importance is to reduce the material
over-consumption, the reduction of start-
up scrap and a reduction of rejected
products, due to lack of quality. One
action in this respect is the continuous
measurement and control of the relevant
data during the extrusion process.
For the measurement at MV, HV and EHV
extrusion lines Sikora offers the X-Ray
8000, an X-ray based measuring system
which determines the wall thickness and
eccentricity of the inner semi-conductor,
the insulation and the outer semi-
conductor of the cable, as well as the
outer diameter and the ovality.
The X-Ray 8000 is in use in more than
400 Sikora X-Ray installations. The Sixray
8000 is developed for the use on Sioplas
lines. The CSS 2 offers continuous purity
control of XLPE insulation.
The Ecocontrol 2000 is the most advanced
processor system and includes the
digital and graphical visualisation of
the measured values, an automatic
control for diameter or wall thickness. In
addition statistics, trending functions,
data collection and report printouts are
provided.
A touch screen, combined with an active
TFT colour monitor provides an easy-
to-use operating environment for the
selection of the nominal values and
tolerances. For the highest product quality
and precision at the same time, Sikora
offers the control processor Set Point and
the hot/cold module HC 2000.
With the Ecocontrol 1000 Sikora is
responding to customers’ needs for a ‘slim
version’ of the Ecocontrol 2000, which
offers the display of measured values,
controlling and protocol printing. Remote
2000 is a powerful universal processor-
based system suitable for panel mounting
or for installation on the gauge head
support.
It provides a selectable display of either
the average diameter X, Y, Z, or the ovality
and allows the setting of tolerances for
all of the values.
Display 2000 serves as a display unit for
the diameter measuring equipment of
the Laser 2000 series. It can be connected
directly to the gauge head or to the
Remote 2000 and the Ecocontrol 1000/
Ecocontrol 2000 as an additional display.
Sikora AG – Germany
Fax: +49 421489 0090
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