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EuroWire – January 2012 44
News
Technology
Climate protection targets of the
European Union dictate a need for speedy
development of offshore wind power
generation.
This will certainly assume dimensions
which are very soon going to entail
extreme challenges to be faced by the
cable industry in terms of performance
and delivery competencies.
Stolberger KMB-Maschinenfabrik GmbH,
an equipment supplier to the cable
and wire industry, and a traditional
manufacturer of cable-making and
stranding machines, has also been
developing and manufacturing choice
taping heads for decades.
In an effort to meet the unmistakable
capacity requirements ensuing from the
growth potential in the field of offshore
wind power, Stolberger has now added
a machine to the field-proven BTE
100/2-300 tangential steel taping head
with two tape pads and fully developed
and delivered the first BTE 100/4-300
tangential steel taping head with four
tape pads.
Customised for heavy and offshore cables,
this steel taping head uses 1,000mm
diameter tape pads for the first time,
intended for tape widths from 20 to
100mm and cable diameters up to 260mm.
For these two taping heads, Stolberger
already build BTE 100/4-450 and BTE
100/2-450 units which are larger versions
featuring 450mm free passage for 350mm
diameter cables.
In addition to the submarine-cablemaking
equipment, Stolberger has a range of foil
taping heads with two or four 800mm
diameter tape pads for tape widths from
20 to 150 mm.
This process of submarine-cable
manufacture is complemented by efficient
yarn binders already in use by Stolberger
that have 161 bobbins with an outer
diameter of 500mm.
Stolberger KMB-Maschinenfabrik GmbH
– Germany
Fax: +49 240 286 5583
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