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Industrynews
SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH
has received an order from Bridon
International Ltd for the manufacture
and supply of stranding machinery for
the production of “high-performance-
ropes” having a total value in excess
of €11 million.
This new equipment will be installed
at Bridon’s new site in Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
There is already a long standing
relationship between the two
companies stretching back for over a
decade when Sket delivered a tubular
stranding machine type SRW
1+45x660 to Bridon in Willington
Quay in 2000.
An SRW 1+26x610 from the same
machine range followed in 2004. Also
in 2004, a 40 bobbin tubular stranding
machine type SRW 40x22" was
supplied to Bridon’s factory in the
USA.
In 2007, Bridon in Gelsenkirchen in
Germany took delivery of what was at
the time the largest take-up in the
world, having a capacity of 370
tonnes, as well as two 200 tonne
take-ups.
In addition to supplying Bridon with
these new machines, Sket has further
supplied various separate machine
assemblies and has renovated and
upgraded a number of existing
machines.
Planning related to this new
equipment involved close
collaboration between the two
contracting companies.
All design details related to the most
important machine assemblies were
agreed in advance before they were
put into production.
In this way it was possible to take all
of the customer’s specific
requirements into account along with
all technical matters related to the
future operation of the machines.
As the manufacture of the order
progresses, Bridon will carry out
related audits on site in Magdeburg
and on the premises of selected
sub-contractors.
Bridon’s order covers the supply of:
• A tubular stranding machine type
SRW 680 having a bobbin
diameter of 680mm for the
manufacture of steel wire strand
above 40mm
• A tandem cage stranding machine
type MKVS having an advanced
configuration for the closing of
steel wire ropes having a diameter
of up to 250mm
The strand capacities of the pay-off
bobbins are up to 38 tonnes each. The
maximum weight of rope produced will
be in excess of 600 tonnes.
Sket Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH –
Germany
Fax: +49 391 405 5815
Email:
Website :
▲ A closing cage type MKVS 8x2700 taken in Sket’s works during final assembly
€11m deal for Sket