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EuroWire – March 2009 48
english technology news
Nexans has started production of special
rolling stock cable at its Waigaoqiao
manufacturing plant located in Shanghai,
China. This local production will enable
Nexans to meet the demands of
customers operating in China’s booming
rail industry who require the high levels
of service and support offered by a local
manufacturing presence.
The creation of new production capacity
has required a plant expansion project
including the installation of new
equipment and the extension of the
workshop and of the specialised fire
test, physical and quality control lab.
The newly installed production lines will
produce the complete range of power
cables for rolling stock, using latest
technology compounds to meet the high
performance standards in the resistance
requirement for fire, temperature,
abrasion and covering conductor range
from 1mm2 up to 500mm2 cables in single
and multi-conductor cable configurations.
“This additional production capacity
strengthens Nexans’ leading position
in China’s rolling stock cable market,”
said Dietmar Steinbach, Nexans’ global
segment manager for rolling stock.
“It provides the ideal basis to improve
our service levels, especially in terms of
delivery lead-times and flexibility.”
Volume production was expected to
begin at the end of 2008.
Nexans was due to start producing
control cables for rolling stock at its
Nexans Communication plant (Kanghua),
also based in Shanghai, at the beginning
of 2009. This will enable Nexans China to
offer a complete range of rolling stock
cables to the local market and will ensure
that Nexans has enough capacity to serve
the growing cable demand in China.
Nexans entered the Chinese market in the
mid-1980s and now employs 700 people
in China.
Nexans – France
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Nexans begins new production in China
Tulsa Power Inc has
recently introduced its
new line of 100K gantry
systems. The units are
offered in both payoff and
take-up configurations.
Reel capacities range from
2,175mm to 4,350mm
flange diameter, reel
widths to 4,572mm and
maximum reel weights
to 100,000lb. The entire
structure offers easy
loading and unloading
of reels with true walk–
through capabilities.
The telescoping super structure’s portal
design conforms to the size of reel, to
minimise floor space requirements.
Each system traverses on rails to offer
material payout or take-up with no
fleeting angle.
Electromechanical drives are utilised
to allow for up/down and in/out
manipulation of the main frame during
reel load and un-load sequences.
Main drive systems are engineered
to customers’ specifications and
complemented by a full colour
operator touch screen interface, used
to communicate parameters used by
the operator in relation to the product
being run, the reel used, display status,
position and fault alarms of the unit.
Tulsa Power Inc is a manufacturer of
wire and cable handling equipment,
producing a broad offering of shafted
and shaftless payoffs and take-ups,
capstans, accumulators, re-spoolers,
coilers, eccentric and concentric taping
systems and measuring systems,
and specialises in custom–designed
equipment to meet exacting customer
requirements.
Tulsa Power LLC – USA
Fax: +1 918 584 3421
Email:
Website:
100K gantry systems
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