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EuroWire – March 2012 64
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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 20-100mm 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-cable making equipment,
Stolberger has a range of foil taping heads with two or
four 800mm diameter tape pads for tape widths from 20 to
150mm.
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
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