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The company’s reels are suitable for use in
many areas: high voltage, middle voltage
and low voltage XLPE power cables,
optical fiber cables, telecommunication
cables, steel wires, steel rope, bead wires
and cutting wires, as well as in the textile
industry.
Qunye – China
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Rautomead Ltd
Booth 234
Rautomead, a specialist in continuous
casting technology, processes and
machinery, will be exhibiting the latest
advances in copper magnesium alloy wire
rod production technology, for automotive
wiring harness and high speed rail contact
wire applications.
DHPcopper tube shell ‘Castube’ production
technology will also be on show, which
features in the new Compactube process
being promoted by SMS Meer GmbH for the
small scale manufacture of air conditioning
and plumbing tubes. Rautomead’s CuOF
wire rod production technology for fine
wire, enamelled wire and shaped wire
manufacture (by rotary extrusion) will also
be available.
HavingrecentlylauncheditsnewAdvancing
Metals Technology division, Rautomead
now offers direct access to an extensive
network of partnerships at specialist
universities, research establishments, key
institutions and industry corporations, to
develop imaginative, innovative and
economic processing technologies for new
and different alloys and applications.
Rautomead Ltd – UK
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Rockford Manufacturing Group
Booth 2156
Rockford Manufacturing Group (RMG)
Fastener Engineers and Lewis Machine’s
integrated in-line wire processing solutions
are the epitome of lean manufacturing.
RMG’s straighten and cut machines have
introduced many revolutionary concepts
including VF AC drives, 3 die arbors and the
patented “clutchless” cutting technology.
On the booth will be the Lewis 1SHVF
straighten and cut machine with the 4VPS16
overhead wire payoff. The 1SHVF has been
redesigned to include many updated
features including: variable frequency
drive technology, a light weight release
and length control system with micro fine
adjustment specifically for small diameter
material and completely independent
control of feed speed – arbor speed – cutter
speed, to maximize productivity.
The in-line wire processing equipment
is being used by many manufacturing
processes, including fastener production,
nail making, wire bending, concrete
products, steel bar processing, welded wire
products, screw machine parts and wire
straightening and cutting.
RMG provides integrated systems for the
processing of hot-rolled rod into descaled
and drawn wire that is regularly used in
a variety of production machines and
processes to reduce material cost.
Rockford Manufacturing Group – USA
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Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH
Booth 1050
Rosendahl is a global supplier of high-tech
wire and cable manufacturing solutions,
offering products and turnkey solutions
in the fields of extrusion, corrugation,
fiber optic cable and SZ stranding.
Out of these competences Rosendahl
developed the product segments power
cable, automotive wire, LAN cable,
coaxial cable and fiber optic cables.
Rosendahl’s most recent completion
of its product portfolio is the Crosshead
Series.
Nextrom is a supplier of optical fiber
glass preform manufacturing equipment.
Nextrom produces fiber draw towers and
associated machinery for the global
fiber market using MCVD, OVD and VAD
technologies. As well as providing optical
fiber equipment, Nextrom is a supplier of
fiber optic cable production lines.
At Interwire 2013 Rosendahl and Nextrom
will present the latest advancements and
technology highlights, including recent
developments for the production of energy,
automotive, communication and fiber
optic cables.
On the American market Rosendahl and
Nextrom work closely together with their
agents, Camarena, Inc US and JJ Lowe
Associates, Inc for Rosendahl products, and
Finoptics Inc for Nextrom products.
The companies’ partners have been
involved in the cable and wire business for
many years and therefore have long-term
experience in this area.
Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH – Austria
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S&E Specialty Polymers LLC
Booth 652
S&E Specialty Polymers LLC will display
compounding solutions for the wire and
cable industry, including a new line of
concentrates.
S&E’s compound brands include:
TufFlex TM flexible TPE compounds for
wide temperature ranges; TufTechTM
vinyl-based compounds; TufGuard™