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Increasing demands for product
quality require efficient and high quality
equipment with less stress on the product
to be inspected.
Simultaneously, the required production
space becomes more important for the
manufacturer of wire and cable.
In the case of increasing requirements for
products and a continuous minimisation
of the production space, Kurre has
developed a compact rewinding line for
product inspections. The flexibility of
the measuring instruments range and
a compact design allow various
possibilities in the available test
processes.
In order to realise a small footprint,
measuring devices were placed on
the housing between the winding
stations.
The machine consists of only
a single housing and can be
transported in one piece. The
rewinding line is able to operate
spools up to 630mm diameter and
weighing a maximum of 200kg.
To ensure a low product stress during
the testing process and to be able to
process a wide range of products, such
as flat products or delicate products
from medical technology, the winding
positions are executed traversely.
The system is developed with a tension
range of 5-50 N, which is realised among
others by a traversing laying system
which generates a gentle and low friction
product treatment.
The automatic failure repositioning
system is able to place a detected
failure on a defined position where the
operator is able to verify and evaluate
the detected failure on the product.
To produce spools with highly
precise laying quality, the machine
was equipped in 2014 with a laying
computer.
The laying computer allows an automatic
spool edge correction. Thereby the
winding of so-called mountains
and valleys on the spool sides can
be compensated for. Another
advantage is the possibility to
operate conical coils.
The rewinding lines can be custom
equipped with various testing
equipment and can be designed
in different sizes according to the
spool size range.
Kurre Spezialmaschinenbau
GmbH – Germany
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Compact rewinding lines for high precision in
inspecting and winding
▲ ▲ Compact rewinding lines from Kurre