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Formed in 1970, Acciai Speciali Zorzetto
produces special steel and titanium – some
60% of which is exported to Europe, Asia and
the American markets.
Steel and titanium is in rolls and bars and have
undergone special drawing, peeling grinding,
heating and galvanic treatments.
These products can be used for mechanical
purposes but are especially sought after for the
automotive industry, pneumatics, oil-hydraulics,
bio-medical and the aviation industries. The
company is ISO 9001:2000 registered.
Acciai Speciali Zorzetto – Italy
Fax: +39 0444 490233
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KSM, the off-line measuring and data
acquisition system from ACM AB, Sweden,
produces accurate measuring data allowing
for efficient and profitable analysing of over
dimensional cost and process variations.
The dominating cost in cables – material – can
be reduced by using the KSMEval programme
where over dimensional costs can be sub-
stantiated by selectable parameters. For
example, by product code, production line,
operator, etc. These subjects can then be
further filtered by date, time, etc. Production
line economics can easily be compared and
corrective actions, based upon the accurate
and defined date acquired through the KSM
system, can result in annual factory savings of
$200,000.
ACM will demonstrate both the KSM
measuring/database system and the unique
office analysing tool, KSMEval.
ACM AB – Sweden
Fax: +46 8 893750
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Advaris offers a software package of the same
name as a streamlined, modular-structure
industry solution specifically for cable and
wire manufacturers seeking an alternative
to complex and expensive adaptations of a
cross-industry ERP system.
The Advaris basic modules of product
data management (PDM), manufacturing
execution system (MES) and warehouse
management system (WMS) support the
entire sales and production process from
customer enquiries through to delivery with
industry-specific functions, such as:
Quotations with cost-base pricing according
to lot sizes and customer lengths; sales
order processing; dispatch handling, drum
management and metal billing; length
based inventory control and purchasing;
cable designer’s workbench – graphic
cable design with specific functions for
dimensioning of special cables; detailed
production scheduling with set-up sequence
optimisation for wire drawing machines,
extrusion lines, stranding machines; shop
floor control with full traceability of drums,
production lengths and material batches;
integrated CAQ-system - from the test and
inspection plan through to measured value
acquisition and generation of test certificates;
and flexible interfacing of machine controls,
weighers, metre counters.
Advaris Informationssysteme GmbH
– Germany
Fax: +49 981 7629
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AEI Compounds Ltd, in Kent, UK, has
introduced two new moisture crosslinkable,
zero halogen, fire retardant compounds
– CT06/30:CT06/81A and CT06/91:CT06/81A.
These compounds were primarily developed
for building wire applications meeting such
specifications as BS7211. As a consequence of
the excellent range of properties they have, in
many instances, been approved for insulation
and sheathing applications other than building
wire, such as cabling for shipboard and mass
transit systems and nuclear power facilities.
This new generation of compounds advances
the technology beyond AEI’s already well
established crosslinkable, zero halogen
compounds SX538, SX559 and SX545 with
notable property improvements.
Resulting from extensive research to identify
a beneficial blend of polyolefin resins and
efficient compatible filler systems, these new
compounds have the following significant
aspects: readily processable; excellent
mechanical properties; excellent electrical
properties.
At the same time they have retained the
necessary resistance to flame propagation as
achieved with their predecessors, meeting
specification requirements. An additional very
important aspect of these materials is that
with judicious selection of catalysts they will
crosslink in ambient conditions at insulation
thicknesses of 0.5 to 0.8mm, within four to
five days.
AEI Compounds Ltd – UK
Fax: +44 1474 564 386
Email:
Website:
Acciai Speciali Zorzetto
12 C17
ACM AB
9 E40
Advaris
10 B22
AEI Compounds Ltd
11 F02