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2014 show
7-11 April
March 2014
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Paramount has been able to reduce die
costs by standardising on cost-e ective
carbide inserts and by increasing quality
and capacity through automation. It is
working to take the human factor out of
the manufacturing process.
Many of its highly automated machines
now run on “lights out operation”meaning
that they will continue to produce product
as long as there is raw material being fed
into the system. This not only improves the
production output, but also the quality
(eliminating the human error aspect).
Paramount’s highly automated production
equipment combines high volume speed
and e ciency with superior accuracy and
repeatability. Average lead times have
been reduced from three weeks to just
less than ve days by investing heavily in
nished inventory.
As the company continues to grow
domestically and globally as a high
quality, high volume producer of carbide
drawing dies, it becomes very important
for it to continually invest in new
manufacturing and innovative technology.
It is leading the way on another industry
trend, “eco-friendly products”. Paramount
is a leader supplying eco-friendly products
to the wire industry. Its die design allows
the carbide insert to be easily recycled
and many of its customers worldwide
participate in this programme.
It will exhibit a full line of wire drawing
dies and related equipment. Products
featured will be the TR-Series carbide
drawing inserts, the new “T” series inserts
for PC wire, extrusion dies, stranding dies,
shape dies, polycrystalline diamond dies,
ParaLoc pressure, non-pressure holders,
and ParaLoc accessories.
Paramount Die Company – USA
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Pave
Stand: 12C13
Pave CNC Wire Forming Systems Ltd
is a manufacturer and possibly the
original innovator of computer controlled
bending machinery for the international
wire
and
heating
element-forming
industries.
Its state-of-the-art, user-friendly and
highly competitive single and twin-head
wire forming centres are being used by an
international list of clients to manufacture
a wide variety of products in a highly
diverse range of industries.
Pave opened its doors in 1974 in direct
response to industry’s need to automate
existing labour intensive manufacturing
methods.
One of the areas in which it was given
the opportunity to reduce labour costs
was the heating element industry, where
the forming of tubular heating element
shapes entailed a great deal of manual
labour.
Although the initial automated tech-
niques were actuated and controlled
pneumatically
they
provided
the
valuable experience that would later be
required to help develop the computer
programmable wire forming machines.
In 1985, design of the rst computer
controlled forming machine was under-
taken and after extensive development
and testing the
rst programmable
bending machine was launched.
Although these bending machines proved
to be a resounding success with both the
wire and heating element industries, it
soon became evident that Pave needed
a permanent test bed facility for the
development of its future machines.
This need resulted in the formation of
its subsidiary company, Automated Wire
Bending Ltd, which has become a true ‘just
in time’ wire bending company.
Only under true production pressures
can new designs be truly tested;
this philosophy has resulted in the
development of many of Pave’s successful
products.
Pave CNCWire Forming Systems Ltd –
UK
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Pentre Group
Stand: 09E25
Pentre Group is a UK manufacturer of
plastic, steel and wooden reels and drums.
From research and development to
production, delivery and after sales
support, Pentre is committed to providing
customers with the highest quality at the
keenest price. Supplying a wide range of
industries, from building and construction
to o shore and telecoms, the company
has a wealth of industry knowledge.
Pentre Group Ltd – UK
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Phenix Technologies
Stand: 12B27
Phenix Technologies is a manufacturer of
high voltage, high current and high power
test systems and components. Its wide
range of electrical testing equipment is
used for testing cables, circuit breakers,
motors, reclosers, rubber goods/protec-
tive gear, switchgear, transformers and
more. All of the major components of
the test systems are produced in its
70,000ft
2
modern manufacturing facility
and headquarters, located in Accident,
Maryland, USA.
All aspects of electrical and mechanical
design, software design and production
are performed and controlled by an
ISO9001 quality certi ed programme.
Phenix’s engineers o er a unique blend
of theoretical knowledge and practical
experience that is vital to the development
of custom solutions for industry leaders.
As members of worldwide professional
and technical organisations, its engineers
o er innovative solutions for any
project. The service and calibration
department assists customers during and
after installation, traveling to over 100
countries.
Phenix o ers a wide range of testing
solutions for utilities, transformer and
motor manufacturers/repair shops, cable
manufacturers,
independent
testing
companies, and original equipment
manufacturers.
From portable test sets to over 1,000,000
volt custom test systems, Phenix’s product
line includes:
AC dielectric test equipment; AC/DC
kilovoltmeters; AC/DC hipot/megohm-
meters; circuit breaker test equipment;
DC dielectric test equipment; electrical
protective rubber goods test equipment;
cable testing equipment; tangent delta
bridges;
insulation
analysers;
liquid
dielectric test sets; motor test systems;
partial discharge and RIV measurement
equipment; resonant test systems; recloser
test systems; transformer test equipment;
and variable voltage transformers and
power supplies.
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The Pentre Group stand
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Test systems and components from Phenix
Technologies
