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March 2014
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More than 20 years ago Niehoff developed the highly efficient,
safe and cost-effective reusable packaging system NPS for
automotive cables. Simultaneously, it produced the fully
automatic double spoolers for insulated conductors.
These spoolers are operated in line with extrusion lines and
feature a reliable and safe changeover from full to empty spools
at full production speed (non-stop production). The NPS system
guarantees the safe and cost-effective transport of automotive
cables and high, tangle-free pay-off speeds in front of fully
automatic crimping machines for all materials and conductor
cross sections.
Empty spools are dismantled and stacked into one another
ensuring low-cost return transport to the cable maker. In
around 20 years a pool of more than three million NPS spools,
compatible with each other, has come into being worldwide.
No matter which spools are returned, they always fit together
– an invaluable advantage. To protect the NPS spools in future
from foreign spools which are not compatible with NPS, Niehoff
has protected the system for a long time.
In the last few years the Federal Court of Justice has ruled on
several decisions that the improper insertion into a foreign series
has to be regarded as an anti-competitive practice. From 1
st
June
2014 Niehoff will supply original NPS reusable spools with a
built-in RFID transponder system – at no extra cost.
By means of this transponder NPS users can identify if the
spool belongs to the system, either at their incoming goods
department or at the Niehoff NPS double spoolers. Moreover,
the RFID transponder simplifies spool labelling.
As the spool identification is stored in RFID no label is needed.
Niehoff has also applied for industrial property rights protecting
this development and expects to receive that protection soon.
A five-year warranty for NPS spools equipped with RFID
transponders is offered by Niehoff – also free of charge for users.
NPS is the world’s only packaging system for automotive cables
made of copper, copper alloys and aluminium which allows
trouble-free and tangle-free paying-off at highest speeds. Even
signal cables made of copper alloys with a cross-section of
0.13mm² can be processed with NPS without any problems. NPS
users are well prepared for the future.
Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co KG – Germany
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NPS spools: Compatibility protected by RFID
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The NPS double spooler SV 402 D and transportation device with empty and filled
NPS multi-way spools
