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Wire & Cable ASIA – March/April 2012 56
CLIMATE protection targets of the
European Union dictate a need for
speedy development of offshore wind
power generation.
This will certainly assume dimensions
which are very soon going to entail
extreme challenges to be faced by the
cable industry in terms of performance
and delivery competencies.
Stolberger KMB Maschinenfabrik
GmbH, an equipment supplier to the
cable and wire industry, and a traditional
manufacturer of cable-making and
stranding machines, has also been
developing and manufacturing choice
taping heads for decades.
In an effort to meet the unmistakable
capacity requirements ensuing from
the growth potential in the field of
offshore wind power, Stolberger has
now added a machine to the
field-proven BTE 100/2-300 tangential
steel taping head with two tape pads
and fully developed and delivered the
first BTE 100/4-300 tangential steel
taping head with four tape pads.
Customised for heavy and offshore
cables, this steel taping head uses
1,000mm diameter tape pads for the
first time, intended for tape widths
from 20-100mm and cable diameters
up to 260mm.
For these two taping heads, Stolberger
already build BTE 100/4-450 and BTE
100/2-450 units which are larger
versions featuring 450mm free
passage for 350mm diameter cables.
In addition to the submarine-cable-
making equipment, Stolberger has a
range of foil taping heads with two or
four 800mm diameter tape pads for
tape widths from 20 to 150mm.
This process of submarine-cable
manufacture is complemented by
efficient yarn binders already in use by
Stolberger that have 161 bobbins with
an outer diameter of 500mm.
Stolberger KMB-Maschinenfabrik
GmbH – Germany
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