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Spools, reels,
handling
and
packaging
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The topics under review here are
not only essential to wire and cable
production; they are under the same
imperative as other processes to
accommodate its changing require-
ments. The growing demand for wire
rope in large sizes presents a case
in point.
With traditional methods of coiling
on a stand, top layers of larger-size
wire rope were found to cut into
and damage the under-layers.
The remedy lay in stronger back-
tensioning: a challenge at the outset
but now a routine control measure in
handling practice.
Problems invite solutions. Problems
in gathering and packaging the in-
creasingly impressive products of
the wire and cable industry invite
responsive solutions of the kind
offered by the companies profiled here.