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The Niehoff Package System (NPS) is known in the market as an efficient, safe
and economical handling system not only for wires, but also for bunches, strands,
conductors and cables.
Invented and continuously further developed by Maschinenfabrik Niehoff, the NPS
comprises specially developed spoolers which use a patented wire-laying technol-
ogy and collapsible multi-way ABS plastic spools made in various sizes.
These spools offer a secure, stable
and tangle free package both when
full or partially empty and enable
highest cable pay-off speeds into
downstream processes. The NPS
works most efficiently and tangle
free for all automotive wire and
cable including small cross section
wire like 0.22 mm² and 0.13 mm².
SV 410 D type NPS double spooler.
The SV 410 D type double spooler is
designed to spool automotive wires
coming off from extrusion lines at a speed of up to 1,500m/min without any need of
modifications onto all NPS 400 spools with a traverse width of 100 to 400 mm. The
NPS 400/100 spool with a flange diameter of 400mm, a winding width of 100mm
and a winding volume of 4,400cm³ is particularly interesting because its pack-
age corresponds to the increasingly popular and handy miniature bundle format.
This small package complies with the increasing requirements of the automotive
industry and can now be directly manufactured inline with extrusions lines. Several
cable manufacturers in Asia have already replaced the hard-to-handle cable rings
(“donuts”) by NPS 400/100 spools which weigh a maximum of 15kg when full.
Collapsible multiway spools. The empty NPS
spools can be dismantled into two pieces: a
flange and a cone/flange which are nested into
each other for reduced storage space. A full
NPS spool takes up only one third of the space
required by a comparable conventional spool,
and needs much less return transport space than
traditional spools and packages of the same ca-
pacity. The results are considerable savings in
shipping and handling expenses. Upon return
to the cable manufacturer NPS spools can be
easily and quickly re-assembled, reloaded and
then re-used for dozens of cycles. Further ad-
vantages are the savings on packaging material
and the reduction of the cable scrap rate.
Further development. Cable and wire harness manufacturers have been work-
ing with the NPS for more than ten years now. Using the NPS, they can achieve
considerable cost savings in packing and transportation especially when their
extrusion and assembly plants are situated hundreds, if not thousands, of miles
apart. Therefore in Europe, the NPS has almost entirely replaced all alternatives
such as cardboard barrels, boxes and disposable packaging. Like in the past,
Niehoff continues to develop further NPS handling solutions.
Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co KG – Germany
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❍ Efficient, safe and economical
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❍ An SV 410 D double spooler and an NPS
400/100 multiway spool
Efficient and cost saving
wire, strand and cable
handling with NPS
package system