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account cleats on HV cables of this size,” Mr
Shaw explained.
Before launch, Ellis put its new heavy-duty
extruded aluminum product through
rigorous testing. Using cable manufactured
by ABB in Sweden, the company shipped
the Centaur cable saddles and ABB cable to
the Netherlands where they were tested to
163kA peak and 63kA RMS for one second,
in both 3 phase and phase to phase fault
scenarios.
“We investedwell over £100,000 in designing,
developing, testing and bringing Centaur to
market,” added Mr Shaw.
Robotic de-wiring
Automatic Handling International Inc, a
manufacturer of custom handling systems,
has announced the issuance of US patent
number 8,707,532 for a method of removing
wires from a bale.
The invention includes a robot with full range
of movement on three planes. The robot
carries an end of arm tool which comprises
a vision system for locating the wire and a
cutting tool for cutting the wire. The end tool
further includes a wire collecting spindle that
removes the cut wires from the bale. The
robot transports the wires to a hopper and
the wire collecting spindle deposits the wires
in the hopper.
The apparatus includes a conveyor system
for moving one or more bales and a
de-wiring station positioned adjacent the
conveyor system. A wire-bound bale is
moved into position by the conveyor system.
The robot with end tool then moves to sense
the location of the wires, cut the wires, and
collect and deposit the wires in a collection
hopper. The de-wired bale is then moved
by the conveyor system and another wire
boundbale ismoved to thede-wiring station.
On-site spools
Badger Plug’s spool kits contain all
components for quick and easy on-site
assembly of spools, or spools can be ordered
pre-assembled.
Badger Plug’s extended line of spool kits
are suitable for OEMs and commercial
and retail resellers producing or packaging
flexible products such as cables, wire and