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Feature
Stranding,
twisting,
bundling &
bunching
EuroWire – January 2011
Photo courtesy of Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co KG
T
hese specialities come into their
own when the application requires
strength, flexibility, kink resistance
and break resistance even when repetitive
bending is anticipated. And the forward
march of technology means that the
equipment must meet additional and
more challenging demands all the time.
For example, weight-saving imperatives
in the automotive industry increasingly
dictate the replacement of copper con-
ductors with aluminium conductors. This
means that bunching machines will be
expected to operate equally well – tangle-
free and without wire damage, even at
very high speeds – with both materials.
The products and services reviewed in
these pages are intended to ensure that
these indispensable processes will be
equal to the new tasks.
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