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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2008 44
For many years Petig has been among
the leaders in the field of hydraulic
cable cutters. Long before the
Hydrocut hydraulic steel cutter made
its appearance in the wire rolling mills
of the world, the first cable and wire
rope cutters were available to Petig
customers.
Hydraulic cable cutters are made in
six sizes, with differing capacities. The
smallest shear cuts cable up to a
maximum diameter of 16mm while
the largest shear can cope with a
maximum of 225mm.
All the larger cable cutters are available
with single-action and double-action
hydraulic cylinders. The double-action
cylinder has the advantage that if,
following a long period of use, a strand
or integral part of the sheathing should
jam between the blades as a result of
wear on the blades, the latter can be
opened using hydraulic power.
Hydraulic cutters are usually driven by
compact hydraulic units, with a flow
rate of between 1.75 l/min and 11.6 l/
min. According to the type of cutter,
the working pressure varies between
250 and 600 bar.
It is also possible to activate the
cutters with hydraulic hand or foot
pumps.
Petig’s most recent developments are
the HKS 5 and 6 product series made
from full aluminium. This series is said
to improve the manageability of the
cutters through a weight reduction of
up to 35%. This significantly lighter
series is in demand for construction
sites and for work in narrow shafts.
Friedrich Petig GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 2181 73108
Email:
Website:
Tool range at the cutting edge
Hydraulic cable cutters from Petig m m
Neptco manufactures a wide
range of flexible and rigid
strength elements for fibre
optic cables, multi-ply
shielding tape laminates,
low-smoke shielding tapes,
heat seal and pressure-
sensitive coated films and
laminates, foil-free edged
tapes, screening tapes,
separator tapes, barrier/
binder tapes, slit films and
printed marker identification
tapes.
Neptco’s manufacturing
facilities are located in
Pawtucket, Rhode Island,
western North Carolina, and
Suzhou, China.
Neptco also offers contract manufacturing and product design services, with
in-house capabilities for coating, laminating, printing, slitting and weaving at its
ISO 9001:2000 certified plants.
Brand names include: LIGHTLINE®, FIBERBUNDLE®, FLEXLINE®, SoftStrand®,
and InstantDry® strength members, and FIREFITE®, HIGH-DRAW®, AquaBlok®,
SLICKTAPE® and POWERLINE® cable tapes.
Neptco – USA Fax: +1 401 722 6378
Email: Website:
Tapes, films and laminates for cable
Fullstage to distribute
Taihei wire benders
Fullstage Technologies, a distributor
of premium CNC tube bending
machines from Japan and Taiwan, is
now offering CNC wire benders with
up to 11 axes.
Fullstage is to distribute equipment
manufactured by a market leader in
the Japanese wire bending industry
– Taihei Osaka.
Taihei is renowned for the deve-
lopment and production of high
quality machines used in a variety of
applications. Sectors served by
Taihei’s machines include the
automotive, semiconductor and
construction industries.
Fullstage Technologies will assume
sales and service responsibilities
for Taihei’s equipment in Europe
(including the former CIS), Turkey,
the Middle East and Africa.
Fullstage Technologies – Germany
Fax: +49 8024 60834 29
Email:
Website:
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