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Fully automatic coiling/spooling lines
In 1960 PS Costruzioni Meccaniche Srl began manufacturing cable take-ups and
pay-off stands, later adding semi-automatic coiling/spooling lines (model PS 80 MBN
and PS 85 MBN) and
rewinding lines. Now, fully
automatic coiling/spooling
lines are available. Despite
this evolution in techno-
logy, semi-automatic lines,
model PS 80 MBN and PS
85 MBN are still a relevant
part of the PS business,
and demand has remained
stable over the years.
Both PS 80 MBN and PS 85 MBN process a wide range of products, even the most
delicate such as telephone, computer or category 5 cables and can work with either
coils or spools.
PS 80 technical characteristics:
multiple insulated flexible cables with an outside diameter from 1mm to 6mm •
multiple insulated solid cables having an outside diameter from 1mm to 4mm •
Production:
0.75–1.5 coils/spools, 100m/minute according to the ability of the operator and •
the wire type to be wound
minimum section flexible cable 3 x 0.75mm • 2
maximum section semi-solid cable 1 x 50mm • 2
the maximum linear speed is 400m/min •
PS 85 technical characteristics:
multiple insulated flexible cables having a diameter from 4mm to 15mm •
multiple insulated solid cables with a diameter up to 10mm (size 35mm • 2)
flat cables 16 x 7 •
Production:
0.75–1.5 coils/spools, 100m/minute according to the ability of the operator and •
the wire type to be wound
minimum section flexible cable 3 x 0.75mm • 2; maximum section semi-solid cable
1 x 50mm2
the maximum linear speed is 400 m/minute •
PS Costruzioni Meccaniche Srl – Italy Fax: +39 039 689 8769
Email: Website:
NPS spools for packaging and
handling applications
The Niehoff Package System (NPS) is designed to enable an efficient, safe and
economical handling of cables, conductors, wires and strands. The NPS consists of
specially developed spoolers and collapsible multiway spools made of ABS plastic.
The spoolers use a patented wire-laying technology to spool the wires conically onto
the NPS spools, which offer a secure, stable and tangle-free package both when full
or partially empty; partly unwound NPS spools can be stored again without the turns
able to slip. The empty NPS spools can be fully dismantled, stacked inside each other
– to save space – and returned to the cable manufacturer to be easily assembled and
re-loaded. Further advantages are the avoidance of packing material and the reduction
of the cable scrap rate.
The NPS400/100 spool with a flange diameter of 400mm and a traverse width of
100mm is particularly interesting because its package corresponds to the increasingly
popular and handy miniature bundle format. This small package complies with
the requirements of the Japanese automotive industry and can now be directly
manufactured inline with extrusion lines. Several cable manufacturers in Asia have
already replaced the hard-to-handle cable rings (‘donuts’) with NPS400/100 spools.
In Europe, the NPS is increasingly chosen as an alternative to cardboard barrels,
boxes and disposable packaging. The NPS spool family currently consists of eight
sizes and models for different applications.
Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co KG – Germany
Fax: +49 9122 977 155 Email: Website:
Feeders for
round and
flat wire
AL6 and AL12 feeders for round
and flat wires are among Cometo’s
range of mechanical and electronic
equipment for the spring and wire
industry. AL6 feeders are suitable
for wire from 1.5mm to 7mm, while
the AL12 can handle wire between
6mm and 20mm.
According to production needs, the
AL models can be equipped with
manual or automated operation,
suitable for motors up to 4.5 kW
and reaching a working speed of
200m/min.
The transmission system is com-
posed of tempered and refaced
gears. The rollers are made of
X205Cr12KU steel, hardness
62HRC, and have polished grooves;
for particularly fragile materials,
rollers can be made of plastic and
the grooves can be lathed.
The opening and closing of rollers
can be hydraulic, pneumatic or
eccentric.
Up to three AL feeder modules
can be combined. Traction is
achieved via an extremely resistant
toothed belt, protected by a pig-iron
support.
As standard, Cometo supplies the
machine ready to use with manual
control, the ratiomotor shaft and
the flange; the ratiomotor can be
supplied for an additional cost and
automation can also be provided
if requested.
Cometo Snc – Italy
Fax: +39 0341 260927
Email:
Website:
Cometo’s AL6 wire feeder ❍ ❍
PS 80 MBN ❍ ❍