WCN Autumn 2009

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OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL WIRE & MACHINERY ASSOCIATION
Interwire launch for capstan
At Interwire 2009, Queins & Co GmbH
presented a newly developed heavy-duty
rotating belt-type caterpillar capstan, with
3 tons pull, contact length of 4,900mm
(193") and maximum cable diameter of
140mm (5.5") specially designed for big
armouring drum-twisters. Also shown was
a high-speed steel taping head, laid out
for two pads 600mm (23.6") diameter, with
speeds up to 500rpm.
Queins’ manufacturing range also in-
cludes all kinds of high-speed strand-
ing and armouring machines, payoffs/
take-ups, taping heads, disc and belt-type
caterpillars, extrusion lines and rod drawing
machines. Also offered is a wide range of
pre-owned reconditioned machines.
Queins & Co GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 2472 3014
Email:
Website: Queins’ caterpillar capstan launched at Interwire ▲ ▲
WIRE & CABLE NEWS • Issue N° 41 – Autumn 2009 • 1
Recession yet to bite at Whitelegg
Whitelegg Machines Ltd has expanded its production facility with an additional machine shop, equipped with lathes, mills,
drills and saws, to give more flexibility in component production. The bulk of standard components continue to be out-sourced
to local precision engineering companies. IWMA member and specialist, Spring Tooling Ltd provides tooling for the wire
forming machines.
The machine assembly shop has been
doubled in floor area, allowing for easier
working and increased efficiency. The current
orders for CFM wire forming and welding
machines include those from Egypt, South
Africa, Taiwan and England.
The CFM range has been upgraded with
the latest Lenze servomotors, drives and
industrial PCs to improve further the already
user-friendly system.
At the time of writing, both turnover and
order book are in line with 2008.
The company recently purchased the entire
range of equipment from the receivers
of a large UK manufacturer of lampshade
frames, some forty wire forming and
welding machines, mostly of Whitelegg
manufacture, which are currently being
overhauled or rebuilt.
This allows lampshade companies, which under the present circumstances could not consider new equipment, to invest in modern
machinery at a fraction of the new price. So far, machines have been sold to companies in Russia, France and the USA.
Whitelegg Machines Ltd – UK Fax: +44 1293 538910
Email: Website :
The CFM-630-TWR wire forming and welding machine, fitted with an automatic unloading system ▲ ▲
WIRE & CABLE NEWS ISSUE N° 41