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Wire & Plastic Machinery was founded in
1981 as a dealer of pre-owned wire and
cable machinery, and has now grown
to have eight warehouses in the USA
with over 30,000 items in stock, and an
additional two reconditioning centres
with modern machine shops.
The range of services offered now include
reconditioning of machinery including
commissioning at the customer‘s site,
equipment brokering, plant liquidations,
worldwide sales and support.
Staffed with mechanical and electrical
engineers with over 100 years of
combined experience, the engineering
team is able to offer reconditioned
solutions from individual items to
complete plants.
In-house capabilities include
state-of-the-art machining centres and
an electronics department well versed in
the latest generation AC vector drives, PLC
programming and HMI interfaces.
Rebuilt equipment is offered with a
full warranty that is comparable to
coverage offered by new equipment
manufacturers. Its commissioning
engineers travel the world for start-up,
commissioning and trouble-shooting.
Recent rebuilding projects include:
• A complete optical fibre plant
in Vietnam. All equipment was
reconditioned and shipped to the
customer’s site. After installation an
engineer was sent for commissioning
and to train customer personnel in
proper operation.
• A complete 150mm sheathing line for
power cables, including 2.6m payoffs/
take-ups, metering and pullout
caterpillar capstans and ancillary
equipment.
• Cu rod breakdown line with rod
annealer featuring new electronics
commissioned in South America.
• A Tensor SZ Strander with dual
binder and new electrical package
and HMI interface was shipped and
commissioned in the UK.
There are several projects currently being
worked upon in the Bristol, Connecticut,
and Attleboro, Maryland, rebuilding
centres.
Wire & Plastic Machinery – USA
Website:
Eight warehouses and 30,000 items in stock
▲ ▲ A rebuilt Tensor SZ strander with state-of-the-art electronics
Showcase success for PWM
Interwire 2015 provided good opportunities for Briitish company
PWM, which exhibited its range of cold pressure welders.
The machines were presented by Joe Snee Associates, PWM’s
exclusive distributor for the USA and Canada.
“Although we felt visitor numbers were down compared
with previous shows, the quality was excellent with plenty of
decision-makers in evidence,” said Joe Snee, president of Joe
Snee Associates.
“PWM’s powerful EP500 electro-pneumatic rod welder, in particular, attracted a lot
of interest, with visitors keen to find out about the time and cost-saving benefits this
machine offers when cold welding non-ferrous rod sections up to 15mm diameter.
“The smaller, manually operated M101 machine also proved popular with
manufacturers looking for a fast, easy and reliable method of joining non-ferrous
wire and strip 1mm to 5mm.”
PWM Ltd – UK Website:
▲ ▲ The EP500 rod
welder