EoW March 2009

english technology news

Nexans begins new production in China

in China’s rolling stock cable market,” said Dietmar Steinbach, Nexans’ global segment manager for rolling stock. “It provides the ideal basis to improve our service levels, especially in terms of delivery lead-times and flexibility.” Volume production was expected to begin at the end of 2008. Nexans was due to start producing control cables for rolling stock at its Nexans Communication plant (Kanghua), also based in Shanghai, at the beginning of 2009. This will enable Nexans China to offer a complete range of rolling stock cables to the local market and will ensure that Nexans has enough capacity to serve the growing cable demand in China. Nexans entered the Chinese market in the mid-1980s and now employs 700 people in China. Nexans – France Fax : +33 15669 8484 Email : nexans.web@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.com

Nexans has started production of special rolling stock cable at its Waigaoqiao manufacturing plant located in Shanghai, China. This local production will enable Nexans to meet the demands of customers operating in China’s booming rail industry who require the high levels of service and support offered by a local manufacturing presence. The creation of new production capacity has required a plant expansion project including the installation of new equipment and the extension of the workshop and of the specialised fire test, physical and quality control lab. The newly installed production lines will produce the complete range of power cables for rolling stock, using latest technology compounds to meet the high performance standards in the resistance requirement for fire, temperature, abrasion and covering conductor range from 1mm 2 up to 500mm 2 cables in single and multi-conductor cable configurations. “This additional production capacity strengthens Nexans’ leading position

100K gantry systems

Tulsa Power Inc has recently introduced its new line of 100K gantry systems. The units are offered in both payoff and take-up configurations. Reel capacities range from 2,175mm to 4,350mm flange diameter, reel widths to 4,572mm and maximum reel weights to 100,000lb. The entire structure offers easy loading and unloading of reels with true walk– through capabilities.

GTU–100A 144OD x 100W gantry system from Tulsa Power ▲ ▲

The telescoping super structure’s portal design conforms to the size of reel, to minimise floor space requirements. Each system traverses on rails to offer material payout or take-up with no fleeting angle. Electromechanical drives are utilised to allow for up/down and in/out manipulation of the main frame during reel load and un-load sequences. Main drive systems are engineered to customers’ specifications and complemented by a full colour operator touch screen interface, used to communicate parameters used by the operator in relation to the product

being run, the reel used, display status, position and fault alarms of the unit. Tulsa Power Inc is a manufacturer of wire and cable handling equipment, producing a broad offering of shafted and shaftless payoffs and take-ups, capstans, accumulators, re-spoolers, coilers, eccentric and concentric taping systems and measuring systems, and specialises in custom–designed equipment to meet exacting customer requirements. Tulsa Power LLC – USA Fax : +1 918 584 3421

Email : sales@tulsapower.com Website: www.tulsapower.com

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EuroWire – March 2009