EuroWire November 2014

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The IWMA moves to a new home The International Wire & Machinery Association (IWMA) – the world’s largest corporate trade association for the wire and cable industry – is moving to new offices. The IWMA will be taking up residence at an office complex ideally situated near Birmingham International Airport, in the UK. The move comes as part of the association’s long-term expansion plans to develop its membership and grow internationally, and was passed at an executive board meeting in September. The IWMA is currently based in the same building as Intras Ltd, publishers of EuroWire , Wire & Cable ASIA and wiredInUSA , in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK, and will make the move over the next two months. Steven Rika, chairman of the association, said: “This is both an exciting and challenging time for the IWMA, but one which we are very much looking forward to. It is an ideal opportunity for us to grow and we are relishing the challenge.

“I would like to take this opportunity of thanking Intras for the help and assistance we have had over four decades in building the IWMA into what it is today. “We have, and continue to maintain, an excellent relationship with everyone at Intras and I expect to see us working closely together for the foreseeable future.” Caroline Sullens, managing director of Intras, added: “Over the last two years the IWMA has developed exponentially under the direction of the current executive committee and new management team. “Following on from a corporate re-branding and new website in 2013 I am delighted to see the IWMA take up residence in its own premises which has come about at precisely the right time with the association in such good hands.”

New role for John Conneaut Industries Inc has named John Mancinelli as its new national sales manager. A global supplier of speciality fibres used in applications for wire and cable, magnet wire, composites and industrial markets, Conneaut processes high performance industrial yarns, binder yarns, ripcords, braiding yarns and serving yarns. Its product line includes E-glass, S2 glass, polyglass, PTFE-coated fibreglass, KlassCore®, DynaCore®, ConnCore® and others. Mr Mancinelli, an industrial engineer, comes from 15 years at AGY, where he was engaged as a product engineer and regional sales manager. Before AGY he worked for 11 years at Owens-Corning as production supervisor. assignment, he brings excellent engineering skills, yarn processing expertise and customer support experience to Conneaut, where he will work closely with John Santos, president. In addition to his new sales

International Wire & Machinery Association – UK Website : www.iwma.org

Tailor-made fromTecnofil

The plant is composed of:

Tecnofil manufactures low to medium carbon steel wires and machines for steel wires and wire bands. A strong point of the company is its overall control of production and the possibility to deliver tailor-made solutions, starting from the specific needs of its clients. and test every single part of the machines, from high precision mechanics to electrical equipment and software. Among the key products offered by Tecnofil are its reliable and efficient spoolers, cooling systems and decoilers. It specialises in the realisation of horizontal and vertical spoolers, designed to spool wire on different reels, with an electronic stratification system. This guarantees the correct winding, full adjustability of pace and the possibility to realise traditional as well as special spooling (eg conical, bi-conical). The line is equipped with a wire straightener unit and pulleys that can be personalised in order to meet customer requirements. The machinery division’s engineers produce

• Welded metal carpentry • Pulling wheel (depending on type of material) • Motorised coiling system with lateral rollers • Dancer for inlet speed adjustment (servo-assisted 4-way dancer with ceramic covered pulley) • Switchboard Its static payoff with motorised rotating platform for winding balancing is designed for coil/ spool decoiling and to avoid jams during the steel wire payoff process. The line is suitable to take up wire at the entrance of steel wire cutting/straightening machines or other wire-working machines. Payoff pedestal with transfer pulleys Rotating platform that can be synchronised with the machine used No-jam unit with pulleys Electrical equipment, and control sensors for wire breakage and jam • • • The system is composed of: •

▲ ▲ The company places high importance on reliability and efficiency

Moreover, a switchboard with inverter, PLC and a touch screen panel to set working parameters and display alarms. As far as the cooling systems are concerned, Tecnofil designs static winding machines for single or multiple winding, for wire working lines. it features

Tecnofil SpA – Italy Website : www.tecnofil.net

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