WCN Spring 2011

At the forefront of cable and wire production

At Interwire Bogimac will present its strategy on how and why dynamic material fatigue testing empowers product leadership of wire producers and consumers. Bogimac is dedicated to equipment for fatigue testing of belt, cable, cord, wire and rope. Leading manufacturers and users worldwide of wire products use their equipment to validate new product innovations, assure their product liability and monitor the quality of their production. To extend material and product knowledge beyond classic static testing, Bogimac supplies to the wire industry high speed machinery for fatigue bending, compression-tension, torsion and wear. The complete portfolio is presented, with special attention to the latest high dynamic versions of their classic workhorses: • BR-M/P-175 single and penta headed bend rotation Hunter tester for wire and cord • BSC-M/D/H-3k single, dual and hex headed bend over sheave Shoeshine tester for belt, cable and cord • BST-M-16k high speed rope bend over sheave tester for lift ropes Fatigue testing from Bogimac

Wire and cable makers now have an affordable way to control tension in individual wires on rotating wire processing machinery, with the introduction of the PC-based RTM system. This innovative system has been developed to provide for accurate measurement, processing and evaluation of material tension on bunchers and twisters. The RTM X2 system can pay for itself in a very short time by reducing material breaks and eliminating overstressing and excessive slack in wires and cables. Therefore overall finished product throughput is increased. The RTM system also improves the overall product quality and can open a wire and cable manufacturer up to new markets. Tension control − wireless and with digital speed: a distinctive feature of RTM X2 is its wireless operation. It sends tension data by radio transmission, thus avoiding the many drawbacks of mechanisms such as slip rings (cost, wear, signal noise, installation issues, etc) and telemetry systems with its critical unidirectional analogue data transmission and multi-positional prohibitive cost.

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package consists of up to two tension sensors, a transmitter and a receiver unit. The EMGZ482R receiver/ control unit displays the tension data numerically on an LCD in N, lb or another chosen unit. Two analogue outputs can interface a PLC or equivalent devices for controlling purposes. Force limits or wire breaks are detected and can trigger alarms or emergency stops via two relay outputs. FMS Force Measuring Systems AG – Switzerland Fax : +41 44 850 6006 Email : info@fms-technology.com Website : www.fms-technology.com Interwire stand : 231

Bogimac – Belgium Fax : +32 2722 4201 Email : info@bogimac.com Website : www.bogimac.com Interwire stand : 666

The RTM X2 system equipment

GER SA, Nessonvaux, Belgium, with worldwide activities in buying and selling second hand machines, recently sold the entire stranding and bunching machinery park of a medium sized wire and wire rope factory in Italy to one of its long-term customers in India, also a well-known producer of wire ropes. The sale included 15 tubular stranders/closers of different configurations and sizes, six double twist bunchers, as well as accessories and more than 600 bobbins. Machinery is sold to India

In the previous edition of WCN, number 43, the maximum value of scholarships quoted was incorrect. The correct maximum value is up to US$24,000 (or equivalent) over two years. Also of interest to trainees in the wire and cable industry who normally might not be able to visit the world’s largest industry trade fair, wire Düsseldorf, which will run from 26 to 30 March 2012, are the John C Hogg Travel Awards. These awards provide free travel and accommodation for qualifying applicants for a three-day, two-night trip to wire Düsseldorf. Full details about the awards and how to apply can be found on the IWMA website www.iwma.org IWMA Educational Trust Fund Scholarships – a correction

GER SA – Belgium Fax : +32 87 26 02 01 Email : ger@ger.be Website : www.ger.be

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