EoW July 2013

SheathEx technology at its best BWE Ltd is a British engineering company specialising in continuous extrusion machines and cold pressure welders for many different applications.

▲ ▲ A typical BWE Conform 550i installation for copper bus bar and sections

Conform™ and Conklad™ are well-established continuous extrusion technologies in the non-ferrous, cable and tube industries. Typical applications include copper and aluminium rectangular wire (magnet wire for transformers), solid aluminium conductor (SAC for cables) copper bus bar, trolley wire and other shaped conductors, AS wire, OPGW, CATV, round refrigeration tube, multiport or PFC tubes in different alloys. With six lines currently in production, BWE’s SheathEx™ technology is fast becoming the new alternative to seamless aluminium sheathing of high voltage cables. A further line will be installed and commissioned in Europe this year. The SheathEx process provides a continuous (no stop marks), reliable (no weld) and cost effective (cheap materials, low energy etc) method of sheathing high voltage power cables. A new Conform machine has been specifically designed to extrude solid aluminium conductor (round or sector shaped) from 2 x 9.5mm diameter rods, providing a cost-effective process to a product in demand. BWE continues to manufacture and supply a complete range of cold welders and dies for a fast, cost-effective and reliable solution to welding non-ferrous materials from fine wire to round rod. SheathEx, Conform and Conklad are registered trade marks of BWE Ltd. BWE Ltd – UK Website : www.bwe.co.uk Top team promotions Two new managing directors have been appointed at specialist engineering group Meltech to prepare for continued growth and to meet specific customer requirements. Helen Williams has been promoted from manufacturing director to managing director of Meltech Engineering, and Peter Drever has been promoted from sales and marketing director to managing director of Meltech CRE (Continuous Rotary Extrusion), a major specialism within the group.

Photo: bigstockphoto.com – ‘Giant’s Causeway’, Northen Ireland, UK by Joe Gough

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