EOW March 2014

wire 2014 show

7-11 April

The PCU o ers automatic precision winding at high speed. It can be used in-line in the production line or as part of a rewinding line. The unit is 100 per cent automatic, eliminates many safety issues and reduces the need for expensive labour resources. The cable is positioned perfectly side-by-side without major gaps or cable crossings, ensuring high quality and a very presentable re-wound product.

High performance features include a wide range of rugged multi-pad tangential and concentric taping heads, twin servo drives, graphic HMI control systems with camera technology and remote machine diagnostics. Ridgway also provides pipe manufacturing solutions, for example the application of high strength reinforcing tape layers (such as Kevlar®, glass and carbon bre) used in the manufacture of fused composite reinforced thermoplastic pipe (RTP). Example RTP applications include oil and gas production ow lines and water injection systems.

Wide range of polymers from Repsol

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➣➢➣ With these new XLPE grades, cables will bene t from very high electrical and insulation properties, as well as optimal high temperature and abrasion resistance. With this new range of grades, Repsol aims to provide the power distribution, telecommunication, transportation and appliances industries with easy to imple- ment, cost-e ective and reliable grades. Due to its increased thermal and mechanical stability, silane cross-linkable PE can also be used in other applications requiring high working temperatures and improved chemical resistance, such as hot water pipes. All Repsol Chemicals XLPE grades may be implemented without any need for special processing equipment and are ready-to-use on standard extrusion or injection moulding production lines. These grades will be available by the end of 2014. Additionally, Repsol has a full portfolio of EVA and EBA grades, where all MFI and comonomer content alternatives are covered, for semi-conductive compounds for medium and high voltage cables. Thereby, the portfolio for medium voltage cables is covered, providing solutions to all polymeric layers of the cable: sheathing, insulation and semiconductive compounds. Repsol SA – Spain Website : www.repsol.com Ridgway Machines focuses on the latest portfolio and developments in high speed taping lines on its newly expanded stand. Ridgway machines are used worldwide for the precision covering of at and round conductor wire and cables. Automated horizontal and vertical machine lines maximise productivity and simplify precision taping and bunching operations for a wide range of media – for example paper, mica, glass, PTFE, Kapton®, Nomex ® and Mylar®. Ridgway Machines Stand: 11E05

The Roblon Quick Adapter

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Roblon’s Quick Adapter o ers a totally new way of changing bobbins on Roblon yarn-servers. Based on pneumatics, the quick adapter enables a quick and safe change of bobbins, resulting in a dramatic reduction of down time. The handling is ergonomic and the optimal xing of the bobbin helps minimise vibrations at increased server and production speed. Roblon’s ripcord is made of polyester or aramid and used for easy removal of the cable jacket. They are available as customised types in a variety of thicknesses and breaking strengths, lengths, coated, coloured, non-wick, water-blocking, and at-shaped to cable manufacturers worldwide. Roblon is introducing a new range of water swellable yarns to complement its product range. These yarns o er very fast absorption rates, and are still very smooth with a low dust level. Due to the superior features, the water swellable yarns are not only suitable as swell yarns, but also as binder yarns. Roblon is a total solution provider to the bre optical cable industry, focusing on cable-making machinery and industrial yarns for bre optic cables. The company is ISO 9001 and 14001 certi ed and develops high-tech industrial bres such as glass and aramid strength members, binder yarns and ripcords. Furthermore, it develops and manu- factures serving, binding, take-up and pay-o equipment.

Ridgway Machines 4 pad tangential taping head

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Visitors to the Ridgway stand will be able to see a selection of the concentric and tangential multi-pad taping heads developed by the company together with examples of nished taped conductor, cable and RTP pipe products used for a variety of global industry applications. Andy Clarke, sales and marketing director at Ridgway, said: “Wire Düsseldorf is our main showcase event for wire and cable covering machinery. It provides a valuable and well-proven opportunity to meet customers from the worldwide industry. This year we are taking the opportunity to focus on the breadth and quality of solution that we can provide to our customers with our latest modular machine range and various examples of taped product.” Ridgway Machines – UK Website : www.ridgwayeng.com

Roblon Stand: 09F41

Roblon is introducing the new precision coiling unit, PCU. In excess of the Roblon PCU, the line consists of the following machines: Pay-o , caterpillar, dancer and take-up. Also being introduced will be new yarns, such as the new ripcord and water swellable yarns. The precision coiling unit (PCU) eliminates the need for manual guiding of the cable in the take-up process.

Roblon Industry – Denmark Website : www.roblon.com

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