WCA March 2012

Back on the established track

The increasing demand for cables with bigger diameters for infrastructure projects, shipyard cables, offshore cables and mining cables is also making greater demands for braiders suitable for bigger cable diameters and cross sections. Spirka Schnellflechter offers a comprehensive product portfolio of 24, 32 and 36 carrier braiding machines in vertical and horizontal applications as well as for combination machines like taping units, payoff and take-up for reels up to 2,500mm flange diameter. These braiding machines have an application range for cables up to 65mm and steel and copper wires up to 0.4mm diameter and are also suitable for high tensile steel wires and thread tension up to 120 N. One of the options for these applications is the horizontal braider type Unidra 2410 for cables up to 65mm diameter and copper and steel wires up to 0.4mm diameter. This braider can handle spools with a maximum flange diameter of 120mm with a capacity of 1.170cm 3 . Spirka Schnellflechter GmbH – Germany Fax : +49 305 499 1845 Email : info@spirka-schnellflechter.com Website : www.spirka-schnellflechter.com Answering the bigger diameter challenge SPIRKA Schnellflechter has again established itself as a complex provider of braiding, coiling and spooling machines in addition to accessory equipment for braiding and spiralling at its new site in Berlin-Schöneweide. The braiding machine catalogue comprises vertical and horizontal rotation braiding machines with 8 to 36 spools, which can be used for a maximum product diameter up to 65mm. Spiralling machines up to 24 spools in the vertical area and up to 36 spools in the horizontal area, as well as manual and fully automatic spooling machines, round off the programme. An important advantage for all customers is the possibility of being able to obtain the necessary completion equipment such as band feeders, central band coilers, winding and unwinding technology and empty spool detection systems from one provider regardless of the main equipment. The development of the multi-wire drawing technique and the demand of many customers for technological solutions from one provider were the initial spark for integrating fully automatic spooling machines with up to four spindles for split wires, as well as the corresponding multi-wire outlets with dancer control. Spirka Schnellflechter GmbH – Germany Fax : +49 305 499 1845 Email : info@spirka-schnellflechter.com Website : www.spirka-schnellflechter.com

▲ ▲ Single spindle winder type W 8-910 for copper, steel and high tensile steel wires

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Wire & Cable ASIA – March/April 2012