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The company’s reels are suitable for use in many areas: high voltage, middle voltage and low voltage XLPE power cables, optical fiber cables, telecommunication cables, steel wires, steel rope, bead wires and cutting wires, as well as in the textile industry. Qunye – China Website: www.qunye.com.cn - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rautomead Ltd Booth 234 Rautomead, a specialist in continuous casting technology, processes and machinery, will be exhibiting the latest advances in copper magnesium alloy wire rod production technology, for automotive wiring harness and high speed rail contact wire applications.

wire rod production technology for fine wire, enamelled wire and shaped wire manufacture (by rotary extrusion) will also be available. HavingrecentlylauncheditsnewAdvancing Metals Technology division, Rautomead now offers direct access to an extensive network of partnerships at specialist universities, research establishments, key institutions and industry corporations, to develop imaginative, innovative and economic processing technologies for new and different alloys and applications. Rautomead Ltd – UK Website: www.rautomead.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rockford Manufacturing Group Booth 2156 Rockford Manufacturing Group (RMG) Fastener Engineers and Lewis Machine’s integrated in-line wire processing solutions are the epitome of lean manufacturing. RMG’s straighten and cut machines have introduced many revolutionary concepts including VF AC drives, 3 die arbors and the patented “clutchless” cutting technology. On the booth will be the Lewis 1SHVF straighten and cut machine with the 4VPS16 overhead wire payoff. The 1SHVF has been redesigned to include many updated features including: variable frequency drive technology, a light weight release and length control system with micro fine adjustment specifically for small diameter material and completely independent control of feed speed – arbor speed – cutter speed, to maximize productivity. The in-line wire processing equipment is being used by many manufacturing

DHPcopper tube shell ‘Castube’ production technology will also be on show, which features in the new Compactube process being promoted by SMS Meer GmbH for the small scale manufacture of air conditioning and plumbing tubes. Rautomead’s CuOF

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