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Troester also represents its subsidiary, X-Compound,whichsuppliescompounding plants for cable compounds such as PVC, HFFR, XLPE, semi-conductive material and special applications. Troester GmbH & Co KG – Germany Website: www.troester.de - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tulsa Power has released a new line of high performancecoilers. Theautomaticcut and transfer (ACT) series of coilers incorporates a dual spindle turret winder, designed for winding stranded, flexible wire and cable from 18 AWG to 4/0 inline in an extrusion process, or coupled with other ancillary devices on a rewind application. The addition of a payoff, dancer/accumulator, gauging and spark test allow for a complete rewind line, or can be used without the payoff for extrusion applications. The systems can coil or spool as a standard (coiling heads are an option). The fully automatic system has a cut and transfer feature that, upon receiving a signal from the total length counter, quickly clamps, Tulsa Power Booth 1840

cuts and transfers the product from full reel to empty reel without process interruptions. An ultrasonic dancer locates the position of the product and assures a smooth functioning of tension controlled winding for even the most sensitive products. The ACT series coilers can reduce labor by utilizing one operator for several extrusion lines. Special control features and a touch screen interface allow convenient operator controls with near perfect switchover reliability at high speeds. The automatic design avoids product from accumulating on the floor, as required on manual switch-over machines, saving the operator time, minimizing scrap rates, improving wind appearance and product quality while

improving safety. Tulsa Power – USA Website: www.tulsapower.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Windak specialises in automatic packaging solutions for the wire and cable industry, and has offices in Sweden, USA, Australia and Estonia. Thecompanywill introduce its newautomatic reelerAR18-DBlineatInterwire.TheAutoReeler AR18-DB is a fully automatic reeler developed for automatic packaging of cable and wire products on spools or reels between 216 and 460mm (8.5" to 18") in overall diameter. It can be run both in-line (direct connection with extruder) and off-line, and loads and unloads the empty reels automatically. The line includes stretch wrapping of the spool to contain the cut end, and the output of the machine is two reels per minute.

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