EW January 2011

Feature Stranding, twisting, bundling & bunching T hese specialities come into their own when the application requires strength, flexibility, kink resistance and break resistance even when repetitive bending is anticipated. And the forward march of technology means that the equipment must meet additional and more challenging demands all the time. For example, weight-saving imperatives in the automotive industry increasingly dictate the replacement of copper con- ductors with aluminium conductors. This means that bunching machines will be expected to operate equally well – tangle- free and without wire damage, even at very high speeds – with both materials. The products and services reviewed in these pages are intended to ensure that these indispensable processes will be equal to the new tasks.

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EuroWire – January 2011