WCA September 2008

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wire and Tube – together again in 2010 The next date for wire 2010 and Tube 2010 is confirmed: the international trade fairs, wire, International Wire and Cable Trade Fair, and Tube, International Tube Trade Fair, will show the best their respective industries have to offer from 12 th to 16 th April 2010. The combined innovative power of these growth industries will again be showcased in the halls of the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre. The product range will focus again on current technologies for wire, cable and fibre optics, spring and fasteners manufacturing and all aspects of wires and cables. Messe Düsseldorf GmbH – Germany Fax : +49 211 45 6087 7793 Email : info@messe-duesseldorf.de Website : www.messe-duesseldorf.de

Pourtier machine for ABB

Pourtier - Gauder Group has an order for a project for ABB HV cables in Sweden. ABB has a long tradition in the high voltage field, especially in under- ground XLPE and HVDC submarine cables. The challenge consists of one stranding line and one screening line to manufacture very large diameter power cables. The 128-wire rigid cage stranding line is composed of 5 cages (12+18+24+30+36) and is specially designed for the production of round conductors with profiled wire, as well as pre-spiralled segmental conductors for high voltage and extra high voltage cables. This is achieved using a new ‘jumbo’ pre-spiralling and compacting head with four pairs of rollers of 300mm diameter, as well as a double wheel capstan of 4m diameter with 40 tons pulling force. Also, as ABB was looking for a safe loading system, Pourtier has developed a side automatic robot

system that handles a complete rack without loading or unloading reels one by one. The second part of the project is a rigid cage screening line; 84 wires made of two cages of 42 reels (6 rows of 7 reels). The line is equipped with two fully automatic loading trucks to load the 630mm reels in the carriage from their rack. Pourtier - Gauder Group – France Fax : +33 1 64 26 61 10 Email : sales.pourtier@gaudergroup.com Website : www.gaudergroup.com ABB has used Pourtier equipment for m m 15 years

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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2008