WCA July 2007

Technology News

Worldwide representation from Sikora Sikora, with its headquarters in Bremen, Germany, manufactures measuring, control and test equipment for the wire and cable industry according to the international quality standard DIN ISO 9001.

The company also has offices in China, USA, Korea, Ukraine, Russia, Italy and India – as well as more than 30 representatives offering sales and service worldwide.

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cables, automotive and building wires, and optical fibres different devices of the Inline 2000 series can be delivered. Centreview 2000 offers unique real non-contact 8-point eccentricity measurement, 4-axis diameter measurement and 8-point ovality calculation by one device, no guiding roll is necessary. The gauge head centres itself automatically and ensures precise measurements. Laser 2000 T offers the most accurate 3-axis measurement of the outer diameter, including minimum and maximum values and ovality with the direction or angle of the variation, in real time. Capacitance 2000 offers capacitance measurement to the highest precision, and all digital analysis of short time capacitance variations, extremely fast updates of measured values and performs bare wire detection as well. Lump 2000 T offers the most reliable 3-axis lump/ neck-down detection. Combined with its unique double sensor technology random imperfections in the surface are detected even at a production line speed of up to 3,000m/min. Spark 2000, available as a UL version for high frequency spark testing, as DC version and BS version, ensures reliable detection of defects in the insulation of wires and cables. X-Ray 2000 for jacketing and sheathing lines stands for reliable measurement of the inner and outer diameter, the wall thickness and eccentricity by X-ray technology. The goal is continuous quality control. Further aspects and of significant importance is to reduce the material over-consumption, the reduction of start-up scrap and a reduction of rejected products, due to lack of quality. One action in this respect is the continuous measurement and control of the relevant data during the extrusion process. For the measurement at MV, HV and EHV extrusion lines Sikora offers the X-Ray 8000, an X-ray based measuring system which determines the wall thickness and eccentricity of the inner semi-conductor, the insulation and the outer semi-conductor of the cable, as well as the outer diameter and the ovality. The X-Ray 8000 is in use in more than 400 Sikora X-Ray installations. The Sixray 8000 is developed for the use on Sioplas lines. The CSS 2 offers continuous purity control of XLPE insulation.

Sikora AG – Germany Fax : +49 421489 0090 Email : sales@sikora.net Website : www.sikora.com

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