WCA July 2007

Technology News

Evolution from Reelex Reelex Packaging Solutions – formerly known as Windings Inc – is busy with more than just a new name. The Reelex ® package, an industry standard in the communications cable market, is evolving to address the needs and requirements of a broad spectrum of products that are traditionally packaged on reels. The size of the products packaged in Reelex coils now includes products with diameters as small as 0.025" or as large as 0.625" outside diameter. The resulting coils range in diameter from 1.5" to well over three feet. Manufacturers and installers of com- munications cable have known the unique benefits of the Reelex package for more than 30 years. They rely on effortless payout, total absence of kinks and tangles and an economical package that is easily disposable when empty. By expanding the scale of coil winding equipment, Reelex has brought these

same benefits to products that were not previously available in Reelex packages. Currently in development are 16" mandrels, capable of coiling PEX tubing, a lightweight plastic product that is rapidly replacing copper pipe for domestic water supply as well as heating applications.

Standard package lengths are 100, 300 and 500ft. These large mandrels are also well suited for speciality braided and rope products, as well as fibre optic cables that have a restricted bend radius. A 24" mandrel version is also in the works. This extra large diameter mandrel is well suited for stiff product applications larger than 0.625" outside diameter. On the small end of the spectrum, an automated coiling system is nearing completion that can wind miniature Reelex coils and wrap them with cellophane tape. This unit will handle products with a diameter of 0.025" to 0.075" and produce coil diameters up to 2.25" with a maximum depth of 1.5". The machine is ultra compact, and suitable for short lengths of wire or plastic products such as art and crafts or home and garden items. The finished package can include a tri-fold clamshell case, suitable for retail display. Reelex Packaging Solutions Inc – USA Fax : +1 845 8787884

Email : sales@reelex.com Website : www.reelex.com

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