WCA November 2008

Technology news

Cable twister range ❍ Queins’ bow twister on show at wire Düsseldorf 2008

Germany’s Queins & Co GmbH is offering a new range of bow twisters for products that include steel ropes, subsea cables, power cables and speciality cables. The new machines are built for a payoff range between 630mm and 2,000mm. The photo shows a bow twister for 2m payoff reels, displayed at wire Düsseldorf 2008. It is believed to be an ideal closing machine for round conductors with cross sections of up to 240mm 2 . This design is used for insulated conductors, for steel strands and for bare aluminium conductors. It is capable of high line speeds, faster than traditional closing machines.

New rolling mill for rebars and plain rounds

walking-hearth furnace, the rolling line, the finishing section and two VCC ® Vertical Compact Coiling lines. When planning the layout of the mill, space was allowed for the future installation of a billet welder and possible expansion for the production of wire rod. All products are delivered onto the cooling bed with a speed of up to 40 m/s using the patented HSD ® system. The entire mill has been designed and equipped, however, to allow a speed increase up to 50 m/s in the future.

In 2005 Stefana SpA, manufacturer of bars and wire rod, awarded a contract to SMS Meer for the supply and installation of a complete bar mill for 120 t/h (140 t/h with hot charge). The objective of the project, named Dream Steel, was to boost straight bar and spool production. With its annual capacity of 700,000t, this new plant has one of the highest productivities in southern Europe. The product mix of the bar mill includes rebars and plain rounds with diameters from 8 to 16mm produced with the two-slit rolling method, and with diameters from 18 to 40mm produced in a single line. The SMS Meer scope of supply included a

SMS Meer – Germany Fax : +49 211 881 4386 Website : www.sms-group.com

Queins & Co GmbH – Germany Fax : +49 2472 3014 Email : info@queins.com Website : www.queins.com

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Wire & Cable ASIA – November/December 2008