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NPS spools for packaging and handling applications

Feeders for round and flat wire

The Niehoff Package System (NPS) is designed to enable an efficient, safe and economical handling of cables, conductors, wires and strands. The NPS consists of specially developed spoolers and collapsible multiway spools made of ABS plastic. The spoolers use a patented wire-laying technology to spool the wires conically onto the NPS spools, which offer a secure, stable and tangle-free package both when full or partially empty; partly unwound NPS spools can be stored again without the turns able to slip. The empty NPS spools can be fully dismantled, stacked inside each other – to save space – and returned to the cable manufacturer to be easily assembled and re-loaded. Further advantages are the avoidance of packing material and the reduction of the cable scrap rate. The NPS400/100 spool with a flange diameter of 400mm and a traverse width of 100mm is particularly interesting because its package corresponds to the increasingly popular and handy miniature bundle format. This small package complies with the requirements of the Japanese automotive industry and can now be directly manufactured inline with extrusion lines. Several cable manufacturers in Asia have already replaced the hard-to-handle cable rings (‘donuts’) with NPS400/100 spools. In Europe, the NPS is increasingly chosen as an alternative to cardboard barrels, boxes and disposable packaging. The NPS spool family currently consists of eight sizes and models for different applications.

AL6 and AL12 feeders for round and flat wires are among Cometo’s range of mechanical and electronic equipment for the spring and wire industry. AL6 feeders are suitable for wire from 1.5mm to 7mm, while the AL12 can handle wire between 6mm and 20mm. According to production needs, the AL models can be equipped with manual or automated operation, suitable for motors up to 4.5 kW and reaching a working speed of 200m/min.

Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co KG – Germany Fax : +49 9122 977 155 Email : info@niehoff.de

Website : www.niehoff.de

Fully automatic coiling/spooling lines In 1960 PS Costruzioni Meccaniche Srl began manufacturing cable take-ups and pay-off stands, later adding semi-automatic coiling/spooling lines (model PS 80 MBN

and PS 85 MBN) and rewinding lines. Now, fully automatic coiling/spooling lines are available. Despite this evolution in techno- logy, semi-automatic lines, model PS 80 MBN and PS 85 MBN are still a relevant part of the PS business, and demand has remained stable over the years.

Cometo’s AL6 wire feeder ❍ ❍

The transmission system is com- posed of tempered and refaced gears. The rollers are made of X205Cr12KU steel, hardness 62HRC, and have polished grooves; for particularly fragile materials, rollers can be made of plastic and the grooves can be lathed. The opening and closing of rollers can be hydraulic, pneumatic or eccentric. Up to three AL feeder modules can be combined. Traction is achieved via an extremely resistant toothed belt, protected by a pig-iron support. As standard, Cometo supplies the machine ready to use with manual control, the ratiomotor shaft and the flange; the ratiomotor can be supplied for an additional cost and automation can also be provided if requested.

PS 80 MBN ❍ ❍

Both PS 80 MBN and PS 85 MBN process a wide range of products, even the most delicate such as telephone, computer or category 5 cables and can work with either coils or spools. PS 80 technical characteristics: multiple insulated flexible cables with an outside diameter from 1mm to 6mm • multiple insulated solid cables having an outside diameter from 1mm to 4mm • Production: 0.75–1.5 coils/spools, 100m/minute according to the ability of the operator and • the wire type to be wound minimum section flexible cable 3 x 0.75mm • 2 maximum section semi-solid cable 1 x 50mm • 2 the maximum linear speed is 400m/min • PS 85 technical characteristics: multiple insulated flexible cables having a diameter from 4mm to 15mm • multiple insulated solid cables with a diameter up to 10mm (size 35mm • 2 ) flat cables 16 x 7 • Production: 0.75–1.5 coils/spools, 100m/minute according to the ability of the operator and • the wire type to be wound minimum section flexible cable 3 x 0.75mm • 2 ; maximum section semi-solid cable 1 x 50mm 2 the maximum linear speed is 400 m/minute •

Cometo Snc – Italy Fax : +39 0341 260927 Email : info@cometo-italy.com Website : www.cometo.eu

PS Costruzioni Meccaniche Srl – Italy

Fax : +39 039 689 8769

Email : ps@pscostruzioni.com

Website : www.pscostruzioni.com

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