WCA September 2014

Industry news

Diverse range for industry

Europacable publication

Product lines include: • Kinrei – twisting equipment including bunchers, stranders, cablers and support equipment • Watson spare parts/service – complete support of drawings, parts/service for Watson, New England Butt, Edmunds and Wire Machinery Equipment twisting equipment • Donnelly Reels – steel and high-quality ABS plastic reels. Plastic reels are manufactured by Sudhir Enterprise of India. Steel reels are manufactured in India and China • Kopilowitz Engineering, Ltd – pay-offs, take-ups and accessories • Candor Sweden AB – supplier of plating equipment and processes for inline wire and strip surface treatment Kinrei of America – USA Website : www.kinreiusa.com

FOR nearly 35 years, Kinrei of America has been the lead distributor, sales agent and service representative for Kinrei Machinery Co Ltd of Japan, exporter to the USA, Mexico and Canada of quality cabling machinery. Kinrei’s diverse product catalogue includes machines for ultra-thin wire, unilay and concentric, litz, automotive, medical, twinning and cabling in tubular, single or double twist. The company is committed to providing its customers with the highest quality products and industry leading value-added services. It also supplies complete pay-off systems, including take-ups and rewinders, to complement its twinners and bunchers for whatever type of reels or applications customers may require. Kinrei has in-house capabilities to supply single and multi-head configurations for bunching, stranding, extrusion and fibre optic applications.

The ‘Introduction to medium and low voltage cables in distribution networks as support of smart grids’ is the latest publication from Europacable. The paper is published in response to the increasing debate on the need to upgrade Europe’s distribution networks into what are often referred to as “smart grids”, and is available now from the Europacable website. The paper seeks to provide an authoritative source of information about medium voltage and low voltage underground cables and overhead lines deployed in distribution networks. Europacable – Belgium Website : www.europacable.com

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