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Preview: wire Southeast ASIA . 34 Organizers of wire Southeast Asia believe that the 11th staging of the biennial event at the Bangkok Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC) in Thailand, Sept.

16-18, 2015, will continue its string of good results.

Ancillary equipment . . . . . . . . . 46 Suppliers of ancillary equipment, and more, highlight technology that they either displayed or discussed at the Interwire trade show at the Georgia World Congress Center.

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TECHNICAL PAPERS

Overview on conductor and cable surface preparation with wrapped cord technology Kai Boockmann, Michaela Boockmann and Gerhard Boockmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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September 2015 • previews: wire South America IWCS • Compounds & Colorants

IWCS Paper: Fire Risk and Safety Philosophy in Indoor Cabling Jörg Bör . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Cover: August Strecker GmbH (welder); Rainbow Rubber & Plastics (belts) and PWM (welder) were among the suppliers of ancillary equipment and related processing elements at Interwire 2015.

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Proton Products International/U.K.

At Interwire, Proton Products International showcased the company’s InteliSENS SL series speed and length gauges, which it noted are saving cable manufacturers serious money every day around the world.

High-voltage industry action 10 As cable manufacturers purchase raw materials by the ton and then sell by length, it’s extremely important to make sure that when you sell a reel of cable at 1000 ft, its is not 1003 ft or 1005 ft, essentially giving away 0.3% or 0.5% for free, which can be typical in many production facilities. The InteliSENS SL Series gauges are calibrated to 0.03%, and with no moving parts to wear and non-contact operation eliminating slippage, we are extremely proud to work with our customers and provide a gauge that truly helps save money and improve profitability.

The DGK Series of gauges have no moving parts and measure the diameter an amazing 10,000 times per second, There’s per axis.noAvailable as either a dualor News triple-axis lack of energy in the Industry section thisthe issue, withFast Southwire buying ABB’s U.S.analyzes HV/EHV gauge, Super Processing Technology Nexans reporting that U.S. EHV plant will up toplant, 30,000 measurements peritssecond to display andsupply 105 km of EHV power cable to Canada and Ontario communicate diameter, ovality, lumps and neckdowns.

Authority LS Cable System winning a ThePower company also and showed a full&range of products US$45 million contract to supply EHV cable to a petroincluding spark testers, capacitance gauges, lump and chemical complex in Southeast Asia. neck detectors, pre heaters, speed & length gauges and

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the hugely popular combined Diameter and Flaw Detection Gage DGK SuperFast Series. ”We’d like to say a big ‘thank you’ to all who visited (us) at Interwire 2015.

Southeast Asia beckons

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Organizers of wire Southeast Asia believe that the 11th staging of the biennial event at the Bangkok Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC) in Thailand, Sept.

16-18, 2015, will continue the string of good results.

The event will also see the introducGrant tion of aLatimer, new freeProton Products. feature for attendIt was doubt our busiest exhibition and our full ees and without exhibitors: of agents ateam business match-and employees were on hand to take care of our customers.” Grant Latimer, managing director, ing service.

g.latimer@protonproducts.com.

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EDITORIAL WIRE JOURNAL EDITORIAL

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

Spying: a little about cable and a lot more about expectations in a self-righteous world Spying is not a wire and cable industry story. There is a link, but an editorial here that stems from post-Edward Snowden disclosures in 2013 about National Security Agency (NSA) spying is not a great fit.

But there’s something that needs to be said.

The industry news is that Brazil is closer to getting the new undersea cable system it called for that cuts out the U.S. because of its widespread spying. See p. 15. It can be easy to vilify the U.S. when one reads that the NSA intercepted billions of “metadata” messages or phone calls (including from German Chancellor Merkel) as well as other steps that stretch the definition of what it means to be proactive.

Some people see Snowden’s actions as heroic. I find it ironic that his 2013 “flight for justice” saw him go to China and then on to Russia, which the next year “invaded” the Ukraine. Snowden reportedly is now working in an unspecified computer position in Russia. I would like to ask him whether it is worse to seek information that could prevent a potential horror or to bully one’s way into another country. That slippery slope issue will separate many people by whether their prime belief is freedom from government intrusion or better protection of the country as it does not seem possible to have both.

For all the attention that individual terrorists acts get in the U.S., since 9/11 the numbers are dwarfed. The IntelCenter Database reported that in 2014, the world had 10,981 terrorist or rebel incidents that saw 30,923 people killed, the death toll led by Iraq, 7,143, followed

by Nigeria 5,341, and Syria, 4,634. In 2014, the U.S. had 11 incidents that claimed 23 lives, including five terrorists. Those numbers unto themselves might seem to counter the need for more spying, but few people, whatever their views on such intrusion, would doubt that the U.S. remains a big, fat target for terrorist acts of a grand scale.

Wrote Clint Watts, a former executive officer of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, “Most striking ... is how Americans seemingly value both their own privacy and the services of internet companies and yet 12 years after the 9/11 attacks (they) no longer see national security as an essential service ... . Security comes with a price.” Two years later, that assessment is still valid.

Irony alert: France just announced plans to expand the scope of its anti-terror intelligence gathering services, including bulk metadata.

So go ahead, Brazil, and build your cable system. That’s your news.

Ours should be that we never forget a past lesson.

Mark Marselli Editor-in-chief

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CALENDAR

CALENDAR Sept. 16-18, 2015: wire Southeast Asia 2015 Bangkok, Thailand. To be held in the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC).

Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com.

Oct. 5-8, 2015: 64th IWCS conference Atlanta, Georgia, USA. To be held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. Contact: Pat Hudak, IWCS, tel. 717-9939500, phudak@iwcs.org, iwcs.org.

Oct. 6-8, 2015: wire South America 2015 São Paulo, Brazil. To be held at the Imigrantes Exhibition & Convention Center. Contact: MDNA, tel. 312-781-5180, info@mdna.com.

April 4-8, 2016: wire Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany. This biennial event will be held at the Messe fairgrounds. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com.

June 7-9, 2016: WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo Uncasville, Connecticut, USA. This WAI event, which will be held at the Mohegan Sun Resort Center, will include its trade show, technical programs and WAI’s 86th Annual Convention.

Sept. 26-29, 2016: wire China 2016 Shanghai, China. The 7th All China International Wire & Cable Industry Trade Fair will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC). Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com.

Oct. 5-7, 2016: Spring World 2016 Rosemont, Illinois, USA. To be held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, this event is organized by CASMI (Chicago Association of Spring Manufacturers, Inc.) Contact: CASMI Office, tel. 847-447-1087, info@ casmi-springworld.org

WIRE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL EVENTS For more information, contact the WAI, USA. Tel. 001-203-453-2777; fax 001-203-453-8384; www.wirenet.org.

Sept. 14, 2015: New England Chapter 21st Annual Golf Tournament Ellington, Connecticut. USA. The chapter will return to the Ellington Ridge Country Club. Contact: Anna Bzowski, tel. 203-453-2777, abzowski@wirenet.org.

Sept. 17, 2015: Ohio Valley 12th Annual Golf Tournament, Solon, Ohio, USA. The chapter will return to the Grantwood Golf Course. Contact: Steve Fetteroll at sfetteroll@wirenet.org, tel. 203-453-1748.

Oct. 5, 2015: Western Chapter’s 15th Annual Golf Tournament Fontana, California, USA. The chapter will return to the Sierra Lakes Golf Course. Contact: John Stevens, tel.

905-851-5633, jstevens@emc-wire.com.

Oct. 15, 2015: The Vannais Southeast Chapter’s 14th Annual Golf Tournament Conover, North Carolina, USA. The Southeast Chapter will return to the Rock Barn Golf and Spa. Contact: Art Deming, tel. 252-955-9451, art.deming@nexans.com.

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Nov. 3, 2015: 7th biennial CabWire World Technical Conference Düsseldorf, Germany. To be held at the Congress Centre, this conference is a joint venture between the IWMA, IWCEA, ACIMAF, CET and the WAI. More details to follow at www.cabwire.com.

June 7-9, 2016: WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo Uncasville, Connecticut, USA. This WAI event, which will be held at the Mohegan Sun Resort Center, will include its trade show, technical programs and WAI’s 86th Annual Convention.

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS ABB agrees to sell Southwire its U.S. extra-high and high-voltage cable plant ABB announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its Huntersville, North Carolina, cable factory to Southwire Company, LLC, for an undisclosed price.

A press release said that the sale of the plant is in line with ABB’s Next Level strategy to continuously optimize its business portfolio. The 240,000-sq-ft plant produces high-voltage (HV) and extra-high-voltage (EHV) underground transmission cables, ranging from 230kV to 400kV. ABB noted that it will continue to produce HV land and subsea cables from its manufacturing facility in Karlskrona, Sweden. ABB and Southwire will also pursue a business partnership to leverage the facility for the land cable portion of certain HVDC projects.

toward that goal as we further expand our manufacturing capacity and expand our lineup of products that are made in America for new and existing customers, both here and around the world,” Southwire President and CEO Stu Thorn said. “In addition, today’s agreement paves the way for us to develop a strategic relationship with a global company like ABB, a recognized leader in power and automation technologies.”

Located on a 20-acre site in Commerce Station Business Park, the Huntersville plant fits nicely with Southwire’s family of manufacturing facilities and customer service centers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Honduras and China, the Southwire release said. “Southwire is a U.S.based manufacturer expanding on U.S. soil,” Thorn said.

“We are building a business that will be sustainable into future generations by continually evolving to meet the changing needs of our industry.”

In related news, Southwire reported that Thorn is retiring. See p. 20.

Earlier this year, ABB announced that it would invest $30 million in building a new manufacturing site and expanding its customer experience center for its low-voltage products division near Memphis, Tennessee. The investment will initially create more than 200 jobs, with a further 100 jobs expected to be added over the next five years.

ABB has sold its U.S. EHV/HV cable plant to Southwire.

General Cable Corporations to sell its Asia Pacific operations to MM Logistics

“We remain fully committed to the North American market and to the high-voltage cables business. The decision to divest this factory is in line with our Next Level strategy and focus on optimizing our operations, exploring new business models and building partnerships,” said Claudio Facchin, president of ABB’s Power Systems division.

“We are pleased that the Huntersville facility will be in the hands of Southwire, a well-established, innovationfocused company, and look forward to building on our new business relationship.”

Per a past ABB release, the company opened the $90 million plant, designed to have some 130 employees, in 2012. The HV cable production was to target markets that include wind and solar installations. “The plant has a distinctive 131 meter extrusion tower, built to allow the insulation material to cool symmetrically around the metal cable conductor. It is ABB’s first HV cable plant outside Europe, and will manufacture (these) transmission cables for both AC and DC applications.”

Nexans and Prysmian also have EHV plants in the U.S. The acquisition, which is expected to close in the third quarter, results in Southwire adding EHV cable products to its portfolio and expanding its capacity to produce HV cable, a market the company notes where it already is a leading manufacturer. “Today, we take another step

U.S.-based General Cable Corporation reports that it has agreed to sell its Asia Pacific operations to MM Logistics Co., Ltd. (MM), for cash consideration of approximately $205 million, a sum that includes preliminary estimated net cash of $30 million at the closing of the purchased businesses.

A press release said that the sale includes the company’s businesses in Thailand, China, New Zealand and Australia.

The deal is expected to close in the third quarter, subject to customary closing conditions, with proceeds used to reduce outstanding borrowings and pay related fees and expenses.

“This agreement to sell our Asia Pacific operations represents another significant step to simplifying our geographic portfolio and reducing organizational complexity,” said Board Chairman John E. Welsh, III. “We are also optimizing our business, reducing costs and driving efficiencies in our core markets in North America, Latin America and Europe as we continue to execute our restructuring program.”

The announcement follows prior operation sales of General Cable’s interest in Phelps Dodge International Philippines, Inc., Keystone Electric Wire and Cable (China), and Dominion Wire and Cables (Fiji), which together represented approximately $88 million of cash proceeds. Executive Vice President and CFO Brian J. Robinson said that once the sale of the operations in

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Thailand, China, New Zealand and Australia is completed, the company “will have generated approximately Sept.million 24-27,of 2014: China 2014 $293 cashwire proceeds from its divestiture proShanghai, To be with held at ShanghaicommuniNew gram whichChina. is consistent ourthe previously International Expo Centre (SNIEC). Contact: Messe cated expectations.”

Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com.

Nexans to supply EHV cable for Oct. 28-30, 2014: Wire & Cable India project Canadian renewable energy Mumbai, India. To be held at the Bombay Convention

April 28-30, 2015: Interwire 2015 & WAI’s 85th Annual Convention Atlanta, Georgia, USA. WAI returns to the Georgia World Congress Center to stage its biennial trade show, technical programs and 85th Annual Convention.

Contact: WAI, USA. Tel. 001-203-453-2777; fax 001203-453-8384; www.wirenet.org.

reports that itsContact: new U.S.Messe facility in Charleston, April 4-8, 2016: wire Düsseldorf &Nexans Exhibition Centre.

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LS Cable wins $45 million EHV cable contract for petrochemical complex LS Cable & System (LS C&S) announced that it has won a US$45 million contract from Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) for Extra High Voltage (EHV) underground cables for a project in Jurong, which was described as the largest petrochemical complex in Southeast Asia.

LS Cable & System reports EHV power cable contract.

Per a report in Business Korea, “The underground cables are EHV cables with more than 66 kV buried below ground in the downtown area. Currently, they have been commercialized up to 500kV.” It said that the EHV cables can transmit more electricity than aerial cables and do not need transmission towers, but cost more because of installation. However, as Singapore only uses EHV underground cables, they are in high demand there, the story said.

“Therefore, there is fierce competition between advanced companies and companies in China and India to win orders for high-value products.”

The report said that, since 2010 LS Cable has aggressively targeted the market through its Vietnamese branch, LS-VINA, establishing the South Korean company as the main supplier in the electric cable business in Singapore, where it now has a 35% market share.

Hawaiki Cable confirms plan for cable to link from New Zealand to Oregon Hawaiki Cable reports that it is going forward with its plans for a proposed submarine cable route between New Zealand, from Whangarei, to Portland, Oregon, on the west coast of the U.S. The deal was one that has been on the backburner for some time as it has been a little more than two years ago that Hawaiki Cable signed a memorandum of understanding with the Northland Regional Council’s Northland Inc. unit (Northland) for this project.

A press release and media reports said that Hawaiki Cable, which has backing from New Zealand investor Sinclair Investments Group (SIL), confirmed that it would forge ahead with the New Zealand link of its international submarine cable project landing in Whangarei. The $400 million undersea cable will be able to carry vast quanti12 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

ties of electronic data between Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and the west coast of the U.S. directly as well as open up connections globally. The cable could be operating by 2017 and will be the second fiber-optic cable network and third physical cable linking New Zealand with the rest of the world.

Southwire reports sale of SCR copper rod system to a Chinese company Southwire Company, LLC, announced that it has sold an SCR® copper rod system to Suzhou Hengtong Copper Material Co., Ltd (Suzhou).

A press release said that Suzhou, located in China’s Jiangsu Province, has ordered an SCR-3000 system that is designed to produce 25 metric tons of 8 mm rod per hour.

The deal, it said, includes all operating equipment design, from a skip cart furnace loader to a finished rod handling system as well as a 10-stand Morgan “No Twist®” rolling mill furnished by Primetals (formerly Siemens VAI).

“We would like to welcome Suzhou into the SCR family and look forward to many years of successful collaboration,” said William M. Berry, president of SCR Technologies.

Southwire’s SCR Technologies provides continuous rod system equipment and technology for the production of copper and aluminum rod.

Italian cable manufacturer has plans to build a plant in Moldova Italy’s La Triveneta Cavi plans to build a €17.2 million greenfield production facility in Moldova that will be the country’s first such plant for manufacturing low- and medium voltage electrical cables.

Per multiple media reports, the plant, to cost €17.2 million, will have annual capacity of 12,000 metric tons of cable for use in buildings, industrial processes, power distribution, telecom and data transmission. The plant will initially employ up to 100 people.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) reported that that it is lending €6.2 million to the Moldovan subsidiary of Triveneta Cavi for the construction of the production facility.

The plant will be located in a new industrial park in Strășeni, some 20 kilometres from the Moldovan capital of Chisinau. It noted that the company chose the area for its first plant investment abroad, because of its geographical position, lower energy and labor costs.

“This investment represents significant help for our strategic decision to expand our operation and increase our production capacities beyond Italy, as to serve our increasing client base,” said Fabio Fracasso, general manager of La Triveneta Cavi Development Srl. “We appreciate the EBRD’s decision to partner with us in accomplishing this ambitious goal and in this geographic region, which we think has potential for economic growth. (We are) glad that the project will also help

Nexans to supply 290 km of cables to Denmark in 2016 for 2 projects Nexans reports that the company will supply more than 290 km of cable to Denmark for two separate projects.

A press release said that Nexans will supply two submarine cable systems and two underground cable systems worth approximately €25 million.

Nexans will provide a 150 kV single core cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) underground three-phase cable system to connect the substations from Ryttergård over Graderup to Fynsværket. The second cable system will connect the Abildskov substation to the Sønderborg substation. Nexans will also deliver accompanying accessories and carry out the cable laying supervision and installation.

Nexans’ 3-core 150 kV XLPE submarine cables will run from Jutland in central Denmark to the island of Funen in the east and on to the island of Als in the south. Further, a 132 kV submarine cable will connect the substation at Rosenfeldt on the island of Zeeland to the Orehoved substation on Falster island.

The JFK & Storstrømmen project is part of a Danish national initiative to move the majority of power cables underground by 2030. The Cable Action Plan will see 2,900 km of new power lines installed as underground cables and replacement of 3,200 km of existing 132 kV and 150 kV overhead lines.

Nexans and its partner, ENERGINET. DK, previously collaborated on the Køge Bugt project, also part of the Cable Action Plan, and will start working to connect Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm to the Danish Grid thereafter.

The cables will be manufactured at Nexans’ plants in Hanover, Germany and Halden, Norway. Delivery will start in March 2016.

FBI investigating apparent series of sabotage of fiber optic cables The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating three severed fiber-optic cables in the Sacramento region of California, in what appears to be a coordinated attack that has affected service to customers as far away as Seattle.

A report by Capacity Magazine said that someone managed to damage three fiber-optic cables belonging to Colorado-based ISPs Level 3 Communications and Zayo Group. The story cited Greg Wuthrich, an FBI agent, as saying that the vandals are believed to have broken into an

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bring know-how and innovation into the Moldovan manufacturing industry.”

The EBRD notes that it is the largest institutional investor in Moldova. To date, it has invested almost €1 billion in more than 100 projects, which includes a greenfield plant of Gebauer & Griller, an Austrian auto cable manufacturer, in the Free Economic Zone of Bălți, Moldova’s second largest city.

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underground vault in Livermore, about 40 miles east of San Francisco, early June 30, to cut the three fiber-optic cables.

Since July 2014, a total of 11 cables have been damaged.

“When it affects multiple companies and cities, it does become disturbing,” Wuthrich said. “We definitely need the public’s assistance.”

In a statement, Wave Broadband, a customer of both Level 3 and Zayo, described the incident as “coordinated” and said that it was working with both companies to resolve the issue. “Law enforcement is involved and restoration crews are working to restore connectivity as quickly as possible,” added Zayo spokeswoman Shannon Paulk.

Arcelor’s U.S. holdings lost nearly $1.5 billion over the past five years, one executive pointed out.

ArcelorMittal said a MOU is just the first step in establishing a joint venture, which would involve building a state-of-the-art cold rolling mill and other downstream finishing facilities in India that will offer technologically advanced steel products to India’s rapidly growing automotive sector, the company said in a news release. India is expected to become the world’s fourth largest automobile manufacturing nation by 2020, growing from roughly 3.5 million units today to more than 7 million units, they said.

ArcelorMittal reports plans for joint venture wire rod operation in India

Saudi Aramco reports cable first

ArcelorMittal reports that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Steel Authority of India Limited for a joint venture that would establish an automotive steel manufacturing plant in India.

The steel giant also announced plans to idle its wire rod mill in Georgetown, South Carolina, and reassess its other U.S. holdings, especially finishing facilities, to offset record imports, increased competition and too-high legacy costs.

The closure will cost 226 American workers their jobs.

The company recently reported a $103 million first quarter operating loss for its North American division.

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Saudi Aramco has achieved a landmark by energizing its largest Tie-in Platform with a 46 km, 3-core 230 kV submarine composite cable, the longest of its kind.

A press release said that the Tie-in Platform, named “TP-20,” lies in the world’s largest offshore field, Safaniya, and that energizing it was the first phase of long-term plans to upgrade the Safaniya offshore field, referred to as the Safaniya Master Plan. The TP-20 platform, designed to be the main crude oil gathering and power supply hub for North Safaniya offshore field, is designed to provide 152 megawatts (MW) of electric power via the composite cable (power and fiber) from a Saudi electricity company.

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Per a report in Telecompaper.com, the deal has now been struck to build the cable link that will have more than 30 Tbps of capacity and cost US$185 million. Telebras will have a 35% stake in the project and IslaLink 45%. The remaining 20% will be in the hands of a yet-to-be defined Brazilian shareholder. The cable will leave Fortaleza in the state of Ceara to arrive in Portugal in Seixal or Lisbon. It is expected that the cable will be completed by early 2018.

The European Union had previously announced support for the cable, which would run between Europe and Latin America, linking Lisbon (Portugal) with Fortaleza (Brazil). In 2014, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff had called for the cable system to “guarantee the neutrality” of the Internet, citing the disclosures by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden of widespread U.S. spying via undersea cables.

... but the U.S. may not have been the only country to have snooped The U.S. has been taken to task by many countries for Edward Snowden’s revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency routinely intercepted undersub sea cables.

Turns out, it may be a “back at you” moment for the French.

Per multiple media reports, France has been collecting personal data from fiber optic cables passing through or near its territory since 2008. The report said the DGSE – General Directorate for External Security – had “used a set of super computers in Paris to collect, every day, dozens of millions of emails, SMS, Skype exchanges, WhatsApp, Facebook conversations.”

Australia’s The Saturday Paper, was blunt its its report.

Citing French publication L’Obs, it said that at least five major cables have been tapped with the help of the French telecom companies Orange and Alcatel-Lucent: the TAT-14 cable to the U.S.; ACE to West Africa; the I-ME WE cable to India; and the SEA-ME-WE 3 and 4 cables to South-East Asia, East Asia and Australia.

“President François Hollande has reportedly authorised the DGSE to extend these cable interception operations with a new five-year intelligence collection plan from 2014 to 2019. France’s newly passed electronic surveillance law provides the necessary legal framework.

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The article said that France’s national security interceptions control commission had approved the interception of cable traffic from 40 countries, including Russia, China, India and the U.S., as well as Australia and New Zealand.

Superior Essex achieves ‘zero waste to landfill’ certification for Kansas plant Superior Essex announces that it has achieved a Zero Waste to Landfill certification for its copper data cable manufacturing facility in Hoisington, Kansas.

A press release said that this is the first Zero Waste to Landfill certification ever achieved by a communications cable manufacturer, and that it is a designation that has been attained by very few manufacturers of any type. The certification was made by GreenCircle Certified, LLC., a third-party certifier of environmental claims.

The certification is a means of recognizing the achievement of a 100% landfill waste diversion rate, the release said. Landfill waste diversion, defined as the prevention and reduction of generated waste through source reduction, recycling, reuse, or composting, has been characterized as one of the best ways manufacturing companies can demonstrate genuine environmental responsibility. The announcement marks an improvement from the 91% landfill waste diversion rate that the company achieved in 2014.

EUROLLS names AWT Machinery as its industry agent in North America Italy’s EUROLLS SpA, announced that U.S.-based AWT Machinery, Inc., will represent the company’s equipment for the steel wire industry.

A press release said that AWT, which is owned by Scott Liebenberg, will also help guarantee service and support. “With Scott’s vast knowledge of the industry and understanding of wire machinery, we believe that this is a positive move for the Eurolls machinery business, as well as being beneficial for our existing and future customers in the region,” it said. The company can be contacted at tel. 815-315-4260, scott@awtmach. com, www.awtmach.com.

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ASIAN FOCUS Wire & Cable Guangzhou 2015 reports South China success Organizers of Wire & Cable Guangzhou report that the annual event saw very positive results from the 2015 staging at the China Import and Export Complex in Guangzhou.

Per a press release from the organizers, Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt, Co., Ltd. (GGMF), and Guangzhou BoYou Exhibition Service Co., Ltd. (GBES), the June 9-12 event once again admirably served as a direct trading platform for suppliers and buyers of wire and cable-related products and equipment. “As the largest industry event in the South China region, the show welcomed 283 exhibitors and received 18,867 visitors from 25 countries and regions.”

Attendees at Wire & Cable Guangzhou 2015.

The 2015 show was endorsed by the China Wire and Cable Business Association Alliance, as well as the Zhuhai Power Trade Association, Zhongshan Power Trade Association and the Guangdong Wire and Cable Industry Association, all of which also organized buyer delegations for this year’s show. The annual event, which showcases wire and cable-related machinery, equipment, materials and accessories, was described as “an important meeting place for exhibitors who look to expand their business outside the South China region.”

GBES General Manager Liu Gan said that this was the second time his organization has collaborated with Messe Frankfurt. “The show’s success is evident from the patronage of prominent buyer delegations as well as a number of returning exhibitors. Our aim to foster business relationships between both suppliers and buyers has again been achieved and I look forward to an even more successful edition next year.”

“I’m very pleased with the results of the 2015 show and I believe it has contributed to increased information exchange among industry peers,” said Emeka Hu, GGMF general manager. “China’s wire and cable market

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is expected to experience accelerated growth in the coming years with the new industrial and energy directions that the country has taken.”

Below are some comments from exhibitors that were provided by the organizers.

“We’ve been attending this show since the very beginning as we believe that frequent participation is crucial to building brand awareness,” said Li Hong, marketing director of Dongguan Gemwell Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd., which displayed a full range of products, including cable extrusion machines and wire taping machines. “We aim to consolidate our existing client base and also discover new customers through this professional platform. Taking part in the fair also gives us the opportunity to observe the trends and the problems currently faced by the industry.”

Another returning exhibitor, Dongguan Wit Man Electric Machinery Industry Co., Ltd., a Guangzhoubased wire and cable machinery provider, reported that it was satisfied with this year’s results and also expressed enthusiasm for the future of the industry.

Yang Yi Ru, a company representative from the company, said that his company showcased its latest single-twist stranders and high-speed extrusion lines.

“We’re thrilled that more than 50% of the buyers that we’ve met here are keen on sourcing our products.

As the country enters the Industry 4.0 era, we aspire to achieve a higher level of automation and quality.

We will definitely be coming back again next year.”

A first-time show attendee, Huang Xia Li, business development manager from Xian Guang Da Electric Co., Ltd., said that her company went to the event to look for wire and cable-related machinery and equipment, particularly the latest printing and laser marking technologies. “We are quite happy with the outcome and will actually consider adopting some of the laser marking equipment we found here in our production lines. The fair has introduced us to many Guangdong suppliers and also given us a good overview of the market outside North China.”

Also among the list of returning exhibitors was Achi WA, export manager, Wuhan Shuangli Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd., who observed the following. “Our aim in exhibiting here was to develop new business relationships with high-quality cable enterprises from North America, South America and South-East Asia through this platform. During the first two days, we have already met buyers who expressed intention to cooperate. The fair has helped us reach our business goals and I’m happy with the results.”

Representing Grupo B15, a television and radio broadcasting company from Mexico, Gerardo Bonilla shared his experience. “I came primarily to source

ASIAN FOCUS Equipment is always a draw on the show floor.

Attendees at a seminar at the event.

wires and cables specifically for telecom and transmission to cope with the expansion of our channel. There is a fair selection of domestic brands here and I’m fortunate enough to have connected with a few cable manufacturers that exactly met my needs. This has provided great cooperating opportunities for our business.”

Another visitor, Derbedeneva Olga, purchasing manager from Russia’s Spyheat, said that her company was there to source materials and wire manufacturing machinery as well as venture into the South China

markets and connect with the region’s suppliers. “On just our first day, we were able to meet with insulation material suppliers and I believe chances for future cooperation are high. The products on display here are of high quality and it’s very likely that we will return next year.”

The next staging of the event is set for June 9-12, 2016. Contact: Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt, Co., Ltd., www.wire-cable-china.com, and by e-mail at wire@china.messefrankfurt.com.

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PEOPLE Southwire Company announced the retirement of President and CEO Stu Thorn on Oct. 15. Thorn had previously announced plans to retire after more than 14 years leading Southwire. His retirement closes a remarkable career of service to the company and its shareholders. Since Thorn became Southwire’s top officer in 2001, he has guided the company through a successful period of innoThorn vative new products and diversified growth, where annual sales trebled to more than $5 billion and the company became one of the world’s largest wire and cable manufacturers. Under his leadership, the company has been recognized for its commitment to sustainability, focusing on the environment, employees, communities and ethics. Thorn has been instrumental in leading innovative shared-value educational initiatives, such as 12 for Life. “Today is a bittersweet moment,” Thorn said. “I’m extremely proud as I look back at what we at Southwire have accomplished as a team with everyone contributing in some way. I’ll miss that collaborative spirit and the determination to overcome every obstacle and get the job done. But, I know the company is in very capable hands as it continues to grow into a global leader among wire and cable companies.” Southwire Chairman Roy Richards, Jr., said that Thorn did a great job of managing the company’s growth. “At the same time, he has helped protect and nurture the family culture that makes our company special. We wish him the best as he embarks on the next stage of his journey.” Replacing Thorn as president is Rich Stinson, who most recently was group president of electrical systems and services for Eaton Corporation, where he has worked the last five years. He will assume the role of CEO following a transition period. He holds a B.S. degree in engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Based in Carrollton, Georgia, USA, Southwire Company is one of the world’s largest wire and cable companies, serving the electrical, energy, industrial and OEM markets.

Stinson C&M Corporation issued two key personnel announcements. Steven DeFrancesco is the new vice president of sales and marketing. He previously was at Belden, Inc., where he most recently was vice president of corporate development. He also served there as vice president/general manager of Telecast Fiber Systems, a Belden brand, and as director of sales and marketing for the company’s Thermax division. He holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Clarkson 20 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

University and an MBA degree from The Olin Business School at Washington University. Rob Conway was promoted to vice president of business development. He has more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience. Before joining C&M in 2012, he served as the executive DeFrancesco vice president of sales for The Lapp Group. Based in Dayville, Connecticut, USA, C&M Corporation is a vertically integrated provider of engineered cable, coil cord and value-added assembly solutions.

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OBITUARY A. Roger Guillemette, the founder of Guill Tool & Engineering, died June 5 at age 81.

A native of Providence, Rhode Island, he served as a machinist in the U.S. Army, stationed in Korea and Mineral Wells, Texas. In 1962 he established Guill Tool, a Rhode Island-based supplier of extrusion tooling that continues as a family business today. He held dozens of patents and his passion never waned for engineering quality products. He was also known as a fierce advocate Guillemette for U.S. manufacturing on local and national levels, and a big advocate of STEM education. He continued to serve as CEO until a few months before his death. He was a member of the WAI, the Society of Plastic Engineers, and the National Tool & Mfg Association, where he served as a past president. He was also active with the Rhode Island Manufacturers Association, the National Association of Manufacturers, the National Institute of Manufacturing Skills, the Rhode Island STEM Center and other local endeavors, both for industry and the local community.

He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Claudette Joyal Guillemette; two daughters, Diane Guillemette, the company’s CFO, and Jeanne Steers, whose graphics company works on the company’s website; two sons, Richard Guillemette, the company CEO, and Dino Trotta; a brother, Albert Guillemette; five grandchildren and a nephew, Glenn Guillemette, the company’s president. Also, a close friend, Chuck Paull, the company’s COO.

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FIBER WATCH Researchers say they may have key to doubling speed of fiber optic networks Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, report that they believe they have found a way to double the speed of fiber optic networks.

A team of University of California photonics researchers disclosed in the June 26 edition of Science that they have found a way to dramatically increase the maximum power capacity of signals sent through fiber optic cables. The key, they said, was finding a way to avoid a long-standing roadblock to increasing data transmission rates in optical fiber.

“Today’s fiber optic systems are a little like quicksand.

With quicksand, the more you struggle, the faster you sink. With fiber optics, after a certain point, the more power you add to the signal, the more distortion you get, in effect preventing a longer reach,” said Nikola Alic, a research scientist from the Qualcomm Institute, the corresponding author on the Science paper and a principal of the experimental effort. “Our approach removes this power limit, which in turn extends how far signals can travel in optical fiber without needing a repeater,” he said in an article in sciencedaily.com. In lab experiments, the researchers successfully deciphered information after it travelled a record-breaking 12,000 km through fiber optic

cables with standard amplifiers and no repeaters, which are electronic regenerators, it said.

Per the sciencedaily.com report, the breakthrough came a year after the UC San Diego research team published a paper indicating that such a development was theoretically possible. The signal degeneration responsible for the current energy limit is the result of “crosstalk,” distortion between different data bundles as they travel along an optic cable.

The researchers discovered that this distortion was non-random, but instead the result of fixed physical laws. Researchers believed that a signal could be pre-conditioned so that when the signal eventually degraded, it would do so in a predictable way, allowing them to accurately reconstruct the original signal by filling in the gaps caused by the distortion.

The UC San Diego team used a device known as a frequency comb to synchronize the variations between the various communications channels present in a typical optical fiber. The frequency comb prevented random fluctuations from entering the system, ensuring that the signal would still be readable when it was eventually received. The discovery allowed the team to increase the energy output of the signal 20 fold while still resulting in a coherent transmission.

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Indonesian company has good IPO, has plans to invest in more exports PT Garuda Metalindo, an Indonesian manufacturer of nuts and bolts for the auto industry, saw a very successful IPO introduction that rose 50% from its launch price.

Per a report in the Jakarta Post, Garuda Metalindo raised US$19.4 million that it planned to use for different purposes. Trading under the symbol BOLT on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, its shares soared 50%.

“Investor response was good and met our expectations,” said Bernardus Sumargo, vice president of corporate finance at PT RHB OSK Securities, which underwrote the IPO. Garuda Metalindo saw its IPO twice oversubscribed during the June 29-30 offering, he said.

The report said that, of the money raised by the IPO, 52% will go to debt refinancing. It cited Garuda Metalindo Director Erwin Wijaya as saying that the company planned to pay half of the company’s liabilities to banks and suppliers that are due this year. The rest of the funds will go to capital expenditures and working capital. Those investments, he said, “will be used to improve the company’s productivity through several actions, such as automation in some manufacturing processes and new product development to meet customer demand.”

Garuda Metalindo supplies automotive manufacturer giants such as Astra Honda Motor, Indomobil Suzuki Internasional

and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia with a total production capacity of 2,000 tons of nuts and bolts per month, the story said. It noted that the company also exports 2.5 to 3% of its production to Brazil, Japan, Vietnam and Thailand, among others, and that its goal is to expand its cumulative export volume by 25% in three to four years.

Fastener coating designed for use in highly corrosive environments DuPont reports that the company has developed a new water-based, low-VOC coating solution based on Teflon PTFE for fasteners in highly corrosive environments.

Per a press release, the one-coat system is particularly suitable for applications requiring very high corrosion resistance, dry lubrication and anti-seize properties to prevent galling. Typical applications are screws and bolts made from carbon steel, special steel and aluminum.

Results from a salt spray test confirm that screws treated with this new coating solution have outstanding corrosion resistance even without surface pretreatment.

Corrosion resistance can be still further improved by using suitable primers or substrate pretreatments, the release said. For instance, carbon steel bolts with a zinc base coat of just 7.5 µm and a Teflon anti-corrosion coating of just 20 to 30 µm have less than 10% red rust even after 3,000 hours’ exposure.

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Bahra Cables, Co.’s Iyad Adnan Orabi and Vahé Atmadjian, were among those who attended the Fundamentals course at Interwire 2015.

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Iyad Adnan Orabi Production Manager Bahra Cables, Co.

Vahé Atmadjian COO Bahra Cables, Co.

Q: What does your company do?

A: Bahra Cables, Co., founded in 2008 and a leading company in Saudi Arabia, today has 1,400 employees.

We manufacture wires, including LV, MV and HV power cables, PVC conduits, busways and dry transformers.

Q: What is your role there?

A: Atmandjian: I am COO. Orabi: I am production manager.

Q: What do you like best about your position?

A: Atmandjian: I enjoy having to use my initiative to implement and improve systems to make our company bigger. We have grown sixfold so far, and our goal is to become the leading cable company in the Middle East.

Orabi: I feel that I am very challenged at reaching my full potential in raising, diversifying and expanding production. We must use our high-technology equipment to cost-effectively make the best quality wire and cable.

Q: How does your company remain competitive?

A: We have a very lean vertical management structure, and ideas and information flow freely between movers and shakers in our rapidly growing enterprise. We use analytics to support strategy and greater collaboration between managers and academics, and we consider the needs of all stakeholders, not just the shareholders, and always take into account the local context. Many ideas from our team members have led to innovative solutions and services that we provide to our many happy customers in Saudia Araba and the countries of the Gulf Cooperating Council (GCC).

Q: Why did you recently join WAI? A: To represent our company and meet professionals, experts and pioneers from WAI’s diverse community who will help us continue to develop and achieve our goals.

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The U.K.’s IWMA (International Wire & Machinery Association), the WAI and three other European co-organizers are supporting the 2015 staging of the CabWire World Conference on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Joining IWMA and WAI in support of the educational event are Italy’s ACIMAF (Associazione Costruttori Italiani Macchine per Filo), France’s CET (Comité Européen de la Tréfilerie) and the IWCEA (International Wire & Cable Exhibitors Association).

The event, the seventh such staging, will be held in Düsseldorf, Germany, with a plant tour scheduled for the following day, Wednesday, Nov. 4. This will mark the second time that the event will be held at Düsseldorf’s Congress Center, which previously hosted the successful 2011 installment. The most recent CabWire, held at the Palazzo Turati in Milan in 2013, attracted 200 wire and cable professionals from all over the world.

The technical program will feature more than 20 papers in simultaneous ferrous and nonferrous/electrical tracks. The schedule will also include a keynote address from Dr. Klaus Probst, retiring CEO of Leoni

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WAI NEWS Philip Radbourne, Integer Research, gave a memorable review of the European wire and cable sector.

Discussions at the Locton tabletop display, one of 21 that attendees could visit.

AG. There will also be a plant tour of ArcelorMittal’s Duisburg rod mill the morning of the second day, Wednesday, Nov. 4. An evening social event has also been planned for the Zum Schlüssel brewery, which is located at Bolkerstraβe 41-47, Alstadt.

The event will feature tabletop exhibits, with space for 25 displays in the main reception and lunch area. The tabletops will be open throughout the conference times,

including coffee breaks and lunch. The ferrous and nonferrous session times are staggered, with breaks extended to allow more interaction with visitors. The cost for a tabletop, which includes one full delegate registration, is 650 euros for members of AIMAF, CET, IWCEA. IWMA and WAI, and 700 euros for all others.

Sponsorship opportunities are also available. For more details, go to the event website at www.cabwire.com.

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Points Meeting for WAI’s 2106 event has been set for September

The Points Meeting, the official kickoff to the 2016 staging of the WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo, will take place Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Association’s headquarters in Connecticut.

The Points Meeting, which is where the initial disbursing of booth positions is made, will see two firsts this year, both for new locations. WAI will hold the Points Meeting at its new headquarters in Madison, and the booth choices will be made for a new location for the event: the Mohegan Sun Resort Center in Uncasville, Connecticut.

“This has been quite a year for us,” said WAI Sales Director Bob Xeller. “Moving our office was quite an undertaking, and moving Wire Expo to a new location in the Northeast has been a big step too. We think that attendees and exhibitors alike are going to very much like what awaits them. We’ve had good experience at the Mohegan Sun over the years as our New England Chapter has held its annual meeting there many times, and the location and the people there have always been very good to us.”

For exhibitors, Xeller said, the location should be good but the space is limited. Unlike other locations where it is usually possible to add booth positions at a later point, the available booth space at the site is limited to 20,000 sq ft.

WAI Executive Director Steve Fetteroll was among those helping out at the 2013 Points Meeting.

That equals a total of 240 units, a number that includes eight “island” positions. “This is not an event where you can wait until the end because once the booths are gone, they’re gone.”

During the Points Meeting, exhibitors can follow the process on-line as it is conducted by WAI volunteers and staff. Two years ago, a total of 131 of 196 available booths were allocated at the Points Meeting for the 2014 event at the Indiana Convention Center.

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CHAPTER CORNER New England Chapter reports the winners of 4 scholarships for 2015 The WAI’s New England Chapter Board of Directors has announced the names of four students who have been chosen as scholarship winners for 2015.

The recipients include: • Beril Tonyali will be studying material science & engineering and pre-med at the University of Connecticut. She is the daughter of Koksal Tonyali, director, product engineering & development, specialty products, General Cable.

• Adam Smith, who will be studying electrical engineering at the University of Utah, is the son of Terry Smith, senior vice presTonyali ident of sales and marketing for Elektrisola, Inc. • Joseph K. Ludemann, who will be studying actuarial science at the University of Connecticut, is the son of Joseph P. Ludemann, manufacturing manager, Times Microwave.

• Matthew Messier, who will be studying criminal justice at St. Johns University, is the grandson of David Bartlett, Jr., plant manager, Champlain Cable Corp.

Smith “We have a really good group of scholars here,” said Scholarship Committee Chairman Mike Canterino. “We had 11 applications, which is the most we have had since we began awarding scholarships.

It was very difficult to award them because all the applicants were very talented. Our scholarship committee chose them based on academic achievement, community service and overall interests.”

Ludemann Chapter President Bob Srubas said that each applicant submits a transcript, a resume, and an essay.

“Then after a lively conference call, an anonymous Survey Monkey was used to determine the winners.”

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all the items that have been donated for the raffle and the willingness of players to dig deep for tickets,” he said. “The golfing is always fun, but it’s even better knowing that we’re serving a really good cause.”

4 chapter golf outings coming up The New England Chapter will stage its 21st Annual Golf Tournament, on Monday, Sept. 14, at the Ellington Ridge Country Club in Ellington, Connecticut. Contact: Anna Bzowski, tel. 203-453-2777, ext. 126, or by e-mail at abzowski@wirenet.org.

Next up, just a few days later, will be the Ohio Chapter’s 12th Annual Golf Tournament, to be held Thursday, Sept. 17, at the Grantwood Golf Course in Solon, Ohio. Contact: WAI’s Steve Fetteroll, tel. 203-4531748, sfetteroll@wirenet.org.

Then it will be the Western Chapter’s 15th Annual Wild West Shootout, to be held Monday, Oct. 5, at the Sierra Lakes Golf course in Fontana, California. Contact: John Stevens, jstevens@emc-wire.com, tel. 909-476-9776, ext. 21, or WAI’s Steve Fetteroll, tel. 203-453-1748, sfetteroll@wirenet.org.

The final event will be the Vannais Southeast Chapter’s 13th Annual Golf Tournament, to be held Thursday, Oct. 15, at the Rock Barn Golf and Spa, Conover, North Carolina. Contact: Art Deming, tel.

252-955-9451, art.deming@nexans.com.

From l-r, the 2014 Southeast Chapter winners: Jason Watts, Tim O’Haren, Delton Smith and Danny Crouse, with Chapter President Art Deming.

Each event offers multiple opportunities for company sponsorships, from individual holes to specific challenges for putting, driving and more. Each event includes a raffle, and donations from companies/individuals are always welcome. For more details, contact the above individuals.

EVENT PREVIEW Dignitaries at the 2013 opening event of wire Southeast ASIA.

wire Southeast ASIA preview Organizers of wire Southeast ASIA have high hopes for the 11th staging of the event, which will co-locate with Tube Southeast ASIA at the Bangkok Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC) in Thailand from Sept.

16-18, 2015.

Per Messe Düsseldorf, the events are the region’s most established trade fairs for the wire and cable industry. Driven and supported by wire Düsseldorf, wire Southeast ASIA presents an ideal platform for companies to benefit from the growing market opportunities brought by robust industrial and manufacturing developments across the world. The organizer reports that the region continues to show promise, below citing a forecast from Global Industry Analysts, Inc. (GIA).

Per the GIA report, global demand for insulated wire and cable market will exceed €113.5 billion at the end of 2015. In Southeast Asia, wire and tube industries continue to grow and evolve. Specifically, Thailand, where construction spending was US$30.3

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billion in 2012, is expected to grow by 3.4% annually over the next five years; Indonesia, where the auto industry is set to achieve 7.5% growth (1.2 million units) and US$174 billion has been allocated for infrastructure development over the next 12 years (40% will go to building power and energy projects); Singapore, where the government plans to invest S$60 billion over the next 10 years in rail network improvement projects, doubling the network to 280 km; Vietnam, where the construction sector is on an upward cyclical phase and infrastructure projects are valued at US$85 billion by 2015; Malaysia, where construction spending is forecast to grow by 4.5% annually over the next five years; the Philippines,where the value of new construction projects is anticipated to rise 46%; and Myanmar, where the The Asian Development Bank forecasts its economy to grow at 7–8% each year over the next decade.

In line with these upward market trends, wire Southeast ASIA 2015 will feature a wide range of innova-

tive machinery for wire manufacturing and finishing, fasteners and springs, pumps, valves, tube, bending and forming technologies. New processes in measuring, control and test engineering and specialist areas, as well as new and upgraded tools and auxiliary materials in process engineering and rod materials will also be showcased. wire Southeast ASIA 2015 will feature: machinery for wire and cable manufacturing and processing; wire products manufacturing and finishing; fastener production, spring making and fiber optics manufacturing; fastener technology, process technology tools, auxiliary process technology, materials, special wires and cables, tools, auxiliary materials and more.

For information on visiting or exhibiting at wire Southeast ASIA 2015, contact Messe Düsseldorf North America, at tel. 312-781-5180 or info@mdna.com, or go to www.wire-southeastasia.com or to www.tmdna.com.

First held in 1995, wire Southeast ASIA will return Sept. 16-18, 2015, at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC) in Bangkok, Thailand. Below, WJI poses questions to Beattrice J. Ho, project director, Messe Düsseldorf Asia, about the biennial event.

WJI: What’s your outlook for this year’s show?

Ho: We believe the upcoming event will be another success. wire Southeast Asia has a proven track record of connecting over 3,000 manufacturers, processors and engineers from some of the world’s leading brand names at our one-stop gathering. Attendees come because they know they will find value in doing so.

WJI: What’s the basis for the success?

Ho: It’s multifold. We provide the widest range of innovative and related machinery, appliances and accessories, materials and solutions, and a dynamic line-up that allows exhibitors and visitors from all over the world to network, test and learn about the latest developments and insights in the wire industry, thus leveraging on international business opportunities. We also have strong partnerships with industry partners such as IWMA, IWCEA, VDKM, ACIMAF and WCISA. WJI: These have not been the best of times for many wire and cable sectors. What’s the sense for Southeast Asia?

Ho: We think it’s quite sound, and while the economic picture could be better, global demand for insulated wire and cable has been on an encouraging upward trend. A report from Global Industry Analysts, Inc., projects that the industry sector will exceed €113.5 billion at the end of 2015. Telecom improvements are expected to fuel annual growth in the overall cable and wire markets by more than 11% through 2018. Power cables are expected to see gains of nearly 9% a year.

Focusing on Southeast Asia, the report predicts that by 2050, this region will be within the transit route for a Pan-Asian energy infrastructure stretching from China to Australia. This would include natural gas pipelines, high-voltage power lines and fiber optic cables, all bundled together. The result would be a kind of Asian “internet” of energy, and a deepened interconnection of the 10-member nations’ electricity grids and natural gas pipeline networks. Also noteworthy is the completion of Southeast Asia’s longest undersea cable system, a 67 million euro turnkey project for a submarine power cable link to connect Phu Quoc Island to the national power grid in Vietnam. Asia-Pacific also represents the largest market worldwide, supported by rapid increase in infrastructure development across emerging Asian countries.

WJI: Changing the focus, what can you tell us about your new business matching service?

Ho Ho: Finding a good business match is important at any trade fair, and we have taken a further step to make it even easier for our customers, both exhibitors and visitors, to achieve this. We found a partner, Jublia, that will be able to provide exactly what we need to make this first-time service possible at wire Southeast Asia. Jublia has extensive experience that combines advanced software technology with personalized service.

WJI: How will this service help attendees?

Ho: All exhibitors and pre-registered visitors will automatically be registered for the Business Matching program. An invitation email with a personalized link will be sent to exhibitors/visitors before the event.

There is no cost for this service, and all an attendee has to do is review the profiles and schedule meetings with event attendees of interest. All personal contact information provided will be kept strictly confidential.

All pre-scheduled meetings will be held at the booths of the exhibitors and reminders in the form of an SMS (if mobile numbers are provided) will be sent. Visitors who did not have the time to do this in advance can visit the Business Matching lounge on site, where a Jublia representative will help them match with the right company for their next business phase.

WJI: How do you expect this service to be received?

Ho: We are confident that once attendees see how the service works, they will appreciate this easy-to-use approach to facilitate quality networking opportunities.

They will be able to discover important contacts by looking through the listing of other attendees that are sorted by relevance on the platform. They can make contacts to create a highly curated and personalized list of visits at the event. Through this online service, exhibitors and visitors can network and set up appointments with a targeted audience within the four synergistic sectors, thus managing their time more effectively at the trade fairs. Anyone who plans to go to wire Southeast Asia should want to learn more about this program. More details can be found at www.wire-southeastasia.com.

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Exhibitor Listings Aerol SrL | TBA Aeroel will introduce HWS.1, the Handy Wire Scanner, the first fully portable optical micrometer for non-contact measurement of wire, cable and other similar products. Developed using LED and CCD technology, it uses two crossed linear sensors to automatically compensate positioning errors (patent pending). Thanks to a powerful single chip microprocessor, the micrometer is linearized and compensated to obtain maximum measurement precision regardless of wire positioning. In a fraction of a second, he display provides the operator with interactive information to place the wire in the useful measurement area and displays the measurement results which are saved in the scanner’s memory. Through a USB connection, data can be downloaded to any PC battery life, which is about four hours. The scanner fits into a holder that contains an Rfid Tag that identifies the machine.

The support allows one to easily and quickly place the scanner for measuring moving products with maximum precision. It is therefore possible, mounting a support on each line, to periodically monitor the production of all machines with just one micrometer!

AWCMA/VOEDKM | D32

AWCMA (Austrian Wire and Cable Machinery Manufacturers’ Association, founded in 1988, has 20 member companies. All are continuously involved in R&D, making them the first choice when it is to find your best partner in introducing latest production methods throughout the world of producing wires and cables. In addition to AWCMA,

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Eder Engineering, EVG and Rosendahl Nextrom (see listings), the following AWCMA members also have booths: Eisenkraft - Josef Krenn GmbH, C27; Lenzig Plastics GmbH, C28; MALI, D33; Medek & Schorner, D30; Joh. Pengg AG, C30; Unitek, C29; and voelstalpine Wire Technology GmbH, D29, as well as Advantage Austria Information, D25.

Britx Wire Rope Ind Corp | G41

Anbao Qinhuangdao International Corp | C05

Cable Services & Systems | H36

Originally founded in Taiwan in 1987, Britx Wire Rope Ind Corp is a well-known wire rope manufacturer focusing on high quality products in various fields including industrial ropes, control cable for automobile industry, elevator ropes, etc. Britx is quality certificated by ISO9001, JIS G 3525:2006, ISO/IEC17025, TS 16949:2002, KS and Lloyd’s.

Provider of steel wire products, galvanized wire and strands, Galfan wire, ACSR wire strand, message strand, guy/stay/span wire and strand, al.-clad steel wire & strand, cable armoring wire, braiding wire, ss wire and metal wire mesh products.

BOW TECHNOLOGY by Gauder Group | H36

With over 500 bow designs on offer (560 up to 2500 mm, moulded, flat, closed-design, metallic, rod, special) available for 25+ wellknown brands of machines, the BOW TECHNOLOGY department of the Gauder Group helps the cable makers optimize double twist machine operations. The division is the patent owner of the power saving and multi-use “GreenBow2” (1 bow fiber, 3 wire paths, an exclusive design enabling up to 30% energy savings on bow motorization), and recently launched “Basic Bow Technology”, a new range of massively-produced NIEHOFF D631, LESMO DTO-630 and SAMP BM630 conventional bows, price wise.

C2S, a member of the Gauder Group, is the key partner to maintain, restore or improve cable equipment.

The division is being assigned upgrading projects, services for cable makers, and a wide spare parts portfolio (all brands). The C2S engineering & commissioning team has recently been reinforced with ex-LESMO and ex-CORTINOVIS engineers. More than 50 people are glad to participate in making wire and cable producers’ lives easier, all over the world.

Candor Sweden AB | F17

Candor is proud to present the recent developments of the

a borax-free soap with exceptional performance for the most demanding high-carbon steel wire applications but versatile enough for a wide range of uses and materials, without leaving an excessive or dusty residue. CONDAT is also developing a more specific product offer for data, telecom, energy, aerospace, medical, etc.) that will offer high productivity processes, easier maintenance and extended life.

Construcciones Mecánicas Caballé SA | D36 Since 1944, Caballé´s industrial professionals have specialized in rotating machinery for the cable industry, including the design and construction of cable machinery for power, control, data, telecom and steel rope sectors. Through its technology, quality, honesty and professionalism, Caballé has completed more than 400 lines since 2000.

Condat Lubricants | H07

CONDAT will present its latest developments in lubricants and products, including: ® VICAFIL , the industry’s most complete range of wire drawing ® lubricants, and STEELSKIN , specialty lubricants for the most demanding applications.

CONDAT continues to develop advanced solutions to meet the increasingly stringent requirements for environmental and health & safety regulations for reduction of dust in workshops (OSHA) and new SDS updates (GHS system). CONDAT will promote: VICAFIL TF 1669, a new and very versatile mixed-basis soap for high speed drawing of galvanized high carbon steels or phosphated steels that may be used in conjunction with another high performance sodium-based soap for the fastest draw speeds; and VICAFIL SANTALE 6 T,

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COPPERJET, a high speed copper coating plant, chemical or electrolytic, for high quality welding wires.

It can copper coat wire at speeds up to 25-30 m/s with top cleaning and coating quality. Its modular design can satisfy a wide range of quality demands and applications for CO2, MIG, FCW & SAW welding wires.

COPPERJET is available with optional CANDOJET HW hot water spray pre-cleaning, high current density spray pickling, COPPERJET copper coating, with looping of the wire or straight wire pass line with COPPERJET technology.

The plants are available with three- or five-step cascade rinses in various designs for the best solution for each customer.

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DALOO | H36

DALOO, the Chinese member of the Gauder Group, offers medium-cost machinery with European quality to produce insulated power cable and overhead conductors.

Rigid stranders, tubular stranders, taping lines, rewinding lines, payoffs & take-ups, pulling caterpillars … are manufactured under French management following strict criteria (quality control, critical components sourcing.

Eder Engineering GmbH | TBA With over 65 years of experience and a 99% rate of export to over 80 countries worldwide, EDER is an acknowledged technological leader and global player in the wire drawing die-tool and drawing die processing technology sector (hard- and software). Their product range consists of approximately 80% die working machines, 10% wire drawing die-tools and 10% software. EDER machines, including the unique “USP-TWIN” ultrasonic machine - which will be on display, are automated and easy to operate, offering a unique efficiency and workrange.

ENKOTEC A/S | F34 ENKOTEC is a Danish manufacturer of high-performance machinery for nail production.

ENKOTEC is now able to present complete in-line nail manufacturing systems, offering real competitive advantages. ENKOTEC’s machinery is synonymous with high efficiency and user-friendliness, featuring high capacity, low production costs, high uniform nail quality, easy maintenance, high process stability, automated manufacturing, clean and

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low-noise production. Apart from its rotary nail manufacturing machines, ENKOTEC’s product program includes high-speed thread rolling machines, collators, cleaning and packaging equipment, supplied as standalone units or in in-line manufacturing systems. ENKOTEC’s new feeder bowl and new paper stick collator will finish field-testing this year.

Esteves Group (Shanghai) Diamond Dies Co Ltd | C02 Leading manufacturer of high precision, customized wire drawing and cabling dies, and extrusion tooling for the wire and cable industry.

Esteves Group has six manufacturing plants strategically located in Asia, Europe and North and South America, and product portfolio includes natural, synthetic monocrystalline and polycrystalline diamond drawing dies, tungsten carbide drawing dies, bunching, stranding and compacting dies and extrusion dies and tips. Diamond coated dies have recently been developed by the Group, and are now available from 8 mm up to 75 mm in diameter, making it an ideal product for stranding and compacting copper and aluminum conductors.

EUROLLS SpA | D40 Eurolls specializes in equipment for ferrous and nonferrous wire industry. Featured products include: LRPC wire lines and LRPC strand lines; Wet drawing lines TB – 4V; double-twist stranders DT-I-B80; multipass drawing/rolling lines TD; reinforcement production lines NLGH – NLGEH; Ssraightening & cutting lines NR; chain production lines MC-SH-CT; Cold rolling cassettes CA – CB – C - D. Product spec: LRPC wire lines: 3mm to 10mm; LRPC strand lines: 6.35mm to 21.6 mm; Wet drawing lines TB-4V: 0.15mm to 0.35mm; multipass lines: 0,50mm to 14 mm.

Speak with a Eurolls professional at our booth to get the right solution to your wire production needs.

EVG GmbH | C34 Since its establishment in 1949, EVG has been a successful and worldwide active mechanical engineering company with its headquarters in Raaba/Austria.

EVG is the world’s leading manufacturer of wire mesh welding lines for industrial and reinforcing mesh products as well as of machines for processing reinforcing steel and of cold rolling lines. Product specifications: mesh welding lines for industrial and reinforcing mesh; machines for processing reinforcing steel; cold rolling lines.

Gauder | H36

Creating solutions together with GAUDER grants access to the largest stock of second-hand machines in Europe (25,000 sqm premises with 1000+ machines) as well as to the 2,700 sqm fully-equipped workshop for equipment reconditioning and testing before delivery. View immediately available equipment for the production of non-ferrous and ferrous products and any new entries in real time at www.gauderonline. com. GAUDER also offers new MAPRÉ multi-compounds extruders ranging from 38 up to 150 mm with L/D ratio 25.

Golden Technologies Wire & Cable Eqpt Co Ltd | TBD An experienced manufacturer of wire and cable machinery, specializing in cable extrusion machines. Characterized by a high output capacity with high standards quality, its products include: High Speed PVC/XLPE Extrusion Machine, Power Cable extrusion line. LSHF Extrusion Machine,

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POURTIER | H36

POURTIER, part of the Gauder Group is, along with SETIC, a world leader in rotating machines for nonferrous cable, offering the widest range of twisting/stranding solutions to cable makers. It develops heavy-duty rotating machines for the production of all types of power cable, especially HV and EHV, from overhead cable to insulated cable.

The company is also active in the market of submarine and umbilical cables with a complete range of stranding/paper lapping/cabling and armouring machine as well as oil pump cable.

Pressure Welding Machines Ltd | H05

wire and strip 0.10 mm to 1.80 mm diameter. Light hand pressure on the operating lever completes the weld in seconds. Ideal for repairing wire breaks quickly in confined spaces, PWM’s M10, M25 and M30 handheld manual cold welders for wire sizes 0.10 mm to 1.80 mm are comfortable to hold and easy to operate.

Precision engineered in PWM’s own U.K. workshops to stringent quality standards, PWM cold welders produce permanent welds that are stronger than the parent materials.

QUEINS Machines GmbH | L20 QUEINS Machines GmbH, a Germany based company, is successful in business for more than 40 years as manufacturer of first-class machinery. Interested customers can see at the QUEINS stand a number of large sized pictures of delivered machines to the rope and cable industry. Main product are highspeed stranding machines, payoffs/ take-ups, taping heads, disc- and belt-type caterpillars, extrusion/ sheathing lines, and and machines for manufacturing CTC-strands (continuously transposed conductors), umbilicals and steel wire ropes.

Reber Systematic GmbH + Co KG | K29 PWM, which has been at the forefront of cold pressure welding technology for more than 30 years, will present its comprehensive range of high-performance manual cold welders. The versatile M101 will be the largest machine on show.

A heavy-duty manual cold welder for joining non-ferrous wire, strip and profile within the range 1.00 mm to 5.00 mm, the M101 is one of PWM’s best-selling models.

Durable, simple to operate and easy to maintain, the M101 can be used on a workbench or supplied with a trolley, enabling the operator to move it to the work area. The BM10 and BM30 models are durable, low maintenance machines which provide a reliable weld on nonferrous

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customized high quality solutions and personal support to ensure total customer satisfaction and will showcase its latest extrusion technology at the exhibition. Furthermore they will have a focus on cable manufacturing solutions for the area of automotive and energy as well as manufacturing solutions for fiber and fiber optic cable highlighting high speed extrusion and SZ-stranding equipment.

Schlatter Industries AG | A19 Schlatter is a leading manufacturer of technology for producing reinforcement mesh and industrial mesh, develops innovative products and complete solutions with high customer benefit. It has a global sales and service organization and offers high-quality spare parts.

Featured products: Mesh Welding Machines: MG700, MG900, MG950, MG208/210, MG300.

SETIC | H136

RESY Filtration, a German based company, provides a complete range of filtration systems for coolants and lubricants. Pure filtration of coolants and lubricants result in higher productivity from fewer wire breaks, less downtime, less die wear and better wire surface quality. To achieve these goals, RESY develops and builds single filters, integrated or complete central filtration systems.

SETIC, with POURTIER part of the Gauder Group, is a worldwide leader in rotating machines for non-ferrous cable offering the widest range of twisting/stranding solutions to cable makers. SETIC designs high-quality double-twist bunchers/stranders for power cable (LV conductors/ cables, building wires) and automotive industry as well as complete solutions to produce special, LAN, control, instrumentation, data and telephone cables with enhanced performances.

Rosendahl Nextrom GmbH | D19

SIKORA AG | J25

Leading global supplier of production technologies for cable, wire and optical fiber. Their core competencies include extrusion, SZ-stranding, corrugation, optical glass making, fiber drawing, fiber coating, ribbon making and proof testing. Rosendahl Nextrom provides

At wire Southeast Asia in Bangkok SIKORA will showcase its non-

August Strecker GmbH | G20 A specialist in the development and production of butt welding machines, including buttwelding machines for wire from dia 0.04 to 60 mm dia., for steel and to dia. 56 mm dia. for non-ferrous materials, including welders with automatic debarring. The company also has various annealing

options for steel wires, matching the needs of the most varied steel grades.

Wide specialized product range for most varied applications, e.g.

- steelcord buttwelders; battery-operated parting guns for steelcord or strands; electric wire buttwelding guns; high-output buttwelders for wire-made mass articles. Featured Products: Type MK 1200 3P, for copper/aluminium cables 185-2,500 mm; Type 1b, for low carbon steel wires 4-14 mm dia.

that it has the right product for all needs, general and specialized. Its lubricants are of the highest quality and are constantly updated to ensure maximum environmental and health friendliness. TRAXIT is the top choice for lubricant, emulsion and coating requirements.

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TRAXIT International GmbH | K33 TRAXIT International has been providing the wire drawing industry a complete range of lubricants for all types of wire for all applications since 1881. One of the largest manufactures of drawing lubricants, coatings and emulsions, TRAXIT operates from its manufacturing bases in Germany, China and the U.S. More than 200 different formulations in its product range guarantee

TROESTER is a world leading supplier of machines and complete lines for the cable manufacturing and rubber processing industry, comprising CV lines for XLPE and rubber cables, silane lines,sheathing and insulation lines. TROESTER will present information and new developments in the ďŹ eld of: HV

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contact measuring systems based on progressive laser and X-ray technology that are suitable for various applications, such as the measurement of the diameter, wall thickness, eccentricity or ovality of cables. SIKORA’s product range also includes spark testers for the detection of insulation faults, lump detectors for the detection of faults on the product surface, capacity measuring systems as well as devices for conductor preheating as well as temperature measurement and control. Also, SIKORA presents the innovative PURITY SCANNER, a system for online inspection and sorting of plastic pellets.

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CCV and VCV line concepts for XLPE power cables up to 1000 kV; LV/MV CCV lines for XLPE/rubber power cables 1 - 66 kV; sheathing lines for MV/HV cables; upgrades for existing CV and insulation lines.

X-Compound, a Troester Group member, will present its kneader technology for continuous compounding of HFFR, PVC, XLPE, semiconductive materials and EPR/EPDM.

UPCAST OY | L17 Continuous R&D work to the original UPCAST® casting technology has resulted in meeting current requirements and customer expectations, be it for separate parts and components or larger entities such as furnace, inductor, automation and control system designs.UPCAST offers the most efficient, consistent and reliable Cu rod production process. Using clean Cu recycled material in the process, UPCAST casting lines’ upgradability is one unique advantage.

UYAR ÇELIK ENDÜSTRISI SAN TIC AŞ | C01 Producer of carbon steel bars in round, rectangular, square and hexagonal sections in hot rolled and cold drawn conditions.

VALBRUNA STAINLESS SDN BHD | B06 Valbruna, a leader in production of stainless steels, high nickel and titanium alloys long products, has annual output of some 200,000 MT of specialty steels made at three factories, two in Italy and one in the U.S. It is recognized in the international stainless steel sector due to its extensive and strategic distribution network. It offers a wide range of stainless steels, nickel and titanium alloys in ingots, billets, wire rod, wire, forged bars, reinforcing bars and threaded rods, hot rolled and cold drawn, peeled/reeled and centerless ground in round, hexagonal, flat, square and angle profiles.

VOGE COMPOSITES | G35 Voge Composites LLC is the single source for cutting edge flyer bow design, technology and performance. With over 14 years of manufacturing experience, the company produces the highest quality braided carbon fiber flyer bows, using ultra-high modulus epoxy resin, compression molding and the latest CAD produced designs.

WEIHAI HONGDA CABLE MATERIAL CO LTD | C06 Weihai Hongda Cable Material produces non-woven fabric, waterblocking tape, semi-conductive waterblocking tape, semi-conductive nylon tape and more. It also takes customers’ demands as their responsibility, and with excellent quality and professional service, the company offers excellent products and dedicated service.

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Ancillary equipment (and more) It’s not just big capital equipment, such as multiwire dawing lines, that matters: it’s all the other elements that are part of a plant’s process. This feature, which is inclusive of the Product section, presents a range of such necessities, from ancillary equipment to wear parts and more, that was either shown or talked about at Interwire 2015.

Amacoil U.S.

Boockmann Engineering GmbH Germany

This year at Interwire, Amacoil exhibited a PLCcontrolled flange sensing system designed by Uhing Company. The system uses a laser to detect the spool flange. This product is actually designed as a time-saver, not a device to improve spooling accuracy. Nevertheless, it reported, the presence of the flange sensor was enough to suggest more accuracy and precision.

Amacoil’s Bob Eisele said that he noticed considerably more questions about improving accuracy in level winding. “As a result I spoke with lots of customers who were after more precision and accuracy in their spooling operations. Until recently these customers were fine with almost perfectly spooled wire.

So what is now driving the demand for perfectly spooled Amacoil Marketing Manager laylines?

Bob Eisele.

“Maybe the reason is related to the never-ending quest to reduce cost and expedite throughput. Once materials and production equipment costs have been reduced as much as possible, the next place a production engineer might look to continue the push for savings and ways to boost production is at the final spooled product. The more perfectly spooled the reel is, the more likely the payoff will be smooth and snag free. That means no downtime to fix tangles and longer periods of uninterrupted production.

“Based on what I heard at Interwire, the trend towards more accurate spooling isn’t temporary. It’s part of a permanent push for more quality and more continuous production. And it puts the onus on Amacoil, and other suppliers of products used in spooling, to develop more products that enhance spooling accuracy without driving up costs. www.amacoil.com.

At Interwire, Boockmann Engineering GmbH displayed the company’s HELICORD® technology, which is still a relatively new approach for providing clean surfaces for better industrial products.

HELICORD technology, used for wire and cable surface processing and welding wire finishing, is able to: remove misprints from cable; remove metal particles from strands for high frequency and submarine cables; remove drawing lubricants and metal particles before

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Boockmann Engineering GmbH’s Michelle Boockmann by a HELICORD model. extrusion; and various cleaning and lubricating applications in special wire, such as for food or medical use.

HELICORD machines can be equipped with an internal pump and heating, and are available as one-step (NB57) or two-step (NB58) models that allow for up to two subsequent processes (e.g., abrasive cleaning and subsequent finish application). See related technical paper on p. 64.

The NB57W and NB58W models were designed specifically for the above processes. They are located directly before the winder, which is often required for welding wire. A traversing process zone that can be connected to the traverse of the winder allows for minimum space requirements and avoids stress on the wire after the finishing process. The most promising application is welding wire finishing, which is accomplished with simultaneous coating and removal of particles. Heat-extractable finishing cords are used to directly transfer active components (such as lubricants, corrosion inhibitors and arc stabilizers) to the wire, a method that has seen much interest from customers. The use of this continuously progressing

Cemanco LC U.S. At Interwire, Cemanco presented its range of replacement and wear parts. For more than 25 years, the company has provided maintenance solutions and components such as the bolt cutters and step cones in the photo.

Our full scope of products ranges from ceramic wear parts and wiredrawing tools to winding equipment, wire straighteners and guides to hydraulic and pneumatic cable and rod cutters. Standard products include chromium oxide or aluminum oxide ceramic-coated pulleys, drawing rings and step cones that are used in machines

by Niehoff, SAMP, Henrich, MAG, Syncro, etc. We stock a large variety of hard-coated pulleys and recently introduced a new line of tungsten carbide-coated drawing tools, guide rollers and pulleys, with coating thicknesses up to 1.4 mm with a high-gloss, diamond-polished finish. We can make components to your specifications, and at small quantities.

Cemanco’s Rainer Lashofer and Belitza Bermudez display some of the products they showed at Interwire.

Our rod and cable cutters cover every possible cutting application; we offer manually actuated hydraulic cable cutters, cordless or 120 Volt electro-hydraulic rod, bolt and rope cutters and hydraulic swaggers. Our larger cable cutters handle material up to 6.75 in. (170 mm) and rod cutters can cut up to 2 in. steel. These models come with powerful hydraulic pumps, tool cars with boom and balancers. Aside from “classic” trusty KMK rolling ring traverses that are used in countless spoolers and bunchers worldwide, a new line of fine wire re-spoolers is available from KMK. Units can be fitted with mechanical traverses or with a laser-guided autowinder that precisely winds conical or bi-conical spools. Contact us and we will help you with a cost-effective and long-lasting solution. www.cemanco.com.

WJI: Has your market scope expanded in recent years, and if so, has it paid off?

Our main goal is to provide cutting edge technology solutions with new innovative machine types, such as multi line straightening & cutting machines (MELC Series), multi-head, three-dimensional wire benders (G-MULTI Series) and high-output, flexible welding lines (PL AMM Series) to cover every aspect of the wire business worldwide. Our presence in almost all industry related exhibitions is strengthening our presence around the globe, giving the opportunity to every wire-related company to take advantage of our innovative and technologically advanced products and solutions and reduce capital investment costs as well as operational, labor and maintenance costs. Stefan Kavvadas U.S. operations manager, Eurobend.

Industry trends in corporate acquisitions and mergers have reduced the number of customers we used to work with. Also, the buying approach taken by divisions that fall under a large corporate umbrella has changed: the decision-making process is much longer and the average maturity time for projects seems to be increasing. The market for new equipment seems to be increasing, with the used-machine market staying steady, or maybe slightly reduced. Harish Panchal, national sales manager, Lloyd & Bouvier.

August Strecker has intensified its North American market presence in recent years. To ensure quick and reliable customer service, there is close cooperation with our U.S./ Canada representatives, WAFIOS Machinery Corp., and Strecker USA, which is now supported by our new Midwest Technical Center.

This was an important step to be closer to our customers and we feel a positive response to our efforts. Not to forget the favourable exchange rate of the U.S. $ vs. the euro, which encourages North American customers to purchase reliable and efficient, high-quality machines from Germany.

Michael Stock, managing partner, August Strecker.

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technology has shown some extraordinary and unexpected results, and allowed Boockmann’s customers to develop new products that could not be made before.

Evaluations of said new products by welders were enthusiastic. www.boockmann.com.

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er as a “guinea pig” for your first go-around. As a hybrid machinery supplier, I am constantly looking for alternative machinery solutions, but I also am not adverse to telling the end user to go to a competitor if need be. Promoting specific products is still primarily handled by advertising within the major wire and cable publications and exhibition news.

However, LinkedIn and my personal favorite, email newsletters, have become much more widely used format for “getting the word out.” Erik Macs, vice president, sales and marketing, Progressive Machinery, Inc. Our scope has expanded partly as a result of our ability to develop custom-made solutions for specific applications. We’ve created dies for joining trapezoidal wire used in the build-up of large cables, as well as dies for bonding two different diameters of wire or strip, and strip for armoring lines. This has brought us new customers, while upgrading existing products by, for example, adding multi-language operating instructions, has helped international sales and video at our website. Steve Mepsted, managing director, PWM Ltd. We have broadened our worldwide market scope and presence as a result of adding composite flyer bows to our engineered products portfolio. In many cases this has opened the door for our other products and our total international business has greatly expanded. By offering a sound value proposition we expect our growth to continue. Mike Walters, sales and marketing manager, KEIR Manufacturing, Inc. We were able to increase global sales by targeting select international markets. Adding tungsten carbide wear parts gave us broader access to ferrous wire and cable makers. As our potential customer pool shrunk, we focused more on increasing sales of different product lines to existing customers. Rainer Lashofer/Belitza Bermudez, principals, Cemanco LC. 48 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Die Quip, Corp. U.S. Die Quip, Corp., displayed a range of wire cutters at Interwire for just about any application.

Featured was the Rapid Cut series of pneumatic cutters.

These powerful yet lightweight tools are quick and easy to use compared to large bolt cutters, requiring just a few seconds and a pull of a trigger. They are easy to handle and keep an operator’s hands away from the cut. They are ideal for cutting steel and nonferrous wire, rebar, mesh, container locks, PC strand, drum bolts, banding and strap. They are available with long handle versions to reduce bending and straining, and are ideal for reaching awkward spots. They come in lengths up to 83 in. and can cut up to 5/8 in. diameter material. Flush-cut blades are available on the RC8 to RC16 models, and the RC8 model is available with a 30° angled head. The RC8-S model can cut steel strap/band that is 2 in. x .048 .in.

Die Quip Corp. Sales Manager Scott Maxwell by a display of cutters the company offers.

The company also offers cutters for sizes from fine wire up to 2 in. bar. We carry many of the leading brands, such as Knipex, Krenn, Huskie, HIT, Diamond and ARM, which provide the best tools for cutting steel and nonferrous wire, rod, rebar springs, chain, ground and anchor rod, wire rope, fasteners and bolts, standard and EHS guy wire, ACSR cable and Cu and Al cables. You can see most of these tools at www.wirecutterstore.com or can contact us direct. www.diequip.com.

Eurobend Germany At Interwire, Eurobend showcased the company’s technology for wire straightening.

Eurobend’s straightening and cutting machines uses the company’s own rotor technology, employing hyperbolic rollers. Already in its 4th generation, this rotor straightening method is ahead of the competition, featuring: less machine downtime as continuous straightening mechanism adjustments are not needed; straightening of high-tensile steel (up to 1800N/mm2 UTS); mechanical simplicity of machine construction due to simultaneous feeding and straightening; lengths are cut by a flying shear cutter while the wire is fed, so there is no need to stop or slow down; the design that allows multi-line machines, depend ing on productivity requirements and diameter ranges.

An MELC Polyline Series model from Eurobend.

Each line works independently from the others and any combination/all can work together. Each line has a dedicated collecting bin and can cut the same or different lengths; rotor sizes for ranges up to 50 mm, for regular wire, deformed, recessed, or rebar, of any grade (high tensile, stainless steel); and scrap elimination by using even the last length of each coil.

Eurobend’s MELC Polyline Series is the only fully automatic multi-line rotor straightening machine with hyperbolic rollers that can process up to 25-mm coiled material without operator involvement. Any size straightening rotors for up to 25 mm material can be combined to form a multi-line machine, offering automatic wire loading and extraction. Each line has an independent collection system and leads the produced pieces to a common collector for all the lines for bundling without interrupting machine operation. www.eurobend.com.

At Interwire, FLYMCA showcased its wide range of equipment, which includes stranders and bunchers, but it also offers take-ups and payoffs, pulling capstans and caterpillars as well as taping and binding heads and pulleys for upgrades and replacement parts.

FLYMCA, which supplies machinery for power cables, special cables and steel ropes, is best known for its quality and craftsmanship of its equipment that can be found worldwide in cable factories. While these systems are capital equipment, they include options such as compacting, sector shaping with pre-spiraling, water blocking tapes and yarns applicators, taping heads and more. FLYMCA offers such additions as replacement parts and/or as elements for other company lines.

Recently, a complete tubular 1+9 bobbins, 40 in., for production of steel ropes, was delivered in the U.S. market, and a heavy planetary line for mooring lines, soon to be done, has a rotating payoff for Bob. Dia. 4.2 m/60 tons, three stranding cages for 18 Bob. Dia. 900 mm, a double-wheel capstan 4.6 m/60 tons pulling force and a takeup for Bob. Dia. 5.5 m/100 tons. Also, a new rigid stranding line for 61 wires, Bob. 630 mm, is in ďŹ nal construction

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ASIAN FOCUS phase; it is able to work as two separate lines 1+6+12 and 1+18+24 or as one line stranding the 61 wires.

Sister company FLYRO offers an impressive array of used machines for the wire in and China, cable industry that Wire maintenance: those can be seen on the web site.

Professional dismantling, afraid of heights need not apply refurbishing of mechanical and electrical parts and Theinstallation focus in WJI on wire and wire final are understandably also services thatiscan be offered. production, but sometimes what happens “downstream,” www.flymca.com, www.flyro.es. meaning “later,” is noteworthy. In this instance, it can also be downright scary. As the below account that was Frigeco/MFL Group U.S./Italy published in China Daily shows, some types of wire At Interwire,are Frigeco, of Italy’s MFL Group, maintenance not fora brand the weak of heart. showcased a comprehensive redesign of its extrusion technology that allows it to run at higherin screw speeds due He does not have much interest superheroes, butto more consistent temperature control.

Miao Yingjiao has turned himself into one of China’s Per Frigeco, the “Spider-Men,” thecompany growingaddressed army thatmultiple spends elements almost of the extrusion process, from the feeding zone, extruder every night suspended high above the ground to mainbarrel/screw le andlines. thermoregulation, stable and reactain railway profi overhead tive electronics andwhen increased and lower energy After midnight, localoutput high-speed trains comeconsumption.

The redesigned Frigeco uniquesix extrusion to a halt, Miao climbs onto thin wires meters barrel design and oversized is aChina’s configuration thatZhuang increases above Laibin City offans south Guangxi overall effi ciency and creates cooling air turbulence.

Autonomous Region. Carrying a pair of pliers, he Insteadwhether of a traditional deep-well thermocouple checks screws are in place and the linesplaced are in holes partway into the extruder barrel wall, Frigeco’s properly connected. new patented is in direct “My job is thermoregulation to guarantee that system high-speed trains contact operate with the melt. the thermocouple reading and“Ithe properly in theThus, daytime,” the 24-year-old says. have melt alwaysa be precise, even when speed to betemperature very carefulwill because single trivial mistake could changes are made.

A further improvement came from cause a major accident.”

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Frigeco Business Unit Manager Beniamino Gessaghi and Frigeco USA, Inc. General Manager Tony DeRosa discussed the company’s newly redesigned extrusion process. reducing the “reporting” distance of the thermocouples in the measurement phase, which can take from 60 to 100 ft of FeCo cable for traditional systems, to six feet or less Workers fasten which electric wires in a rural in China. with Frigeco’s, goes directly to thearea thermoregulation Photo by Song Weixing/China Daily. unit mounted on the extruder, and results in basically no voltage drop.

Miaofeed is one of many Spider-Men who meet the The throat is thermo-regulated so feeding condiincreasing demand for overhead line maintenance as the tions remain constant. The drive motor is directly coupled development of high-speed railways continues on the to the input of the gear reducer, eliminating belts and fast track. of workers cameallow into the pulleys, andThis the group AC motor and inverter thespotlight machine recently, when the Chinese financial newspaper, the to generate greater torque at the low end. Results showed Economic Daily, featured Miao.

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QUEINS Machines GmbH to your activity a region, does anyin of some that thatcomes the screw speed was in able to be increased matter? cases from 30 RPM with production output of 482 kg/ • Has Russia lost some of its appeal due to its politihour to 65 RPM and 1164 kg/hour while maintaining a cal and economic challenges? constant more detail is avail• Willmelt Indiatemperature. ever achieveMuch its potential? able. www.mariofrigerio.com.

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GENCA • Is SouthU.S. Africa a country that at this time is just not ready for growth?

At Interwire,meaningful GENCA showed attendees why the company stands alone when it comes to producing We are European, so it is normal to find some differhigher concentricity and precision adjustment crossences in the BRICS nations. Every country has their heads the wire and are cable ownfor features, which notindustry. positive or negative, just The GENCA includes multi-layerin(with different fromoffering ours. From our experience Brazil and striping capability) cross-head extrusion India, we can say that it is a hard job to technology follow all the forbureaucracy, producing high products. company andquality you need to haveThe the right person offers cross-head designs with two/three-layer whoseveral can follow these kind of issues, but that’s just andbecause five-layer suchour as the ones shown in the it iscapability, different from country.

Regarding the situationfor hasquick changed past picture.

It also Russia, offers technology colorfrom change years,that but the market is stilltogrowing, although systems have the ability eliminate costly slower scrap Maybe the political solutions situation will influence on than the flbefore. y as well as co-extrusion for prothe situation, but that not ourunit. case.As you move up ducing THHN cable in aissingle Regarding achieving its potential, that’schoice one of the value chain,India GENCA becomes the obvious the reasons why we decided to invest there.

This one for cross-head solutions. All extrusion crossheads is and of the most powerful markets in recent years. Indian tooling are available in stainless steel, high-temperature people are technically prepared and the country is steel (Inconel) and high-quality tool steels. growing.

Additionally, the position is goodMetallurgy because it of all crossheads is controlled through various heat comis close to the Middle East and Far East.

Shipping treatment andinvesting coating options achieve optimum life. panies are in beingto able to offer faster trades connecting Indian ocean ports to U.S. ocean ports.

We invested in Brazil and India, and there are very big differences between these two countries. Manpower costs is one of the most important differences but import duties from Europe is also a big deal in Brazil.

South Africa is another country which many investors are looking at. After India, South Africa is the future. It may take some years, but this country will give us some surprise for sure. The government is promoting the country and is giving many advantages to foreign investors. Gabriela Filepova, GMP Slovakia.

GENCA Corp. President Paul Cusolito by a multi-layer extruder head.

Economy and trade policies have afAs a leading supplier of cross heads, and fectedtooling our business screws and barrels, GENCA/Canterbury remains in and progression Russia over last committed to the wire and cable industry.

Thatthedednine2014 months.

Even ication is reflected in the company’s upgrade if the with exchange of its existing manufacturing capacity a newrate differential is now tool shop at its Atlanta location. The new facility is backcomplete to the equipped with a quality assurancemoving laboratory normal, involvewith CMM, an Optical Comparator and a our Niton metal ment in Wire Russia analyzer. The facility is also ISO 9001 certified and is reduced to the climate controlled. minimum this year.

For more than 70 years, the GENCA been Indiabrand is on has a positive used in one form or another in almost everyand wire and François political ecocable shop in North and South America.

The company nomic trend and we offers than 850 engineered, made are more increasing our highly investments there.precision We achieved cross-head designs, and progress on a monthly manufacsubstantial business therebasis last year.

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Guill Tool U.S. At Interwire, Guill Tool introduced The Bullet™, a new extrusion head with fixed-center design, multi-port spiral flow design and gum space adjustment. The head has the added feature of no fastening hardware, so cleaning and restart are easier and faster than any conventional head currently on the market.

The Bullet allows quick tooling changes as the tips are removed from the back and the die is removed from the front of the unit.

The absence of fastening hardware “The Bullet” from Guill Tool scored eliminates leaking, a bullseye at Interwire. as does the taper body and deflector design pioneered by Guill. High- and low-volume applications are suitable for this head via a simple, easy changing of just one component. A family of crosshead designs is available and users can specify the “caliber,” that is, the maximum die ID. A vacuum chamber and kit for assembly and disassembly are included with the unit. Optional keyed tooling capability offers machine designers and end users quick orientation, so the overall unit design enables faster disassembly, proper cleaning and restart, allowing the line to become more profitable. www.guill.com.

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KEIR Manufacturing, Inc. U.S. At Interwire, KEIR Manufacturing, Inc., showcased three product lines for the wire and cable industry: its high-purity alumina ceramic guides, the Frontiersman™ line of air wipes and its composite flyer bows.

KEIR’s alumina ceramic guides are sapphire-hard, homogeneous, chemically inert, mechanically strong, 99.8% pure with an ultrafine particle size. They are made to standard tolerances of +/- .010 in., which contributes to excellent surface finishes and dimensional accuracy. The unique material provides long life in guides, and is especially good for high volume runs, specialty parts, and for proprietary forming and machining methods.

KEIR’s patented SureShot and SplitShot air wipes provide a far more effective drying method without high-vol-

Huestis Industrial U.S. At Interwire, Huestis Industrial showcased the company’s latest generation of ceramic air wipers, which come in three body sizes covering the range of 1/16 in. to 1.25 in. The ceramic air wipers feature a unique first-time approach: not only are the ceramic air inserts replaceable, one can also change the size or diameter of the air wiper, using the same body.

The new air wipers work the same as the company’s standard units, except that they have a common diameter canal, or cavity, and four individual ceramic inserts per unit.

It was a “hands-on” demonstration Thus, one can at Interwire for Huestis air wipers. replace a single piece, if need be, as well as change sizes on a limited scale.

The purchased size air wiper dictates the common size canal, and changeover diameters can go down in sizes, but not up. So, you would purchase the largest diameter size air wiper that you need for your process and work down in size on the ceramic inserts in a given range.

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Mike Walters, sales and marketing manager, KEIR Manufacturing, Inc., with a slew of bow choices. ume air consumption. Our efficient design is effective at drying with a very low volume of compressed air, and lasts much longer than other brands due to the rugged ceramic insert lining the wire path. We also offer special configurations that can incorporate other process functions. This equates to over 25% reduction in compressed air usage and an operating life of years versus months.

KEIR’s triaxially braided composite standard and BackBone™ flyer bow constructions have greater durability than layered/laminated designs and are able to take more hits and endure higher stress yielding increased operating life and less machine downtime. The more aerodynamic BackBone functions at lower power consumption and higher TPM with improved wire quality and less bow breakage. Up to 40% less energy (amps) is used along with a decrease in wire scrapped.

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Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc. U.S. At Interwire, Lloyd & Bouvier (L&B), a long-time prominent supplier of used and refurbished wire and cable equipment, showcased the company’s capabilities to design and fabricate new equipment.

Among the equipment at the L&B booth was a newly designed Model LB MD1250 take-up and payoff. The MD 1250 offers customers medium range machinery for reel weights up to 8000 lb. The machines are built on a modular frame constructed with tubular steel for maximum strength.

Reels are raised/lowered with hydraulically loaded power pack cylinders while pintle gates are electrically adjusted in or out for various reel widths. The model’s traverse is a

Lloyd & Bouvier President Ron Reed with a new company take-up/payoff. Behind him, holding the “sold” sign, is National Sales Manager Harish Panchal. ball-screw type, digitally set with automatic pitch control based on conductor diameter. Electrical controls are mounted on machine frame with through door disconnect.

L&B, which has a large inventory of used equipment, supplies used and refurbished equipment from its headquarters in Massachusetts. It has expanded its range of new equipment in recent years to include payoffs, take-ups, accumulators, taping heads, cabling machines, and more.

New and refurbished equipment is supported by L&B’s fully equipped and staffed mechanical, electrical and fabrication departments that perform most work in-house.

Electrical cabinets are built in-house with PLC programming done by trained technicians. L&B also rebuilds 16and 24-carrier braiding machines, and has a full inventory of various braider parts. www.lloydbouvier.com.

Micro-Products Company U.S. At Interwire, Micro Products Company (MPC), makers of high-performance Micro-Weld butt welders, showcased its expanded range of welding technology made possible by its alliance with India’s Supermac.

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In addition to MicroWeld’s proven lines of butt welders, it now can offer Supermac’s extrusion equipment, CCV lines and allied products to its customers in North and South America. The Supermac product lines carry the CE mark and comply with all requirements set by European Union countries. Supermac has the expertise and experience for designing systems and technologies for some of Supermac made its Micro-Weld appearance at Interwire. the leading global wire and cable manufacturers.

It has three modern, well-equipped manufacturing facilities in India, with in-house fabrication, automation and testing facilities as well as a team of highly specialized engineers for handling commissioning and installation tasks for projects with varying complexities.

MPC Managing Director-International Hamond Dayl said that the cooperation makes a lot of sense. “This alliance is what we marketing professionals would call a good example of vertical integration. For both companies, the customer profile for our primary market is the same. Both sell their products to wire and cable manufacturers. Though Micro-Weld sells to many other industries, wire and cable manufacturing sector is the largest chunk of our market. Butt welders are used in production lines made by companies like Supermac. In fact, some of our customers are companies like Supermac, extrusion/ production line manufacturers. It should be noted that we mostly sell directly to wire and cable manufacturing companies, but sometimes these production line manufacturing companies will buy our welders and include it in their package for their customers. This is a win-win deal for both companies and all our customers.” www. micro-weld.com.

Parkway-Kew Corporation U.S. At Interwire, staffers from Parkway-Kew Corporation (PKC) highlighted the latest update to the company’s product range: it now supplies high-tolerance solid carbide parts to customer specifications using a combination of CNC machining and other proprietary technologies.

The parts can usually be supplied at significant cost savings over OEM prices, while providing significantly better wear life than coated-steel or heat-treated tool steel parts commonly be used for descaling, straightening, forming processes as well as feed rolls. They can be obtained with quicker lead times.

Solid carbide descaler rolls are often the most cost-effective solution to solve particle wear problems that come with a mechanical descaling operation. New descaler rolls

From l-r, Parkway Kew’s Robert Galperin, Mark Patrizzia and Gene Klein, Jr., talked carbide, tolerances and more. can be manufactured from a customer-supplied drawing or reverse engineered from your existing roll. Should the dimensions of the roll be cost-prohibitive to manufacture in solid carbide as a single roll, it can often be redesigned as a three-piece assembly with a replaceable solid carbide insert, or with a mild-steel core.

Manufacturing straightening, forming and feed rolls from solid carbide may result in significant cost savings.

Most radius requirements and complex geometries can be accommodated when reconditioning or manufacturing these rolls. Tool steel rolls with undersized dimensions can be redesigned with a solid carbide ring according to original specifications, allowing for longer wear life. www.parkwaykew.com.

Progressive Machinery showcased a 1000 mm pintle-style powered payoff at Interwire.

This particular unit is designed to handle reel sizes from 500 mm to 1000 mm flange diameter, from 300-600 mm reel width and up to 800 kg overall weight. The unit is geared to a maximum speed of 300 meters per minute.

The main drive is a 5.5kW AC Siemens Model 440. The unit utilizes electric open and close. A ball screw electric lift system is used for lifting and lowering the reel. A 12-meter vertical dancer accuProgressive Machinery’s Erik Macs with a mulator is incorporated pintle-style powered payoff. with the payoff to provide even tensioning from 6-60N (pneumatic cylinder). Sheaves are aluminum, 300 mm diameter, with a 16-mm groove diameter.

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PMI supplies different payoffs and take-up units from 800 mm up to 1600 mm, including shaft style, a pneumatic reel lift, multiple reel, gantry, floor traversing and automatic crossover. Payoffs can be set for motorized operation or brake setup. Take-ups include a built-in rolling ring-style traverse assembly. www.prog.mach.com.

Rainbow Rubber & Plastics, Inc. U.S. At Interwire, Rainbow Rubber & Plastics, a supplier to the wire and cable market for over a decade, explained to attendees how it can solve nagging problems with caterpuller, capstan and haul-off belts.

The company’s single-piece construction has no seams or splices, which eliminates common belt failures that have plagued manufacturers for years. Short belt life, cover separation and tracking issues can be reduced by using the proper belt structure and rubber compound. All of its belts are designed specifically for the wire and cable industry.

We have developed compounds that address problems with oil on the armoring lines and wear issues on CV lines as well as a belt structure with a breaker fabric that eliminates lengthwise splitting issues. Breaker fabric is a ply of fabric inserted in the middle of the belt that dissipates the down pressure across the entire width of the belt. This reduces centerline pressure that cause belts to wear and split.

Combined with Rainbow Rubber & Plastics’ technical experience, manufacturers can be assured that they have the proper belt the first time, a basis that has helped the

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A catroll endless belt from Rainbow Rubber & Plastics, Inc. company gain customers such as Southwire, Okonite, Nexans, General Cable and Tyco, to name a few. A leader in belting for the wire and cable industry, we also offer on-site surveys and technical assistance to help reduce belt expenditures and increase machine up time. www.rainbowbelts.com.

PWM U.K. Joe Snee Associates U.S. At Interwire, PWM, which produces a range of manual and powered cold welding machines, showcased two of its systems.

The electro/pneumatic EP500 machine will weld copper rod .197 in. to .492 in. and aluminum .197 in. to .590 in.

Energy efficient and simple to operate, the EP500 provides manufacturers with a cost-effective method of welding large rod sections. No set-up time is necessary: once the operator has loaded the material, the programmable controller (PLC) takes the pneumatic system through the required sequence. The weld cycle takes only a minute to complete, and the machine is quiet, clean and low maintenance.

PWM’s M101 cold welder is one of the company’s best-selling models. A robust, heavy-duty machine for welding copper wire, strip and profile 0.40 in. to .141 in. and aluminum 0.40 in. to .197 in., the M101 is manually operated and requires no external power. It can be used on a workbench or supplied with an optional cart, enabling the operator to move it easily to the work area.

PWM, which has been designing and manufacturing cold welding machines and dies for over 30 years, produces cold welders for nonferrous wire, strip and profile from .0039 in. to 1.181 in. Its models are precision engineered in-house and carefully tested throughout manufacture to ensure total accuracy.

The machines were showcased at the booth of Joe Snee Associates Inc., the

Rockford Manufacturing Group U.S. At Interwire, Rockford Manufacturing Group (RMG) highlighted a range of the advantages of the company’s straighten-and-cut machines, focusing on two of them.

The company displayed and operated a Lewis 3SV8 straighten and cut machine, with the 6450VF model powered payoff. The 3SV8 has been re-designed to include variable frequency drive technology, a “CLUTCHLESS” cutter and the company’s Micro-Fine adjustable release mechanism for accurate length control, which it intro-

duced. The Micro-Fine release allows for precise cut length adjustments while the machine is operating. Lewis straighten and cut machines offer completely independent control RMG Vice President of Sales & of feed speed, Marketing Kirk Prossler by the company’s arbor speed and Lewis 3SV8 straighten & cut machine. cutter speed to maximize productivity. Our in-line wire processing equipment is used by many manufacturing processes, including fastener production, nail making, wire bending, concrete products, steel bar processing, welded wire products, screw machine parts and wire straighten and cutting.

RMG provides integrated systems for the processing of hot-rolled rod into descaled and drawn wire that is regularly used in a variety of production machines and processes to reduce material cost. When it comes to service and support, RMG is the only OEM for Fastener Engineers, Lewis Machine and G.C. Patterson equipment, and it is the best source for all of your tooling, spare parts and technical service requirements. Tour our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility online at our website. www.rmgfelm.com.

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exclusive U.S. and Canadian distributor for PWM. It is also the New England representative for NDC (Beta PWM’s EP500 electro/pneumatic welder.

LaserMike), a supplier of testing and measuring equipment, and AW Machinery, a supplier of ancillary equipment used on extrusion lines. www.pwmltd.co.uk, joe@jsnee.com.

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Sjogren Industries, Inc. U.S. Sjogren Industries introduced a newly designed wire puller that is compatible with a range of different wire pulling assemblies. The design is notable for the ergonomic handle which, in conjunction with a locking function that keeps the puller jaws open, enables the operator to easily hold the puller in one hand The Sjogren “Puller” was seen at Interwire. while inserting the wire with the other hand. The jaws are locked open by use of a slide plate which retracts the upper jaw.

While still holding the wire in position with one hand, the operator can close the jaws with the other by using the one-touch thumb release mechanism located just above the handle. This insertion process allows the operator to spend less time with set-up.

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Another innovative design feature of the new Sjogren Puller is its pivoting head, which allows for in-line pull from the die box as well as tangential on the capstan. This built-in feature prevents the need to add a separate clevis attachment to the puller assembly, and is particularly valuable when drawing brittle material. Sjogren also enhanced the cost-efficiency of the puller jaws by designing them with two work surfaces: one which is utilized when the jaw is in the upper position, and one which is utilized when in the lower position. This dual-use design effectively doubles the working life before replacement, as upper and lower jaws can simply swap position.

The Sjogren Puller is compatible with a variety of puller assemblies, and is suitable for use on capstans ranging in diameter from 16 in. to 30 in. (counter clockwise rotation) and working with wire diameters of .06 in. to .25 in. www.sjogren.com.

August Strecker GmbH & Co. Germany/U.S August Strecker GmbH reported a successful result at Interwire, where the company focused on buttwelders for small strands or single wires.

Attendees noted with interest that Strecker presently is the only manufacturer offering a buttwelder type MK 1200

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effect on dual-upset buttwelders with auto-deburring is that are no running costs for purchasing consumables, e.g. tubes, so no need to carry a stock. Also, it is noteworthy to point out that the welding time is indeed very short: a weld on stranded copper conductors, 1,000 mm², will only take up to a maximum of 30 seconds on the type MK 1200 (3P).

There was much interest in the above system at the Atlanta trade show, including representatives from wellknown companies to new contacts seeking to learn more about the latest welding developments.

Other than these welding machines series “MS/MK” working without tubes, the company’s lines of butt welders include models series “SE” working with tubes that can process a range from 0.08 sq mm to 1,200 sq mm for copper conductors or 1.5 sq mm to 1,200 sq mm for aluminum conductors. Both are hand-operated as well as pneumatic machines that are available.

For steel, the company’s lines of butt welders include models that work in either a horizontal or a vertical plane.

To ensure quick and reliable customer service, there is a close cooperation with WAFIOS Machinery Corporation, the U.S./Canadian representatives, as well as Strecker USA. www.strecker-limburg.de, www.strecker-usa.com.

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(3P) from 185 mm² up to 2,500 mm² stranded conductors (without using any tubes), both in copper or aluminum.

The unit comes with a nominal rated capacity of 1200 kVA generated by a three-phase DC transformer. The amperage absorbed during a weld is substantially reduced, facilitating fuse protection, as otherwise the local power supply’s mains fuses often were A Strecker GmbH buttwelder. not sufficient and an additional transformer had to be installed. The technique of type MK 1200 (3p) is a proven and well-tried process, and the only solution for joining submarine cables, an issue of growing importance for cable companies worldwide.

The weld is identical in diameter compared to the original material, with a short welding zone. A positive side

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Tramev Srl Italy Lesmo Machinery America Canada At Interwire, Tramev Srl, represented in the U.S. and Canada by Lesmo Machinery America, showcased its portable tooling for shearing, cutting-off, straightening and bending of rebar, metal wire, cable, rod and bar.

Tramev displayed cable shears that can cut cable up to 7.0 in. with its powerful units that are made specifically for these applications. Pictured is the TC-180 model with a CB700L7 Power Pack for processing cables up to 6.5 in. in diameter. The TC-140 can process up to 5.5 in. cable. The cutting heads were designed to cut various types of cables such as uninsulated conductors, insulated and jacketed conductors as well as armored cables. This equipment is being used by some of the world’s largest manufacturers of power cables.

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Tramev Srl’s TC-180 model cable shears for large cables.

This range of equipment allows fast and effective solutions to problems related to wire, cable, rebar, rod and bar processing operations. The tools provide quick and efficient cuts with maximum operator safety. These powerful compact units also eliminate bulky and awkward pumps and hoses through their simple plug-in and press-start design concept.

Wire, cable and rod processors can eliminate the use of dangerous cutting torches, open-bladed cut-off saws and manually operated shears by using the TRAMEV range of light and portable tools designed to shear, cutoff, bend and even straighten. TRAMEV cutting tool technology provides very simple and safe operation.

The company also offers customers a range of various other electro-hydraulic/battery powered tools for cutting, bending, straightening and hole punching needs for materials like copper and copper alloys, aluminum and aluminum alloys and different grades of steels and galvanized steels. www.tramev.com, www.lesmoamerica.com.

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Nobody can accuse Tulsa Power of “acting up” at Interwire: it just showcased what a good, high-performance and fully automatic “ACT” coiler could do.

At its booth, Tulsa Power displayed one of the company’s Automatic Cut & Transfer (ACT) series of coilers. These systems incorporate a dual-spindle turret winder designed for winding stranded, flexible cable from 18 AWG to 4/0 on an extrusion process or coupled with other ancillary devices on a rewind application. The addition of a payoff, dancer/accumulator, gauging, spark test, etc., allows for a complete rewind line. The system offers a cut-and-transfer feature that upon receipt of a signal from the length counter quickly clamps, cuts and transfers the product from full to empty reel or optional coiling heads without process interruptions at speeds up to 1000 fpm. An ultrasonic dancer locates the position of the product and assures smooth tension controlled winding. This loop control system offers the lowest tension possible for winding even the most sensitive products.

Differentiating the ACT system from the competitors is the “near perfect military wind.” This is achieved through the tension control capability/repeatability, and a feature that minimizes any relative position change in the relationship between the material guide arm and the bobbin surface. This is done either by the programmable indexing of the material guide arm or by indexing the turret so as to allow for material diameter build-up on each pass of the traverse. This innovative feature greatly improves the level wind and minimizes deformation of sensitive products.

The ACT coiler can dramatically reduce labor by utilizing one operator for multiple lines and allowing time for additional tasks. Special control features and a user friendly operator touch screen allow for convenient controls with near perfect switchover reliability at high speeds. The automatic design eliminates prod-

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Showcased was a model that provides individual dosing of material, from approximately 70 grams (.15 lb) per hour to 6,600 Kg (14,550 lb) per hour, for all plastic processing industry applications. A modular design principle allows for upgrading initial components into more sophisticated systems. A single dosing unit can be upgraded to a color change system, dosing station, volumetric mixing station and gravimetric mixing station. The initial purchased components can be utilized in the upgrade.

Wyrepak Industries U.S. At Interwire, Wyrepak Industries showcased the company’s range of payoff and tension control equipment.

The company’s reinforced plastic guide pulleys are highly durable, with replaceable contact rings that make them ideal for guiding or redirecting all types of wire. Flanges are bolted together, so individual parts can be replaced when worn or damaged.

Each may come with single or double bearings. The replaceable contact ring is available in hardened rubber, tungsten carbide coated steel or ceramic coated steel. The nitrile (rubber) has high abrasive resistance and reduces vibration. They are offered in sizes from 2.5 in. to 16 in.

The company also offers “No-Torque” small pulleys that consist of a ceramic contact ring mounted on tough, reinforced plastic flanges. Each pulley comes with a single bearing. They are offered in sizes ranging from 15 mm to 50 mm. www.wyrepak.com.

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Material changeover, or color changes can be accomplished quickly and in some cases, without interruption of production.

Volumetric Mixing Stations operate between two sensors in the neckpiece, allowing for the system to run independent of the extruder speed. Filling cycles are based on signals from the sensors increasing, or decreasing the frequency of filling based on material throughput. Accuracy of +/- 0.5% or better can be achieved.

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Yield Management Corporation (YMC) has developed a new product that accurately measures the finished cable length in single- and double-twist bunchers.

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TECHNICAL PAPERS Overview on conductor and cable surface preparation with wrapped cord technology Wrapped cord technology for surface preparation is well established in the wire and cable industry, especially in welding wire. This paper gives an overview of the most important cable applications of the wrapped cord technology.

By Kai Boockmann, Michaela Boockmann and Gerhard Boockmann

Modern societies depend on the availability and dependability of technology. Few people are aware of the critical role that conductors or cables have, and even fewer understand how and why surface defects can cause problems. It is safe to say that it is vital to adjust and prepare the surface properties of wires and strands to meet the technical requirements for end products.

During the past years the wrapped cord technology for wire and strand surface preparation (HELICORD®) was industrially evaluated and successfully implemented in wire industry branches1 such as joining and coating (65% of applications), electrical wires and cables (22%), and other applications (13% e.g. in medical applications, aviation, electrical discharge machining); and meanwhile became state of the art.

Functional principle2 and process elements The functional principle of HELICORD is based on the friction force between a relatively fast running wire or cable and a slowly moving--preferably in countersense, therefore constantly renewed--textile cord wrapped around it (See Photo 1) for multiple 360° contact3-4.

For about five decades, attempts to implement similar technologies failed as blocking and breaking of the cord could not be prevented5-9. However, during the 1990s, it was shown with a less complex machine, magnet wire could be coated accurately and reliably with lubricants using wax-impregnated yarns10 running in the same direction as the wire. This technology, known as HELILUB®, overcame the blocking and breaking problem by mechanically regulating speed and pretension of the yarn. HELICORD technology, offering also countersense movement of cord and conductor, evolved from HELILUB through development of more powerful, robust equipment and much stronger braided round and flat textile cords. These cords are composed of different materials (e.g. polyamide, cellulose or aramide) depending on the type of surface preparation required.

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Photo 1. (a) principle; (b) braided cord on a 1.2 mm wire; (c) round; and (d) flat, shoelace-like looping unit.

The friction force is determined by cord pretension, the number of loops around the wire, the angle between wire and cord (depending on length of contact zone and wire diameter), properties of the cord, and roughness of the wire surface. Applications of wrapped cord technology can be divided into three groups: cleaning, grinding or polishing, and coating.

Cleaning: Operating conditions for wire cleaning (see Photo 2) requires three elements: wire and cord run in opposite directions so the wire only contacts clean, unused

cord where it leaves the contact zone; a pretension-regulated cord release from the supply spool; and a cord takeup at controlled speed. The cleaning energy per surface unit is determined by the friction force and, unlike ultrasonic treatment, is independent of wire speed.

Cleaning is done by wiping with a dry absorptive cord.

If necessary, the cleaning process can be supported by cleaning liquids, such as aqueous solutions or organic solvents, metered onto the cord by a pump. The actual setup, i.e. combination of machine, cord and optional liquid metering pump, depends on wire or cable properties before and after preparation and the type of impurities to clean off.

Grinding or polishing of wire. This is similar to cleaning, other than abrasives are used instead of dry absorptive cords. After the abrading process, loose abraded particles have to be wiped off in a second step by means of a dry cord and possibly use of precisely metered small amounts of cleaning liquid. This treatment is necessary for removing oxide layers or impurities that have penetrated the surface very deeply, which usually happens in dry drawing processes. This method is generally not used for soft metals such as aluminum and copper because of the danger of the cord clogging.

Coating. For coating applications, the wire and cord can run in the same direction with a speed-regulated cord release from the supply spool and collection of the cord under controlled tension. The result is a high degree of extraction of the coating material at the first contact of cord and wire and an even distribution where the wire leaves the contact zone. Wax-like coatings are metered and distributed evenly on the wire surface by impregnated cords, supported, if necessary, by a heating device2.

The lubricant applied in this process is dosed precisely through the calibration and the speed of the cord. The applied amount per surface unit can be calculated similarly as with HELILUB technology2,10, which is a great advantage compared to other application methods.

Coating from cords containing single yarns impregnated with functional materials, to be extracted by use of an appropriate solvent precisely metered by means of a pump.

The operating conditions are similar to those in cleaning. As a consequence the wire is not only coated, but also cleaned simultaneously. The position of solvent application along the process zone strongly influences the balance of coating and cleaning.

Application of oils or dispersions containing liquids or particles (e.g. PTFE, graphite or MoS2 dispersions), metered onto wire and dry cord by a pump. Addition of anti-adhesives, anti-oxidants, primers, ‘’anti-stick’’

Photo 3. Coating with cord and wire run in same direction.

media, flux aids, slide aids and strip aids is possible and increasingly used with the HELICORD process in the wire and cable industry.

Cords and devices2 Depending on the application and product, different cords have to be used in order to achieve optimal results.

For dry and liquid-supported cleaning, different types of dry round (Photos 1b and 4) and flat (Photo 1c) braided cords are available. The basic materials include viscose, polyamide and aramide. These cords are also used for application of anti-adhesives, anti-corrosives, sliding agents, primers and other additives. The application of PTFE dispersion onto the surface of wire and cable, described below, may be the most impressive. In that case, the preferred cord is a flat braided cord based on textured polyamide.

Abrasive treatment is done by cords coated with bonded abrasive particles, such as aluminum oxide.

Abrasive cords of round and flat Photo 4. Dry absorptive cottondesign with differ- aramide cord, diameter approx. 3 mm. ent grain sizes are available. For lubrication of wires, conductors or cables with different types of wax, special impregnated cords are used.

One group of recently developed cords is becoming more important due to the possibility of simultaneously cleaning and coating. These cords consist of dry absorptive and several individually saturated impregnated yarns.

The active components can be extracted and transferred to the wire or cable surface by use of a precisely metered amount of an appropriate solvent.

HELICORD Machine NB57. The NB57 (Photo 5) is a model often chosen for industrial cable and soft metal wire treatment applications. Being PLC-controlled, it features an automatic looping unit and a friction-controlled operation mode. This means the operator does not have to set a fixed number of loops, but can enter a value of cord pre-tension and tension, thus determining a certain value of friction between wire surface and cord. The HELICORD machine will constantly adjust the number of loops in order to achieve that friction.

In both cases, cleaning and coating, the highest value of friction occurs where the wire enters the contact zone.

The operating parameters of NB57 can be set within the

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Photo 2. Cleaning with cord and wire run in opposite directions.

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and, for most current applications, can be set to deliver up to 10 ml/min. The amount of liquid metered is regulated proportionally to the wire speed, which is read out by either an internal signal from a wire speed sensor, or an external signal from the wire production line control via an interface.

As the metering pump is mounted to the same frame as the HELICORD machine, it does not consume any extra space and in-line use is not affected.

Verifications and measurements2

Photo 5. HELICORD® machine NB57 with process zone of 1 m in length and a liquid metering pump.

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Photo 6. Liquid metering pump (a) and metering nozzle in the process area (b).

following ranges: cord speed: 4–120 cm/min; cord pretension: 2–80 N; and friction force: 6–300 N. Mounted on a steel frame of up to 3.2 m in length (depending on the exact model), one or, if need be, two HELICORD machines, usually fit into production lines perfectly.

Standardized interfaces provide the capability of communicating with other production equipment.

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For repeatable and accurate results verification for each wire surface treatment stage, one needs to know: the initial state of the wire/strand or conductor/cable and define the demanded properties after treatment; which components are required, and in which amounts; how to determine, after treatment, the amount of residues or applied components by using suitable analytical methods, or test surface properties using appropriate methods; and how to verify the success by operational tests.

In many cases, no standards have yet been defined for the different possible verification methods, such as visual methods (e.g. the judgment of color or brilliance of a surface, light or electron beam microscopy, judgment of a wiping trace), mechanical methods (e.g. measuring the coefficient of friction), gravimetric methods, chromatographic methods (e.g. gas chromatography) or spectroscopic methods (e.g. infrared spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy, or energy dispersive spectroscopy).

Some methods turned out to be applicable only under well-defined conditions, or are limited to very few or even only one class of materials on the wire surface, e.g. measuring smoke residues. Some methods also can lead to false results, such as the very commonly used visual judgment of a wiping trace (Photo 7). This test does not take into account the effect of the rather aggressive cellulose tissue abrading metal from the wire surface, which sometimes increases by addition of liquids or with a decreasing degree of actual contamination of the wire.

Pyrolytic methods are valuable for quantitative analysis only, and often imprecise and unreliable. Two simple methods that are reliable are measuring the coefficient of friction of the prepared wire or cable, and infrared spectroscopy of residuals on the surface.

Measurement of friction coefficient. For a first indication of the influence of materials on the feedability, windability and other properties of wires or cables related to the coefficient of friction, the comparative measurement of the (static) coefficient of friction before and after treatment was found to be most informative. A simple but effective measurement device (Photo 8) was developed, based on a slide of specific weight running on two pieces of treated wire or cable fixed to an inclination plate11.

When measuring, the plate is lifted on one side until the slide moves downwards to a stop. The coefficient of friction can be read directly from the scale.

Infrared spectroscopy. Fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy (Photo 9a) is a suitable method for

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The best result (b) was on a partially cleaned wire.

qualitatively and quantitatively analyzing many organic compounds used in wire production, either as coatings or as drawing lubricants, since most of them contain hydrocarbons (CH). Measuring reflection directly from the wire surface, materials can be identified qualitatively very quickly12.

For quantitative analysis, it is necessary to dissolve the materials from the wire in a defined amount of an appropriate solvent free of CH, e.g. carbon-tetrachloride (CCl4), and to compare the specific peaks of the CH/ CH2 and CH3 bonds of the measured spectra with a calibration curve (Photo 9b) of a similar material13-14.

Cable fault rates. To determine cable fault rates caused by blow-ups or metal spikes on a conductor, no extra equipment is needed since cable manufacturers already need to keep track of such properties. Measuring devices usually are mounted in-line and provide real time results, so consequences of setup changes can be judged right away and settings can be optimized very quickly.

Photo 8. Determination of friction coefficient by a sliding carriage on an inclination plate with two tensioned wires fixed on each at an angle of 90°11.

Applications and effectiveness Although wrapped cord technology is used mostly for welding and hardfacing wire, there are many applications for cables and conductors. The technically or economically most important ones are presented below.

Rod break-down. A serious maintenance issue for copper wire is dust formation (and thus pollution) of the production hall and tube annealers and their water basin at the wire inlet as well as the contact rolls of electrical resistance annealers. This can be reduced considerably by wiping fines from copper wires in-line after rod break-down by means of the wrapped cord technology using dry absorptive round braids. For annealers, especially tube annealers, it is necessary to install a capstan at the wire inlet in order to compensate the friction force introduced by the HELICORD machine.

Cleaning single or stranded wire before

Photo 9. (a) IR spectroscopic measurement of hydrocarbon contamination of a welding wire; (b) calibration curves.

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Photo 10. (a) Accumulation of copper fines from processing 1 km of 7x0.95 mm stranded copper wire running at 100 m/min; and (b) magnification showing sharp, long helix-shaped particles.

Photo 11. Particle removal and centricity improvement of a 0.2 mm strand in a HF cable at constant and controlled friction forces as small as 2 – 3 N.”

Cleaning single or stranded wire before extruder. This application is most interesting for manufacturers of high-frequency data, high-voltage and submarine cables.

Wrapped cord technology is often used for this purpose by the cable industry for a wide range of dimensions.

If not wiped off prior to extrusion, copper spikes and particles (Photo 10) will accumulate in the extruder crosshead and cause blow-ups or break of fine wires. If sharp, long helix-shaped metal particles (Photo 10b) pass the crosshead, they will cause insulating faults in the cable e.g. when tested under operating conditions. This problem is more serious at higher frequencies or supply voltages, so that antenna, HF and HV applications have particularly high requirements in surface cleanliness.

Submarine steering wire. Some applications, such as military, demand a minimum length of faultlessly insulated wire, wire breaks and insulating faults used to be a big problem for some manufacturer. The wire for a 2 × 0.23 mm copper twin conductor was therefore prepared by means of the wrapped cord technology. Using a dry absorptive cord, the demanded minimum length of 37 km could be extruded with a 200 µm layer reliably without any insulation faults which was impossible with other cleaning processes.

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Photo 12. Liquid supported cleaning of a 10 mm copper tube before crosshead.

played in the picture were collected from 1 km of strand, which at the given speed took only 10 minutes.

Thin high-frequency cables. The wrapped cord technology process is also usable for thin high-frequency cables. The centricity of a 0.2 mm strand was poor due to particle agglomerations in the crosshead. The HELICORD NB 57, adapted to provide constant and controlled friction forces as small as 2 – 3 N, helped to improve the centricity and fulfill the requirements.

PTFE-insulated conductors. Using appropriate pure aramide cords allows cleaning wire or strand at elevated temperatures after a pre-heater, e.g. in PTFE extrusion lines.

Cleaning insulated wire Better adherence of second insulation layer. After extrusion of a first layer of insulation, dust tends to settle on and stick to the surface. If the next layer of insulation is extruded onto it without additional cleaning, adherence between the two insulating materials is weak, resulting in poor durability and cable quality.

It is necessary to clean insulated wire right before the extruder, especially with (organic) solvents.

This approach was very successful for a polyethylene-coated wire designed for submarine use that was to be coated by polyamide. The wire diameters ranged from 4 to 10 mm; the polyamide cover should only be

Photo 13. Metering unit for PTFE-dispersion.

0.1 to 0.2 mm thick. The preferred setup consists of one HELICORD device NB57, a dry absorptive cord and a solvent that does not affect the insulation materials. This treatment increases adherence most reliably and therefore ensures constant high quality of the conductor.

Removing cable misprints. Sometimes faulty cable prints have to be removed and re-printed correctly to minimize the scrap rate. Removing misprints from PVC- and PU-insulated cables (5–20 mm) with a process akin to that described above was successful in an industrial operation.

Cleaning copper and steel tubes. In fiber-optical submarine data cables, the electrical power supply of repeater stations has a laser-welded copper tube protecting the fibers.

To avoid breakdown of the repeaters, electrical shorts with the water (the electrical return) through the extruded insulation of the tube must be prevented. This was reliably achieved by wiping off particles from the tube surface using a HELICORD machine and flat braids consisting of viscose and reinforcing aramide yarns. See Photo 12.

Fiber-optical cables in a welded protecting steel tube need to be prepared for coating. Particles and residues of components of the previous process steps are removed by use of a polyamide-based dry absorptive cord.

Drying after water cooling. Drying insulated conductors and cables after water cooling in the extrusion line by means of air wipers is energy-consuming due to compressed air supply, and in many cases the result is insufficient and interferes with the continuity spark tester.

Using a heavy absorptive flat braided cord, the wrapped cord technology successfully wiped off big quantities of water when equipped with a circulating air heater in the process zone. The number of air wipers was reduced for final drying only or could be substituted completely.

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Superconductors. For industrial production of NbTi superconductors the wrapped cord technology is successfully utilized in two ways: before and after intermediate annealing and before enamelling.

Multifilament superconducting wires have to be annealed several times during the drawing process down to the final diameter. Before annealing, the drawing oil has to be removed. After annealing, a separating aid must be cleaned off before the next drawing step. For this purpose the HELICORD machine is located in a rewind station. A dry absorptive round braided cord is used and a cleaning liquid added by means of a metering pump.

In some cases, NbTi superconductors are enameled similarly to magnet wires. The adherence of the enamel to the wire is improved by previously cleaning off copper fines from the matrix by means of the wrapped cord technology, using a round braided absorptive cord and small amounts of a cleaning liquid.

Medical wire. Cleaning medical silver-plated copper wire is not an application in the cable and conductor industry, but it reflects the HELICORD’s capabilities.

To produce plastic (PTFE) tubes with an inner diameter of about 1 mm for medical purposes, the plastic is extruded on silver-plated copper wire of corresponding diameter.

Later, the wire is removed to obtain the tube. It is very important that no particles from the wire surface remain in the tube. Thus, after silver plating, particles and other possible residues are wiped off the wire surface by means of the wrapped cord technology using a dry round braided polyamide cord.

Cleaning and coating. In some applications, it is necessary not just to clean a wire or strand before entering the extruder, but also to coat it with a strip aid at the same time.

This was solved using a HELICORD machine, a flat braid and wax application from a melt.

For single wires, cords with single wax-impregnated yarns to be extracted by use of small amounts of a volatile organic solvent are available. Instead of the strip aid, an adhesion enhancer could be applied if need be.

Coating with PTFE dispersions. Isopropanol-based PTFE dispersions can be applied as a strip aid instead of talcum by standard HELICORD equipment.

In some cases, anti-wetting properties on rubber-insulated conductors are required. This can be achieved by coating with water-based PTFE dispersions. These dispersions contain particles with dimensions of nanometer range, and form a very adhesive transparent layer on the wire or conductor surface in contrary to isopropanol-based PTFE dispersions. They are difficult to handle as they tend to agglomerate under shear stress, e.g. when applied by gear pumps. Therefore a special dispersion metering unit (Photo 13), that avoids applying shear stress to the PTFE, was developed. It is based on the principle not to pump the dispersion itself, but an expulsion liquid that transmits the force to the dispersion without shear stress16.

Metering is done by pumping a precisely metered amount of expulsion liquid out of the pump reservoir into a container, thus squeezing a certain amount of dispersion

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out of the bag inside this container, and through the outlet onto the wire being prepared. The device will switch automatically between two containers without interrupting the coating process16. This way, a very precise and reliable high-quality coating process is achieved.

Conclusions The wrapped cord technology provides significant advantages, such as multiple 360° contact between cleaning means and wire or strand as well as independence of the efficiency from wire speed and operational time, to guarantee reliable surface preparation.

Many successful implementations in various fields of applications have demonstrated the suitability of HELICORD technology for the wire and cable industry.

For niche applications, special modifications of the machines or additional components are possible. Thus a wider use in the wire and cable industry is likely.

13. Boockmann GmbH, Company standard, BE-Standardized Method 151 IR-Spectroscopic Determination of the Quantity of Soluble Hydrocarbons on a Wire Surface, Unterebersbach, Germany, 2006.

14. Boockmann GmbH: Company standard BEStandardized Method 156: IR-Spectroscopic Determination of the Total Quantity of Non Soluble Soaps on a Wire Surface, Unterebersbach, Germany, 2007.

15. Chapter partly extracted from: G. Boockmann and M. Boockmann, Helicord - A Novel Method of Achieving Excellent Sliding Properties of Wire, Conductors and Cables, Proceedings of Wire Expo 2008, USA, 2008, pp.

93–105.

16. G. Boockmann, Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Beschichten strangförmiger Materialien mit Fluorpolymerschichten aus Dispersionen, German Patent Application, applied Dec. 29, 2007.

References 1. Boockmann GmbH: Production Solutions with HELICORD®, in leaflet BE1304/1466, Boockmann GmbH, Unterebersbach, Germany, 2013 2. Chapter mainly extracted from: Boockmann, G.; M. Boockmann, R. Slover: A Novel Surface Preparation Technique for the Cable and Conductor Industry by Helicord Process, Proceedings of the 56th IWCS 2007, pp. 602 – 609, 2007 3. G. Boockmann, Process and Apparatus for Cleaning Wires or the Outer Surface of a Tube, U.S. Patent Application No. 499,410, Priority Aug. 6th, 2005, Germany.

4. K. Boockmann, G. Boockmann, R. Fichtner and R. Slover, A Novel Welding Wire Surface Preparation, Fabtech & AWS Welding Show 2006, Atlanta, USA, 5. W. Rice, Manufacture of Zinc-Coated Wire; Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, 1882, U.S.-Patent No. 253,227.

6. M.J. Stobierski, Rotating Wiper for Wire Tinning, USA, 1963, U.S.-Patent No. 3,085,547.

7. C.C. Smith, Methods of Treating Strand Materials, N.Y., N.Y., USA, 1943, US-Patent No. 2,386,148.

8. A.V. Papp, Machine for Applying Helical Stripe to Wire; Canada, 1962, U.S.-Patent Nr. 3,039,430.

9. R.A. Vogel, In-Process Wire Cleaning, USA, 1989, U.S.-Patent No. 4,817,645.

10. G. Boockmann and R. Fichtner, Non-Polluting Solid Lubrication of Enamelled Wires, Proceedings of Electrical and Electronic Insulation Conference and Electrical Manufacturing & Coil Winding Conference, Chicago, 1993, IEEE Publication 93CH3219-3, pp 165–171.

11. Boockmann GmbH, Company standard, BEStandardized Method 153: Determination of the Sliding Properties of Wires, Unterebersbach, Germany, 2006.

12. Boockmann GmbH, Company standard, BEStandardized Method 154: Verification of Cleaned Bare Wire Surface Through IR-Spectroscopic Evaluation of Paper Wipes, Unterebersbach, Germany, 2006.

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Kai Boockmann is material scientist educated at the FriedrichAlexander-University of Erlangen and Nürnberg where he got his degree in 1989 and his PhD. degree in 1994. He has been with Boockmann GmbH since 1993.

Michaela Boockmann is an electrical engineer of the University of Applied Sciences of Schweinfurt and holds a post-graduate degree in Business Engineering. She wrote her second degree thesis at Boockmann GmbH and joined the company in September 2007.

Gerhard Boockmann is a chemical engineer of the Engineering School of Hamburg/Germany.

After working at Dr. Beck/ Hamburg, he joined Schramm AG, which was taken over by Reichhold Chem., Inc., and worked on electro-insulating materials. In 1982 he founded Boockmann GmbH, of which he is still shareholder and president. This paper was presented at WAI’s 83rd Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, April 2013.

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