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Patent Report . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Asian Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 ATLANTA UPDATE

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Economic conditions are not ideal, but wire Russia organizers say that the market remains attractive.

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Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

This section includes more highlights and updates about what will be awaiting attendees in Atlanta.

Technical Papers . . . . . 102-116

Downstream applications . . . . 68

Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

An occasional feature, this section presents further uses for wire and cable.

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Career Opportunities . . . . . 117 Advertisers’ Index . . . . . . . 119

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TECHNICAL PAPERS IWCS Paper: Ultra-high-fiber-count and high-density slotted core cable with pliable 12-fiber ribbons Fumiaki Sato, Keisuke Okada, Takao Hirama,Kentaro Takeda, Ryoei Oka, Ken Takahashi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Effect of dissolved gas on mechanical property of sheath material of mineral insulated cables under high temperature and pressure water T. Takeuchi, H. Nakano, T. Uehara and K. Tsuchiya . .108 Construction and 1st experiment of 500-meter/1000meter DC superconducting power cable in Ishikari S. Yamaguchia, Y. Ivanova, H. Watanabea, N. Chikumotoa, H. Koshidukaa, K. Hayashia and T. Sawamuraa . . . . . .112

Cover: A Kimber Kable Axios headphone cable with connectors made for Sony headphones and the Sony Walkman.

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This drone trifecta explains why tethered drones may seem to be “Edsel-like” outdated technology, but are likely to have a key role in future applications, both commercial and military; how with the proper accessory equipment, a drone was able to be designed to literally become a flaming success in a power zone; and, perhaps the most amazing new of all—and the hardest to believe—is a possible future application, where a drone could be used to transport the most precious of cargos, one truly meant for the most adventurous in heart...well-grounded people need not apply.

By one account, the best thing an audio cable can do...is nothing. In this piece—excerpted from “Mad Scientist Audio Heretical PLUS Cables Review,” reprinted courtesy of Mono Stereo—staff writers Ahmet Kip and Kurt Lassen explain the essence of an audio cable. The focus is not on use of copper or silver or even purity (up to 99.9999999% has been claimed).

Instead, it looks at the very atoms and electrons, and the physics of what happens inside a cable as current passes through. Electrifying? Maybe not, but by zooming in they do provide a “big picture” look of cable.

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What’s a trade show handshake worth?

Somehow, electronics seem to have become part of society’s DNA, the go-to venue for just about any form of communication. So where do trade shows—and not just Interwire—fit in?

I’ve long believed that there is no replacement for meeting a potential customer face-to-face, but I wanted to make sure that I wasn’t outdated. I searched for answers—on line of course—and found a few reports. Here’s a bit of what I found.

A recent report, “B2B Content Marketing 2016 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends: North America,” found that 75% of surveyed respondents say in-person events are effective. Another report, “Marketers Find Exhibitions an Essential Marketing and Sales Tactic,” found that such exhibitions rank second as a marketing and sales tactic and are identified as the primary channel by 77% of surveyed exhibitors.

I also found an article by a person whose mindset appealed to me. Tim Patterson, a trade show strategist, blogger and Founder of Communication One Exhibits, loves to talk about trade shows. “The primary goal of a trade show exhibitor is to find new business and for an attendee to find new ideas and possible suppliers, and both sides, ultimately, depend on trust,” he insists.

He also said “do the important stuff in your booth: qualify and disqualify the attendees as they come through, generate and track leads, do surveys, connect with distributors, and show off products. But don’t forget the people behind those titles and company names.”

Patterson says that while it may seem trivial to discuss personal matters, finding out more about people counts when you finally meet in person. Knowing that Melissa from California loves water-skiing and Dave from Illinois races vintage sports cars is still a great way to form a long business relationship.

Patterson agrees that being personable matters, he says “it gives you something frankly old-fashioned: a handshake, a smile, and the nuance of a warm greeting and the building of a good solid relationship. It’s why people still travel thousands of miles across the country, even abroad, to sit down with someone faceto-face when they could have sent an email.”

We all attend trade shows for a reason, but I found my old ways are still current, NOT outdated, as validated by the internet bloggers and articles that concur with my long-standing beliefs.

I can’t remember ever attending a trade show where I did not establish a meaningful contact. This is why I encourage you to be at Interwire, a real-world venue where potentially business-changing opportunities can be made...if you are there.

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CALENDAR May 8-10, 2017: Global Ferrous Rod & Wire Symposium (GFRWS) Atlanta, Georgia, USA. This WAI event, to be co-located with Interwire 2017, focuses on ferrous rod and wire processes, www.wirenet.org.

May 9-11, 2017: Interwire 2017 Atlanta, Georgia, USA. This WAI event, which will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center, includes its trade show, technical programs and 87th Annual Convention, www.wirenet.org.

June 5-8, 2017: wire Russia Moscow, Russia. To be held at the EXPOCENTRE in Krasnaya Presnya, this event is organized by Messe Düsseldorf. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com.

June 9-11, 2017: Wire & Cable Guangzhou 2017 Guangzhou, China. To be held at the China Import Export Fair Complex. Contact: Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt Co., tel. 86-20-38251558, wire@china. messefrankfurt.com, www.wire-cable-china.com.

Sept. 19-21, 2017: wire Southeast Asia 2017 Bangkok, Thailand. To be held at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC), it is organized by Messe Düsseldorf. Contact: Messe

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

Oct. 3-5, 2017: Wire South America São Paulo, Brazil. To be held at the Imigrantes Exhibition & Convention Center. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com.

Oct. 8-11, 2017: 66th IWCS International Cable & Connectivity Symposium Orlando, Florida, USA. Contact: Pat Hudak, IWCS, tel. 717-993-9500, phudak@iwcs.org, www.iwcs.org.

Nov. 7, 2017: CabWire World Conference 2017 Düsseldorf, Germany. To be held at the Congress Center, this event is organized by U.K.-based IWMA. Contact: IWMA, tel. 44-121-781-7367, info@iwma.org, www.iwma.org.

May 15-16, 2018: WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo 2018 Nashville, Tennessee, USA. This WAI event, to be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, includes the Association’s trade show, technical programs and 88th Annual Convention, www.wirenet.org.

WIRE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL EVENTS May 8-10, 2017: Global Ferrous Rod & Wire Symposium See above.

May 9-11, 2017: Interwire 2017 See above.

June 16, 2017: Midwest Chapter 15th Annual Golf Tournament West Chicago, Illinois, USA. To be held at St. Andrews Golf & Country Club. Contact: Steve Fetteroll, tel. 203-453-2777, ext.

115, sfetteroll@wirenet.org.

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September 12, 2017: New England Chapter 23rd Annual Golf Tournament Avon, Connecticut. To be held at the Golf Club of Avon.

Contact: Steve Fetteroll, tel.

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September 21, Southeast Chapter 16th Annual Golf Tournament Conover, North Carolina, USA. To be held at the Rock Barn Golf and Spa, Conover, North Carolina. Contact

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May 15-16, 2018: WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo 2018 Nashville, Tennessee, USA. This WAI event, to be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, includes the Association’s trade show, technical programs and 88th Annual Convention.

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INDUSTRY NEWS Southwire Company reports the 3rd SCR sale to a Jiangsu Jinhui company SCR Technologies, a business of Southwire Company, LLC, announced that it has signed a contract with China’s Jiangsu Jinhui Copper Group to supply the company what will be its third SCR-7000 copper rod system.

A press release said that the new system will be operated by a subsidiary, Yixing Runfeng Copper Co., Ltd., which is located in the Jiangsu Province of China. The project includes the design of all operating equipment, from a furnace loading system to a finished rod-handling system. The system is designed to produce 48 metric tons (mt) of copper rod an hour in a range of sizes (8, 9.5, 12.7, 16 and 18 mm). The system includes a 13 stand Morgan “No Twist” rolling mill furnished by Primetals Technologies.

“We sincerely appreciate the confidence Jiangsu Jinhui Copper Group has shown in SCR’s capabilities and in our technology with the purchase of their third SCR-7000 copper rod system,” said Mark Roden, general manager of SCR Technologies. “We look forward to our continued collaboration and the expansion of the SCR technology pool.”

Southwire’s SCR Technologies provides continuous rod system equipment and technology for the production of copper and aluminum rod. SCR aluminum rod systems, incorporating ultrasonic technology, range in capacity from 2.5 to 15 mt per hour of EC aluminum and alloyed aluminum rod. SCR copper systems range in size from 12 to 54 mt per hour of ETP copper rod or other profiles, such as flats. SCR shaft furnaces and furnace systems for rod, billet and anode casting are available with capacities ranging from 7 to 60 mt per hour.

Davis-Standard reports 6th sale of extruders in 3 years to Republic Wire U.S.-based Davis-Standard announced that with its most recent order, Republic Wire will have added six D-S extruders to its operation in West Chester, Ohio.

A press release said that Republic Wire, a building wire and cable manufacturer, in just three years has added five Davis-Standard lines, with another large THHN line on order, due for delivery in mid-2017. Each line is built to the specifications of Republic Wire, which in recent years has expanded its product line to where it now supplies tinned copper wire, bare copper, insulated building wire such as THHN, THW, NMB and XHHW, USE and poly-weatherproof wire. Its customers include electrical wholesale distributors, utility distributors, industrial

Republic Wire Plant Manager Dave Hadley by one of the company’s Davis-Standard extruders. distributors, investor-owned utilities and municipalities throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Republic Wire Plant Manager Dave Hadley said that Davis-Wire has been very good at providing what is needed, from planning to commissioning and after-sales support. “We know the equipment will give us the longevity we seek at the line speeds we need to stay competitive.”

Republic Wire’s orders included complete wire and cable systems for extruder and control systems through downstream equipment, including payoffs, take-ups, accumulators, cooling trough systems and multi-pass capstans. Davis-Standard notes that it has installed more than 250 systems worldwide similar to the ones installed at Republic Wire. The systems, it said, are engineered for insulating single cores and jacketing multi-conductor insulated constructions, and provide for continuous operation for packaging the product in coils, reels or stem packs.

Denmark’s NKT gets EU okay for ABB cable business purchase The European Union has given its approval to the acquisition of the high-voltage cable business of Swiss company ABB by NKT Cables.

Media reports said that the deal, worth an estimated US$883 million, received EU Commission clearance after the body concluded “that the merged entity would continue to face effective competition in Europe.” That finding was not a given as in 2014 the Commission found that the main producers of high voltage power cables, including NKT and ABB, were involved in a cartel aimed at restricting competition for high-voltage underground and submarine power cable projects.

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NKT completes acquisition of ABB’s HV cable business.

Based on the results of what was described as an “extensive market investigation,” the Commission found that the proposed acquisition “would not result in a significant reduction in competition and that a number of strong competitors will remain post-transaction.” It noted that there was considerable competition from companies in Asia, such as LS Cables and Sumitomo.

ABB’s high-voltage cable and cable accessories businesses focus on the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-voltage and extra-high-voltage power cable systems as well as power cable accessories designed for use with power cables. ABB had signed a deal in September 2016 to sell its high-voltage cable system business to NKT Cables as part of its strategic review

Wire & cable in the news Google plans to envelop the world!

Okay, this story is not exactly “new” news, and it may be a bit indirect to the wire and cable industry, but in case you missed it, Alphabet (Google) has plans that literally are out of this world: the company wants to position a network of 4,000 plus satellites to encircle the earth.

Again, this is not a secret. It was spelled out last November in a patent application filed by SpaceX, a company Google acquired for $1 billion. While there was media coverage, the goal here is to present a quick overview of the scope (staggering) and the costs (just as staggering), a few more details, and a few schematics (see p. 19) that show the different operating levels.

In November 2016, SpaceX filed an application with the FCC to launch 4,425 satellites. Each one will weigh about 850 pounds, and will orbit at altitudes ranging from 715 miles to 790 miles. Each satellite could cover an ellipse area of about 1,300 miles.

SpaceX wants to send up 1,600 satellites at one orbital altitude, then follow up with another 2,825 satellites placed in four shells at different altitudes. With the initial deployment, SpaceX will be able to provide continuous internet service to “the fifty states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.” Once completed, the system will be able to provide high bandwidth (up to 1 Gbps per

A slew of “30 under 30” profiles of up-and-coming newcomers to a given field have become very popular in recent years. The WAI’s Board of Directors believes that such recognition should extend to professionals in the wire and cable industry. With that mindset, the WAI is issuing a call for Industry Hotshots.

If you have someone in your ranks, under age 40, whose smarts and work ethic make that person a star in your ranks, we encourage you to nominate that person. If selected, the person will be profiled in the September issue of WJI. For details on the process, either call WAI Executive Director Steve Fetteroll at tel. 203-453-2777, ext. 115, or send him an e-mail at sfetteroll@wirenet.org.

of its Power Grids division. Its cable system business has manufacturing and R&D capabilities for high-voltage submarine and underground cables in Karlskrona, Sweden.

ABB agreed to sell its high-voltage cable technology and manufacturing as well as its service footprint to NKT Cables.

user), low latency broadband services for consumers and businesses globally. Each satellite would have downlink capacity from 17 to 23 Gbps, the total representing about 32 Tbps. The system should be able to provide broadband service at speeds of up to 1 Gbps per end user, with latencies of 25-35 ms. The satellites will last between five years and seven years, and decay within a year after that.

Not surprisingly, there’s a hefty price tag for all this.

Aside from building the satellites, the cost for getting them in position could cost as much as $19 billion.

Why do all this? Per the company, “4.2 billion people (or 57% of the world’s population) are offline for a wide range of reasons...often also because the necessary connectivity is not present or not affordable.”

SpaceX’s launch “dance card” could get awful busy.

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Bekaert report covers fiscal results, cites multiple operational changes Overall, 2016 was a good year for Bekaert, which despite weak steel prices reported that it had “achieved strong margin and volume growth throughout (the period).” Of interest, Bekaert’s report also described some of the actions that the company has either recently taken or will take, which are presented below.

• Bekaert has decided to close its manufacturing plant in Huizhou, Guandong Province, China. It said that investment restrictions there “had put a burden on the plant’s potential to grow its scale and cost effectiveness to the level of our other operations.” In a presentation to analysts, it also cited the closure of the Shah Alam plant in Malaysia. That co-venture was entered into in 2012 with Southern Steel Berhad (SSB).

Bekaert noted that at the same time, it was investing in other areas of China.

• The Bridon-Bekaert ScanRope AS manufacturing plant in Tønsberg (Norway) has also been closed. The plant’s activity level had been heavily affected by the downturn in oil and gas markets which set in early 2015, Bekaert reported.

• In February, the management of Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group announced it would restructure the BridonBekaert ropes plant in Belton, Texas, USA. A workforce reduction combined with equipment upgrades will align the operations with future needs and opportunities. The joint venture—Bekaert holds 67% and Ontario Teachers’ 33%—started its merged operations in June 2016 under the Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group name.

• Bekaert is also in discussions of bringing its wholly-owned subsidiary in Sumaré, Brazil—a high-margin tire cord subsidiary acquired from Pirelli—into the BMB (Belgo-Mineira Bekaert) joint venture partnership with ArcelorMittal. Bekaert holds 44.5% of the shares in the joint venture.

“While there will be cycles, and provided there will be no exceptional circumstances, the improvements we are making within our business will move our underlying EBIT margin trend towards 10% over the next five years,” the report said.

LS Cable & System reports that it will supply wire for GM’s Chevy Bolt EV South Korea’s LS Cable & System, Ltd., announced that it has begun supplying copper magnet wire to General Motors’ Chevy Bolt electric vehicle (EV), becoming the first Korean company supplying copper magnet wires to EVs overseas.

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LS Cable is a supplier to the Chevrolet Bolt. should resist high voltage and heat as the EV is usually powered by more than 400 volts of electricity. In the past, only a few Japanese companies were able to make the wires that could meet these conditions.

LS Cable & System notes that it has successfully commercialized Korea’s first copper magnet wire, a product that can resist voltage abnormality coming into the motor by more than 10 times that possible by ordinary copper magnet wires. Further, it said that it has applied a rectangular form to the new wire design, instead of a round form, to make motor components compact and lightweight and to reduce noise dramatically.

LS Cable & System initiated the development of copper magnet wires tailored to the Chevy Bolt EV in 2014 and became an official vendor last year with its quality certified by GM. The wires are being shipped through its sister company LG Electronics, Inc., which produces drive motors.

Taihan Electric wins $79 million order for underground HV power network Taihan Electric Wire Co., a South Korean provider of industrial cables, has won an order worth approximately $79 million, to build an underground high-voltage power network for a utility firm in Singapore in charge of transmitting and distributing electricity across the country.

A published report said that the order from SP Power Assets, for a 400kV ultra-high voltage cable network, represents the largest single order for Taihan Electric Wire Co. in the last five years. The company, it said, has received a final letter of award (LOA).

Taihan Electric Wire has landed 114 million won orders from North America for the October-December period after it won a $64 billion order from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to replace old 138-kV ultra-high-voltage underground cables.

The South Korean electric company plans to supply 400 kV ultra-high-voltage underground cables and mating connectors. It will carry out the project on a turnkey basis, from the design to facility testing.

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Taihan Electric Wire will be the first company in South Korea to build a 400 kV XLPE transmission network for an underground power grid.

Leoni buys majority stake in Adaptricity Germany’s Leoni has bought a majority stake in a software business as part of its expansion out of its core business in automotive.

A press release said that Leoni acquired a majority share in Adaptricity AG, a Swiss company that provides software-supported consulting services. The deal provides Leoni with access to skills in the fields of software, simulation and cloud-based data analysis defined “as the primary building blocks of our strategic development towards being an innovative solutions provider,” said Bruno Fankhauser, a member of Leoni AG’s Board of Directors who has responsibility for the Wire & Cable Solutions Division. “To remain a leading technology partner to our customers, we are investing in cable and cable systems-related, trailblazing as well as intelligent software and analysis solutions, which will furthermore develop new business models for us.”

With Adaptricity, Leoni will be able to deploy proprietary software that generates time series-based simulations, for example to optimize power distribution grids by applying SmartGrid technologies, Fankhauser said. The company will thereby contribute to intelligent power distribution, he said.

Along with expanding Adaptricity’s core business, Leoni wants to establish a close tie-in with its international project business, Fankhauser said. One focus area will be to transfer the acquired skills to a range of applications and market segments. Leoni will also accumulate additional expertise in the areas of electronics, sensor technology, software and data analysis, which is crucial to offering intelligent cable systems and related services.”

A tricky trench and indifferent Mother Nature delay subsea cable deployment Setbacks have plagued the deployment of power cables to connect Borden-Carleton in western Prince Edward Island (PEI) and Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick, under the Northumberland Strait.

A representative for Maritime Electric, which ordered the two 180-megawatt cables, said in published reports that the cable project faces delays and extra costs. The problems have been twofold.

Per the reports, efforts to bury the two cables began in October 2016, and they were supposed to be fully operational as of Jan. 23. However, there were delays burying the cables that had been supplied by LS Cable & System. The cable company hired the Jan De Nul Group, a Belgian company that owns the vessel named Isaac Newton, to install the cables.

“While the trencher would cut the trench, we were finding that the cable didn’t always get into the bottom

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Cables were floated from the Isaac Newton to shore, but delays and bad weather prevented the project from being completed. Maritime Electric photo.

of (it),” said Mark Victor, a senior engineer with the PEI Energy Corporation. “Essentially, what was happening was the trench was filling back in before the cable could drop back into it.” As a result, while both cables were laid across the bottom of the Northumberland Strait, only about 15 km of the required trenching for the two cables were completed, with a further 20 km either uncompleted or partially completed. The cables were being buried in shallower waters closer to the two coasts to protect them from winter ice.

The second problem was one of timing. The Northumberland Strait is a tidal water body between Prince Edward Island and the coast of eastern New Brunswick and northern Nova Scotia. The weather had not been expected to be an issue, but early ice formation forced the departure of the Isaac Newton. Victor said that the cable ship has to wait for the spring thaw so it can return to finish the job, which could take another 30-40 days. The ship, which has a crew of 75, can carry up to 10,500 metric tons of cable. The Maritime Electric project was for about 3,500 metric tons, so the weight of the order was not a problem. It was supposed to have taken two to three weeks, but because of the trenching problems it was forced to give up.

The two existing power cables connecting the Island to the mainland are nearly 40 years old. The new cables will allow Maritime Electric to import up to 360 megawatts of electricity, bolstering the existing 200 megawatt cables. The installation of the two underwater cables was called the largest project ever for the company.

U.S. company buys China’s Yongle Tape Company Ltd. for $190 million U.S.-based Avery Dennison announced it has acquired China’s Yongle Tape Company, Ltd. (YTC), for $190 million, a deal that the company said will

Awarding of Ilva's troubled steel operations may happen this month Italian state commissioners are scheduled to make a decision by April 6 as to which bid to accept from two large partnerships that are seeking to buy Ilva's mammoth operations.

A Reuters report, citing multiple sources involved with the proceedings, said that the larger bid—1.6 billion euros, with an additional investment of 2.3 billion—was submitted by ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaker, and Italian processor Marcegaglia. The other bid—said to be for 1.2 billion euros, with an additional investment of 3 billion euros—is from AcciaItalia, a group that includes Italian steelmaker Arvedi, Italy state holding company CDP CDP.UL and businessman Leonardo Del Vecchio's holding company Delfin and JSW. Ilva, which is based in the southern Italian port city of Taranto, technically has steel capacity of more than

11 million metric tons—including wire rod—but in 2016 it produced about half that. The operations, long a major employer, were also cited as being a major source of pollution. In 2015, the government took over the plant, which had long been the city's largest tax payer, the goal being to clean it up and save jobs.

Per the Reuters story, two sources said that the decision, subject to an okay by the Industry Ministry of Italy, would be announced later in April. Whichever group wins, they are unlikely to take over the plant until autumn at the earliest as the ministry has to examine environmental aspects of the bids and European Union anti-trust authorities also needed to approve the deal.

Elsewedy signs up with InnoVites U.K.-based InnoVites announced that Elsewedy Cables Qatar has selected InnoVites to deliver its cloud-based industry software: CableERP on Microsoft Dynamics 365.

A press release said that Elsewedy concluded that the CableERP solution addresses their industry-specific requirements. “Standard ERP software doesn’t support critical parts of our business processes. The InnoVites CableERP solution is built specifically for our industry and the InnoVites team really understands our business,” said Ahmed Fathy, CEO, Elsewedy Qatar.

Magdy Mansour, IT Manager at Elsewedy Qatar, said that he appreciated the out-of-the-box software that did

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expand its capabilities in industrial materials as well as health care segments.

A press release said that YTC, based in China’s Hebei Province, with production facilities in Zhuozhou and Shanghai, is a leading manufacturer of cable harnessing and insulation tapes. It was described as a key supplier to both Chinese and global automakers. Last year, YTC generated revenue of approximately $160 million.

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not require customizations for industry-specific functionalities. “(That) means that we can complete our ERP implementation project faster and at a low risk.”

UL and HDBaseT Alliance announce a joint certification program for industry The HDBaseT Alliance and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) jointly announced a certification program for Power over HDBaseT (PoH) cables.

A press release said that the certification program is based on a soon-to-be-published standard: UL 4299, Outline of Investigation for Power over HDBaseT (PoH)

Cables. The program will evaluate the cables in accordance with the specifications of UL 4299. “The cables will be covered under UL’s Follow-Up Services surveillance program that includes both regular inspections at cable manufacturing facilities as well as ongoing testing to determine continued compliance,” a statement from UL and the HDBaseT Alliance said.

“This program, targeted at cable manufacturers, addresses the increased performance and safety requirements related to heating due to current levels being carried under PoH of audiovisual installations,” the statement said. “With increasingly complex installations and the proliferation of PoH equipment, AV vendors, manufacturers and professionals have indicated the need for standardization and consistency for high performance, regardless of the size of cable bundles. The new certification program evaluates the cable’s ability to carry DC power of up to 100 watts over the four pairs of the cable and to maintain HDBaseT data transmission performance.”

HDBaseT Alliance President Ariel Sobelman said that the new cable certification program provides “increased transparency to vendors and end users and identifying the best cables for complex installations.”

UL’s vice president and general manager/ wire and cable division, L.F. Lai, said that as HDBaseT became the standard for the transmission of high-throughput content, “it was natural for UL to join the efforts to help address the safety and performance issues of powering over these cable installations.”

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Taihan Electric Wire Corp. reports that it will establish a production company in Saudi Arabia, a joint venture called Saudi Taihan, which was founded jointly with Mohammed Al-Ojaimi Group, a local electric power equipment company.

Per multiple media reports, Saudi Taihan will expand existing capacity to produce high-voltage power equipment and devices in an 8,000-sq-m site in an industrial complex near Riyadh. The bare-bones facility should be completed by the end of the second quarter, with the plan to finish the whole plant by the third quarter.

According to Taihan Electric Wire, Saudi Taihan will be the first company in Saudi Arabia to produce high-voltage equipment.

Until now, the Islamic Kingdom has relied on imports from Germany and the U.S. for all of its high-voltage equipment need.

The global superconducting wire market, valued at US$638 million in 2016, is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.6% from 2016 to 2021.

Per a press release on the report (EP 4982) issued in February by marketsandmarkets.com, the growing demand for superconductor based MRI systems, advancement in computer chip design technology, and synergies of high voltage transmission application and high efficiencies are among the major factors driving the sector.

The report was described as a technical, market-oriented, and commercial study, with primary sources industry experts from core and related industries, preferred suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, service providers, technology developers, standard and certification organizations of companies, and organizations related to all the segments of this industry’s value chain.

The report elements include: annual revenue and market developments of major players providing superconducting wire, analysis of major applications and demand for superconducting wire from end-users; assessment of future trends and growth of end-users; assessment of the superconducting wire market with respect to the type of superconducting wire used for different applications; and analysis of market trends in various regions/countries by studying the application of superconducting devices in the energy, medical, research and industrial applications.

The scope of the report, which costs $5650 for a single user license, includes types (low and medium temperature superconductors, high temperature superconductors, and first and second generation HT Superconductors); by application (energy, medical research, industry, others) and by region (Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific). For more details, go to marketsandmarkets.com

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Winding Automation formed A former industry business, Aumann Inc., Fort Wayne, Indiana, has evolved into an independent manufacturers representative called Winding Automation.

A press release said that Winding Automation, which remains in Fort Wayne, will specialize in consulting, sales, service and support for motor winding and coil winding machines and automation systems. Established in 2006, the company serves sectors that include the automotive, industrial, appliance, medical and aerospace in the NAFTA region. For wire and cable, it will offer wire enameling ovens, payoffs, take-ups and spoolers as well as specialty systems for wire surface preparation and surface metalization. The portfolio also includes wire tensioners and wire guide nozzles.

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Patent REPORT Technical advances are a necessity for any industry, and to that end, companies invest considerable resources in R&D. This monthly section will list the abstracts of recently approved U.S. patents. Most are direct to wire and cable while a few may be more indirect/downstream.

Halogen-free flame-retardant resin composition, wire and cable U.S. Patent No.: 9,598,554 Patent date: March 21, 2017 Filed: May 18, 2012 Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd, USA Inventors: Tamotsu Kibe, Ryutaro Kikuchi A halogen-free flame-retardant resin composition includes a polyolefin-based resin, a phenolic antioxidant, a metal hydroxide, a pigment comprising one of titanium dioxide, monoazo yellow, benzimidazolone yellow, isoindolinone yellow, quinacridone red and perylene red, and an additive including an amide bond. The additive having the amide bond is added in an amount of 0.01 to 2 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the polyolefin-based resin.

Methods for applying aluminum coating layer to a core of copper wire U.S. Patent No.: 9,597,747 Patent date: March 21, 2017 Filed: Nov. 14, 2013 Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC , USA Inventor: David Payne Methods of applying aluminum coating layers over copper wires are disclosed. A first method may include applying aluminum powder to the surface of a rod, passing the rod through a first set of compression rolls thereby forcing the aluminum powder into a compacted preform around the rod, and heating the rod covered by the preform at 550. degree. C. to 620.degree. C. Further, the heated preform coated rod is passed through a second set of compression rolls thereby obtaining an aluminum coated copper rod. A second method includes disposing a copper rod inside an aluminum tube having an inner layer formed of brazing aluminum alloy, reducing the diameter of the tube’s inner surface to match the copper rod, and heating the composite

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tube-rod such that the inner layer of the brazing alloy fuses to the rod. Another method includes passing the copper rod through a spray of metallic aluminum.

Polymer composition and a power cable comprising the polymer composition U.S. Patent No.: 9,595,374 Patent date: March 7, 2017 Filed: Aug. 9, 2013 Assignee: Borealis AG, Austria Inventors: Ulf Nilsson, Annika Smedberg, Alfred Campus The invention relates to a use of a polymer composition for producing an insulation layer of an AC power cable with and to an AC cable surrounded by at least an insulating layer comprising said polymer composition.

Optical fiber cable with reinforcement U.S. Patent No.: 9,594,226 Patent date: March 14, 2017 Filed: June 27, 2014 Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC, USA Inventors: Bradley Blazer, Michael Gimblet, Julian Latelle, Jason Lail, Warren McAlpine, Eric Mozdy The invention relates to a use of a polymer composition for producing an insulation layer of an AC power cable with and to an AC cable surrounded by at least an insulating layer comprising said polymer composition.

Steel wire rod for bearing steel, manufacturing method of steel wire rod for bearing steel, heat treatment method of steel bearing, steel bearing and soaking method of bearing steel U.S. Patent No.: 9,593,389 Patent date: March 14, 2017 Filed: Dec. 12, 2008 Assignee: POSCO, South Korea Inventor: Kwan-Ho Kim A heat treatment method of manufacturing high carbon bearing steel having excellent abrasion resistance and fatigue resistance, a steel wire rod for high carbon bear-

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This application would cover the world On Sept. 16, 2016, Google Inc. (now Alphabet), filed a patent application that literally was out of this world. See p. 11. The goal was to launch 4,425 satellites into space so as to provide the earth with high-speed internet coverage.

The patent application, published Jan. 5, include a series of diagrams that show how the system would work. This section presents three images: a single satellite, a regional coverage area and a full globe scope. See p. 11 for more.

Those who enjoy the “unique” literary style of patent language can read in detail about what is shown in the images by going online to http://appft.uspto.gov, clicking on “Number Search,” and entering 20170005719.

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ing steel subjected to the heat treatment, a manufacturing method of the steel wire rod, high carbon bearing steel manufactured by the heat treatment and a soaking method of a steel bloom used for manufacturing the steel wire rod.

The heat treatment method of bearings includes the steps of: quenching a bearing-shaped steel part containing, by weight, 0.5% to 1.20% carbon and 1.0% to 2.0% silicon; and partitioning the quenched steel part at a temperature ranging from M.sub.s-100.degree. C. to M.sub.s for at least 10 minutes, where M.sub.s represents a temperature at which formation of martensite will start.

Wire Harness U.S. Patent No.: 9,592,774 Patent date: March 14, 2017 Filed: Jan. 8, 2015 Assignee: Yazaki Corporation, Japan Inventor: Naonari Uchida The wire harness according to the present invention comprises electric wires each including a conductor. The electric wire is configured of a low-current electric wire used for a power source circuit, a high-current/ground electric wire used for a high-current power source circuit or a ground circuit and allowing a larger current than that of the low-current electric wire to flow, and a signal electric wire

used for a signal circuit. The low-current electric wire and the high-current/ground electric wire are formed of an aluminum electric wire in which the conductor is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. The signal electric wire is formed of a copper electric wire in which the conductor is made of copper or a copper alloy.

Low R, L, and C cable U.S. Patent No.: 9,589,704 Patent date: March 7, 2017 Filed: Aug. 9, 2013 Assignee: Belden Inc., USA Inventor: Galen Mark Gareis A cable having low values for resistance, inductance, and capacitance. The cable includes a plurality of conductors for each signal or leg, which may be configured as a braid of three subsets of braids of bonded pairs of insulated conductors. The bonded pairs may be twisted or untwisted, in close proximity such that inductance is reduced via magnetic field cancellation. Each leg may be separate and parallel, rather than interwoven or braided together, increasing the distance between the two signals and reducing capacitance. The legs may be positioned close to each other, such that their magnetic fields cancel to further reduce inductance.

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Sjogren Industries introduces new Static Dancer Roll Company files patent for innovative solution for wire drawing machines that reduces downtime while preventing wire surface damage Sjogren Industries has announced the launch of its latest customized solution for the wire and cable industry, the Static Dancer Roll (SDR).

Founded in 1927 by Oscar Sjogren, the company has long been an innovator in the design and manufacturing of wire straighteners, straightener rolls, and wire tooling equipment. The company is celebrating its 90th Anniversary as a leading solutions provider for the industry.

The Static Dancer Roll (patent pending) replaces the conventional dancer roller or tuner roller on a wire drawing machine. With the conventional roller, the combination of high heat, draw lube contamination, and general wear causes wire surface scratching, ball bearing seizure, and constant maintenance.

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Method for manufacturing an improved overhead and underground cable lead-in cable for voice, data and video transmission services U.S. Patent No.: 9,583,236

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Patent date: Feb. 28, 2017 Filed: Feb. 8, 2014 Assignee: Servicios Condumex , Finland Inventors: Fermin Arzate, Victor Osornio A method of manufacturing an improved overhead or underground telephone lead-in cable for transmission services VVDL (voice, video, data and lead-in) that permits the connection of the users to the public telephone system with a high speed digital service link, besides the analog services required. The cable has at least one or a plurality of transmission circuits. One of the transmission circuit is formed by two metal conductor elements cooperating in turn to self-support the cable or a conventional type of impregnated fibers or kevlar tape. The second circuit which is formed by a stranded pair of conductors is impregnated with a swelling powder preventing moisture penetration.

Insulated electric wire for automobile U.S. Patent No.: 9,583,235 Patent date: Feb. 28, 2017 Filed: July 20, 2012 Assignee: Yazaki Corporation, Japan Inventors: Makoto Kambe, Kousuke Kogo The present invention relates to an insulated electric wire for an automobile containing a conductor and an insulating

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Device and method for cleaning a wire U.S. Patent No.: 9,586,237 Patent date: Feb. 28, 2017 Filed: May 31, 2011 Assignee: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, France Michelin Recherche et Technique SA, Switzerland Inventors: Marc Calvet, Marc Chavarot Device for scrubbing a metal wire, including means for feeding and running the wire (F), at least two pairs of rotary brushes (21, 22) having a radius r, the axes of which are substantially mutually parallel and perpendicular to the direction in which the wire runs, application means, suitable for contacting the brushes with the wire via the circumferences thereof in order to exert a given pressure on the wire (F) while the device is operating, and means (31, 32) of adjusting the tension of the wire are provided directly upstream and downstream of the assembly of brushes.

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coating layer which coats the conductor, the insulating coating layer being formed of a non-crosslinkable resin composition containing 65 to 90 parts by weight of a polypropylene-based resin, 10 to 40 parts by weight of a metal hydroxide, 20 to 50 parts by weight of a bromine-based flame retardant, 5 to 30 parts by weight of antimony trioxide, and 2 to 15 parts by weight of a maleic acid-modified resin in the ratio and further containing at least one of 3 to 10 parts by weight of a polyethylene resin and 2 to 10 parts by weight of an ethylene-based copolymer.

Insulated electric wire for automobile U.S. Patent No.: 9,583,234 Patent date: Feb. 28, 2017 Filed: May 22, 2015 Assignee: Nexans, France Inventors: Daniel Guery, Michel Martin The invention concerns an electric power transmission cable, particularly for an overhead power line, comprising at least one central composite ring (1) formed of fibers impregnated by a matrix, with specific breaking strength greater than 0.4 MPam.sup.3/kg and at least one layer of conductive wires (3) nested within one another, made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and windings around said ring (1), said cable having an outer diameter at ambient

temperature called the initial diameter (D.sub.i) and the ratio between the thermal expansion coefficient of the conductive wires (3) and that of the central ring (1) is greater than three. Said conductive wires (3) nested within one another are of a geometry such that the increase in the outer diameter of one length of said cable shorter than 45 m, during an increase of temperature lasting 2 to 4 minutes, from ambient temperature to a temperature between 150 and 240C, is less than or equal to 10% of the initial diameter (Di), said cable being subject to a mechanical tension between 10-30% of the cable’s nominal breaking strength.

Optical fiber cable U.S. Patent No.: 9,581,779 Patent date: Feb. 28, 2017 Filed: June 19, 2015 Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC, USA Inventors: Harold Hudson, William Hurley A rugged optical micromodule cable is provided. The cable includes a composite cable jacket including a first cable jacket layer formed from a first material and a second cable jacket layer formed from a second material. The first cable jacket layer provides at least 10% of the cable jacket (section cont’d. on p. 98)

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South Korea company is the first one in country to do submarine cable burial

Cambodia’s Telcotech, a subsidiary of Cambodian internet provider Ezecom, has officially launched the country’s first undersea fiber optic cable, after two years of construction.

An article in globalmarinesystems. com, citing a report in The Phnom Penh Post, said that the 1,300-km MalaysiaCambodiaThailand (MCT) A map showing the route of the Malaysiacable conCambodia-Thailand (MCT) cable. nects the three countries to the existing Asia-America Gateway (AAG), a pan-Pacific submarine cable system that links Southeast Asia to the U.S. The cable project was developed in cooperation with Telekom Malaysia and Symphony Communication of Thailand, and was built by Chinese submarine network provider Huawei Marine Networks.

The MCT cable service is scheduled for launch this month. “(The cable) gives us a direct route from Cambodia to Malaysia, Thailand and beyond to Singapore, China’s Hong Kong and the rest of the world,” said Ezecom CEO Paul Blanche-Horgan.

The overall investment in the cable project was an estimated US$100 million. The high-bandwidth MCT cable uses 100 Gbps technology that supports a maximum capacity of at least 30 Tbps. Cambodia’s cable landing station is at Otres Beach in Sihanoukville, Thailand’s landing station is at Rayong and Malaysia’s is in Kuantan.

The story said that Japan’s NTT Communications (NTT Com) is also working on the deployment of a second undersea cable to Cambodia. The company is working with partners from Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines to link Cambodia to the Asia SubmarineCable Express (ASE), a 7,800 km fiber-optic undersea cable network with a 15 Tbps design capacity.

A third cable is under development by the Cambodia Fibre Optic Cable Network (CFOCN) to connect Cambodia to the Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) cable, which links Southeast Asia with Europe and has over 40 Tbps capacity.

Hae Cheon, an underwater construction and cable-laying machine maker, reports that it has conducted Korea’s first-ever test run of a submarine cable burial.

A press release said that the company installed a submarine cable in Dadae Port, in waters off the country’s port city of Busan. The completion ceremony was held last November in Dadae Port, celebrating the first underwater cable burial machine to be researched and developed in South Korea. The submarine Hae Cheon Chairman cable burial ceremony was Kim Young-il speaking attended by the company’s at the ceremony.

Chairman Kim Young-il, who established Hae Cheon in 1978 and currently manages five companies.

Per a report in koreaherald.com, the machine can dig a trench that is 0.7 meters wide and up to 3 meters deep on the ocean floor, while burying an electric cable at 100 to 150 meters per hour. It is designed to complete the two tasks at up to 100 meters underwater and where the tide moves at a maximum of 1.5 knots (0.7 meters per second). The machine can also complete its job on stiff or very stiff ocean floors.

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South Korea’s Hae Cheon’s system burying a submarine cable in Dadae Port.

Per the company, the machine allows operators to check on the process in real time, shifting away from underwater operations dependent on a diver’s cues and experience. The company has been expanding overseas, establishing local corporations in Ulan Bator, Mongolia and East Timor. It also currently hosts the Consulate of Mongolia to South Korea at its headquarters in Haeundaegu, Busan.

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Hae Cheon is also South Korea’s first company to install an underwater torpedo net and two high-voltage 154-Kvt electric cables, as well as lay a pipeline below seawater, the company said. It also has future plans to enter the underwater construction machine business.

China reports plans to cut 500,000 heavy industry jobs in steel and coal Yin Weimin, China’s labor minister, announced plans for Beijing to cut another 500,000 jobs this year from steel, coal and other heavy industries to reduce excess production capacity. Per reports by AP and India’s Economic Times, Weimin, speaking at a press conference, said that the government will provide support for the laidoff workers to find other jobs, start companies or retire.

While it cuts heavy industries, China also seeks to bolster service sectors to ensure there are enough new jobs for its massive labor force. Yin said the government will probably roll out policies to support internet-based sectors that are creating a large amount of new jobs.

Beijing provided similar aid last year to 726,000 workers who lost jobs in coal and steel, according to Yin. That was equal to about 40% of the 1.8 million jobs authorities said would be eliminated in those industries last year.

“This year, to reduce excess capacity, we need to make accommodation for 500,000 workers. “Settling displaced

China has announced cuts in steel production. employees is the top priority in cutting overcapacity,” he said, adding that typical ways to relocate workers include early retirement, retraining for new positions and encouraging them to start their own businesses.”

The campaign to reduce excess production capacity is expected to expand this year to include cement and glass, but Yin gave no indication when that would happen.

The actions came as more complaints have been raised about Chinese industries flooding global markets and depressing prices, the AP story said. It noted that Beijing is in the midst of a multi-year effort to shrink bloated industries that include steel, coal, cement, aluminum and glass in which production exceeds demand.

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Bartell Machinery Systems reported two promotions. Tim Murphy has been named director of sales for the company’s wire and cable manufacturing equipment business. He joined the company in 2008 and was most recently customer service manager for its aftermarket parts group. He has more than 20 years of experience, having previously worked for 15 years as director of Operations for Burns Cascade. A Navy veteran, he holds a degree in business administration. Mike Posson has been promoted to customer service manager. He will take on the management responsibilities of customer service, including the Replacement Parts Group (RPG) and the Technical Service and Support (TSS) group in Rome, New York, while continuing to work with the company’s U.K. office and China office.

A member of the United States Marine Corp. for six years, he worked for eight years for American Blades Manufacturing Company. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from SUNY Morrisville.

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FIBER WATCH Facebook to spread internet use in Uganda via laying fiber optic cables

Kazakhstan FO network plan to see 60 villages to be connected by year’s end

Facebook announced that it plans to lay some 500 miles of fiber optical cable this year in Uganda, the goal being to provide the infrastructure so internet access will exist for more than 3 million people.

A press release said that Facebook is not providing its own wireless network. It is partnering with Airtel and BCS to provide the actual internet service, and says the fiber will offer more support for “mobile operators.”

Published reports said that the three organizations are making some kind of financial commitment to the project, although the details were not clear. The newly announced action furthers Facebook’s stated mission is to connect everyone in the world with its social network.

Facebook’s goal, however, is not so easy, as significant portions of the world do not have internet access. In India, for example, Facebook tried to make some internet services free for some users, including its own social network, but Indian regulators pushed back because of net neutrality concerns, and the free service was ultimately blocked.

Some 60 villages in North Kazakhstan will be connected by Kazakhtelecom—a state-owned business that is the largest telecommunication company in Kazakhstan—to fiber-optic network infrastructure by the end of the year.

A report in Strategy2050.kz cited Kazakhtelecom General Director Alim Shukenov as saying that more than 200 settlements in the region are to join the majority state-owned firm’s fiber backbone network by 2020. The 60 villages cited above are to be the first.

A report by TeleGeography said that its GlobalComms Database shows that Kazakhtelecom completed work on the final section of a 11,500 km fiber-based network, known as the National Information Superhighway (NISH), in 2008. More recently, in 2014, the telco presented a plan to parliament for the deployment of fiber-optic infrastructure to public buildings in rural areas.

Villages and towns with over 250 inhabitants are to be connected to KT’s fiber network, with the operator providing broadband, IPTV and IP VPN services over the infrastructure.

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FASTENER UPDATE 3D printing: further material advances good for products such as fasteners Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), which reports that it has successfully 3D printed aerospace grade carbon fiber composites.

A report in 3dprintingindustry.com said that the research, published in the Scientific Reports journal, opens up a wide range of possibilities for the process.

The story said that the Californian research institute claims that its researchers are “the first to 3D print aerospace-grade carbon fiber composites.” In recent years, LLNL has studied various aspects of additive manufacturing such as their work with metal 3D printing.

The report said that a second firm, Markforged, a 3D printing company, has also developed a printer that is capable of 3D printing carbon fiber. The difference between the two seems to be in the process and the ability to create aerospace grade parts, the story said. It noted that the lengthy certification and qualification process has been completed by several enterprises, including Boeing and GE. A photo of its results includes fasteners.

While Markforged uses a carbon fiber filament, the LLNL team has created an ink-like substance. Similarly, other companies like Impossible Objects have developed 3D printers that can create carbon fiber objects.

A range of products that could be made with LLNL technology includes fasteners Impossible Objects’ technology is again different as it involves subtractive and additive processes before baking the final printed structure.

The LLNL paper also reports the patent of a new curing method which dramatically reduces the curing time to seconds rather than hours. The researchers used a computational model, or code, “to find the optimal fiber length and optimal performance.” This code was fundamental to finding how best to align the carbon fiber models as they extruded.

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MEMBERSHIP

SPOTLIGHT This section introduces a new WAI member each issue.

Helenna Freeman President The George Evans Corporation

Q: What does your company do?

A: GEC is a manufacturing company that fabricates Toroidal® and custom reels as well as other miscellaneous parts used in all other industries.

Q: What is your role there?

A: For less than a year now I have been the president. I’m the lady in the corner office who works with a great group of people who want to make progress in manufacturing in our area.

Q: What do you like best about your position?

A: Being able to effect change, and watching the impact it has for employees and in the products we produce is greatly satisfying. It’s exciting to influence change in all the departments that I once was a co-worker of. I get to plan and execute new methods and ways of thinking.

Q: How has your industry most changed?

A: Customer requirements. They want product fast, they want it very competitively priced and they want quality. We are an ISO company for a reason: quality comes first. In yesteryear, the focus was fit and function. Now, it is critical that products are made to specs that ensure that parts will perform and last.

Q: How does your company remain competitive?

A: Made in the USA comes with a price. We can buy cheap or scrap steel, but we don’t. We do volume buying, have further streamlined our processes and we keep current with technology that makes work flow more efficient. The combination of automation and skilled labor efficiently working together keeps us competitive.

Q: Why did you recently join WAI? A: For the pictures! No seriously, with Dave Evan’s passing last year, I wanted to keep connected to the industry. I wanted to see what the needs are, where they are needed and what’s happening in this industry. That was easy: join WAI.

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The following individuals either recently joined WAI or became Platinum Members through their companies.

Jason Armbrester Process Engineer Southwire Co

Fred Fisher President Validus Group Inc

Keith Travis Bagwell Associate Electrical Engineer Dekoron Wire

Allie Kent Ford Engineer Dekoron Wire

Dr. Ir Przemyslaw Cezary Chmielowiec EM Director Drumet Liny i Druty sp. z o o Nicola Ciancaglini Nuova T Srl Marco Dell’Oro Sls Mgr Mario Frigerio SpA Andy Diu Midwest Regional Sales Surface Combustion Inc Edward Stuart Dunton Product Manager Ulbrich Specialty Wire Products

Helenna R Freeman President George Evans Corp Gaia Frigerio Froma Srl Patricia Garcia Managing Partner Unlimited Solid Solutions Gerald Gladney Bus Develop Mgr Q8Oils Jeff P Hanna Sls Mgr Darrell Hanna & Associates Inc

Kris Eldon Lawrence Reel Planner and Estimator George Evans Corp Mario Lopez Continuus-Properzi SpA William Marion Sales Representative Traxit North America LLC Eugene J Marlow Mechanical Instructor Southwire Co Christopher Brooks Nelson Sale Engineer Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corp Rick P Neuhaus Senior Engineer Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corp

Hoa Quoc Nguyen Engineer Dekoron Wire Jeff L O’Bryant Mechanical Instructor Southwire Co GVK Srikanth NTU Ryan J Timmers Process Engineer Northwire Inc Dan Van Arsdall Materials Manager Rubadue Wire Co Inc Lennart J Walqui Process Engineer Times Microwave Systems Dave Winebarger Division Vice President Sonoco

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WAI flag to fly in Canada this year Traditions convey a sense of time, but any tradition has to have a starting point, and thus it is that a relatively new tradition will continue this year in Canada, where the WAI flag will be flown at the home office of 2017 President Dave Hawker of Nexans.

ger-standing annual Clockwinding Ceremony, that dates back to 1948, and reminds one of the power of collaboration.

And this year, President Hawker will display the flag at his facility, which is one of the plants that he is responsible for and had previously spent time at for various capacities during his career. In this fast-moving world, it seems most fitting for this “mobile” tradition to include a return home element.

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From l-r, WAI Executive Committee Jan Sorige of Enkotec, Richard Wagner of Insteel Wire Products, Dave Hawker of Nexans, W.T. Bigbee of Encore Wire and Andy Talbot of Mid-South Wire.

Earlier this year, the WAI Executive Committee met at Hawker’s plant in Fergus, Ontario, Canada. Presenting the WAI 2017 Flag to President Hawker. The WAI flag was presented, and it will now fly there for the rest of 2017.

The goal is for the flag to be flown each year at the location of that year’s Association President.

One could say that this was a moving tradition.

Literally. For years, the WAI flag was flown at the headquarters in Guilford for the term of the current President.

The flags, which were embroidered with the year, were given to the President when the term was completed so that it could displayed at his or her office. The idea was that it reflected the President’s personal commitment to the industry by serving as the WAI’s volunteer leader.

That worked fine, until the Association moved to its new condominium style space in 2015 and no longer had a dedicated flag pole to use. As a result, the tradition was at risk, until a solution was proposed by a former WAI President, Nick Nickoletopoulos (2012), who suggested that the flag be given to the President at the start of his or her term to fly or display at their company.

“It was Nick’s idea to emphasize the start of the President’s term as well as the conclusion,” WAI’s Executive Director Steve Fetteroll recalled. “He knew that being President required a supportive company and this special flag would demonstrate our appreciation for the company’s contributions.”

Some WAI traditions span decades, such as the Mordica Memorial Award, which started in 1969 to celebrate the technical contributions of an individual, or the lon-

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Bruce Jones, who works at the U.K. Scunthorpe rod mill of British Steel in North Lincolnshire, will attend Interwire this year as the 2017 Wire Link Scholar. That honor will see him touring plants in the U.S., and include time at Interwire Jones, who holds a Master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Sheffield, is a technical account manager for British Steel. That role requires him to respond to customers’ new product enquiries (rod for applications such as wire/cable), react to any issues, and communicate and drive improvement projects in the mill.

In his application to be the WireLink Scholar (see below) Jones—who started his career in 2013 via a two-year Tata Steel technical graduate program— wrote that the experience would help him. “Exposure to the market, by visits to a number of wire/ cable manufacturers, will certainly provide a useful insight into the type of issues inherited from wire rod processing. It will also give Bruce Jones me exposure to any changing demands in the market, from a technical perspective.”

Jones spent his first year with Tata in projects that include tundish preheat improvements and hinge cracking investigations. He then moved to the rod mill, and after six months became a development technologist. Some of the projects he has worked on range from new product development to coil inspection and defect characterization. In his current post, his focus is also on responding to enquiries, customer visits, driving customer improvement and complaint investigations.

The WireLink Scholarship Program Offered in alternate years to a U.K. and American professional in the wire and cable industry, The Wire Link Traveling Scholarship provides a two-week, all-expenses paid opportunity to visit and learn the industry on the other side of the Atlantic. The scholarship was created by the Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers alias Wire Workers in the U.K. and the WAI in America.

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this forum continues to be of value, and why it gets widespread support.”

The 120 participants came from more than 40 instiThe WAI’s Poland tutions and comChapter and the Institute panies. Technical of Metal Forming and universities and Safety Engineering of research instiCzestochowa University tutes included of Technology (CUT), AGH University once again teamed up to of Science and stage a successful technical Technology, conference on drawing in Silesian Technical Zakopane, Poland.

University, Warsaw The theme of 7th University of International Conference Technology, on Drawing, held March Lublin Technical 2-4, 2017, was “Modern University, BielskoTechnologies and Biala Technical L-R At the Awards Ceremony: Prof. Zbigniew Musklaski (CUT), Modeling of Drawing and –Humanistic Prof. Tadeusz Knych (AGH), Prof. Wojciech Misiołek (Lehigh Manufacturing Processes Academia, CUT, University), Prof. Norbert Sczygiol and Prof. Bogdan Golis of Metals Products.” A Institute of (both CUT), Prezes Zarządu Marek Siemiński (Metalurgia S.A. total of 30 papers were Nonferrous Metals Radomsko), and Prof. Sylwia Wiewiórowska (CUT). presented during three from Poland. sessions that were also Companies that published in an electronic version of the Conference were represented included ArcelorMittal Poland SA, Proceeding as well as in a highly regarded Polish magaMetalurgia S.A. Radomsko, Gaweł Zakład Produkcji zine, Hutnik- Wiadomosci Hutnicze. The topics included: Śrub S.A., Promet S.A., Gama Metal, Przedsiębiorstwo steel wire and wire products (Session 1), moderated by Wielobranżowe “Pawlak” Producent Drutu, Henkel Prof. Janusz Łuksza; nonferrous wires and wires products Polska Sp. z o.o., Centrum Badań i Dozoru Górnictwa (Session 2), moderated by Prof. Maciej Pietrzyk; and Podziemnego Sp. z o.o., ATS S.A., Chemetal Polska Sp. (Session 3), moderated by Prof. Andrzej Gontarz. z o.o., Met-Prim Sp. z o.o., Stalex s.c., Migapol Sp. z Prof. Sylwia Wiewiórowska, who chaired the event o.o., Lubricant Polska sp. z o.o., Z.W.M. “Metal-System” organizing committee, said that she was pleased with the Sp. z o.o., Cloos-Polska Sp. z o.o., PPHU “Włomet” s. results beyond the representation of both industry and c., Dawid Sp. z o.o., PPHU “Siatpol,” Fabryka Narzędzi higher education. “Technical knowledge is very valuable Specjalnych Fermot S.A., Premco s.c., Drumet Liny i to the industry as a whole, yet even though we are in a Druty sp. z o.o., Wiśniowski Sp. z o.o. S.K.A., Herco Sp. highly electronic era, the information that was provided z o.o., Consultex Sp. z o.o. at our conference is not readily available. That is why Other attendees represented foreign companies that

Golf dates set for 3 chapter tourneys At long-last it’s spring, and that means that it’s time for WAI Chapter golf tournaments, with bragging rights up for grabs. Below are the dates and times.

Midwest Chapter 15th Annual Golf Tournament. The Midwest Chapter will hold its golf tourney on June 16, at the St. Andrews Golf & Country Club in West Chicago, Illinois. Contact: Steve Fetteroll, tel. 203-453-2777, ext. 115, sfetteroll@wirenet.org.

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New England Chapter 23rd Annual Golf Tournament.

The New England Chapter will holds its golf tourney on Sept. 12, at the Golf Club of Avon. Contact: Steve Fetteroll, tel.203-453-2777, ext. 115, sfetteroll@wirenet. org.

Southeast Chapter 16th Annual Golf Tournament. The Southeast Chapter will hold its golf tourney on Sept. 21 at the Rock Barn Golf and Spa, Conover, North Carolina.

Conover, North Carolina, USA. Contact Steve Fetteroll, tel.203-453-2777, ext. 115, sfetteroll@wirenet.org.

Each golf tournament offers a range of sponsorship opportunities. They also serve as fundraisers for their respective chapter college scholarships, so taking part is not just fun, it’s supporting a good cause.

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CUT Rector/Prof. Norbert Sczygiol was recognized for his event patronage, and Rector/Prof. Norbert Sczygiol and Prof. Maciej Mrowiec, rector for Innovation and Development, were guests of honor of the conference.

Poland’s industry needs multifold approach to funding further R&D work

Attendees came from 40+ institutions and companies. included Lubrimetal (Italy), Traxit (Germany), ZDB Dratowna a.s (Czech Republic), Heberlein GmBH – Paramount Die Europe (Germany), Pan Chemicals S.p.a (Italy), Sandvik Hyperion (Sweden), Vassena Filiere Srl (Italy) and Třinecké Železárny, a. s. (Czech Republic).Tabletops were presented by Pan Chemicals S.p.A., Heberlein GmbH, Paramount Die Europe, Traxit International GmbH, Lubrimetal s.p.a., Cloos-Polska Sp. z o. o., Vassena Filiere Srl. One key presentation (see opposite column) came the first day during a meeting with Board of Polish Steel Association (Hutnicza Izba Przemysłowo Handlowa), represented by Deputy Director Kazimierz Kowalski and Board President Stefan Dzienniak.

The conference focuses on technology, but it also serves to recognize individuals. The Schneider Memorial Award, named after Prof. Marian Schneider, the “father” of the Polish wire industry, is presented to people who have made significant contribution to the development of the wiredrawing industry. This year, two professors were awarded: Prof. Wojciech Z. Misiołek from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA (presented

by Prof. Tadeusz Knych) and Marek Siemiński, chairman of the Board Metalurgia S.A. Radomsko, Poland (presented by Prof. Zbigniew Muskalski).

An overhead view of the tabletop display.

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The name of the paper is long, but its purpose is quite focused: industry in Poland must access all possible sources of funding to continue advancing technology in the wire and cable industry.

The title of the paper, presented by Prof. Sylwia Wiewiórowska, was “The possibilities to obtain the financial support for research, development and investment activities by enterprises based on cooperation with research institutions (intermediate bodies – The National Centre for Research and Development Prof. Sylwia Wiewiórowska (NCBiR), Ministry of makes her presentation.

Economic Development (MR), Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP).”

Wiewiórowska called for financial support for R&D and investment activities by enterprises based on cooperation with research institutions. Her talk covered two elements: national European funds and a large European program, Horizon 2020. Below is a summary of her comments.

In the next few years national European funds will be focused on technical advances. Union institutions that grant the projects favor innovative projects that can influence on economic and social development. Innovative solutions can reflect either the effects of self-activity of the enterprises or R&D activities that were carried out in cooperation with research institutions.

One program related to national European funds is the Smart Growth Operational Programme 2014-2020.

The second part of Wiewiórowska’s presentation was related to a mammoth project: Horizon 2020, a European research initiative that supports the research and innovation activities that have a global importance. Horizon 2020 represents the largest such EU research and innovation program ever, with nearly €80 billion of funding available over seven years (2014 to 2020).

Wiewiórowska discussed in detail how to find the right program, how to search the participant portal to find the right call, and how to apply for founding. “It would further industry advances if research instutions are able to carry out the work that is necessary to meet the many needs that exist today, and those that are sure to follow.”

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wire Russia: ‘fly the flag’ time In challenging periods, organizers say that suppliers can earn long-term respect from their customers in the wire and cable industry by being present, making wire Russia, to be held in Moscow on June 5-8, 2017, a key event.

Despite the sustained global steel crisis, still sagging oil prices and a tight overall economic situation, organizers of wire Russia say that their expectations for the event remain high. Wire and cable industry suppliers can gain recognition with their presence at the event, to be co-located with Tube Russia, Metallurgy Russia and Litmash Russia (foundry technology) at the Moscow trade fair location, the ZAO EXPOCENTR Exhibition Center in Krasnaya Presnya.

The trade fair will again be jointly organized by Messe Düsseldorf and its subsidiary Messe Düsseldorf Moscow, with the support of leading Russian and international industry associations: the International Wire and Cable Exhibitors Association (IWCEA), the German Wire and Cable Machine Manufacturers Association (VDKM), the International Wire and Cable Exhibitors Association France (IWCEA France), the International Wire & Machinery Association (IWMA), the Italian Wire Machinery Manufacturers Association (ACIMAF) as well as the Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association (WCISA), the Austrian Wire and Cable Machinery Manufacturers Association (AWCMA-VÖDKM) and the Shanghai Electric Cable Research Institute (SECRI).

In 2015 exhibitors rated trade audience quality positively and the conversations held at the stands

“Now it is of particular importance for both international and Russian companies to ‘fly their flags’ and place their products on the Russian market,” said a press release. The quartet of trade fairs is organized by Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, Messe Düsseldorf Moscow and the Russian partners Joint-Stock Company VNIIKP for wire Russia and Metal Expo for Tube Russia, Metallurgy Russia and Litmash Show floor activity at wire Russia 2015.

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The release said that combining multiple innovative technologies in one place makes it easier for were conducted with visitors with high decision-makvisitors, providing valuable synergies for decision-makers. ing powers. The trade visitors primarily originated from “Further, many international exhibitors are expected in Russia, other CIS states as well as neighboring European Moscow to intensify existing business relations and make countries. new contacts.” The hours for wire Moscow are from For further information on wire Russia 2017, contact 10 am to 6 pm on June 5 through June 7, and from 10 am Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, to 4 pm on June 8. info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com.

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Below are listings from some exhibitors at wire Russia. See the Show Program for booth locations.

AESA SA We are proud of our Swiss heritage and of our world-renowned reputation for quality and dependability.

Our understanding of test equipment performance, and how it relates to the measurement of electrical parameters, is the best in class. We constantly seek to leverage our know-how to design innovative and cost-effective solutions which provide our clients with a clear competitive advantage in terms of quality and process improvements.

We offer automatic measuring equipment, data management systems, ISO 17025 certifications, knowledge and expertise. www.aesa-cortaillod.com.

C2S/Gauder Group

The C2S - Services & Bows division of the Gauder Group acts as an overall efficiency booster to restore wire and cable production lines productivity and product quality, whatever the brand of the equipment. C2S is being assigned spare parts and high technology bows (including the exclusive/patented “GreenBow2� enabling energy savings), upgrades and maintenance projects as well as transfer and restart operations of complete lines, for all brands. The team of 55+ technicians includes former Lesmo and Cortinovis engineers. c2s@gaudergroup.com.

Daloo/Gauder Group DALOO is the logical extension of the group global offer for cable producers looking for an attractive ternative between new machines made in Europe (with higher cost) and

second-hand machines. Its rigid stranders, drum twisters, taping lines, rewinding lines, payoffs and take-ups as well as pulling caterpillars for the production of power and communication cables are designed and made in China following Gauder Group proven methods and strict quality criteria: systematic quality control all along the process, main and critical components ordered to well-known companies, with dependable support from local agents. sales@daloo-machines.com Davis-Standard, LLC

Davis-Standard will feature market-leading technology for the manufacture of complete wire and cable systems for aerospace, rubber cables and other applications. Experts will be available to discuss systems for a wide range of extruders, payoffs, tension brakes, take-ups, and auxiliary equipment including cooling troughs, capstans, caterpillars and accumulator systems. Laboratory equipment, customized feedscrews and control systems are also available. High performance wire handling equipment includes payoffs, take-ups and cat-

erpillar capstans. Single wheel (belt wrap) capstans are available from 600 to 2,150 mm in diameter, dual wheel multi-pass configurations from 300 to 1,200 mm in diameter, with lengths to 12 meters in dry and wet arrangements. Single reel, dual reel, flyer, and portal payoffs and take-ups are offered for a wide range of applications. Options are available for portal, cantilevered arm, and floor traversing.

Davis-Standard auxiliary equipment also includes cooling troughs, semi-automatic and fully automatic spoolers, wire pre-heaters, and curing systems that can be supplied based on application. www.davis-standard.com.

Eurolls SpA Eurolls SpA specializes in equipment for the ferrous and nonferrous wire industry. The product range includes: wire drawing lines for low-medium-high carbon wire; multiblock cold rolling lines; manual-automatic spoolers and coilers; wet wire drawing lines; skip and tubular stranders for steel-cord and beadwire, ropes, LRPC wire and strand; welding wire equipment and fluxcored wire production lines; lattice girder machinery; rolling cassettes for reinforcement wire and industrial wire, tungsten carbide rolls; and Vitari straightening-cutting machine, chainlink fencing-gabions production machines and, high resistance chain production lines. Speak with a Eurolls professional and get the right solution for your wire production needs. www.eurolls.com.

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their stranding and cabling requirements. The company has invested heavily in the best technology, including new manufacturing facilities four years ago, to be able to deploy advanced methods such as 3D design and finite elements analysis of parts and frames. Our sister company, FLYRO, provides all types of used machinery for production of electric wires and cables as well as steel wires and ropes, thus giving our customers more possible solutions to their requirement or projects. Thanks to a skilled and experienced team as well as having modern and huge facilities, FLYMCA and FLYRO are giving customized and reliable technical replies to match your stranding and cabling needs as well as budget. flymca@flymca.com, flyro@flyro.es

GAUDER is a major European supplier of second-hand wire and cable machines and a leading reseller of complete plants. It is an ideal partner to set up “ready to manufacture processes” for wires, conductors, cables, ropes or steel products. It reconditions machines and has specific know-how in lead extruders revamping. It also markets new MAPRÉ extruders (38– 150 mm) with accessories. Also part of the Gauder Group, are POURTIER and SETIC, DALOO, C2S and Bow Technology and GAUDER. See separate entries. ggi@gaudergroup.com.

Maillefer

Gauder/Gauder Group Competence counts, and Maillefer offers it in many forms. The Maillefer Factory System is a qualified concept to plan and realize a greenfield factory with the lowest possible risk and cost. Maillefer Consultation, a new service offered, exploits our core knowledge into individual advice and

process skill improvements of wire and cable manufacturers. Our new Smart Dosing technology shows very good extrusion process stability as well as excellent peroxide and antioxidant homogeneity in insulation material. Our solutions for material savings lead to vast cost savings and you’ll want to learn about our new solution: the Aviation Line TEL 25XF. Our new fiber optic cable secondary coating line has reached speeds of 1000 m/min with OEL 40///Explore, future production efficiency. Maillefer’s Plus Value Package can quickly match increased demand with no pre-investments in production lines.

Our new Round Value Package Premium guarantees utmost roundness in high voltage cable production. For all this and much more, be sure to visit us. www.maillefer.net.

MFL Group The MFL Group will have technical and commercial personnel on hand with the broadest engineering and manufacturing knowledge base in the industry for the production of ferrous and nonferrous wire, wire rope and cable. We will present the entire scope of our machinery and have

wire Russia Exhibitors

For updated information and booth numbers, go to wirerussia.com and click on list of exhibitors, and see the Show Program.

ACIMAF Italy Aeroel Srl Italy AESA SA Switzerland Alchemix Pte Ltd Singapore August Strecker GmbH & Co KG Germany Aymak Makine Mühendislik Hiz San ve Tic Ltd Sti Turkey Bayka Color Farbkonzentrate GmbH Germany Bogdany Petrol Ltd Hungary

Bongard Trading GmbH & Co KG Germany Boockmann Engineering GmbH Germany Borealis AG Austria Bühler Redex GmbH Germany Carl Bechem GmbH Germany Ceeco Bartell Products, Bartell Machinery Systems LLC USA Condor Compounds GmbH Germany

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Continuus-Properzi SpA Italy Costa Machinery GmbH Germany Dalli Makine san Tic Ltd Sti Turkey Davis Standard USA DEM SpA Italy Dong Viet Non Ferrous Metal and Plastic JSC Vietnam DWK Drahtwerk Köln GmbH Germany EJP Maschines GmbH Germany

Ernst Koch GmbH & Co KG Germany Esteves-DWD Polska Sp zoo Poland Eurobend GmbH Germany Eurodraw Wire Equipment Srl Italy EVG Entwicklungs- u Verwertungs- Gesellschaft mbH Austria FIB Belgium SA Belgium Flymca SL Spain Flyro SL Spain

The original Just in time production of reinforcing wire mesh - any mesh style or size - a fully automatic technology developed by EVG, available for more than 10 years and proven with many installations around the world.

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EVG Entwicklungs- u. VerwertungsGesellschaft m.b.H. Gustinus-Ambrosi-Str. 1-3 8074 Raaba AUSTRIA EVG, Inc. 220 East 42nd Street Suite 3100 New York, NY 10017

phone: +43 316 4005-0 fax: +43 316 4005-500 e-mail: evg@evg.com www.evg.com

phone: +1 212 6970770 e-mail: general@evg-usa.com www.evg.com

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personnel available to discuss your specific project requirements.

Ferrous. Mario Frigerio, a top global supplier of equipment for ferrous equipment worldwide, will be present new and innovative solutions for the Russian market. Nonferrous. Frigeco will present its traditional and well-established brands in the wire drawing, stranding and extrusion sectors. Also present will be the newest members of the MFL Group; OM Lesmo rotating equipment, Eurodraw Energy wire drawing equipment and the full line of Caballé rotating equipment. Find out more about MFL’s extensive commercial and service network, and how it can help as you move forward with your very important and complex projects. www.mflgroup.com.

Niehoff GmbH & Co KG Niehoff has more than 60 years of experience in providing machinery needed for the production of nonferrous metals wires and the further processing into automotive, data and special cables, with the exception of extruders. The technology is supported by professional specialists who speak the customers’ languages and a reliable supply of original Niehoff wear parts and spare parts, machinery inspection, refurbishment and maintenance measures as well as machine operator and maintenance training courses complete the range of services. www.niehoff.com www.niehoff.de.

Pourtier/Gauder Group

POURTIER, which supplies heavyduty stranders, cablers and armoring

lines for ferrous and nonferrous cables, has made impressive achievements in the field of submarine and umbilical cables. It offers a complete range of stranding, paper lapping, cabling and armouring machines.

Its high efficiency, revolutionary multiwire concentric stranding line is widely used for low- and medium-power cable production. All these machines are made in Europe to the highest design and manufacturing standards for producing high voltage and extra-high voltage power cable, from overhead cable (including ACCC™ , ACSS-TW and ACSR-TW) to insulated cable AC type (using high quality Milliken conductor) or DC type (using large round compacted conductor or trapezoidal wires). pourtier@gaudergroup.com Queins Machines GmbH/ Stolberger KMBMaschinenfabrik GmbH Queins Machines GmbH/Stolberger KMB-Maschinenfabrik GmbH will exhibit pictures of delivered machines to the cable and rope industry as well as a video of operating lines. Details further to the range of different delivered lines for special applications,

wire Russia Exhibitors continued Gauder & Co SA Belgium Gimax Srl Italy H. Folke Sandelin AB Sweden Heinrich Müller Maschinenfabrik GmbH Germany Henrich Maschinenfabrik GmbH Germany Holifa Fröhling GmbH & Co KG Germany Ideal Werk C + E Jungeblodt GmbH & Co KG Germany

iiM AG measurement + engineering Germany Intras Ltd Great Britain Iran Wire 2017 Iran Kablo Tel Dünyasi Turkey Kabmak Mühendislik Ve Makina Sanayi Ticaret Ltd Sti Turkey Kieselstein International GmbH Germany Kistner Anlagenbau GmbH Germany

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Kjellberg Finsterwalde Plasma und Maschinen GmbH Germany Kocabey Makina Sanayi Tic. Ltd Sti. Turkey Krenn GmbH & Co KG Germany Lämnea Bruk Sweden Lech-Stahlwerke GmbH Germany Leyer & Kiwus GmbH Germany Lubrimetal SpA Italy M + E Macchine + Engineering Srl Italy

Macchine Speciali Srl Italy MAG Maschinen- und Apparatebau AG Austria Maillefer Extrusion Oy Finland Mali GmbH Austria Mario Frigerio Italy Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co KG Germany MCPP Germany GmbH Germany Medek & Schörner Austria

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Wire-Drawing Technology worldwide in performance Multiwire Drawing line „Model MK+EIM“ Wire material: Copper & Aluminum Wire diameter range: 2.60 mm – 0.05 mm Speed: max. 40 m/s No. of wires: 4 – 28 No. of drafts: 12 – 33

The complete program is available at www.henrich.net HENRICH designs, manufactures, supplies and installs custom-made and on demand.

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Henrich Maschinenfabrik GmbH · Rehbergring 17 · 35745 Herborn · Germany · Phone: +49 (0) 2772 506-0 · E-Mail: henrich-gmbh@henrich.net · www.drawing-ahead.com

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such as power transmission, steel rope applications and other fields, can be given during the exhibition.

Both companies also offer upgrade or recondition service for delivered equipment. www.queins.com, www.stolberger.

Rosendahl Nextrom GmbH

Rosendahl will present the advances it has gained from its continued focus on the extrusion process of flame-resistant cables. The RN-Z silicone cable extrusion line, which is relatively new in our portfolio, reflects the company’s profound knowledge, product know-how and ability to customize, all of which are of great value to customers. Our high-performance RL-R loose tube line has a special RX5 crosshead for low maintenance and easy operation.

Its accuracy and high centricity provides utmost reproducibility. The HV power cable line, RH-W, a tandem metal sheathing and jacketing line for

products from 40 up to 200 mm, is both flexible and efficient. We have two offices in Moscow to assist both the Rosendahl and Nextrom brands.

Local sales representatives serve as your contact point. This office serves the majority of the Russian and CIS market for: consulting, including factory design and throughput calculations, cooperation on cable or manufacturing lines and machine developments right up to long-term maintenance and upgrades. The service office, OOO Rosendahl Nextrom, supports customers in project execution and post-project support and fills spare parts orders locally.

Close contact with our partners and the strategically positioned office ensure the shortest-possible response time. www.rosendahlnextrom.com.

motive industry as well as complete solutions to produce high quality LAN, special and control cables with enhanced performances (in one step or two steps according to product mix). It continuously develops new lines and concepts for nonferrous cables to meet customers’ needs, such as tandem “mica taping/bunching,” special high-speed lines for battery cable and new high-speed lines for special and instrumentation cables.

The French-made machines are all made to the highest design and manufacturing standards. setic@gaudergroup.com.

Troester Group

SETIC/Gauder Group

SETIC provides high-speed double twist bunchers/stranders for the auto-

Troester GmbH & Co KG is a worldwide leading manufacturer of complete extrusion systems for the cable industry. The excellent results produced by its extrusion technology makes Troester a competent and reliable partner in the cable industry.

At wire Russia, it will present the company’s technology and solutions

wire Russia Exhibitors continued Melos GmbH Germany Micron Machine Electrostatic Powder Application Co Turkey Newtech Srl Italy Nuova Tecno Tau Srl Italy OOO Trade House “JLS Chemical” Russia Otomec Srl Italy Pan Chemicals SpA Italy Parafluid GmbH Germany Joh. Pengg AG Austria

Plexchem Technologies Pte. Ltd Singapore Promostar Srl Italy Proplast GmbH Germany PS Costruzoni Meccaniche Srl Italy Queins Machines GmbH Germany RAD-CON Inc USA Reber Systematic GmbH &b Co KG Germany Roblon A/S Denmark Rosendahl Nextrom GmbH Austria

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Rudolph & Koschinski GmbH Germany SAMPSISTEMI Srl Italy SAS Engineering and Planning Srl Italy SCHNELL SpA Italy Shenzhen Aituo Automation Device Co China Sicme Impianti MC Srl Italy SIKORA AG Germany SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH Germany

Stolberger KMB Maschinenfabrik GmbH Germany Suzhou Star Materials Co, Ltd China Technomac SA Greece Tecno Impianti Srl Italy TKT Group Srl Italy Trafco Srl - Cortinovis Sictra Divisione di Trafco Srl Italy Traxit International GmbH Germany Troester GmbH & Co KG Germany

high-sensitivity rotating dancer for the production of special cables. This is the best solution for the production of high frequency cables for high-tech applications. Complete integrating systems: sintering/sealing ovens, inline quality/statistic control, surface visual inspection by camera. We offer machines suitable for producing flexible assembly and Cat. 7 Lan cables: pairing lines, single- and double-twist take-ups, back-twist feeders, rotating capstans and longitudinal/concentric tapers. www.wtmachinery.com.

Zumbach Electronic AG

WTM Srl

WTM provides high-speed wrapping machines with an electronic head and

Uemura Iron Works Co, Ltd Japan Upcast OY Finland VARO Srl Italy Vassena Filiere Srl Italy Verband österr. Draht und KabelmaschinenHersteller - VÖDKM/ AWCMA Austria voestalpine Wire Technology GmbH Austria Wafios AG Germany wire China 2018 China wire Düsseldorf 2018 Germany wire India 2018 India

We will provide detailed information about our wide range of measuring and control solutions for process monitoring, quality control and cost-effective production. We supply:

one-, two- and three-axis ODAC® diameter gauges for any cable and wire, any budget (new models with special beam geometry, fault detection function and a super fast scan rate will be exhibited); MSD gauges that check diameter and ovality with “Multi-Source Device Technology; advanced non-contact ODEX® concentricity and diameter gauges for wire extrusion; new UMAC® series ultrasonic wall thickness and eccentricity scanners with quick and easy adaptation to cable diameters and space-saving integration; unique PROFILEMASTER® profile and shape measurement systems that use light section principle and machine vision; advanced spark tester systems; advanced KW lump/neckdown detectors with a unique measuring principle and complex optics solution; data acquisition, processing and display units; and a modular high-performance data acquisition, processing and display units of the USYS IPCe series. www.zumbach.de.

wire Russia 2019 Russia wire South America 2017 Brasil wire Southeast Asia 2017 Thailand WiTechs GmbH Germany WTM Srl Italy Wuxi Pingheng China X-Compound GmbH Switzerland Yeswin Machinery Co, Ltd Taiwan Zhengzhou IW Diamond Co Ltd China ZT Srl Italy Zumbach Electronic AG Switzerland

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in the field of: rubber CV and CCVlines up to 35 kV; XLPE CCV and VCV lines for power cables up to 500 kV; sheathing lines for medium and high-voltage cables; and silane lines for LV and MV cables. Also there will be X-Compound, part of the Troester Group, which will present its kneader technology for the continuous compounding of HFFR (LSOH), PVC, XLPE, semiconductive materials and EPR/EPDM. X-Compound is specialized in the planning and construction of complete systems for the compounding of plastics with the process steps conveying, melting, dispersing, mixing and degassing. Specialists from Troester and X-Compound look forward to meeting with you at our booth and will be happy to discuss your specific requirements with you. www.troester.de.

Event updates This section includes further details for the programs for Interwire 2017, the Global Ferrous Rod & Wire Symposium and the WAI’s 87th Annual Convention. Also, all the technology in the Products section (see p. 86) will either be seen or able to be discussed on the show floor.

2 previous co-chairmen to both receive 2017 President’s Award At Interwire, WAI President Dave Hawker will present the President’s Award to General Cable’s Tim Wampler and Southwire’s Tom Heberling. It is fitting that both men will be recipients in the same year as they did an exceptional job as co-chairmen of the WAI’s Member Relations Committee. Both men put in substantial hours and effort, carrying out an ambitious initiative proposed by WAI Past President Richard Miller. Their extended term, which lasted two and a half years, saw them lead the efforts to directly contact companies and individuals to encourage them to join.

The GWCC has a newly revamped venue for Interwire attendees to enjoy.

GWCC offers Interwire 2017 attendees a new place for them to be ‘sociable’ Redesigned to increase the space’s versatility, the Terraces Restaurant at the Georgia World Congress Center has been reinvented as Social Table, a new flexible eatery concept featuring a full-service bar, quick-service grille, grab-and-go-stations, build-your-own salad bar, a variety of seating options, USB ports and complimentary WiFi, TV lounge and more. The site, the result of a $3 million makeover, is located in a prime foot-traffic hub near the International Boulevard entrance of the GWCC’s Building B.

Southwire’s Tom Heberling, l, and General Cable’s Tim Wampler, discuss membership activity at a Member Relations Committee meeting at Interwire 2013.

“Their execution was utterly remarkable,” said WAI Executive Director Steve Fetteroll. “They didn’t just assign contacts to committee volunteers, they made the most contacts, and their results showed it.”

Wampler and Heberling will receive the award at the WAI Members Rewards luncheon on Wednesday, May 10.

Departure point for Southwire Company plant tours on May 8 Attendees planning on taking part in the Southwire Company plant tours should meet on the curb, between Building A & Building B, at the Georgia World Congress Center. The bus leaves at 11:45 am, so make sure you are there with time to spare. The tour will include Southwire’s utility products plant and its building wire cable plant. The bus will return at 4:15 pm.

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Interwire exhibitors: are you up for being a ‘Shooting Star’?

WAI’s Platinum Member companies will be identified at Interwire by a star at their booth. To make that status even easier to acquire, the Association is offering a special discounted rate for any exhibitors via a “Shooting Star” program.

For more information on the advantages of the Platinum Membership, which makes it easier for a company to have multiple WAI members, contact WAI Executive Director Steve Fetteroll at tel. 203-453-2777, ext. 115, sfetteroll@wirenet.org.

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Looking for a room at Interwire?

The WAI has room blocks at eight hotels. See p. 50.

The host hotel, the Omni, is closest to the Georgia World Congress Center. It will also host the WAI reception.

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Mobile App ready to roll in Atlanta The WAI’s new mobile app for Interwire makes it easier than ever for attendees to know what is going on, when and where. The app includes: event schedules, session and speaker details, exhibitor lists, group discussions and area maps for fine dining. Register and receive handy show alerts in real time. Set your profile and personalized schedule and stay in contact with other attendees before, during, and after the event. You can access it at https://goo.gl/Oi92MP.

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For the record The March WJI issue had the wrong photograph for the Mordica Memorial Award winner. Shown here is Hal Moss.

His Mordica Lecture will be presented in Atlanta on Wednesday, May 10, from 12:45 pm to 1:15 pm.

The ferrous industry needs a venue to further advance technology in the sector WAI’s first Global Ferrous Rod & Wire Symposium (GFRWS) was spearheaded by Bhaskar Yalamanchili, Gerdau Long Steel North America, a past winner of the Association’s Mordica Memorial Award. He also identified three key contributors: Bruce Kiefer and Wade Krejdovksy, both of Primetals Technologies USA, and Peter Power, a retired metallurgical consultant who advises Gerdau. Below, Yalamanchili discusses why this event natters.

WJI: Starting a new event is not something to be taken lightly: why did you decide to do this? What were your goals?

Yalamanchili: I was inspired

by Encore Wire’s Gary Spence, who led the creation of the Global Continuous Casting Forum.

Discussions were held with Spence, Primetals Technology’s Bruce Kiefer and Wade Krejdovsky and WAI’s Steve Fetteroll and Marc Murray.

The GCCF was very well received when it was first held in 2011, and it did equally well when the focus was expanded in 2015 to include aluminum. That got us to thinking that WAI could use this concept to

impact the ferrous industry. There is a need for more knowledge around the world to speed development of the sector. It’s also quite appropriate since WAI itself was founded by the ferrous industry.

WJI: What will the focus be?

Yalamanchili: We want it to be a platform for presenting “state of the art” development work, and learning from such global sharing. We are hopeful that there will be significant discussion of technology, which itself will result in more individual networking. No one company has all the answers, so by sharing information everyone benefits.

WJI: Who else has been part of this effort, and what Yalamanchili kind of response has there been from the companies/individuals you and the other organizers contacted?

Yalamanchili: Response has been excellent in supporting and organizing this event, which has been both technical, organizational, and financial and has required countless hours of dedicated service.

(Cont’d. on p. 50)

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WAI’s Electrical Wire Handbook Part 3, Types of ELECTRICAL WIRE HANDBOOK Cable, has been published P 3-T C and will be available for purchase at the WAI store on the show floor.

The 200-page, soft-cover book, which was written

by Association volunteers, covers the essence of electrical wire and cable— from systems and specific types to material requirements and properties— in 12 chapters: Power Transmission and Distribution, Building Wire, Flexible Cords & Cables, Sag-Span Parabolas, Coaxial Cables, Control & Signal Cables, Communication & Data Cables, Product Approvals & Industry Organizations, Fiber Optics Cable Technology, Automotive Cable, Magnet Wire Applications, and Pump Cable.

The book will also be able to be ordered at the WAI Store at wirenet.org.

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It’s new, it’s electrifying, and it’s going to be available at Interwire 2017

WAI has secured room blocks for eight hotels in Atlanta, the names and locations shown in the below map. Space is limited, and attendees are encouraged to not delay. Reservations can be made through www.interwire17.com.

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WJI: How difficult is it to get companies to share their tech advances?

Yalamanchili: We have not had any significant problems in this regard. The companies involved so far have all been willing to share their development work. All we have had to do is advise authors to focus on their technical material, and eliminate any “commercial” advertising.

WJI: Is the steel sector inherently slower when it comes to advances?

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Exhibiting: Software developer Advaris GmbH will showcase “ADVARIS Cable,” an integrated modular solution for length-based manufacturers. The operations management system has become a standard for the length-based manufacturing industry. As a part of its cross-group

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switchover to SAP’s ERP system, U.S.-based Southwire chose to install ADVARIS Cable MES, and now use the manufacturing execution system at several of its U.S. plants. The ADVARIS Cable Solution supports and interlinks all aspects of operation, especially design, manufacturing, quality assurance, plant maintenance, materials management, logistics and sales. The heart of the system is a mature, high-performance Manufacturing Execution System (MES) perfectly attuned to the special requirements of wire and cable manufacturing. “Requirements in the length-based manufacturing industry are becoming continually higher, and there is an increasing need to react fast and cost-effectively to an ongoing situation. This makes it essential to have an operations management system which records and analyzes data reliably in real-time,” Manfred

Moser continues. Describing his own system, the ADVARIS CEO speaks of “transparency at the touch of a button”, referring to the real time monitoring of production, quality and maintenance data. The individual ADVARIS modules can be seamlessly integrated with existing ERP system, such as SAP or Microsoft Dynamics.

Anhui Sunnybay Enterprise Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-550-7621522 www.sunnybay-group.cn qinlang66@vip.163.com China Booth 1073

Exhibiting: We are a professional manufacturer of wire drawing dies

Innovation meets Tradition

www.strecker-limburg.de www.streckerusa.com

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Below are booth listings that either were received too late for the March issue or have been updated.

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Tel. 86-519-88813382 www.cmcw.com.cn sales@cmcw.com.cn China Booth 1522/20

and thermocouple wire in China.

Personnel: Qin Lang.

Anping Yuze Hardware Wire Mesh Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-311-67906101 info@yuzewiremesh.com China Booth 1522/13

Exhibiting: Anping Yuze Hardware Wire Mesh Co. is a wire and wire mesh products manufacturer based in Hebei. Our main products are stainless steel wire and stainless steel wire mesh.

Personnel: Cui Binbin.

CTI (Cablogic Technologies Inc.) Tel. 908-370-3117 www.cablogic.com dzhang@cablogic.com USA/China Booth 1159

Exhibiting: CTI (Cablogic Technologies, Inc.) is a solution provider for the wire and cable industry in wire drawing, stranding and extrusion. We represent a group of wire and cable equipment manufacturers from China and supply wire drawing machines, bunching machines, bunching/stranding machines and extrusion lines. We also provide ancillary equipment, such as payoffs and take-ups, cold welders, drawing dies, stranding dies, crossheads and extrusion tooling, as well as process and delivery reels. With decades of experiences serving the cable industry, we strive to lower your operating costs and meet your most stringent requirements.

Personnel: Dean Zhang.

Changzhou Marine Cable Co., Ltd. (CMC)

Exhibiting: CMC, founded in 1958 and merged as a subsidiary of Zhongli SCI-Tech in 2010, is a high-technology cable company based in the Jiangsu Province. It produces marine cables, mine cables and other special cables used in ships, offshore oil rig, mines, new energy (solar and wind generator), aviation and aerospace. The voltage of the cables it makes are under 35kV, and comply with many international standards. CMC has ISO 9001, ISO 14000 and OHSAS 18000 certificates Personnel: Lu Jingyu.

Alphabetical exhibitors list A. Appiani Srl ..............................323

American Kuhne ........................1556

Baum’s Castorine Co Inc ...........1839

Accuracy Technical Services LLC555

Amexstra Inc ..............................1601

Beacon Reel Company...............1364

Ace Metal Inc ...............................851

Anbao Qinghuangdao International Corp ....................1418

Bechem Lubrication Technology LLC......................1267

Anhui Sunnybay Enterprise Co Ltd.....................1073

Beijing Orient Pengsheng Tech Co Ltd ...............................113

Anping County Tianze Metal Products Co Ltd .......................1420

Bekaert Corp.................................759

Aeroel Srl....................................1466 AFH-Antriebstechnik GmbH .....1709

Appleton Manufacturing ..............118

Bergandi Machinery Co ...............801

AFI Systems LLC ........................110 Agape Industry Inc .....................1000

ATE Applicazioni TermoElettroniche Srl .............1173

Beta LaserMike (An NDC Technologies Brand)................1031

AIM Inc ......................................1111

Aurum Chemicals Corporation ....470

BIHI Expo ....................................160

AITMAC Inc ................................323

AW Machinery LLC ..................1700

Blachford Corp .............................605

Amacoil Inc ..................................812

Aztech Lubricants LLC................854

Black Sea Technology Inc .........1159

America Bybon Corp .................1602

B & H Tool Co Inc ......................551

Bloom Engineering Co Inc ..........700

American & Efird, LLC .............1517

Balloffet Die Corp ......................1300

BMS Wire.....................................964

ACM AB ......................................523 ADVARIS GmbH ........................552 AESA S.A ....................................965

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Beneke Wire Company ................311

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Chase Wire & Cable Materials www.chasecorp.com USA Booth 1304

and components for building wire.

Products for electronics and communication cables include multi-ply shielding tape laminates, low-smoke shielding tapes, heat seal and pressure-sensitive coated films and laminates, foil-free edged tapes, screening tapes, separator tapes, barrier/binder tapes, slit films, printed marker identification tapes and other specialized constructions. Additionally, both flexible and rigid strength elements are supplied for fiber optic cables.

Chase has ISO certified manufacturing facilities located in Oxford, MA; Pittsburg, PA; Pawtucket, RI; and Lenoir and Granite Falls, NC. Personnel: Adam Chase, Mark Canrobert, Doug Herrick, Pete Mikucki, Rick Copp, Philip Shows.

fmsusa@fms-technology.com USA Booth 430

FMS USA, Inc. Tel. 847-519-4400 www.fms-technology.com

Exhibiting: FMS will showcase its RTMX42.BC Brake Control System for closed loop tension control on stranding machines. The brake actuators are battery powered and expand on the RTM X42 tension monitoring system for monitoring wire strands on rotating machinery. The tension data are wirelessly transmitted off of the machine for integration into either a PC or PLC (via gateway).

Possibilities include data logging, graphing, tension limit alarms, core tension, and running length input.

The cost-effective system is ideal for both OEM and upgrade applications.

FMS will also display a selection of tension measurement products for the wire and cable industry, in-

Boockmann GmbH/ The Slover Group ......................359

Chase Wire & Cable Materials ..1304

Conoptica A/S ............................1170

Chemetall ....................................1301

Copper-Lines K Sarl ....................773

Boxy Srl ........................................523

CTI Cablogic Technologies Inc 1159

Breen Color Concentrates Inc ....1806

Changzhou Marine Cable Co Ltd ...................... 1522/20

BĂźhler Redex GmbH....................841

Cheng I Wire Machinery Co ....1166

CTS - Cincinnati Thermal Spray Inc .....................264

BWE Ltd.......................................162

Chengdu Centran Ind Co Ltd.......205

CTS Global Inc.............................158

CaballĂŠ ........................................1219

Chhaperia International Co ........1361

Daloo/Gauder Group ..................1011

Cable Consultants Corp ...............241

Davis-Standard LLC ..................1023

Cable Services & Systems .........1011

China Council for Intl Trade.............. ..... 1611 to 1623, 1706, 1710, 1712

Calmec Precision Limited ............559

Cimteq.........................................1607

Die Quip Corp ............................1101

Canadian Wire Die Works .........1847

Clifford Machines & Technology ..........................1727

Dino-Lite Scopes (BigC) .............119

Exhibiting: Wire and cable materials that include a wide range of tape and reinforcement product solutions used extensively in the energy and communications markets to insulate, bind, reinforce and shield wire and cable assemblies. The wire and cable product portfolio is one of the most comprehensive ranges of cable component materials of any global supplier. These materials include the trusted brands of NEPTCO and Chase & Sons, which have a proven track record for reliability. Chase Materials for energy products include coated textile, strand seal compounds for MV to EHV power cable designs

Candor Sweden AB......................651 Canterbury Engineering .............1140 CardConnect .................................765

Clinton Instrument Co................1001 CM Furnaces Inc ..........................755

DEM SpA ...................................1457

Domeks Makine Ltd Sti .............1241 Dongguan Dewei Wire Co.........1605 Dynamex Corp ...........................1357

Carris Reels Inc ..........................1341

CMEC International Exhibition Ltd ............... 1311, 1323

Cavallero Plastics .........................141

CN Wire Corp ............................1523

Ebner Furnaces Inc.....................1506

CBC Metals Processing .............1604

Cobre y Aleaciones Escocia SA ..117

EddyTech Systems Inc .................212

Ceeco Bartell Products, Bartell Machinery Systems....................723

Cometo Srl ..................................... 323

Effigidi SpA................................. 523

Conair Group ..............................1070

EJP Maschinen ..........................1251

Condat Corporation ....................1549

Elecomtape Global Inc ...............1711

Confex Technology Ltd ...............671

Electron Beam Technologies Inc ........................213

Cemanco LC ...............................1511 CERSA-MCI ................................701 Changzhou Winlong Import and Export Co Ltd ..........................1325

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Conneaut Industries Inc .............1610

E-Beam Services Inc ....................163

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mounted capstans), all of which are non-slip with individual motors for each capstan. They have dancer arms to finely tune capstan speed, with liquid-cooled capstan and die boxes, rotating standard or pressure dies, real-time control of wire diameter and individual die wear as well as other options, from skin pass blocks to double decks to different types of take-ups (single block driven coilers, reel take-ups, static drum or stem coilers, etc.). While line speeds can be in excess of 30 m/sec, the lines also offer reduced maintenance costs, easy threading of wire and maximum access to components, etc. Gimax drawbenches are designed to easily adapt to ferrous and nonferrous wires. Gimax also offers wire processing machinery: descaling, pickling, dry drawing and wet drawing benches, chemical coppering tanks, shaving and peeling lines; and wire handling machinery: respooling, coiling and rewinding, drum packing and packaging machinery. We will show examples at our booth.

Guill Tool & Engineering Tel. 401-828-7600 www.guill.com sales@guill.com USA Booth 705 Exhibiting: Guill Tool and Engineering, a leading manufacturer of extrusion tooling, will be introducing several crosshead designs to the wire and cable industry. First is our ultra-low volume crosshead designed for circuit-size, wire-jacketing applications. This new design includes our patented single-point concentricity adjustment in conjunction with our multi-port spiral flow distribution system. This combination of features will hold the tightest tolerances in the industry. Additional designs on display will include our Bullet II fixed-center crosshead. Unique features include: no hardware, multiport, spiral-flow distribution system and our patented cam lock feature that facilitates lightning fast tooling changes and crosshead cleaning.

Personnel: Bill Conley, R.J. Masse, Tom Baldock, John Tremblay.

Electronic Drives & Controls Inc ...........................553

Fenn LLC......................................711

Gem Gravure Co Inc ....................805

FIB Belgium ...............................1451

GENCA ......................................1140

Enercon Industries ........................211

Fil-Tec Inc ....................................116

GEO-Reinigungstechnik GmbH ..241

Enkotec Co Inc .............................132

Filtertech Inc...............................1150

W Technologies LLC ...................550

ERA Wire Inc .............................1154

Fine International Corp ................451

Gimax Srl......................................241

Essen Exhibition (Dallan) Co Ltd ........................................159

Fisk Alloy Inc .............................1835

GMP Slovakia sro ......................1841

Flymca & Flyro ..........................1713

Granite Falls Furnace .................1562

FMS USA Inc ...............................430 Foerster Instruments Inc...............405

Guangdong Chuangkelai Intelligent Technology Co Ltd ..................1321

Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc...........1331

Guill Tool & Engineering Co ......705

Fridea ..........................................1219

Guizhou Aerospace Nanhai Science & Technology Co Ltd............ 511/3

cluding force sensors and amplifiers (including EtherNet/IP and Profibus interfaces).

Gimax Srl Tel. 39-0444-551790 www.gimaxgroup.com info@gimaxgroup.com Italy Booth 241

Exhibiting: Gimax will highlight the range of its wire-drawing equipment, with specific emphasis on the various special applications that have been added since Interwire 2015.

It supplies drawing equipment for producing copper-based brazing wires, aluminum welding alloys, cobalt flux cored wire and titanium fine wire, stainless steel and more.

The machinery includes both TRS wet drawbenches (spray type, not immersed) and TRD dry drawbenches (with both vertically and horizontally

Esteves Group USA ...................1004 Etna Products Inc .......................1306 Eurobend GmbH ..........................365 Eurolls SpA ................................1819 Eurowire Magazine ......................222

Frigeco ........................................1219 FSP-One Inc ...............................1504

Guney Celik Hasir Ve Demir Mam San Tic As ..................................161

Fuhr GmbH & Co Kg ................1064

GYM Co Ltd ..............................1616

Extrusion Control & Supply, Inc1857

Gansu Kaimeite Materials Science and Technology Co Ltd ...........1323

H. Folke Sandelin AB (HFSAB) .841

Fabritex Inc...................................816

Garg Wire .....................................154

Facts Inc........................................228

Gateway Recovery ....................1564

Felisari/AITMAC .........................323

Gauder Group .............................1011

George Evans Corp ......................810 EVG Inc ........................................251 Evolution Products Inc .................262

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Hafner & Krullmann GmbH ........570 v. Hagen & Funke ........................241 Hall Industries ............................1240

REEL OVERACHIEVER.

ELIMINATES REWINDING. We’ve Reinvented In-Line Packaging Of Spools And Reels.

Windak’s new generation of CO packing solutions allows for continuous in-line packaging of customer put-ups or master reels.The robust design accommodates a large range of cable diameters, up to 3” in diameter at line speed to 1,000 fpm.

Advantages: - Robust integrated open design.

- Cutter made for larger cables - Designed for in-line sequential printing on the cable - Infinitely variable speed automatic gearbox - Portal Style Pay-Offs & Take-Ups

WINDAK INC. USA 221-B S. McLin Creek Rd Conover NC 28613 USA TEL +1 828 322 2292 FAX +1 828 322 1716 infoamericas@windakgroup.com

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Guizhou Aerospace Nanhai Science & Technology Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-18052539292 www.gzhtnh.com 472411651@qq.com China Booth 511/3

Exhibiting: Our technology includes steel wire drawing machinery.

Personnel: Vincent Wu. Hangzhou Chuangyu Metal Products Technology Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-13868049269 www.chuangyumetal.com suzy@chuangyumetal.com China Booth 511/-4

Exhibiting: We are a Chinese factory specialized in producing bright steel wire; galvanized wire and Galvanized stranded wire; Zn-5% Al-RE alloy coated wire and stranded wire; Zn10% Al alloy coated wire and stranded wire; and Zn-Al-Mg Alloy coated wire.

Personnel: Suzy Chen Hangzhou Huixin Metal Product Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-571-86373883 www.hzhuixin.net jenniferhe998@163.com China Booth 511/8 Exhibiting: A a medium-size professional producer of steel wire products, our company was established in 1999, and our annual production

ability is 30,000 to 40,000 tons. Our products include: carbon spring steel wire, mattress steel wire, flexible duct wire, hot-dipped galvanized steel wire, galvanized steel wire for ACSR and galvanized and ungalvanized steel wire strands. Our products are made to international standards, including China National Standards as well as ASTM, JISG, DIN, ISO, BS, etc. The products are widely sold in Europe, Brazil, America, Australia, Canada, Germany, Middle East, Japan, Southeast Asia and more. We welcome visitors to our booth to discuss business cooperation.

Personnel: He Miaofen.

Henan Huaxing Wires and Cables Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-371-64108618 www.huaxingcable.com huaxing@huaxingcable.com China Booth 1522/12

Hangzhou Chuangyu Metal Products Technology Co Ltd ................ 511/4

Inhol BV/Melos GmbH................959 InnoVites ....................................1606

Jiangsu Kemaite Technology Development Co Ltd .................373

Hangzhou Dongxing Telecommunication Material.....246

Inosym Ltd..................................1530

Jiangsu Xinda Tech Ltd ............1323

Integrated Control Technologies ..............................858

Jianyin Hygrade Electromechanical Technology Co Lt .............. 1522/11

International Wire & Cable Machinery Association ..............500

Jiangyin Kangrui Stainless Steel Products Co Ltd ..................... 1311

International Wire & Cable Symposium.................................226

Joe Snee Associates, Inc. ...........1358

Hangzhou Juli Insulation Co ......800 Heany Industries Inc ....................818

International Wire Group, Inc......611

Jouhsen - Bundgens Inc ...............353

Heatbath Corp...............................717

IP Automation Inc ......................1719

Jun-En Enterprise Corporation ....271

Henrich Maschinenfabrik GmbH .......................................1305

Iron Tiger Manufacturing Inc ....1469 Isabellenhutte Co ........................1600

Kablosan Turkey - FBC Yayincilik Ltd sti .....................1843

IWE Spools & Handling .......... 1251

Kabmak Muh. Ve Mak.San .......1151

Howar Equipment Inc ..................523

Jiangsu Changfeng Cable Co Ltd ...........................1414

Kalmark Intergrated Systems Ltd..............................1010

Hubei Puluto Electronic Co Ltd................... 511/9

Jiangsu FNC Wire & Cable Co Ltd ...........................1312

Kar-El Demir Tel San. Ve Tic. Ltd Sti ...........................133

Huestis Industrial..........................541

Jiangsu Green Shine Wire & Cable Co Ltd .............1415

KEIR Manufacturing Inc .............802 Kieselstein GmbH ......................1251

IFP SpA ........................................670

Jiangsu Handing Machinery Co Ltd ...................1319

iiM AG measurement + engineering ...........................1065

Jiangsu Huafei Alloy Material Technology Co Ltd ..................1327

Kinrei of America ........................651

Hangzhou Huixin Metal Product Co Ltd ....................... 511/8 Hangzhou JR Exhibition Co .................. 511,1522

Honta Machinery Co Ltd ...........1159 Houghton International Inc ..........753

ICE Wire Line Equipment Inc ...1164 IDEAL Welding Systems ..........1211

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Joe-Tools ....................................1651

Keystone Steel & Wire Co ..........242 King Steel Corp ............................866 KMK ...........................................1511

Henrich Maschinenfabrik GmbH Tel. 49-2772-506-0 www.hencrich.net henrich-gmbh@henrich.net Germany Booth 1305 Exhibiting: Henrich specializes in supply drawing equipment that can produce outstanding quality and

Hipo Electrix Science & Technology Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-137-4297-415 www.hipo-electrix.com sherry-25@163.com China Booth 1522/16

Exhibiting: Hipo Electrix is a jointstock company of Chinese Service Center of Hipotronics. Our main product is high voltage testing equipment up to 500kV. It is the only lab of high voltage insulation Academician.

Our aim is to supply high quality production and to provide the best

service to customers.

Personnel: Peng Ying, He Bo. Houghton International Tel. 610-666-4000 www.houghtonintl.com sales@houghtonintl.com USA Booth 753 Exhibiting: Your global fluid technology partner. Houghton International offers your operation a global network of fluids experts delivering innovative technologies, chemistries, products and services with a single focus on solving your toughest challenges. With over 2,000 employees in 31 countries, Houghton helps customers around the world save on overall process chemical and disposal costs while improving production and part quality.

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Exhibiting: Henan Huaxing Wires and Cables Co. is a leading Chinese cable and wire manufacturer. Located in the Yongan Industrial Z in Gongyi, our main products are electric round aluminum rod, AAAC rod, AAC, ACSR, AAAC, concentric cable, PV cable, aerial cable, control cable, electric cable, plastic electric wire and so on.

Personnel: Jack Yang.

the highest precision levels. It offers intermediate wire drawing lines and fine wire drawing lines as well as rod breakdown lines,

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Hubei Puluto Electronic Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-713-57287872 www.puluto.net sales1@puluto.net China Booth 511/9

Exhibiting: Puluto is a leading manufacturer that specializes in cable and wire shielding and the auxiliary material industry. It has been concentrating on this field for over 10 years.

Personnel: Grace Zhang.

range includes fluidized bed annealing furnaces; acid-wave, wire pickling systems; immersion burners; galvanizing furnaces; and more.

Jiangyin Hygrade Electromechanical Tech. Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-13961692603 www.hygrade.com.cn sales@hygrade.com.cn China Booth 1522/11

Jiaxing Eternal Electronic Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-573-86725731 www.foilfilmtape.com eterneyu@foilfilmtape.com China Booth 511/5

Exhibiting: Sunshine-Eternal is a manufacturer, ISO 9001:2008, UL and BV certified, specialized in aluminum polyester laminate, copper polyester laminate, copolymer coated aluminum tape, PET tape, etc., for cable shielding and insulation, flexible air duct, electronic EMC and EMI shielding, construction proof of thermal and water. Total foil film tape solutions!

Personnel: Eterne Yu.

ICE Wire Line Equipment Tel. 514-388-2020 www.icewireline.com icegroup@bellnet.ca Canada Booth 1164 Exhibiting: ICE supplies steel wire processing equipment. Its product

Exhibiting: Hygrade is a professional enterprise that manufactures wire rod pickling lines, brass plating lines, patenting lines, galvanizing lines and related equipment. We are licensed to import and export. With professional technical team and seasoned international trade staff, we have a great reputation in both domestic and overseas markets.

Personnel: Xu Haiyan.

Ernst Koch GmbH & Co KG ....1451

Madison Steel Inc .........................401

Milani Srl ......................................473

Kopilowitz Engineering Ltd ........651

Magnetic Technologies Ltd .........310

Morgan-Koch Corp ....................1451

Krenn ..........................................1101

Maillefer Extrusion Oy ................531

Mossberg Associates Inc............1468

Krollmann GmbH & Co KG .....1451

Mario Frigerio SpA ....................1219

Mossberg Industries Inc ...............250

Kunshan Kunzhan Electronic Co Ltd.....................1412

Mathiasen Machinery Inc ..........1100

Nanjing Zhongchao New Materials Corporation ..............1411

Lamnea Bruk AB .........................850

McLube Division, McGee Industries Inc ..............................131

LaserLinc Inc ................................332

Melos GmbH/Inhol BV................959

Leggett & Platt Wire Group ......1242

Meltech Company ........................673

Leoni Wire Inc .............................522

Metal Link Inc ..............................665

Liaoning Create Cable Co Ltd .....159

Metal Resource Solutions Inc ......767

R Lisciani Trafilerie SpA ...........1451

Metalube USA/Fusion Chemical .152

Lloyd & Bouvier Inc ..................1531

Metalloid Corporation ..................331

Longvision (Shanghai) Cable Materials Co Ltd ......................1714

Metavan NV/Howar Eqpt ............523

LTK International Limited ...........153

MFL Service Group ...................1219

Niehoff Endex North America Inc .....................841

Lubrimetal Corporation................565

The MGS Group.........................1240

Ningbo Holden Co Ltd...............1365

LUKAS Anlagenbau GmbH ......1656

MGS Manufacturing Inc ............1240

M+E Macchine + Engineering Srl .....................1451

Micro Products Co .......................431

Ningbo Mainning Electronics Co Ltd ...................1413

M & M Industries Co Ltd ............140 Madem Reels/ Madem Moorecfraft Reels ......................122

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MFL Group.................................1219

Microdia USA ..............................823 Mid-South Wire............................260 Milacron Canterbury Engineering/GENCA ...............1140

Nano-Diamond America Inc........461 Nantong Yingjie Metal Products Co ..............................1855 Nantong Shenwei Steel Wire Rope Co Ltd ...................1419 Nation Grinding Inc ...................1662 NDC Technologies .....................1031 Niagara Composites Industries Inc ............................1053

Northampton Machinery Co ......1240 Nylene Canada Inc. ......................400 Oden Technologies Inc ..............1829 OEG GmbH ................................1530

KEIR Manufacturing, Inc. Tel. 828-885-8444 www.keirmfg.com sales@keirmfg.com USA Booth 802 Exhibiting: KEIR serves the worldwide wire and cable industry with

high purity ceramic guides, the energy efficient Frontiersman line of air wipes, and state-of-the-art composite flyer bows. KEIR’s mission is to engineer value and differentiation by partnering with each customer to generate solutions applying leadingedge materials to solve challenges of improving productivity.

Personnel: Mike Walters, Cole Chapman, David Watkins.

Ningbo Holden Cable Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-574-8822-4868 www.holdencable.com

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ask for the

manager@holdencable.com China Booth 1365

Exhibiting: Ningbo Holden Cable Co. has the trading company and production factory both possessing of the convenient transportation and ripe producing experiences.

Personnel: Zhang Bingbin.

Nylene Canada, Inc. www.nylene.com Canada/USA Booth 400 Exhibiting: Nylene has over 30 years of experience in manufacturing wire and cable grade nylon 6 resins.

Our dedicated product line offers exceptional consistency that delivers high-performance at a variety of gauges and line speeds. Nylene offers superior technical support in both

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CBC Metals Processing sales team

Processor, fabricator and distributor specializing in Copper and Aluminum Products for the Cable, Wire, and Electrical Industries.

We precision slit, deburr and edge condition copper & aluminum in bare, tin or silver-plated finishes, .002” - .125” thicknesses, any width .125” to 48”. Available in various ID’s on pancake coils with custom packaging, keeping metal pristine, as we ship our metal worldwide.

225 Doney Crescent, Concord, Ontario, Canada L4K 1P6 Tel: (905) 738-0301 or (800) 845-1134 • Fax: (905) 738-1296 Email: cbcpro@cbcmetals.ca • Website: cbcmetals.ca APRIL 2017 | 61

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Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-579-83186763 www.qhyh.com yonghe_gas7@qhyh.com China Booth 511/6 Exhibiting: Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical Co. is specialized in FEP resins production. The FEP is certified with RoHS, UL, Reach, ISO and FDA. FEP is mainly used in data cable, high temperature cable, electronic cable and so on. Also it can be used in other fields such as filming, tubing and valve lining.

Personnel: Xu Jiajia.

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customer service and industry manufacturing processes.

OMA Srl/OMA USA Tel. 330-470-0195 www.omabraid.com Italy/USA Booth 1657 Exhibiting: OMA Srl, with a subsidiary in the U.S., is a leading manufacturer of braiding machines, bobbin winders, and complementary equipment for the braiding industry since its foundation in 1952. A high level of specialization, intense technological research and extensive technical experience make it possible for OMA to manufacture equipment with a wide range of productive capacity to satisfy an equally wide range of requirement. OMA can offer one of the most complete range of braiding machines for the reinforcing of rubber hoses, flexible tubes, and making of cables and ropes.

Personnel: Dave Tietze.

Shanghai Morn Electric Equipment Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-218-2215-40722 www.mornelectric.com quanl@mornelectric.com China Booth 1522/17

Exhibiting: Shanghai Morn Electric Equipment Co. can produce up to 110kv power cables, electrical equipment cables, including aluminum alloy cable, mineral insulated flexible fire-proof cable, LV & MV fire-resistant power cable, ceramic high-temperature fire-resistant cable, metal flexible pipe equipment cable, frequency converter cable, shielding and chemical resistance cable, encoder cable, oil resistant corrosion split-phase comprehensive sheath cable, high temperature resistant

cable, low temperature resistant cable and others total hundreds of varieties and more than 7000 specifications.

Personnel: Quan Lei. Shenzhen Jdd Tech New Material Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-0755-36653112 www.jddtech.com laura@jddtech.com China Booth 1522/15 Exhibiting: Shenzhen Jdd Tech New Material Co., established in 2004, is a very large professional manufacturer that provides a wide range of cable protective sleeves in the car, home and office. It supplies twist tubes, split wrap, electrical insulation, cable wrap, HFT5000 and more.

Personnel: Liu Zhongren.

Shenzhen Xinchanglong New Material Technology Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-755-2799-7526

OM Frigerio Srl ............................523

PrintSafe .....................................1452

RichardsApex Inc .........................341

OM Lesmo..................................1219

Process Control Corp ...................143

Roblon A/S ...................................859

OMA USA Inc ...........................1657 OMCG North America Inc ........1350

Progress Maschinen & Automation AG ...................1808

Rockford Manufacturing Group FELM .......................................1807

Ozyasar Tel Ve Galvanizleme ...1059

Promostar Srl ................................233

Rosendahl Nextrom......................951

P & R Specialty Inc......................351

Properzi International Inc.............741

Roteq Machinery Inc ..................1631

P/A Industries ...............................333

Proton Products International ....1530

S&E Specialty Polymers ..............330

Paramount Die Co ......................1539

PWM ...........................................1358

SACO AEI Polymers ...................216

Parkway-Kew Corp ......................432

Q8Oils ...........................................771

SAMP USA Inc ..........................1227

Petig AG/Cemanco.....................1511

QED Wire Lines Inc ....................853

Sanxin Wire Die Inc.....................459

Phifer Wire Inc .............................751

Qual-Fab Inc ...............................1067

SARK/Sarkuysan SA ...................811

Pioneer Machinery USA ..............317

Queins Machines ........................1305

SAS Engineering & Planning Srl 367

Pittsfield Plastics Eng Inc ............423

Raajratna Stainless Wire Inc ........231

Scanacon Inc.................................145

Plastic Equip LLC ........................371

RAD-CON Inc............................1051

Schlatter North America ............1123

Plas-Ties Co..................................111

Radyne Corp .................................151

Schmidt Maschinenbau GmbH ....841

Plasmait GmbH ............................523

Rainbow Rubber & Plastics .......1458

Schnell SpA ................................1664

Plastic Equip, LLC .......................111

Rautomead Ltd .............................232

Schunk Carbon Technology.......1251

Plasticolor .....................................111

Reber Systematic GmbH ............841

Service Thread Mfg Co................719

Pourtier & Setic of America ......1011

Redex SA ......................................841

Setic of America ........................1011

Precision Die Technologies Inc ...210

Reel Options by Vandor...............650

Shanghai Dehong New Materials Co Ltd ......................................1503

Precision Process Inc....................864

Reel Power Wire & Cable ................ 1753, 1851

Premier Wire Die .......................1825

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Refractron Technologies Corp ...1707

Shanghai EverSpring Ceramic Co Ltd ......................................1849

Engineered to your extrusion needs, cost-effectively …IN insulating and jacketing … Insulating lines … Jacketing lines … Capstans and caterpillars … Accumulators … Payoffs and take-ups

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CCV lines for low, medium and high voltage power cables

Black Sea Technology Inc. Black Sea Technology

6100 Corporate Dr., Houston, TX 77036 info@blackseatech.net, +1 832 913 9826 www.blackseatech.net

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www.gl-polygel.com sales@gl-polygel.com China Booth 511/7 Exhibiting: Shenzhen XCL is a large professional manufacturer of filling compound for optical fiber cable, flooding compound for optical fiber cable, electrical power insulating materials for new energy.

Personnel: Yu Juan.

Thermoplastics Engineering Corp.

Tel. 978-537-8135 www.thermoplasticseng.com sales@thermoplasticseng.com USA Booth 1747 Exhibiting: Technical personnel will be available to provide literature and technical information regarding our machinery line and our raw material product offerings.

The machinery line includes wire handling equipment, extrusion equipment, vertical and horizontal braiders, vertical and horizontal taping equipment, inductive (contact and non-contact) preheaters,

turnkey optical fiber manufacturing and custom machinery. Fine International recently launched a series of economical crossheads designed for single layer, skin â&#x20AC;&#x201C; foam dual layer and skin-foam-skin triple layer extrusion applications. A series of low cost extrusion screws targeted for replacement projects compliments the newly offered crosshead line. Lastly, our raw material products includes a broad offering of shielding tapes and separating tapes available in both traditional pad packaging and extended length jumbo traverse rolls.

Ulbrich Specialty Wire Group Tel. 864-647-6087 www.ulbrich.com edunton@ulbrich.com USA Booth 1817

Exhibiting: The Ulbrich Specialty Wire Group, subsidiaries of Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc., specializes in producing specialty wire products for various markets, including high performance RF cable applications. These products include custom manufactured helical wrap wire, braid wire and center conductors. Ulbrichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s precision controls allow for aspect ratios up to 350:1.

Ulbrich Specialty Wire Group produces complex shapes, precision flats and ultra fine round wires. These highly precision wires are engineered to serve the aerospace, nuclear, medical, electronics, power generation, consumer and automotive markets.

Personnel: Mike Alstrits, Greg Ziggas, Ed Treglia, Ed Dunton, Patrick Meinert, Tom Rosen.

Vision Engineering www.visioneng.com USA/U.K. Booth 1071 Exhibiting: With 50+ years of manufacturing excellence, Vision Engi-

Shanghai Hosn Machinery Technology Co Ltd ....................831

Sivaco Wire Group.......................505

Shanghai Morn Electric Equipment Co Ltd ............. 1522/17

Skaltek Inc ....................................504

Sjogren Industries Inc ..................814 SKET GmbH ..............................1451

Supreme Superahard Materials Co Inc. ......................................1416 Suzhou Forever Import & Export Corp Ltd ..................1317

SKET GmbH ..............................1510

Suzhou Nanda Metal Technology Co Ltd ..................1501

Shanghai Singcheer Technology Co Ltd ............... 1712

Sonoco Reels ................................641

Sweed Machinery Inc...................558

Spirka Schnellflechter GmbH ....1510

Sylvin Technologies Inc...............150

Shanghai Weiye OFC Equipment Co Ltd ...................1704

Staku Surface Treatment ............1251

T & T Marketing Inc ..................1265

Star Materials Co Ltd ...................865

Takikawa ......................................455

Starrett-Bytewise Measurement Systems ......................................230

Tantec Est Inc .............................1507

Shanghai JNL Industry Co Ltd ........................1710

Shanghai Xiaoxuan M & E Technology Co Ltd .................1623 Shanghai Yajue Machinery Manufacturing Co Ltd .............1617

Steel Cable Reels..........................316

Tapeformers Ltd .........................1500 Taubensee Steel & Wire Co ........441

Shantou Senyang Wire & Cable Materials Co Ltd ......................1623

Stolberger Inc DBA Wardwell Braiding...................1510

Taymer International Inc..............950

Shenyang Jinggong Cable Material Co Ltd..........................501

August Strecker GmbH .............1005

Technical Development Corp ....1502

Subec AB ....................................1508

Tecnofil SA ..................................652

Siebe Engineering GmbH ............241

Sudhir Enterprises ........................651

TECVIL ........................................254

Sikora International Corp .............730

Sunshine Eagleland Inc ..............1568

Teknikor........................................411

SIMPACKS ..................................317

Supermac Industries Ltd ..............223

Teknor Apex .................................305

Sirio Wire ...................................1451

Supreme Superabrasives Co Ltd..301

TEKTAPES ..................................217

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WiTechs Wire Technologies Tel. 508-793-1945 www.witechs.de sales@witechs.de USA Booth 1451 Exhibiting: Leading technology for wire treatment. We will be displaying our new SEZ4-450 sander with coating line. We supply wire rod and wire

payoffs, wire descaling equipment, wire coating lines, wire cleaning lines and accessories. Visit our booth at Interwire.

Personnel: Marc Heberlein, Roland Wallbaum, Al Kozlowski, Robert Strauss, Michelle Cosenza.

Woodburn Diamond Die, Inc. Tel. 260-632-4217 info@woodburndd.com USA Booth 804 Exhibiting: The company’s wide range of dies and related products and related products. An ISO 9001:2008 certified organization, Woodburn Diamond Die is one of the few companies to offer a comprehensive line of wire drawing dies of its own manufacture. The company serves the wire industry through three primary locations. Our manufacturing facility in Woodburn, Indiana, USA remains the corporate headquarters. A wholly-owned subsidiary, Woodburn Wire Die, S. de R.L. de C.V., is located in Juarez,

Mexico and serves the southwest U.S., Mexico, and Central and South America.

Wuxi Xinke Metallurgical Equipment Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-510-85857030 www.wx-xinke.com sales@wx-xinke.com China Booth 1812

Exhibiting: We have more than 30-years of experience being the professional manufacturer especially for steel wire hot-dip galvanizing line,electro-galvanizing line,heat treatment line, oil quenching line.

Personnel: Deng Junli.

WTM Srl Tel. 39-049-8705566

Wirex Dies and Steels India Pvt Ltd ..............................573

Tensor Machinery Ltd..................659

Upcast OY ....................................123

Thermoplastics Engineering Corp .....................1747

Uygar Makina Sanayi ve Tic Ltd. Şti.....................................1813

Tianjin Dives Special Wire Co Ltd ............................1318

Vandor Corp .................................650

Witels Albert USA Ltd ..............1307

Vinston US Corp ..........................417

Wittman Battenfeld ....................1363

Tianjin Metallurgy Group Flourish Steel Industrial Co Ltd ............1417

Vision Engineering Inc ..............1071

Woodburn Diamond Die Inc .......804

WAI/Wire Journal Int’l ..............sh fl

WTM Srl.......................................871

WAFIOS Machinery Corp. ........1005

Wuxi Xinke Mettalurgical Equipment Co Ltd ...................1812

Tianjin Zhaohong Metal Product Co Ltd ........................1320

WiTech Wire Technologies .......1451

Tillos Group................................1360

WCISA .........................................240

Tongling Xingang Plastic Products Co Ltd .........................770

Weber & Scher Mfg Co Inc.......1530

Tramev Srl/AITMAC...................323

Wire & Cable Technology Int’ ....240

Yangzhou Tengfei Electric Cable & Appliance Materials Co.......1315

Traxit North America LLC ..........450

Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp 1131

Yield Management Corp ............1845

Troester GmbH & Co. KG ........1165

wire 2018/Messe Dusseldorf North America .........................1303

Zhejiang Baichuan Conductor Technology Co Ltd ....................244

Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc. .............1817

Windmill Associates ....................141

Zhejiang Tenglong Stainless Steel Products Co Ltd ......................1161

Ultimate Automation Ltd .............970

Wire Machine Systems Inc ........1251

United Wire Co Inc ....................1158

Wire World .................................1827

Unitek Crossheads Inc .................523

wired up ......................................1515

Tubular Products Co ..................1351

Windak Inc .................................1641

Wire Lab Co ...............................1259

Xhangzhou Winlong Import and Export Co Ltd ...................1325

Zhuzhou Better Tungsten Carbide Co Ltd .......................1316 ZT..................................................370 Zumbach Electronics Corp ........1540 APRIL 2017 | 65

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Exhibiting: WTM Srl, a leading producer of taping/spinning insulating lines and cabling machines, will exhibit a high-speed wrapping unit deploying the company’s latest generation taping head type, model TWM/220. Provided with the patented triple-motorized control, thanks to the high sensitivity of its DINAMIC DANCER, this head is particularly suitable for the production of special cables. It controls the tension of the process directly on the tape itself while wrapping for the highest precision, resulting in increased production speed and less scrap. With its specialized tools, the unit excels for production of high frequency and connecting cables for applications such as cloud computing, server farms connections, wireless communications, military uses, aerospace interconnect solutions and aircraft connections. Beyond its high-performance taping lines, WTM Srl offers a complete solution with integrated systems including sintering and sealing processing by any kind of heating technology (IR, salt-bath, air-recycling), in-line quality and statistic control, surface visual inspection. It will display a consolidated VISIO system, with powerful HW and SW, that emphasizes the cable surface during the taping process while also providing geometry measurement and defect detection.

WTM also offers a complete set of machines and equipment for producing flexible assembly and Cat. 7 LAN cables, pairing lines, single- and double-twist take-ups, back-twist feeders, rotating capstans and longitudinal and concentric tapers. Our in-house team of process experts can support

all customer production needs for tape insulated wires.

Yangzhou Havet Machinery Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-514-87658305 www.havet-china.com havet_china@163.com China Booth 511/1

Exhibiting: Based in Yangzhou City, we manufacture reels for the cable and wire industry. We fabricate reels to DIN standards or to a customer’s requirements. We can also design for your specific requirements. Our products have been exported to Europe and South America, the North America, Australia, Southeast Asia, Middle East countries and African countries.

Personnel: Wang Weiwei (Vivian).

Yield Management Corporation Tel. 413-283-7773 sales@yieldmanagementcorp.com USA Booth 1845 Exhibiting: YMC will exhibit a new product for accurately measuring finished cable length on single and double-twist bunching machines. It can be retrofit to existing machinery and is simple to use and operate. The exhibit will include active machine models demonstrating YMC’s length counter for bunching machines, “fail safe” wire break detection retrofit kit for rigid frame cabling and tubular stranding machines, tape and wire break detection solutions. In addition to its quality monitoring products, YMC will present unique shielding and braiding machinery options and spare parts for Wardwell braiders.

Personnel: Robert Brown.

Zhejiang Wansheng Yunhe Steel Cable Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-571-86373711 www.wanshengyh.com

helitingmia@163.com China Booth 1522/18

Exhibiting: Our factory is a professional manufacturer engaged in the research, development, production, sale and service of galvanized and ungalvanized steel wire, galvanized steel wire strand, stay wire, steel cable, steel wire rope.

Personnel: Mia. Zhongtian Mica Products Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-715-4710776 www.glmica.com sueluo@glmica.com China Booth 511/2

Exhibiting: TZ Mica is a top manufacturer specialized in researching and developing mica insulation material for electrical insulation components. Our main products are mica paper, mica sheet, mica tube, mica tape, etc. Our products are approved

by UL, FDA, TUV and SGS, and we are certified to ISO 9001.

Personnel: Sue Luo. Zhuzhou UKO Precision Carbide Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-731-28821507 www.ukowiretools.com uko@ukocarbide.com China Booth 511/10

Exhibiting: UKO focuses on steel wire industry tools that include TC cold rolls, roller holders, TC descaling and straightening rollers, TC wire drawing dies, PCD dies, coating dies, gripper dies, cutters and punchers.

Personnel: Jackie.

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Downstream applications

This feature, an ongoing series, presents a further look at some wire and cable uses. You could say that this one has a decided tone. You could also say that it drones on and on, but the collective downstream diversity is all part of the industry appeal. And, for something both related and different, do read the feature addendum on p. 80.

What makes an audio cable worth upward of $10,000 to $20,000?

An audiophile with unlimited funds can easily spend upwards of six figures for a dream system, so is paying $10,000 or more for an audio cable extreme? What exactly is one getting? Below, Kimber Kable founder Ray Kimber, a WAI Life Member (joined in 1982), explains what happens at the company’s plant in Ogden, Utah.

WJI: Your company offers all types of cables, but your WJI: How did you come to start your company? specialty remains solid-silver conductors: how much of Kimber: In a way, it all goes back to when I was in a difference is there between those and silver-plated or first grade. I built a crystal receiver, and on my own concopper cable? nected it to army surplus headphones. It wasn’t supposed Kimber: Generally, I don’t believe in silver-plated to work, but it did. Years later, I managed a theater, conductors, I believe in pure silver worked a few concert tours and conductors. Other brands of “silver” assembled professional audio sound cables have a well-deserved bad and lighting systems. In the mid reputation for having a shrill sound, ‘70s, there was a major problem and I think that it is caused by with sound quality in discothèques silver-plated strands, certain impubecause all the lights and speaker rities in the silver and/or careless cables were snarled together. That insulation choices. I suppose there made the speaker cable function are a very few silver-plated copper like an antenna array, bringing cables that might have acceptable undesirable noise from the lights performance, but it would be very into the sound system. Technicians few. I am happy that choices I made tried encasing the speaker cable in decades ago, with our very first a steel conduit, and while it reduced all-silver KCAG interconnect, have the unwanted noise, it lowered proven the test of time and high-fithe audio fidelity due to the steel Ray Kimber’s audio focus is elementary. delity. interacting with the magnetic field of the speaker cable. So, just like in first grade, I set out WJI: You do offer the same products in different materito figure out what I could do. I determined that using al constructions? counter-rotating sets of conductors to cancel the magnetKimber: Sure. Our line of cable for headphones, ic interaction effect would help, and it did. That was the AXIOS, is a good example. The cable is a very flexible initial basis for what would become Kimber Kable.

OFHC copper wire braid comprised of 16 FEP-insulated 24-gauge stranded conductors. We developed a new preWJI: What were the early days like? cision hand-braided process that allows the conductors to Kimber: I continued refining a braided wire cable to seamlessly separate from 16 wires to eight wires within the point where it not only rejected the radio frequency the transition, eliminating the need for a solder joint.

(RF) noise, but allowed the system to sound markedly Each connector is finished with hand-polished harddifferent, clear and with richer timbre. I then hit the woods. Our AXIOS CU model, all copper conductors, road with a few spools of cable and test equipment to exhibits very low series inductance with very low DC prove that our cables were better. I would replace reguresistance. The AXIOS HB, a hybrid, uses half copper lar speaker cables with ours, and I’m pleased to say that conductors and half silver conductors, with the same the results were obvious, and that the sales followed. In excellent electrical specifications. The copper and silver 1979, Kimber Kable was established, and all these years are in separate insulations. The AXIOS AG, all silver later we are still looking for ways to make a better prodconductors, is ideal for very high fidelity applications. uct. Except now we have 40 employees, four acres and It should be noted that if the source audio has audi55,000 sq ft to work in, and we continue to international ble flaws, the AG will reveal them. The HB is a good in scope, with 80% of our production exported.

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feiters seem to find that making Kimber Kable is not as easy or cheap as they thought. We haven’t ever seen a comparable quality counterfeit.

WJI: Your company offers a range of cables for different budgets, but we have to WJI: Theoretically, anyone admit that we are most intercan buy the same raw mateested in your top end cables: rial you start with, so the difwhat makes a cable worth ference must be in the man$10,000 and up? ufacturing practice: could Kimber: The audio consumsomeone else buy equipment er has many choices of loudand try to undercut you…or speakers that cost more than is it not so simple? $50,000 per pair, sometimes Kimber: Some of our much more than $50,000 per in-house manufactured pair. Associated amplifiers equipment is definitely oneand source electronics can of-a-kind. We also have easily top another $50,000. In employees who have been that context $10,000 cables with us for decades, true are a natural choice. Such craftsmen. So theoretically, Kimber Kable speaker wire being braided. costly systems are capable of yes, someone could try to incredible fidelity playback, match what we do, but it but it is a reality of diminishing returns. This is true of the hasn’t happened yet. cables as well. Our more expensive cables use costly raw As for being undercut, we do have competitors and materials, and we have fairly low production quantities, there are would-be counterfeiters. Competitors usually which is what happens when one uses hand craftsmanhave a different design philosophy and so the manufacship. There is a bespoke “luxury goods” aspect to that turing process would not be the same. The few counter-

Kimber Kable walking in style with Sony It may be news to some, but Sony is still making its iconic Walkman, but even more impressive is that its latest model, the NW-WM1Z, released in 2016, has an eye-stopping price of $3,200. And by the way, the cabling comes from Kimber Kable.

The Sony Walkman NW-WM1Z, described as an engineering and design jewel, with unsurpassed build quality and fidelity, is milled from a copper billet. It has a heft that is substantial and comforting, as is the internal 256 GB storage. The player owes some of its upgraded performance to Kimber Kable, which engineered the special braided cable that runs from the amp to the headphone jack. The special touch is also part of the new $2,300 MDR-Z1R headphones offered by Sony, which offers customers a version with a $250 Kimber Kable upgrade: http://www.sony.com/electronics/walkman/nw-wm1z.

“Our relationship with Sony is very personal,” said Kimber Kable founder Ray Kimber, “The culture of our two companies seem very compatible. This relationship stretches back decades and is tied by a passion for high-fidelity.”

Kimber recalled that in the early 2000s, Sony embarked on a flagship loudspeaker project. “Unbeknown to us, they had chosen our speaker cable for the design labs. Of course they sought very high resolution recordings for

Sony’s newest Walkman deploys Kimber Kable cable. listening tests and at some point became aware that some of their favorites were from IsoMike, another venture of mine that is like a hobby, in that I donate the gross revenue to the local university music program.”

Kimber Kable has its own new AXIOS series of headphone cables in copper conductors starting at $700 and silver conductors starting at $3,000. In recent years, headphone performance has improved, as have prices, with many new brands and models in the $2000-$5000 price range.

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compromise for both quality and for budget. The CU is for all the classic fidelity and quality you expect from Kimber Kable, and will likely out-perform everything else even close to the price.

FEATURE A cable can take up to 22 hours to produce. level of system, and people are willing to pay for it. We try to be very efficient with manufacturing and take modest amounts of profit, which makes us very competitive.

We have notoriously small dealer margins. And in terms of the selling price, it’s worth noting that there are other companies selling cables to the high-end audio market that are more costly.

WJI: How closely do you watch your competitors?

Kimber: In the early days I was too busy/broke to even worry about competitors. We didn’t purchase any competitive products for dissection or comparative testing.

We have our own design goals and testing, and to this day don’t test or compare to our competition. We pay attention to what dealers tell us about our market position and reviewer comments, but then we make our own designs.

WJI: Help us better understand a top-end audio cable: can you describe the manufacturing process?

Kimber: Sure. Our Kimber’s 6000 Series speaker cable is a good example. The Model KS6068 loudspeaker cable is priced at $23,880 per eight-ft pair. It debuted in 2010, and has an all-silver conductor braid with constrained matrix and ESD (Electrostatic Dissipative) yarn woven around a flexible X38R rubber core. The core spaces out the braid and constrains it so that its angles (and polarities) are held perfectly in place in relation to one another and consistently along the length of the cable. No matter how you bend it, the braided geometry stays intact. The 6068 begins with a dozen 20-gauge varistrand silver conductors. Even as the finished conductor is wound onto the bobbins at our Utah factory in preparation for braiding, every inch of wire runs through someone’s fingers, searching for imperfections, and of course we also use testing equipment. Then, a dozen pieces of ESD yarn are braided around the core, followed by an additional layer of 12 solid-core silver conductors, followed by an entire layer of two dozen pieces of ESD yarn. Finally, the constrained-matrix layer is applied on the outside. Ultimately, the finished cable will have run through the braider three times. The KS6068 is then fitted with WBT Pure Silver Connectors. From start to finish, the process may take 22 hours, and six different staffers will have either been producing or inspecting it.

WJI: Has the technology changed much since your early days? Are your earliest cable designs still good?

Kimber: With just a few exceptions and refinements over the years, we still sell all of our models, including Model 4PR loudspeaker cable that now costs $3.10 a foot, so I guess you could say that a good design is a good design no matter the age.

WJI/WAI soundoff The WAI does not employ any full-fledged audiophiles, but everyone wanted to have-at the surprise package that Ray Kimber sent us. Inside, on loan, was the latest Sony Walkman and Kimber Kable’s solid silver cables wires.

A WAI staffer provided $300 headphones and cables for a comparison test. The Sony headphones powered by the optional Kimber cable were superb. However, staffers thought the stock version also had a pretty good sound.

The consensus: the Kimber Kable setup was better, the difference more apparent depending on the type of music that was being played. Staff observed that guitars sounded less muffled, white noise was gone and there was more clarity and depth. After listening to a solo by Victor Uzur, Karren Muolo said, “I felt as if there were a cello player in my office.” But was the degree of difference enough to persuade staffers to pay for it? The answer was “no,” but with an asterisk: the difference was there, but incrementally so. If money were not a consideration—but alas, it is—it would be wonderful to have.

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While working on the feature, WJI Graphic Designer Karren Muolo takes part in the staff comparison test.

The experience can be likened to wine or a sports cars.

One person’s taste may not need to go beyond the realm of a $20 bottle while other more discerning palates may demand the nuances and subtleties of a $50 or $100 bottle, and one may not need a Lamborghini Huracan AWD Spyder ($262,350) or a McLaren 650S Coupe ($284,500) but oh, to own one. A true audiophile, we suspect, would simply smile at our staff asterisk.

A U.K. medical team used a deep brain stimulation technique to dramatically reduce a woman’s high blood pressure, the first time in the world the procedure has been carried out for hypertension, as reported in the Feb. 27, 2017, issue of Hypertension.

Per the report, a team led by North Bristol NHS Trust neurosurgeon Nik Patel, working with researchers, carried out the first-time treatment to Amely Hoffmann. The patient had suffered high blood pressure for 10 years and was taking eight different antihypertensive drugs. Nothing worked. In 2011, Dr. Patel had published details of a previous case where deep brain stimulation (DBS) had been used for neuropathic pain. The procedure also helped the patient’s hypertension (high blood pressure).

DBS is an established neurological procedure that involves inserting an electrode—a thin insulated wire— into the brain, which is connected to a device similar to a pacemaker that stimulates a specific area of the brain.

In May 2012, Hoffmann became the first known person to have elective DBS for a cardiovascular disease. At the Bristol Heart Institute where she was checked, her blood pressure was 320/150 mmHg. Normal blood pressure is 90-120/60-80- mmHg, and a patient with severe hypertension would be about 180/90 mm. It was the highest such Micro-WJI Ad Interwire-April17

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The first-ever procedure required a wire electrode. rate the attending doctor had ever seen. “It’s amazing that her body has survived with such a high blood pressure.”

Following the DBS procedure Mrs Hoffmann was able to stop taking seven of the eight drugs she had previously needed. Her blood pressure improved to 180–220/130 mmHg and so did her quality of life. Recalled Mrs Hoffmann, “The incredible difference the DBS made was obvious immediately after the surgery. The device was not even switched on, but placing the electrode in my brain and the resulting swelling alone brought down my blood pressure by about 150 mmHg. I didn’t have to take any of my blood pressure lowering drugs anymore, except for one which you need to stop taking gradually.”

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The drone story you don't see FEATURE

Drones may seem to be everywhere, but not ones connected to a wire. Below, CyPhy Works, a U.S. drone designer that focuses on specific and purpose-built models, discusses the tether technology it uses in its Persist Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC) system.

WJI: Why is there demand for a tethered drone?

CyPhy Works: There is a real need for small, tethered, unmanned air platforms that can fly as long as a mission lasts. They fulfill a need not met by short-duration, free-flying drones, or by expensive, bulky aerostats.

construction zone oversight. The built-in cameras furnish zoom pictures and video that can spot a person at a range of three miles. The Tokyo Police force and Colorado Department of Transportation have each used a PARC drone for crowd and traffic management.

WJI: Once deployed, how long can a drone remain airborne?

CyPhy Works: A PARC system can remain aloft indefinitely, drawing on ground power via its tether. Outdoor endurance tests have exceeded 200 hours of continuous flight.

WJI: Can they carry anything beyond a camera?

CyPhy Works: Yes. Other payloads include a communications relay that adds temporary surge capacity or immediate connectivity for first responders and/or an affected area after a natural or man-made disaster. Other candidate payloads include air quality monitors, radiation sensors, ranging sensors to detect incoming small air vehicles, and ground-observing hydrology sensors to monitor water movement on or below the surface.

WJI: How long is the cable for your standard tethered drone?

CyPhy Works: A standard PARC microfilament spool is 550 feet to accommodate flight to the legal limit of 400 feet (including margins for safety and blowing winds). It is a Kevlar-reinforced copper microfilament, and carries data/command communications and A tethered CyPhy PARC drone to be deployed at an event. power.

WJI: What is the limiting factor for the length of such cable?

CyPhy Works: Ethernet communications quality is related to the microfilament length. The volume of data transmitted varies depending on the resolution of the payload involved, so tether length can vary depending on the payload configuration and sensor type being deployed.

WJI: Where do your tethered drones most make sense?

CyPhy Works: Our optical and infrared camera payloads are ideal for long-term surveillance. They are of extreme interest to military, border security, port and maritime surveillance, industrial security and to those monitoring cargo emplacements and depots. The camera-equipped PARC is a useful asset for public safety, including oversight of festivals and special events, VIP security, and monitoring post-disaster search and rescue.

Other industrial uses include infrastructure inspection, and

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WJI: How does the drone adjust to weather?

CyPhy Works: A PARC system can launch, fly and land in rain, snow and wind up to 25 knots, with gusts up to 35 knots. The system should not be operated during a lightning threat. It can remain at station autonomously due to CyPhy Worksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; robotic spooler, and the systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s positional guidance and flight control software. The software monitors position, making adjustments to motor output and tether control system to keep the drone in place.

WJI: Do you expect use of tethered drones to increase?

CyPhy Works: The potential applications of our drone are vast because the system is designed to be payload agnostic: flying anything that can fit within the specified mass/center of gravity/volume/power requirements, and that can be communicated with using standard Ethernet protocol.

WJI: How many such drones are in use now?

CyPhy Works: Because our customers include the military, we are not at liberty to divulge the number of systems in current use.

It seems as if there is no limit as to where and how drones can be used, and in China, one company has taken to the skies to deploy a flame-breathing model for clearing materials that are entangled with overhead power lines.

Video of the drone being used by staffers of a power company in Xiangyang shows an eight-bladed drone being positioned in flame-thrower range, where they summarily eliminate debris that has gotten entangled high above the ground in places that would otherwise be hard to access. The Xiangyang Evening Daily notes that this approach has been in use as far back as 2010. Operators fly the drone into position, and then trigger the incorporated flamethrower unit that incinerates the offending material. Such debris is not unusual as kites, plastic bags and even popular lanterns that are designed to fly away, all can end up on a cable line. There, they are difficult and potentially dangerous for a human to remove, but in a few seconds of drone treatment, the debris is gone.

What about the cable? One representative of the utility maintenance team was quoted as saying that the flame-throwing drone does not pose a risk to the

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Drones and power lines: all fired up …

Clearing a power line, drone-style. wires as they were made out of aluminum-coated steel.

Using drones reduces the risk of being electrocuted by high-voltage lines, and can save time compared with sending personnel up to retrieve the debris.

No problems to date have been reported with the practice, and indeed, there have been stories before of drones being used with a flamethrower, but not as part of a corporate maintenance plan.

…so what is left for drones that could possibly shock anyone at this point?

Ehang co-founder and CFO Shang Hsiao said the comStand back, because one new application for drones litpany hopes to sell the drone for $200,000 to $300,000, erally could take the concept—and potentially you!—to a beginning this year but acknowledged that its status is whole new destination. somewhat gray at this point. “The whole world never had Per media reports, Ehang, Inc., a Chinese drone maker something like this before,” he said. based in Guangzhou, on Jan. 6 introduced a drone model Failsafes on board at the CES gadget include multiple show in Las Vegas that power backups, a is designed to carry a program that will human: the company’s land the drone at Ehang 184 is touted as the first sign of being able to transport a trouble, and an single person weighing On-Star-like comup to 220 lb. The cabin mand center for flifits one person and a ers who need help. small backpack. It even Needless to say, has air conditioning and the Ehang 184 is a reading light. With unlikely to be compropellers folded up, it ing to your neighcan just about park in a borhood anytime single parking spot. soon.

The company notes In case you’re that all a passenger The EHang 184 autonomous vehicle introduction. AP photo. wondering, The 184 would have to do is set name stems from “one” person, “eight” arms and “four” a flight plan, and then use one of the two commands: propellers (it can still operate if one propeller fails). The “take off” and “land,” each controlled by a single click on model has been tested by staff but permitting is still a a Microsoft Surface tablet, the company said. The drone, long way off, even for China. which seems more like a helicopter…minus a pilot…is Uber is unlikely to go into a panic mode, but if this designed to fly about 1,000 to 1,650 feet off the ground Jetson’s like-concept ever goes anywhere, it most defiwith a maximum altitude of 11,500 feet and top speed of nitely is going to need a new name.

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Industry staple: application found in the Industry Internet of Things (II0T) The company worked in partnership with Nexans to The internet may not be on everybody’s industry radar, develop the tiny battery-powered sensor that is the key to but Nexans, one of the world’s largest cable companies, the tracking project. The sensor is embedded within each believes it sees much potential in the Industry Internet of of the wooden drums—two or more meters in diameThings (IIot) in the form of “fflytrak,” cloud-based techter—that are used to nology from ffly4u, carry medium voltan IIoT specialist age (MV) cables for that can track reels.

Enedis’ power infraPer Nexans, about structure projects.

19 months ago, it The sensor provides joined forces with a unique way of ffly4u to carry out a identifying both the pilot program with drum and the type Enedis, a French and quantity of cable DSO (distribution it is loaded with. It service operator) that connects wirelessly has a “fleet” of some to a cloud-based of 40,000 drums. management system Enedis deployed that provides Nexans a fflytrack device and Enedis with provided by ffly4u, a pioneer in tracking Initial of testing of the “fflytrak” device from France’s ffly4u has Nexans real-time information on the drum’s and management ser- very enthusiastic about its long-term potential. location and its vice. Fflytrack lets status during a typical 150-day tour of duty on site. The DSO customers know the exact location of their drums sensor can even send a message when the empty drum is and how much cable is left. ready for collection.

What sold Nexans on the fflytrak concept? The answer Fflytrack helps reduce the amount of time that empty lies in the numbers. A DSO such as Enedis can spend sevdrums are left on-site waiting for pickup, saving on costs eral million euros a year in renting cable drums, and it is and working capital. The service lets site operators plan expensive for Nexans to collect the empty drums and purtheir daily operations more effectively as they can locate chase new ones to replace those lost, stolen or damaged. the cable drums easily as well as have detailed knowledge Nexans reported that the device has been shown to be of the type and quantity of cable on each drum. Collection very reliable in a field test of returnable cable drums, logistics are much more efficient, and another plus is that which they described as “the unsung workhorse of the the drums are not lost or abandoned. Tracking also helps cable manufacturing Industry.” Typically, drums provide eliminate cable theft as an alarm is raised if the drum is years of service transporting cable from the factory to the moved outside its pre-set perimeter or during non-operacustomer. They are stored on site until needed, and when tional times, such as at night. empty, they are collected and returned to the factory to begin another cycle.  Visit

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Below, Olivier Pinto, Nexans Services & Systems Director Europe, explains why the company sees so much potential in a device called “fflytrack.”

WJI: How do you determine the savings from fflytrack?

Pinto: First, savings for our customers come mainly from the shortening of the drum rental period associated to a reduction in immobilization time thanks to the information provided by the platform. Because no drum management solution existed before, nobody really knew when a drum had been sent out to the field, where exactly it was located and whether it was still bearing cable or empty. This solution makes this information available so operational people can monitor the associated performance metrics and take measures to optimize this process.

Second, we generate savings through the optimization of the return logistics route as we will know the exact location of empty drums to be picked up. Third, let’s not forget that each year, hundreds of drums (even those more than 2.40 m tall) disappear and need to be replaced with new ones (annually, this represents several hundreds of thousands of euros).

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WJI: How durable are the IIoT devices from ffly4u?

Pinto: I can say that none of the fflytrack devices (to date) has been reported as being deteriorated.

WJI: When an empty reel is returned, can the device in it be used again? Could it be re-used multiple times?

Pinto: Yes. When an empty drum is collected from a construction site, it systematically goes through one of our maintenance centers to verify that it is still in good shape, and able to be sent to another customer. At

the same time, the information dataset is archived and cleared out so new information associating the same drum with a new customer order can be uploaded onto the platform.

Nexans is not iffy about the potential of the new tracking technology.

WJI: Can fflytrack be added to existing reels, or do they have to be inserted during the reel manufacturing process?

Pinto: It would be best to include the device automatically when producing reels, nevertheless it is not a problem to add it WJI: How much potential savings are there?

Pinto: Conservative projections indicate that the connected drums solution shall allow an almost immediate reduction of 15 to 20% of the overall immobilization time of drums out on the field. We also expect this figure to double with new features we are developing which will enrich the solution even further.

This eventually shall lead to cost savings of the same order of magnitude for our customers. The maths are straightforward: for a large utility spending each year sometimes several millions of euros in OPEX for managing cable drums, the positive impact on the bottom line brought by our solution becomes substantial.

WJI: Can fflytrack be deployed to other cables types?

Pinto: Indeed, the solution can virtually be applied to any cable type and we are already under discussions with several customers acting in different areas who are eager to benefit from this technology.

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Why all the excitement?

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C.F. Martin & Co., is best known maker for its guitars—played by the likes of Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley and Paul McCartney—but it also supplies strings that are designed to stand up to rigorous practice and stay in tune. Below, the company discusses its line of SP Core Wire.

WJI: Do you have multiple sources for your wire?

WJI: What can you tell us about the different products Martin: Yes, we have multiple suppliers for every type offered in your SP Core Wire line of string? of wire we use and all of them are required to meet our Martin: We have three unique wrap wires in the SP high quality assurance specifications. product line to provide even more options for all genres of music and styles of play.

WJI: Do you make all your own strings? What kind of • 92/8 Phosphor Bronze (on hex core wire). This string equipment do you use? provides more volume and complexity in the upper harMartin: Yes. The specialized equipment has been monics for consistent true tone that is pleasantly vibrant designed and built by our staff of engineers and machinand sustaining over the life of the string. This is our most ists. That includes: string windpopular wrap wire. ers that apply a wrap wire to a • 80/20 Bronze (on hex core core wire; machines that apply wire). This string tends to be STRINGS PERFECT FOR PLAYERS a ferrule (ball end) to the string brighter straight out of the packFROM BEGINNERS TO HARDCORE PROFESSIONALS that is used to anchor it in the age, but warms up quickly as the TO FINGERSTYLE GODS. bridge of the guitar; an Instron strings are played. 80/20 bronze tensile tester to ensure our matestrings are great for bluegrass rials meet tensile; elongation; players or anyone looking for a and brittleness specifications; more mellow tone. and a flow wrap machines used • Silk & Phosphor (on round for packaging. core wire). This string contains an added silk thread between the WJI: You also offer titanium round core wire and phosphor core wire? What’s special about bronze wrap wire for added that material? comfort and subtle, warm tones.

Martin: Titanium core wire offers several unique benefits WJI: How technically chalfor guitar players. Titanium lenging is it to coat a metal doesn’t stretch like steel core wire? Would the goal be to so it is more stable and holds make it as thin a coating as tune longer. However, it is more possible? #staytuned flexible than steel so it offers Martin: Some strings in the greater comfort and playability market are coated with a polyfor note bending, etc. The commer. Martin uses a treatment Martin flexible core SP strings in action. bination of pure nickel with titarather than a physical coating. nium also eliminates the galvanic Our treatment is designed to corrosion between the two metals and makes for a long interact with the surface of the metal at the molecular lasting string. Our titanium wire is extruded by a specialty level and not add mass. A coating is a barrier over wire manufacturer so the density is considerably less than the surface of the metal, where a treatment does not traditional high carbon steel. This allows us to produce affect the vibration pattern of a string in the same larger diameter strings that have the same tension and feel way that a coating might. Treatments do not flake or of smaller diameter strings made with steel, creating a peel as coatings do, which is another reason we feel unique playing experience for each musician. this is the answer to long lasting guitar strings.

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WJI: What are the most common string sizes??

Martin: A typical “plain” or unwound string is the core wire alone. It makes up the thinnest strings (high E and B notes), generally .012 in. and .015 in., respectively. The heavier strings are core wire that is wound with progressively thicker “wrap” wire to equal the range of gauges leading up to the thickest (low E), typically .054 in.

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WJI: Is the manufacturing process for strings a science or an art or a combination?

Martin: Musical string manufacturing is more of a science. We use sophisticated manufacturing equipment that is software driven to ensure we meet exacting and consistent specifications. Unlike making a guitar, the materials used for strings do not vary as widely as a piece of wood that may exhibit multiple density and stiffness

WJI: What characteristics are most important?

Martin: Most players would agree that tone, strength, tuning stability, and volume are most important. Twenty years ago we introduced our SP core wire, which increased the ultimate tensile strength of the wire to a level that makes it almost impossible to break under normal playing conditions.

We pay particular attention to the yield strength of the wire to ensure that the material will not reach the point of permanent deformation even when tension exceeds normal conditions. We’ve spent countless hours determining the dampening thresholds of our products to ensure that each string produces the volume and best characteristics to meet the expectations of each style of music for which they were designed.

WJI: How long should a string last?

Martin: This depends of the usage and the conditions to which the strings are subjected. From a mechanical perspective, our strings will last many months. Tonal failure will usually occur before mechanical failure. Some strings are created using a treatment or coating that will prolong their tonal life.

Typically strings will snap due to internal fractures on the core wire. These fractures occur from excessive tuning and bending. For example, some players use alternate tunings that place varying amounts of stress on the strings and frequent retuning. Other reasons for breakage can include an excessively heavy playing style or a defect on the nut or saddle of the guitar.

WJI: How can a player determine what string is best for them?

Martin: When selecting strings, it is important for each player to consider their style of music, instrument type, and playing technique. There are many materials used for guitar strings such as brass, phosphor bronze, high carbon steel, stainless steel, pure nickel, Monel, titanium, and silver-plated copper (to name a few). Ultimately, sound is in the ear of the beholder and trying several different types of strings (along with research) is the best way to find which set is right for you. One may find that different strings work best for different instruments so multiple styles may be needed to get the desired sound.

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Wire applications: this one seems unlikely to scratch its way to the top Trends seem to be the big Park’s latest trend, wire nails, has driver of just about any field, joined the flurry. She takes a minimalbut one relatively recent “thing” ist approach, using a clear polish base is the use of wire for decorating and thin gold wire. She said she got the fingernails. idea from neon signs, where the tubEun Kyung Park is the presing is bent to achieve stunning results. ident, and head designer of the Some of her designs look reasonable, glam Unistella nail salon in but in some iterations, the wire actually Seoul, South Korea. Her nail creextends beyond the fingernail. ations, from pom-pom nails and Not all wire uses benefit society.

WJI has consistently supported further crystal nails—even nails with applications of wire, but this time it is tiny gummy bears stuck on them—have been celebrated abstaining. That said, below are some real-world observaon Instagram and in magazines like Vogue and InStyle. tions that were posted at dailymail.co.uk.

• I see these twisted little designs snagging every sweater a person puts on.

• To this I say a big “Huh”? I mean, it’s wire sticking out. It’s not like you can do the dishes once it’s on.

• Looks like someone got bored at the office with paperclips. I’m sure they’re real healthy for your nails too, all that glue.

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• Do these people never do anything with their hands?

• Will they set-off screening alarms at the airport?

• So when you try to pull on a pair of jeans, these tiny thin wires will twist or break off...what a waste of money.

• Totally useless if you have an itch.

• Good way to get toxic shock...wipe your bottom with those nails and chance of infection if you scrape your delicate bits.

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Feature Addendum What goes on inside an audio cable?

The below article is a portion of an article, Mad Scientist Audio Heretical PLUS Cables Review, that appeared in Mono Stereo (www.monoandstereo.com). The key Mono Stereo writer was Ahmet Kip piece, with contributions from Kurt Lassen.

Audiophiles love cables. And audiophiles hate cables.

Being component freaks, audiophiles love every piece of gear that contributes to the sound produced by the audio system and cables are no exception. But in fact cables should not make any contribution to the sound.

All they have to do is to get out of the way. The more they get out of the way, the better they are, hence the more they cost. That’s why audiophiles hate them as well. They hate spending a fortune for something that sonically disappears while physically appears in a hefty manner. Cables are also used as tweaks to tune the systems by some audiophiles. They are used for covering any weakness caused by poor matching of audio gear.

Whatever reason they are used for, cables are a pain at the neck. Audio world would definitely be better off without cables.

What a cable physically does is to transmit the electric current from one point to another. Some claim that copper is the best conductor to transmit current, others claim that silver is better. Although the discussions haven’t come to an end, at least the options are reduced into two metals in today’s audio world. Then there is the issue of purity of the metal, expressed with numerous 9s.

Although 6N (N stands for 9) seems to be the standard, it is threatened by the seventh 9 as some cable producers claim that their conductors have reached the purity of 99.9999999. When purity of metal is concerned, only alchemists can be considered more obsessive than the cable manufacturers. The common assumption is, closer we are to the ultimate purity of metal better is the current flow.

29 for copper), higher is the current rate. Although not all electrons are mobile –only the valance ones are, meaning the ones in the outer orbit– we can also assume that silver is a better conductor in terms of current flow, as it has more valance electrons. Well, not wrong, but not a fact either when it comes to its relationship with better sound. It is an assumption. So let’s go a little deeper.

Electrons carry charge with a net drift. But since we don’t live in a two dimensional universe and every substance has a volume, that is, every atom or molecule of a conductor is surrounded by other atoms and molecules of the same kind and so is every electron, physical phenomena do not occur on a linear plane. The path of a typical electron in a wire could be described as a rather chaotic, zigzag path characterized by collisions with fixed atoms.

Each collision results in a change in direction of the electron. Yet because of collisions with atoms in the solid network of the metal conductor, there are two steps backwards for every three steps forward, as shown below.

Truth is the physics However, if we go a little deeper into physics, we see that when we talk about current, we in fact, talk about the particles that carry charge through wires in a circuit; that are the mobile electrons. When charged, mobile electrons move in one direction. So in physics terms, current is the quantity of charge carrying electrons passing through a cross section of a wire in a time. We can assume that more electrons a conductor’s atoms have (47 for silver,

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The overall effect of the countless collisions is that the overall drift speed of an electron in a circuit is abnormally low. A typical drift speed might be 1 meter per hour.

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Thank God (weird to use such a phrase when talking about physics) there are many, many charge carrying electrons moving at once throughout the whole length of the circuit. They do not have to travel a long distance in a second, there just has to be a lot of them passing through the cross section (in a 0.01 cm-long cross-sectional slice of a 14-gauge copper wire, there would be as many as 3.51 x 1020 copper atoms, each comprising of 29 electrons. Not all electrons are charge carriers—only the valance ones are—but imagine even just one is a charge carrier, there would be as much as 56 coulombs of charge, meaning 56 amperes/1 sec, within a 0.01cm length of the wire). With that much mobile charge within such a small space, a small drift speed could lead to a very large current.

Besides, the electric field signal from the source component travels at nearly the speed of light to all mobile electrons within the conductor, ordering them to begin marching. As the signal is received, the electrons begin moving along a zigzag path in their usual direction and in their usual speed. But as all the charge carrying electrons throughout the wire receive the signal almost at the same time, there is almost no time delay between two ends of the cable. Everything happens at a fraction of the speed of light.

So, what’s the outcome of all the above discourse on electrons and charges? The more charge-carrying electrons a conductor has—silver in this case—the higher is its current rate. But wait! There is already more than enough current in a conductor even if one electron carries charge in a moderate thickness of the material. So what’s the use of charging a circuit with more than enough current? Does it have any positive impact on the end result, in this case sound? Sure it does have a serious effect on the price of the cable, but when sound is concerned, the answer is somewhat equivocal.

Current rate is not the end of the story. I will not bore you with details, but there are other complications like skin effects, electromagnetic fields, radio frequencies and so on, all affecting the charge carriers. In order to avoid

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or reduce such effects, cable designers have developed solutions, but every solution comes with its trade off. As a result, cable geometry seems to be as important as the conductivity of the material.

See? There is a lot of science in cable design. And there is also a lot of pseudo-science when marketing is concerned. For the end user who does not have basic physics knowledge, it is easy to believe in assumptions and take them as scientific reality.

Back to earth All these physical phenomena theoretically take place in a wavelength that we cannot witness within the limits of our senses, neither with the help of conventional microscopes. Atoms and electrons are much smaller than the wavelength of visible light. In daily life, we witness their existence only by their empirical results. And cable designers test their innovative solutions and the performance of their cables in the empirical world too both by using testing equipment and by ear. Listening seems to be the ultimate testing method as we all have agreed that

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good measuring equipment does not necessarily sound good, and this we don’t know why. In the end, cable manufacturers charge all their efforts to audiophiles, who are already willing to pay insane amounts of money.

Can we say all these innovations are really improvements? Or in other words, are the manufacturers’ claims supported by the empirical experience of the end user, in this case listening? Not easy to answer, because listening experience is subjective. When subjective evaluation is concerned, the possibility of bullshitting increases, as it happens in the case of cable-mania, in fact in every kind of “mania.”

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PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY System eliminates need to change seals during cable production on CV lines At Booth 1165 at Interwire, experts from Germany’s Troester GmbH & Co. KG will be able to explain to attendees the real-world advantages of TRENDSEAL, a variable endseal system for CV lines.

Per the company, TRENDSEAL has widespread use (CCV, VCV and rubber CV lines) for universal sealing applications during the production of mediumand high-voltage cables. The need for this advance stems from the traditional setups for all types of CV lines that require seal

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changes to be made during start-up and product changes, which affects tool-changing times. Traditionally, each CV tube is equipped with one or more endseals to keep the cooling medium in process while the cable proceeds. The applicable sealing and support ring sets required per cable type depends on the cable diameter to be processed.

Switching to TRENDSEAL—which has proven its capability for more than three years and is offered as standard for all lines—replaces the conventional endseal systems consisting of single- or double-end seals and lead wire seals. A concave-shaped roller pair, driven by an AC motor, can be easily adjusted to seal a wide range of different conductor and cable diameters respectively. The rolls are coated with a high-resistant rubber compound to ensure perfect sealing in an abrasion-proof design. Thus, Vulkollan seals or silicone lamellas and corresponding pressure and support ring sets are no longer required.

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SDR reduces downtime, ends wire surface damage At Booth 814 at Interwire, Sjogren Industries will provide details about how its static dancer roll (SDR), which has undergone beta-testing at multiple wire and cable plants the last two plus years, has fared. The results, they say, have been nothing less than spectacular in terms of the potential gains they offer.

Per the company, which notes that it has filed a patent for the innovative advance, the SDR replaces the conventional dancer roller or tuner roller on wire drawing machines. It points out that conventional rollers have problems from the combination of high heat, draw lube contamination and general wear that can cause wire surface scratching, ball bearing seizure and constant maintenance. The longer the roller continues to move, the greater the wear problems that follow. Below is a comparison.

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The SDR, by contrast, does not move, and this aspect greatly reduces the above cited problems. If the wire line height is set to properly exit the capstan surface, nearly no wear occurs. This advance offers reduced maintenance costs

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and improved wire quality. Initial trial data indicates that SDR is a long-term advance, as reported by manufacturers that have used the SDR for as long as two and a half years of operation. If wear becomes apparent, a simple rod adjustment (less than one minute) can provide a new surface with no downtime for the line. Stop by the booth for more details.

SDR is one of several new products that Sjogren Industries will deliver in 2017 as the company continues to introduce enhancements in wire straightening assemblies and components that deliver major efficiencies and increased productivity for its customers. With its U.S. facility based in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, and distributors located in Europe, South Africa, Asia and Mexico, Sjogren is able to deliver high quality machinery, tooling and accessories to a worldwide customer base.

Contact: Keith D’Amato, Sjogren Industries, tel.

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Fixed center crosshead technology will make its debut at Interwire At Booth 523 at Interwire 2017, Austria’s Unitek, an extrusion crossheads specialist represented in the U.S. and Canada by Howar Equipment, Inc., will present for the first time an advanced head with a fixed-centering design.

Per the company, Unitek’s UXH30SCCV-TT crosshead is capable of insulating medium-sized stranded and solid conductors with dissimilar compounds.

This special crosshead was designed with a temperature separation-chamber for processing polymers with different melting points. Manufacturers benefit from Unitek’s proven quality/precision, along with a simple design that is easy to use and maintain.

The UXH30SCC-V-TT is a co-extrusion crosshead for products with a core up to 25 mm and finished wall up to 30 mm. The newly redesigned head is ideal for THHN products to be run in a single head using PVC as the main layer followed by a nylon layer. The crosshead builds on its already proven high concentricity platform, while adding the special thermal-break chamber which isolates the higher-temperature nylon being run in the front portion of the head versus the lower temperature PVC at the main layer. Extruders are attached to the head to be able to run both layers within the same head, which also reduces the extrusion-line’s footprint.

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While the head is able to run two layers through the main and sub-extruder, it is highly versatile and modular, allowing operators to run single layer, single layer+stripe, and single-layer+skin all within the same head by simple changes in the fronthead parts.

Unitek offers proven high concentricity heads with fewer parts. Manufacturers continuously gain greater cost savings from a higher quality product, quicker changeovers, less scrap during start up. The company can also offer solutions for crossheads, color change systems, and tooling based on experience as well as work with the customer to develop crossheads based on their needs.

Contact: Howar Equipment, tel. 905-669-4010, sales@howarequipment.com, www.howarequipment.com.

Laser marker offers high speeds and lots and lots of flexibility At Booth 550 at Interwire 2017, W. Gillies Technology will be prepared to discuss the capabilities of its CP LM 1064 laser mike, a standalone marking unit that can be placed anywhere in the extrusion or winding line.

Per the company, the laser marker automatically synchronizes the marking speed to the line speed detected by an encoder. The marking data can be entered directly at the unit by the operator or sent via network. Laser marking is not based on a specific polymer but can be applied on various materials. The key factor is the rate of laser sensitive additives (pigments) as without them you cannot get any visible marking. The laser beam activates the laser sensitive pigment, and changes the molecular structure of the pigment, resulting in the color change.

The laser beam power, pigment rate and marking height are crucial for the marking result.

The color of the marking result cannot be precisely defined so colors at this time are black and white as other colors, such as yellow or green, are presently not available. With the CP LM 1064, any kind of marking can be applied, such as alphanumeric texts, numbering (also in vertical direction alternating upside down with base line), logos, dates, and meter markings can be applied. The line thickness is much finer, with a state-of-the-art printing process that allows markings heights as small as 0.5 mm.

With a pigment rate of 1% in the material, a marking speed of up to 400 m/min is possible. This kind of laser

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Contact: W. Gillies Technologies, tel. 508-852-2502, sales@wgillies.com, www.wgillies.com.

New feed-and-form bending system will deploy latest industry software At Booth 1350, OMCG North America will display the C31E CNC feed-and-form machine, the Italian company’s top-of-the-line equipment that will be deploying the company’s latest software.

Per the company, the C31E system offers the greatest flexibility for bending wire and tube. Equipped with an OMCG special eccentric head, it is able to perform the widest range of bends, such as generated bends, reverse bend sequences, close bends, etc. The C31E comes with the company’s advanced software, EASY PROGRAMMING 3, which provides full 3D part programming (polar or cartesian coordinates) and simulation; direct import/export of 3D STEP files; advanced safety features for open door setup and maintenance; easy integration of third-party robots or external units; full remote diagnostic through internet; and IIOT (the Industrial Internet of Things) ready. It has the ability to collect and share production data with manufacturing database.

The model is offered in three sizes. The C31E.10, net weight 4100 kg, has an arm length of 850 mm and can process wire from 3 mm to 10 mm. It has a top speed of 150 m/ min and has five axes. The C31E.14, net weight 5500 kg, has an arm length of 1000 mm and can process wire from 3 mm to 14 mm. It has a top speed of 98 m a minute and has six axes. The C31E.16, net weight 6500 kg, has an arm length of 1000 mm and can process wire from 6 mm to 18 mm. It has a top speed of 57 m a minute and has six axes. The axes functions are infinitely adjustable, and bending accuracy for all models is +/- 0.2 degrees.

Accessories include an end-forming unit, a chamfering/ precut unit, presses, a flipper and a decoiler.

Contact: Bob Sears, OMCG North America Inc., tel. 630-860-1016, b.sears@omcg.com, www.omcg.com.

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Laser Doppler sensors excels at speed and length measuring At Booth 1530, U.K.-based Proton Products International will showcase the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mini series of laser doppler non-contact speed and length gauges.

Per the company, the new, smart, compact InteliSENS SL/SLR Mini Series of sensors set new standards in accurate, reliable non-contact speed and length measurement of moving cable and wire products with unrivaled performance and price. They are designed to replace cumbersome, inaccurate, high-wear speed and length measurement devices used in the wire and cable industries that are prone to excessive measurement errors due to slippage, vibration, wear and dirt accumulation that can result in product give-away, production losses and non-conformance to specifications.

The compact InteliSENS SL/SLR Mini Series has the smallest footprint on the market, and provides a direct replacement for conventional encoders. The installation is simple and the sensorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s compact size can also permit speed and length measurements from parts of the process that were previously unobtainable.

The solid-state sensors have no moving parts, which results in maintenance-free operation. Accuracy is better than 0.05%, typically 0.02%, with CE-MID certified versions available. They come standard with intelligent, easy-to-integrate capabilities that feature a broad range of embedded process interfaces. This includes Ethernet, RS-232 and WiFi communications as standard with optional PROFIBUS, PROFINET, DeviceNet and Industrial Protocol IP that can be substituted for the Ethernet communications interface.

The InteliSENS SL/SLR Mini Series are suitable for applications involving the measurement and control of speed and length, and can produce considerable results for the wire and cable industry, with a very attractive return-on-investment.

Contact: Proton Products, www.protonproducts.com.

In the U.S., contact Weber & Scher, tel. 908-236-8484, webscher@webscher.com, www.webscher.com.

Modular unit monitors real-time wire tension for rotating machinery At Booth 430 at Interwire 2017, FMS USA, Inc., will showcase the potential of its modular RTM X42 system, which makes it easier than ever to monitor wire tension in rotating machinery.

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Whether a wire process operation includes stranding (bow, tubular, planetary cage, etc.) or twisting (twinners, etc.), the ability to monitor and/or control the tension of each strand during the process will have a positive impact on the end product as well as on your manufacturing stability, product quality, throughput and scrap.

Contact: FMS USA, Inc., tel. 847-519-4400, fmsusa@fms-technology.com. www.fms-technologycom.

3 new/updated measuring systems will make their debut at Atlanta At Booth 1031 at Interwire 2017, Beta LaserMike (an NDC Technologies brand), will introduce three new/ updated systems as well as the latest release of a control system. Per the company, the new technology.

The LaserSpeed® non-contact length and speed gauge.

This is an industry leader in terms of accuracy, with a rating of better than +/-0.03%, with one of the widest measurement depths of field for the full velocity range.

LaserSpeed is now equipped with improved connectivity consistent with Industry 4.0 and a new, faster processing engine for faster communications.

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Per the company, the modular system can both optimize and document the production process.

Incorporating closed-loop tension control is a possible next step to automatically maintain proper tension in the individual strands, and in this scenario the tension-feedback signal is processed to produce a control signal to the battery powered brake actuator located at each payoff. The actual tension is compared to the desired tension (or set point), and after being processed through PID algorithms an appropriate control signal is sent wirelessly to the actuator. The signal will produce a minor adjustment to the tension when the actual tension is close to the set point, and a larger adjustment when the actual tension is further from the set point. The control signal will act on the mechanism that is being used to provide strand tension, for instance a friction-based brake with a rope or belt.

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system, with over 15,000 gauges installed worldwide. The 283 series is now outfitted with a larger, higher-resolution display. It also is equipped with improved connectivity that is consistent with Industry 4.0, and offers faster communications processing.

The new UltraScan DSP. This system, for wall thickness and concentricity measurements, also meets Industry 4.0 connectivity. An expanded feature set includes faster processing and measurement capabilities, high-speed tolerance checking, multi-layer measurements, enhanced connectivity via web server and other advances.

The upgraded InControl system. The latest release of InControl process visualization and control system continues to take simplicity and ease of use to the next level. It offers closed-loop control, scanning flaw detection, total wall thickness calculation, product defect marking, statistical process control, data collection and reporting, flexible interface and a number of other valuable features. An Optional OPC UA server module offers flexible, central control.

“We believe these new and updated products will be of great interest to wire and cable makers,” said Jay Luis, global marketing communications manager at NDC Technologies. “We’re also excited to reveal our new product styling which is visually arresting and distinctive.”

Contact: Beta LaserMike (an NDC Technologies brand), tel. 937-2339935, sales@betalasermikecom, www.betalasermikecom.

Taping head excels for special cable production At Booth 871 at Interwire, Italy’s WTM Srl will exhibit the company’s high-speed wrapping unit arranged with its latest generation taping head, type TWM/220.

Per the company, the taping head is particularly suitable for the production of special cables because of its patented triple-motorized control. The high sensitivity of the dynamic dancer was identified as the key. This device controls the tension of the process directly on the tape itself while wrapping, allowing the highest precision that results in increased production speeds and a reduction in scrap.

With the application of specialized tools, the unit is the optimum solution for producing high frequency and connecting cables for different high-tech applications such as cloud computing technology, server farms connections, wireless communications, military applications, aerospace interconnect solutions and aircraft connections.

WTM Srl is taking a solutions approach in providing the customers with not just high-performance taping lines, but a complete solution with integrated systems that include sintering and sealing processing by any kind of heating

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Yes, your operation can be greener At Booth 331 at Interwire 2017, Metalloid Corporation representatives will be ready to explain how manufacturers can be green without seeing their bottom line turn red.

Per the company, its WireWorks™ product line is formulated with American-made renewable resources to offer alternatives to petroleum-based lubricants, powder soaps and greases. The company supplies dry lubricants for low- and high-carbon steel as well as stainless and alloy

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steels; wet lubricants for steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, galvanized and cladded; grease lubricants for carbon steels, stainless steel, alloy steels and aluminum; and quench lubricants for copper, tin-plated copper and cladded products.

The company notes that its strategic focus is to combine problem-solving skills with new concepts that meet the needs of the wiredrawing market and address environmental concerns. It welcomes customers to visit their booth and find out more about the company’s chlorine free stainless steel wiredrawing lubricants.

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technology (IR, salt-bath, air-recycling), in-line quality and statistic control, surface visual inspection.

The company will also display its consolidated VISIO System that, combined with powerful HW and SW, can only not only emphasize the cable surface during the taping process, but also provide geometry measurement and defect detection. WTM Srl also offers machines and equipment for producing flexible assembly and Cat. 7 LAN cables, pairing lines, single- and double-twist takeups, back-twist feeders, rotating capstans, and longitudinal and concentric tapers.

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At Booth 673 at Interwire 2017, The Meltech Company will discuss advances several recent Continuous Rotary Extrusion (CRE) advances in materials.

Per the company, CRE has long been recognized as a highly productive process for extruding solid and hollow profiles, particularly for aluminum and copper. As a leading innovator in this field, The Meltech Company has continually pushed the boundaries in what can be achieved with this technology.

The Meltech team has achieved some ground-breaking advances from its R&D focus, the latest of which is for extrusion of brass. As an alloy of copper and zinc, brass, a hard alloy, can present many processing challenges. Having installed one of their advanced, semi-automated CRE lines with a large client using brass materials for a range of product applications, Meltech engineers were able to conduct a series of production trials that helped the company to both better understand the material issues and to develop the precise tooling designs required to achieve their client’s production objectives.

Meltech is also making advances in CRE processing of titanium powder as part of a project known as ‘Twister’ (Titanium Wire for Innovative Spring Technologies and Emissions Reduction). Supported by Innovate UK, the Twister project is advancing the development of titanium wire for spring technologies and emission reductions for the automotive industry.

While Meltech’s CRE customers typically produce copper busbar and wire or aluminum cables and tubes, the company believes there are many more opportunities in Continuous Rotary Extrusion for processing other metals, such as silver, gold and other metals not typically associated with CRE. Managing Director John Stamp and CRE Technical Sales Manager Gary Strathern will be able to explore these opportunities with you at Booth 673.

Contact: The Meltech Company, tel. 44-1254-691488, sales@meltech.co.uk, www.themeltechcompany.co.uk.

Best know for used equipment, company offers more At Booth 1531 at Interwire, Lloyd & Bouvier staff will be able to discuss with attendees the true range of what it offers the industry, and the company’s biggest seller may be a surprise: new equipment.

As the company notes, the industrial world is very dynamic, and wire and cable industry is no exception. As customer demands continue to change, suppliers need to respond accordingly. Since its conception in 1989, Lloyd & Bouvier has done just that. Today, in response to customer demands, about 80% of machines it sells today are new, not used. This includes payoffs, takeups, capstans, accumulators and dancers, taping heads, water troughs, respoolers and electrical cabinets are all designed and fabricated new in their facility located in Clinton, Massachusetts.

The company’s design engineers not only designed and built traditional wire and cable machines, they produce unique custom equipment based on conceptual ideas. Just two examples of this are modular planetary cablers and wire coating line and level winding traversing equipped with programmable catapuller/cutter system.

Lloyd & Bouvier also designs and fabricates new electrical control systems for existing extrusion lines. HMI panels can be as simple as basic units to recipe based touch screen systems incorporating various gages typically used on an

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Contact: Ron Reed, Harish Panchal or Brian Bouvier, Lloyd & Bouvier, tel. 978 365 5700, sales@lloydbouvier.com, www.lloydbouvier.com.

2 types of non-round dies can serve many special needs for industry Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ajex & Turner Wire Dies Co. produces trapezoidal wire drawing dies and sector-shaped conductor dies to meet customer requirements for a wide range of processes and applications.

Per the company, it offers shape drawing dies (trolley, oval, trapezoidal, rectangular, square, triangle, sector, etc.) and sector shaped compacting dies for bunching and stranding lines that collectively serve in the range of 35 sq mm to 500 sq mm non-round wire and conductor needs.

The trapezoidal/shaped wire drawing dies apply to rod breakdown and drawing machines. Types of finished products that can be produced include bare conductors, such as ACCC, ACCS, ACFR, ACSR (SA)/TW and others, and underground power cables, both low voltage and high voltage, among other. The sector shaped compacting die (D shape) typically are used for a rigid strander compacting stranded conductors.

Both die types can be made from a choice of materials, including PCD/(VNT) NANO/tungsten carbide / steel. They are reliable, corrosion-resistant, have a longer functional life and represent new technologies for drawn wire and compacting stranded conductor.

Contact: Sucheta Grover, Ajex & Turner Wire Dies Co., tel. 91-9810111137, sales@ajexturner.com, www.ajexturner.com.

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thickness and the second cable jacket layer provides at least 10% of the cable jacket thickness. The first material is different than the second material, and each material provides different physical properties to the cable jacket.

Frangible guy wire of an airport mast U.S. Patent No.: 9,580,925 Patent date: Feb. 28, 2017 Filed: May 22, 2015 Assignee: Exel Composites Oy, Finland Inventors: Sam Heikkinen A frangible guy wire of an airport mast, which breaks on impact without presenting a hazard or causing critical damage to the object impacting with it. The main part of the length of the guy wire consists of a tube or tubular profile made of composite material, the proportions of the dimensions and materials of which have been selected in such a way that in the event of impact, the tube (4) or tubular profile will break by fracturing, i.e.,by breaking into pieces. The wall thickness of the tube or tubular profile is selected to be so thin that the desired fracturing is achieved.

Aluminum alloy wire and method of producing the same U.S. Patent No.: 9,580,784 Patent date: Feb. 28, 2017 Filed: Sept. 26, 2014 Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Japan Furukawa Automotive Systems Inventors: Shigeki Sekiya, Kyota Susai

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An aluminum alloy wire, having an alloy composition which contains: 0.01 to 1.2 mass % of Fe, 0.1 to 1.0 mass % of Mg, and 0.1 to 1.0 mass % of Si, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, in which a grain size is 1 to 30 .mu.m, and in which a dispersion density of Mg.sub.2Si needle precipitate in the aluminum alloy is 10 to 200/.mu.m.sup.2; and a method of producing the same.

Robotic power and signal distribution using laminated cable with separator webs U.S. Patent No.: 9,579,806 Patent date: Feb. 28, 2017 Filed: Aug. 23, 2012 Assignee: Rethink Robotics, Inc. , USA Inventors: Shingo Tsukui, Seiji Oomura, Hidekazu Iwaki Systems and methods that facilitate cables to pass through moving, space-constrained joints and conveying power and/or signals to various robotic joint-associated elements utilize a unitary and flat laminated cable slack within the joint to accommodate the relative motion between mechanical elements of the joints. In various embodiments, the cable has multiple insulated sub-cables; each sub-cable is insulated and physically separable from all other sub -cables. Some of the sub-cables are separated from the cable and electrically connected to joint-associated components for conveying signals and power thereto without mechanically interfering with relative motion between mechanical elements of the joint.

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Method for manufacturing brass-plated steel wire and brassplated steel wire U.S. Patent No.: 9,579,704 Patent date: Feb. 28, 2017 Filed: Nov. 8, 2012 Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation, Japan Inventors: Takahisa Shizuku Provided is a method for manufacturing a brass-plated steel wire in which improvement in the quality of the brass-plated steel wire and energy saving in the manufacturing process are balanced and a brass-plated steel wire obtained by the method. The method is a method for manufacturing a brass-plated steel wire comprising a plating process in which a steel wire rod is brass plated and a final wire drawing process in which the obtained brass-plated steel wire rod is subjected to a final drawing. The method includes a zinc oxide removing process in which the amount of zinc oxide on the surface of the brass-plated steel wire rod is made smaller than 50 mg/m.sup.2 before the final wire drawing process.

Cable system U.S. Patent No.: Patent date: Assignee: Inventors:

9,577,418 Feb. 21, 2017 Filed: De.c 26, 2012 AMX LLC, USA Shingo Tsukui, Seiji Oomura, Hidekazu Iwaki A cable system has a cable connecting a base device and a traveling body, functions of the cable at least including transmission of signals, a reel device disposed on the traveling body, the reel device having a reel onto which the cable is to be wound, a motor that drives the reel and a rotation sensor that detects a rotation of the reel, a motor controller that controls the motor of the reel device; and an acceleration sensor that is disposed in the traveling body and detects an acceleration in a vertical direction, the motor controller basically opening a motor drive circuit

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Self-furring welded wire mesh U.S. Patent No.: 9,579,710 Patent date: Feb. 28, 2017 Filed: Oct. 8, 2015 Assignee: Tree Island Industries Ltd., Canada Inventors: Stephen Ogden, Craig Davis A self-furring welded wire mesh for reinforcing generally planar concrete and stucco structures is formed of a matrix of longitudinally and transversely extending wires disposed about a first common plane and welded together at their intersections. A selected plurality of the longitudinally extending wires each define a plurality of generally V-shaped spacing furrs therein extending generally perpendicular to the first plane with the bottoms of the furrs being disposed in a second plane spaced from the first plane a distance substantially equal to one-half of the predetermined thickness of the concrete panel. The spacing furrs in the selected longitudinally extending wires are located so as to be longitudinally and transversely staggered along the mesh. The spacing furrs are formed by pushing portions of the selected longitudinal wire perpendicular to the axis of the wires while holding an upstream portion thereof in a fixed disposition so as to form these without damaging or thinning the wires along the spacing furrs.

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Energy cable having stabilized dielectric resistance U.S. Patent No.: 9,576,703 Patent date: Feb. 21, 2017 Filed: Dec. 23, 2010 Assignee: Prysmian SpA, Italy Inventors: Gabriele Perego, Sergio Belli A cable includes at least one electrical conductor and at least one electrically insulating layer surrounding the electrical conductor, wherein the at least one electrically insulating layer includes: (a) a thermoplastic polymer material selected from: at least one copolymer (i) of propylene with at least one olefin comonomer selected from ethylene and an a-olefin other than propylene, the copolymer having a melting point greater than or equal to 130.degree. C. and a melting enthalpy of 20 J/g to 90 J/g; a blend of at least one copolymer (i) with at least one copolymer (ii) of ethylene with at least one .alpha.-olefin, the copolymer (ii) having a melting enthalpy of 0 J/g to 70 J/g; a blend of at least one propylene homopolymer with at least one copolymer (i) or copolymer (ii); at least one of copolymer (i) and copolymer (ii) being a heterophasic copolymer; (b) at least one dielectric fluid intimately admixed with the thermoplastic polymer material; and (c) at least one water tree retardant selected from ethoxylated fatty acids and amide derivatives thereof.

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Single Twist Lines Flexible armored cable U.S. Patent No.: 9,576,702 Patent date: Feb. 21, 2017 Filed: April 16, 2014 Assignee: Dekoron Wire & Cable LLC, USA Inventors: Robert Wobick, Matthew Nadakal, Allie Ford, Jerry Simcik An armored cable features a core and an armor generally surrounding the core and having an inner diameter. The armor has a thickness of 0.001 to 0.100 times the inner diameter of the armor. In addition, the armor has corrugations with a pitch of 0.050 to 1.000 times the inner diameter of the armor. The armor has a corrugation depth of 0.010 to 0.400 times the inner diameter of the armor.

High-voltage wire wiring structure in vehicle U.S. Patent No.: 9,576,701 Patent date: Feb. 21, 2017 Filed: Nov. 12, 2014 Assignees: Topy Kogyo, Kabushiki Kaisha, Japan Inventor: Akira Suzuki A high-voltage wiring structure in a vehicle includes an extending member extending in an extending direction which is a longitudinal direction or a width direction of the vehicle, a plurality of bulkheads respectively provided at a plurality of portions of the extending member in the extending direction, a high-voltage wire extended from a battery for driving the vehicle, and a pipe, in which the high-voltage wire is inserted, and which is surrounded by the extending member. A plurality of portions of the pipe in a longitudinal direction of the pipe are respectively fixed to the bulkheads by welding.

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for driving the motor or bringing a supply current to the motor to zero when it is determined that the reel is rotated in an unreeling direction for unreeling the cable based on sensed information from the rotation sensor.

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TECHNICAL PAPERS Ultra-High-Fiber-Count and High-Density Slotted Core Cable with Pliable 12-fiber Ribbons Fumiaki Sato, Keisuke Okada, Takao Hirama, Kentaro Takeda, Ryoei Oka, Ken Takahashi Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 1, Taya-cho, Sakae-ku, Yokohama, 244-8588 Japan Phone #: +81 45 853 7141, satou-fumiaki@sei.co.jp

Abstract

Table 1 Comparison of optical fiber count

This paper describes the configuration of a new Ultra-High-FiberCount (UHFC) and High-Density (HD) slotted optical fiber cable with 12-fiber-pliable ribbons. We combined the pliable ribbon technology with a slotted core cable design to create the cable that doubles the fiber count while the diameter remains the same as conventional cables. The pliable ribbon consists of fiber adhesive parts and non-adhesive parts coming in turns in a longitudinal and transverse direction, enabling high fiber density within a limited duct space and mass fusion splicing. A slotted core cable is designed with a non-preferential bending axis, allowing for easy installation in space-constrained areas. Its best characteristics, such as easy handling, good identification, and mass fusion splicing, are retained in our new cable. This paper describes the design of the 12-fiber ribbon and the test results of mass fusion splicing. It also refers to the designs and characteristics of 3456fiber-count slotted core cables, which are the highest-count optical cables in commercial use, and 1728-fiber count slotted core cables.

2. Ribbon Design and Evaluation 2.1 Pliable Ribbon Design

Keywords: ultra-high-fiber-count, high-density, pliable ribbon, slotted core cable, installation

As shown in Figure 1, 12-fiber pliable ribbons consist of fiber adhesive part A, non-adhesive part C and adhesive pitch P which are easily modified. To achieve both pliability of ribbon and ease of mass fusion splice, we optimized the adhesive pattern. As one example, we have conducted fusion splicing workability test with prototype ribbons with various P remaining ratio of A and C.

1. Introduction In recent years, with the dramatic increase of data capacity among data centers all over the world due to expanding of crowd computing, the demand for high-fiber-count and high-density optical cable increases. To construct optical networks more economically, it is necessary to make effective use of existing ducts and spaces for the installation of optical fiber cables.

Recently, several studies on ultra-high-density optical fiber cable with pliable ribbons have been reported, Subsequently, New design of combination of pliable ribbon and slotted core cable was applied to UHFC optical fiber cable.

Table 1 shows a comparison of fiber-count in common underground duct sizes. Our challenge is the cable doubles the fiber count while the diameter remains the same as conventional cables.

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(b) Pattern B Figure 2. Configurations of 12-fiber Pliable ribbons Table 2 shows test procedure of splice workability test.

Table 2 Test procedure of splice workability test No.

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Set ribbon on splice holder

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Fiber Cleaning Cleave fibers

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Figure 4. Fusion splice loss distribution In order to confirm the reliability of splice point between pliable ribbons, we conducted Heat Cycle test of fusion splice point with protection sleeve. Figure 5 shows the attenuation change of 10splice point from -40 degree to 75 degree. It was confirmed that the attenuation change was negligible value.

As shown in Figure 3, the larger the Adhesive Pitch of Pattern A becomes, the more difficult it is to splice because of procedures such as arraying single fibers. On the other hand, splice work time of Patten B is less than Pattern A, even if it has large P, so we have selected Pattern B which has P=1.5 of relative value.

Figure 5. H/C test result of splice points between 12-fiber Pliable Ribbons with 10 protection sleeves

3. Ultra-High-Fiber-Count and HighDensity Slotted Core Cable Figure 3. Comparison of splice work time using several ribbon samples

3.1 Cable Design As a representative example, configuration of 1728-fiber count cable is shown in Figure 6 and 3456-fiber count cable in Figure 7.

By adopting bend-insensitive single-mode fiber (ITU-T G.657 A1) and pliable ribbon design, we tried to achieve drastic fiber density.

2.2 Evaluation of developed ribbon Mass fusion splice losses between the pliable 12-fiber ribbons were measured. The results are shown in Figure 4. It was

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confirmed that the splice losses of developed ribbons are comparable with conventional ribbons.

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The cable includes a dry water-blocking tape that eliminates cable flooding gels, thereby eliminating the cleaning and blocking preparation steps associated with standard gel-filled cables.

Block Mark

Stripe Marks

Ribbon Mark

Figure 8. Picture and Configuration of ribbon marks

3.2 Water-blocking design It is difficult for the water-blocking property of UHFC and HD optical cables to be improved, such as conventional ones, because water-swellable powders of water-blocking tape cannot defuse deeply into cables containing higher density optical fibers.

Therefore, we examined the dependence of fiber density to waterblocking property, as shown in Figure 9.

Outer Diameter 26 mm Figure 6. Configuration of 1728-fiber count cable

Figure 9. Water Penetration Property of UHFC and HC optical cables

Outer Diameter 34 mm Figure 7. Cross-section of 3456-fiber count cable

Considering the dependence of fiber density to water penetration property, we optimized slot design and fiber density of UHFC and HD optical cables such as 3456-fiber count cable.

It was needed to identify ribbons easily in each slot, so we adopted new ribbon identification for UHFC cables. As shown in Figure 8, 'Stripe and Block Ribbon Mark' is used onto the ribbon width.

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3.3 Installation Characteristics A slotted core cable has non-preferential bend axis and low bending rigidity due to central strength member, which allows for easy handling in space-constrained areas. We also examined

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Table 3 Transmission and mechanical performance of 3456-fiber count and 1728-fiber count cables.

Figure 10. Apparatus of bending rigidity measurement As shown in Figure 11, comparison of bending rigidity between developed 1728-fiber count cable and conventional 864-fiber central tube cable under similar cable diameter.

Conventional Cable

Developed Cable

864-fiber (O.D.25mm)

1728-fiber (O.D.26mm) Figure 12 shows attenuation change of 3456-fiber cable during the temperature cycling test (-40 to +70C, 3cycles). There is no remarkable attenuation change.

Bending Rigidity*1 Bending Rigidity = 11.4 N・m2 = 5.5 N・m2 Bending direction orthogonal to the strength member Figure 11. Comparison of bending rigidity It was confirmed that the bending rigidity of the development cable is about half of conventional one.

3.4 Characteristics of the developed cable We performed temperature cycling and mechanical tests on a 3456-fiber count and 1728-fiber count cables.

The test items, conditions and results are summarized in Table 3.

It was confirmed that attenuation changes of these cables were low in each test.

Figure 12. Attenuation change in 3456-fiber count cable during temperature cycling

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3.5 Fiber Count Comparison of Ribbon Cables Figure 13 shows a comparison of the optical fiber count of developed slotted core cables and conventional Ribbon-In-LooseTube (RILT) cables.

[3] K. Okada et al, “Enhanced Peelable Ribbon and Its Application to Access Network Cables,” Proc. of 53rd IWCS (2005), p.55-60.

[4] F. Satou et al, “Low Polarization Mode Dispersion and Thin Ribbon Type Optical Cable with Peelable Ribbon “EZbranch”,” Proc. of 55th IWCS (2007), p.55-60.

[5] M. Takami et al, “Design of Ultra-High-Density Optical Fiber Cable with Rollable 4-Fiber Ribbons for Aerial Deployment,” Proc. of 61st. IWCS (2012), p.433-436.

[6] F. Satou et al, “Flame Retardant Optical Fiber Cords with Pliable Ribbons for Easy MPO terminations,” Proc. of 63rd.

IWCS (2014), p.742-746.

[7] F. Sato et al, “Design of Ultra-High-Density 2000-Optical Fiber Cable with Pliable 8-fiber Ribbons for Underground Deployment,” IWCS (2015), p.659.

8. Pictures of Authors Fumiaki Sato Figure 13. Comparison of optical fiber count of ribbon cables The developed 1728-fiber and 3456-fiber cable has twice as many optical fiber count as a conventional RILT cables given the same cable outer diameter.

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 1, Taya-cho, Sakae-ku, Yokohama, 244-8588 Japan E-mail: satou-fumiaki@sei.co.jp

5. Conclusions We have developed pliable 12-fiber ribbon and Ultra-High-FiberCount and High-Density slotted optical fiber cable. The new ribbon was balanced pliability with splice workability.

The developed slotted core cable is designed with a nonpreferential bending axis and low bending rigidity, allowing for easy installation in space-constrained areas. We combined the pliable ribbon technology with a slotted core cable design to create the cable doubles the fiber count while the diameter remains the same as conventional cables.

6. Acknowledgments The authors will express gratitude to all the people who cooperated in the completion of this paper.

Fumiaki Sato received his M.S. degrees from Tohoku University in 2000. He joined Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd in 2000 and he has been engaged in design and development of fiber optic cables. He is an assistant general manager of engineering department in optical fiber and cable division.

Keisuke Okada Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 1, Taya-cho, Sakae-ku, Yokohama, 244-8588 Japan E-mail: okada-keisuke@sei.co.jp

7. References

[1] Y. Yamada et al, “Ultra-High-Density Optical Fiber Cable with Rollable Optical Fiber Ribbons,” The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (2008), p.292.

[2] Y. Yamada et al, “High-Fiber-Count and Ultra-High-Density Optical Fiber Cable with Rollable Optical Fiber Ribbons,” The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (2009), p.503.

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Keisuke Okada received his M.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kanazawa University in 1998. He joined Sumitomo Electric Ind., Ltd. in 1998 and he has been engaged in design and development of fiber optic cables. He is an assistant general manager of engineering department in optical fiber and cable division.

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Takao Hirama

Ken Takahashi

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 1, Taya-cho, Sakae-ku, Yokohama, 244-8588 Japan

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 1, Taya-cho, Sakae-ku, Yokohama, 244-8588 Japan

E-mail: hirama-takao@sei.co.jp

E-mail: takahashi-ken@sei.co.jp

Takao Hirama received his M.E. degree from Hiroshima University in 2007. He joined Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. in 2007 and he has been engaged in plant and process engineering of optical cables since then. He is an assistant manager of Process Engineering Group in Optical Fiber and Cable Division.

Ken Takahashi received his M.E. degree from Sophia University in 1994. He joined Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. in 1994 and he has been engaged in plant and process engineering of optical cables since then. He is a manager of Cable Process Engineering Group in Optical Fiber and Cable Division.

Kentaro Takeda Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 1, Taya-cho, Sakae-ku, Yokohama, 244-8588 Japan E-mail: takeda-kentaro@sei.co.jp

Kentaro Takeda received his M.E. degree from The University of Electro-Communications in 2000. He joined Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. in 2000 and he has been engaged in plant and process engineering of optical cables since then. He is an assistant general manager of Cable Process Engineering Group in Optical Fiber and Cable Division.

Ryoei Oka Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 1, Taya-cho, Sakae-ku, Yokohama, 244-8588 Japan E-mail: okaryoei@sei.co.jp

Ryoei Oka received his B.E. degree from Waseda University in 1995. He joined Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. in 1995 and he has been engaged in plant and process engineering of optical cables since then. He is an assistant general manager of Cable Process Engineering Group in Optical Fiber and Cable Division.

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TECHNICAL PAPERS Nuclear Materials and Energy 9 (2016) 451–454

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Effect of dissolved gas on mechanical property of sheath material of mineral insulated cables under high temperature and pressure water T. Takeuchi∗, H. Nakano, T. Uehara, K. Tsuchiya Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Oarai, Ibaraki 311-1393, Japan

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a b s t r a c t In terms of an applicability of mineral insulated (MI) cables under high temperature and pressure water such as coolants in nuclear power plants, effects of dissolved gases on mechanical properties of the sheath materials of the MI cables were investigated. Slow strain rate testing was performed for AISI 304 and 316 stainless steels under high temperature and pressure water at 325 °C and 15 MPa in pure water. At a strain rate of 5 × 10−3 mm/min with the condition, oxygen: ∼8.5 ppm, hydrogen: < 1 ppb, nitrogen: ∼14 ppm, fully ductile fractures were observed. The tensile strengths increased with the change in the strain rate from 5 × 10−3 to 5 × 10−4 mm/min. On the other hand, with oxygen: < 1 ppb, hydrogen: < 1 ppb, nitrogen: ∼30 ppm by nitrogen bubbling, partial brittle fractures were observed mainly near the edge of the samples. In addition, the change in the strain rate from 5 × 10−3 to 5 × 10−4 mm/min increased the rate of the brittle fracture surface and decreased the tensile strengths. The change in the dissolved hydrogen from < 1 ppb to 50 ppb also increased the rate of the brittle fracture surface and decreased the tensile strengths.

The similar brittle behavior was observed by replacing nitrogen by argon bubbling. The results implied the possibility of embrittlement phenomena of the stainless steels in high-temperature and pressure water even with very low dissolved oxygen resulting in high susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement. © 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

1. Introduction Mineral insulated (MI) cables are widely used in industrial fields because of their good heat-resistance, water-resistance, and mechanical properties. They are applied in nuclear facilities as power-, signal-, and measurement cables. For example, they will be applied as magnetic diagnostic coils for ITER [1]. The MI cables are composed of a single or a number of core wires with a high heatresistant mineral insulator covered by a flexible metal sheath. In the nuclear industry, magnesium and aluminum oxides are usually used for the insulators because of their chemical stability, purity, and high melting point. For the sheath materials, austenite stainless steels and nickel base alloys are often used because of their good corrosion properties. If water cooling systems are adopted at demonstration power plants after ITER, a temperature of about 300 °C and a pressure of 15 MPa are considered as candidates for coolant water conditions. In the case of in-situ measurements using the MI cables in such a high temperature/pressure water envi-

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ronment, it is necessary to evaluate their fracture properties since the thickness of the sheath is typically only less than 1 mm. AISI 304 and 316, which are representative austenite stainless steels, are typical materials used for sheath materials of MI cables. Moreover, AISI 304 and 316 are widely studied at conditions of coolant of light water reactors. On the other hand, if water-cooling method is adopted for future practical fusion reactor, condition of coolant water is not decided. However, no studies have been performed on fracture properties of AISI 304 and 316 at very low DO condition. Therefore, we performed this study as the first step to investigate fracture properties of austenite stainless steels in high temperature/pressure water at very low DO condition.

The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of dissolved gases especially in the range of low dissolved oxygen on the fracture properties of AISI 304 and 316 stainless steels as sheath materials of the MI cable in pure water at 325 °C and 15 MPa. 2. Experimental The materials used in this study were flat bars of two types of austenitic stainless steel (AISI 304 and 316 stainless steels).

The chemical compositions of the steels are listed in Table 1.

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Fig. 1. Dimension of SSRT specimen.

Fig. 2. Procedure of sample preparation for hardness test. The sample undergo a process (i)-(iii) and (ii)-(iii) was defined as “with N2 bubbling” and “without N2 bubbling”, respectively.

Slow-strain-rate testing (SSRT) samples were designed as small tensile specimens. The dimensions of the specimen are shown in Fig. 1. A high temperature and pressure water loop apparatus equipped with two autoclave units was used. Stress-strain curves were obtained by SSRT in one of the autoclave unit with pure water at 325 °C and 15 MPa. The strain rates of 5 × 10−3 and 5 × 10−4 mm/min were applied. Dissolved levels of oxygen and hydrogen were obtained by dissolved concentration meters, while the dissolved nitrogen and argon levels were estimated through calculations using the nitrogen partial pressure and its solubility in water. The dissolved gas concentrations were controlled at the following two levels, (i) Oxygen: 8.5 ppm, Hydrogen: < 1 ppb, Nitrogen: ∼14 ppm as a reference condition in equilibrium with atmospheric air, and (ii) Oxygen: < 1 ppb, Hydrogen: < 1 ppb, Nitrogen: ∼30 ppm to investigate the effect of very low dissolved oxygen. In addition, the following conditions were applied as well: (iii) Oxygen: < 1 ppb, Hydrogen: 50 ppb, Nitrogen: ∼30 ppm to investigate the effect of addition of hydrogen to condition (ii), and (iv) Oxy-

gen: < 1 ppb, Hydrogen: < 1 ppb, Argon: ∼56 ppm to confirm that there is no effect of nitrogen gas used for concentration control of dissolved gas, with the first one being applied on the 316 stainless steel with a strain rate of 5 × 10−4 mm/min and the second one used for the 304 stainless steel with 5 × 10−3 mm/min as strain rate, respectively.

The fracture surfaces of the specimens were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to examine the fracture mode and the percentage of brittle fracture. In addition, micro-Vickers hardness tests were carried out by using a 100 g load with indentation loading for 15 s. Procedure of sample preparation for hardness test is shown in Fig. 2. Prior to the hardness tests, the samples were exposed to the pure water environment at 325 °C and 15 MPa with the dissolved gas condition (ii) and were cut vertical to the longitudinal direction of the samples around at middle of the parallel part. After being mounted into epoxy resin, the samples were polished with #800 emery paper and then treated by buffed finish for 60 min using colloidal silica with 0.06 µm in diameter. The hard-

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Table 2 Tensile strengths and elongation at fracture of AISI 304 and 316 measured at different test conditions.

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5 × 10−3

5 × 10−4

5 × 10−3

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600 45 592 40

532 30 567 27

559 34 579 34

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– – – –

– – – –

560 35 – –

Fig. 3. Comparison of fracture surfaces of (a)the AISI 304 and (b) 316 stainless steels under condition (i) and (ii) with a strain rate of 5 × 10−3 mm/min.

ness on the cut surface was measured at a different distance from the original longitudinal surface in order to determine whether some hardening occurred by the dissolved gas.

3. Results 3.1. Stress-strain characteristics The tensile strength, which is defined as ultimate tensile strength in this paper, and elongation at fracture obtained from the stress-strain curves tested under different conditions are listed in Table 2. Under the condition (i), the decrease of the strain rate from 5 × 10−3 to 5 × 10−4 mm/min caused an increase of the tensile strength. On the other hand, the elongation at fracture was remained almost unchanged for both investigated materials. Under condition (ii), in contrast, the same decrease of the strain rate from 5 × 10−3 to 5 × 10−4 mm/min lead to a decrease of the tensile strength and elongation at fracture. At condition (iii), corresponding to the addition of the dissolved hydrogen to the condition (ii) up to 50 ppb, the tensile strength decreased without a reduction of the elongation at fracture for AISI 316. At condition (iv), corresponding to the change in the bubbling gas used for condition (ii) to argon, no significant changes of tensile strength and breaking elongation were observed.

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3.2. Fracture behavior Fig. 3 shows the comparison of the fracture surfaces under the condition (i) and (ii) with 5 × 10−3 mm/min as strain rate. For clarity, not only the top views of the fracture surface but also the side views at the fracture point are shown. Under condition (i), the fracture modes of both the steels were fully ductile. On the other hand, under the condition (ii), partial brittle fracture surfaces were observed for both the AISI 304 and 316 stainless steels. The brittle fracture occurred mainly around the outer edge of the samples. In addition, many cracks arose on the lateral face as evidenced by the figures of the side view.

The percentages of brittle fracture for the selected test conditions are listed in Table 3. The mean percentages of brittle fracture of the 304 and 316 stainless steels increased due to the decrease of the strain rate from 5 × 10−3 to 5 × 10−4 mm/min. At condition (iii), the mean percentage of brittle fracture increased for AISI 316 at 5 × 10−4 mm/min compared to condition (ii). Under the condition (iv), although the measurement was performed only once, the percentage of brittle fracture did not significantly change from that of the condition (ii).

3.3. Hardening by dissolved gas Fig. 4 shows the depth dependency of the hardness on the cut surface vertical to the longitudinal direction of the samples around

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Strain rate [mm/min]

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Condition (i)

Condition (ii)

Condition (iii)

Condition (iv)

5 × 10−4

5 × 10−3

5 × 10−4

5 × 10−3

5 × 10−4

5 × 10−3

5 × 10−4

5 × 10−3

0% 0

0 0

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21 10

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– –

22 –

Fig. 4. Depth dependency of the hardness.

Therefore, the embrittlement of the steels is considered to be caused by not a direct but an indirect influence of the dissolved nitrogen. In other words, the very low dissolved oxygen and hydrogen concentration environment due to the pure nitrogen bubbling might cause the brittle fractures of the steels even in pure water at 325 °C and 15 MPa. This possibility is also advocated by the fact that almost the same values of the tensile strength, elongation at fracture, and percentage of brittle fracture surface was obtained after changing the bubbling gas from nitrogen to argon.

Generally speaking, the embrittlement occurs with cold rolled condition in SUS304/316 stainless steels without any dissolved gases [3,4]. In the present study, in contrast, the stainless steels without prior cold working showed the distinct brittle fracture in pure water. One of a possible cause is destabilization of formation of passivation film because of very low DO. Since the addition of hydrogen from 1 to 50 ppb increased the percentage of the brittle fracture surface, the very low dissolved oxygen concentration might enhance the susceptibility of brittle fracture due to dissolved hydrogen even in pure water.

Further studies with various dissolved oxygen and hydrogen concentrations are necessary to reveal the mechanism of this embrittlement phenomenon.

5. Summary

at middle of the parallel part. The hardness of both the stainless steels with and without the nitrogen bubbling did not show any clear depth dependency and stay almost at the same value around 200 Hv. 4. Discussion The change in the test condition from (i) to (ii) caused a decrease in the tensile strength and elongations at fracture. In addition, brittle fracture occurred. In terms of strain rate, opposite strain rate dependence of tensile strength and elongation was observed between 8.5 ppm and < 1 ppb dissolved oxygen. This fact indicates that quite different deformation and facture behavior occurred between the two levels of dissolved oxygen.

According to the hardness tests, no significant depth dependency of the hardness was observed for both steels exposed to the nitrogen bubbling. Moreover, the absolute values of the hardness of both the 304 and 316 stainless steels were mostly around 200 Hv, which corresponds to the nominal hardness of the AISI 304 and 316 [2]. This fact indicates that the occurrence of brittle fracture was not caused by the influence of the surfacehardened layer. Accordingly, assuming 325 °C and 15 MPa condition did not cause significant change in the microstructure or mechanical properties, surface-hardened layer did not form with the increase in the nitrogen concentration due to the high dissolved level of nitrogen or through the fabrication process of the SSRT samples.

The effect of dissolved gases on mechanical properties of AISI 304 and AISI 316 stainless steels as the sheath material of the MI cable was investigated in high temperature and pressure pure water at 325 °C and 15 MPa. At the condition with oxygen: < 1 ppb, hydrogen: < 1 ppb, nitrogen: ∼30 ppm by nitrogen bubbling, partial brittle fractures were observed mainly near the edge of the samples. The similar brittle behavior was observed by replacing nitrogen by argon bubbling. The results implied the possibility of embrittlement phenomena of the stainless steels in high-temperature and pressure water even with very low dissolved oxygen resulting in destabilization of formation of passivation film and high susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement.

Acknowledgments This study was carried out as a part of an entrusted research and development of Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of Japan. The authors would like to thank Dr. J. Nakamura from the Nuclear Science Research Institute of Japan Atomic Energy Agency for preparation of the SSRT apparatus.

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Construction and 1stst Experiment of the 500-meter and 1000-meter Construction 1 ExperimentPower of the Cable 500-meter and 1000-meter DCand Superconducting in Ishikari DC Superconducting Power Cable in Ishikari a,b, a,b a,b a,b a,c S. Yamaguchi *, Y. Ivanov , H. Watanabe , N. Chikumoto , H. Koshiduka , a,d a,e a,b K. Hayashi and T. a,b Sawamura S. Yamaguchia,b,*, Y. Ivanov , H. Watanabe , N. Chikumotoa,b, H. Koshidukaa,c, a,d a,e K. Hayashi T. Sawamura Ihikari Superconducting Power Transmission System, Ishikari,and Hokkaido, Japan, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan

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Chiyoda Corporation, Hokohama, Japan,dCSumitomo Electric Corp., Osaka, Japan, eSakura Internet, Tokyo, Japan a Ihikari Superconducting Power Transmission System, Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan, bChubu University, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan c Chiyoda Corporation, Hokohama, Japan,dCSumitomo Electric Corp., Osaka, Japan, eSakura Internet, Tokyo, Japan

Abstract Abstract Ishikari project constructs two lines. The length of the Line 1 is 500 m, and connects the photovoltaic cell to the internet-data center. The other line is 1 km length, and it is a test facility and called Line 2. The structures of the cable systems are not Ishikari project constructs two lines. The length of the Line 1 is 500 m, and connects the photovoltaic cell to the internet-data same to test their performance. The construction was started from 2014 in the field, the Line 1 was completed in May 2015, center. The other line is 1 km length, and it is a test facility and called Line 2. The structures of the cable systems are not and it was cooled down and do the current experiment, and warmed up. The Line 2 is almost complete in October 2015. It same to test their performance. The construction was started from 2014 in the field, the Line 1 was completed in May 2015, will be tested in November and December, 2015. In order to reduce the stress of the cable induced by the thermal expansion and it was cooled down and do the current experiment, and warmed up. The Line 2 is almost complete in October 2015. It and contraction, we adopted the way of the helical deformation of the cable. The force of the cable is reduced to 1/3 of an will be tested in November and December, 2015. In order to reduce the stress of the cable induced by the thermal expansion usual cable test. Because the cryogenic pipes are welded in the field and we cannot use the baking of the vacuum chamber of and contraction, we adopted the way of the helical deformation of the cable. The force of the cable is reduced to 1/3 of an the cryogenic pipe, a new vacuum pumping method was proposed and tested for the cryogenic pipe. Since the straight pipes usual cable test. Because the cryogenic pipes are welded in the field and we cannot use the baking of the vacuum chamber of are used to compose the cryogenic pipe, the pressure drop of the circulation would be 1/100 of the corrugated pipe in the the cryogenic pipe, a new vacuum pumping method was proposed and tested for the cryogenic pipe. Since the straight pipes present condition, and it is suitable for longer cable system. The heat leak of the cryogenic pipe is ~1.4W/m including the are used to compose the cryogenic pipe, the pressure drop of the circulation would be 1/100 of the corrugated pipe in the cable pipe’s and the return pipe’s. The heat leak of the current lead is ~30W/kA in the test bench. Finally the current of present condition, and it is suitable for longer cable system. The heat leak of the cryogenic pipe is ~1.4W/m including the 6kA/3sec and the current of 5kA/15min were achieved in Line 1. The reduction of heat leak will be a major subject of the cable pipe’s and the return pipe’s. The heat leak of the current lead is ~30W/kA in the test bench. Finally the current of longer cable system. The cost of the construction will be almost twice higher than that of the copper and aluminum over-head 6kA/3sec and the current of 5kA/15min were achieved in Line 1. The reduction of heat leak will be a major subject of the line with the iron tower in the present Japan. The cost construction of the over-head line is an average value, and depends on longer cable system. The cost of the construction will be almost twice higher than that of the copper and aluminum over-head the newspaper. line with the iron tower in the present Japan. The cost construction of the over-head line is an average value, and depends on © Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license the2016 newspaper. © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). © 2016 Published byresponsibility Elsevier B.V. This is an open access articleCommittee. under the CC BY-NC-ND license Peer-review under responsibility of the 2015 Program Committee Peer-review under ofISS the ISS 2015 Program © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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Keywords: Superconducting DC cable; Ishikari project; helical deformation of cable; Peltier current lead Keywords: Superconducting DC cable; Ishikari project; helical deformation of cable; Peltier current lead

1. Introduction 1. Introduction DC superconducting power transmission cable is one of most important potential applications for high temperature superconductors (HTS) [1], [2], [3], [4] is because its lowimportant cost compared to AC HTS cablefor andhigh the DC superconducting power transmission cable one ofof most potential applications lower power loss of DC cable compared to AC cable.

Since the basic merit of HTS cable should be low loss temperature superconductors (HTS) [1], [2], [3], [4] because of its low cost compared to AC HTS cable and the lower power loss of DC cable compared to AC cable. Since the basic merit of HTS cable should be low loss

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compared to copper cable, it is well suited for long distance power transmission. However, an AC HTS cable structure cannot be used for long transmission distances because it requires magnetic shielding layers to reduce the AC losses and it must be grounded by connection to the earth [5]. Such a structure induces reactive power easily, even for short distances. In order to realize the low loss system, we should develop low heat leak system, and it is related with the cryogenic engineering. The heat leak comes from the cryogenic pipe and the terminal mainly, and therefore the new technologies are developed. We also pay attention to the circulation power for long cable, and how to absorb the thermal shrinkage of the cable. Therefore a new DC cable project was started as a Japanese national project in March 2013, and started to refine the concept and the design [6]. The goal of the project is to construct a 500-meter DC cable and a 1000-meter DC cable. Four parties (Chiyoda Corporation, Sumitomo Electric Ind., Sakura Internet and Chubu University,) combined to establish a partnership in 2014 and the design and construction was started. In this paper, we describe the first experimental results of the 500-meter cable connected with the photovoltaic cells and the internet data center (iDC) [7], and the construction of the 1000-meter cable, especially about the helical deformation to absorb the thermal expansion and shrinkage of the cable.

2. Cable parameter and Helical Deformation We construct two cables, one is Line 1 and it is the length of 500 m, the rated current of 5 kA, and the cable connected one joint. The cable of the Line 1 is installed into the underground, and composed of two cables. The lengths of two cables are 200 m and 300 m, respectively. The joint part is not fixed to the cryogenic pipe, and it can be moved along the force of the cable. Three cables are joined in the different two positions in Line 2, and their lengths of the cables are 482 m, 125 m and 372 m, respectively. The length of two joint parts is 21 m, and the joint parts are fixed to the cryogenic pipe. The total length of the cable is 1000 m in Line 2. The cable configuration of the Line 2 is shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 1. Configuration of cable in Line 2.

The second is Line 2 and it is the length of 1000 m, the rated current of 2.5 kA, and the cable connected two joints. The cryogenic cooler and circulation pump of liquid nitrogen (LN2) system are located in the side of the Terminal A, and the return pipe and the cable pipe are installed into the vacuum outer pipe, therefore one circulation pump can circulate the LN2 for 2 km. This is an important factor to extend the length of cable, and it is the reason why we use the straight pipes.

In order to reduce the stress of the cable by the thermal expansion, we adopt the helical deformation of the cable because the thermal shrinkage of cable is 3 m for 1 km cable. That is the figure of the cable is deformed helically around 300K, and it is more straight around 77K. The helical deformation had been done for two intervals, the lengths of the helically deformed cable are 372 m and 482 m as shown in Fig. 1, but the U-tube part is not helically deformed.

Figure 2 shows the X-ray photos of the cryogenic pipe and cable in Line 2 around 300K. The photos were shot two dimensionally, and we can see the helical deformation of the cable inside the inner pipe of the

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cryogenic double pipes. The process method of helical deformation is as follows, Step 1;Insert cable, and one side of cable is fixed to the cryogenic pipe, and the other side of cable is set free, Step 2;Cool down the cable to LN2 temperature, and the length of cable is shorten, and keep it several hours, Step 3;Both ends of cable are fixed, and after warm up the cable, Step 4;Cable cannot expand freely, and bend helically around 300K. We tested the way in the test stand many times in Chubu University, and fixed the way of helical deformation.

The load cells are attached to two ends of the cable, and monitor the force of the cable. The stress of the cable is estimated to be reduced ~1/3 in LN2 temperature as compared with the usual set up of the cable. The reduction of the cable stress is also helped by the moving cryostat of the terminal [1]. An actual force of the cable depends on the friction of the cable surface and pipe surface, and if we can reduce the friction factor, we can reduce the force of the cable, too.

Fig. 2. X-ray photos of cryogenic pipe and cable in Line 2.

3. Cryogenic pipe The vacuum degree of the cryogenic pipe is a key parameter, but we cannot adopt the vacuum baking of the cryogenic pipe because it is welding in the field, and we use the straight iron steel pipe for the outer pipe because it is low cost and to reduce the pressure drop of the circulation. The target vacuum degree of the cryogenic pipe is lower than 10-3 Pa [9]. Instead of the baking of the cryogenic pipe, we always use the vacuum pump, and developed a new way to reach high vacuum degree. The way of a new method is as follows, Step 1; Pumping out air of the cryogenic vacuum pipe at first, Step 2; Put into high purity carbon dioxide (CO2) gas up to 1 bar into cryogenic vacuum pipe, and vacuum pumping to lower than 1 Pa, Step 3; Do step 2 several times, and reach around ~10-1 Pa in the last pumping finally.

The residual gas of the cryogenic pipe is CO2, and its purity is almost the same as the gas purity. One of the experimental data is shown in Fig. 3. This is the data of Line 1 when the helical deformation had been done for the cable of 300 m. The cryogenic pipes are composed of the outer pipe for vacuum pipe chamber, and an inner cable pipe and an inner return pipe for LN2 circulation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tc4â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tr2â&#x20AC;? in Figure mean the temperature of the inner cable pipe and inner return pipe located at the inlet and outlet of LN2, respectively. â&#x20AC;&#x153;vacuum B1â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;vacuum MHâ&#x20AC;? in Figure mean the vacuum degrees near the vacuum pump head and the opposite side of the vacuum pump of the cryogenic pipe, respectively. The vacuum sensor of â&#x20AC;&#x153;vacuum MHâ&#x20AC;? is located 300 m from the vacuum pump. The vacuum degree of â&#x20AC;&#x153;vacuum B1â&#x20AC;? is lower than that of â&#x20AC;&#x153;vacuum MHâ&#x20AC;?, but both of them is almost lower than the order of 10-3 Pa.

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Fig. 3. Time history of temperature of inner pipes and vacuum degrees of cryogenic vacuum pipe in Line 1.

The inner pipes are wounded by the multi-layer insulation (MLI) to reduce the heat leak by radiation, and therefore, the temperature of the MLI changes from LN2 to 280K. Molecule of CO2 is absorbed on the surfaces of the inner pipe and the MLI because the area of the MLI is wider than the area of pipe surface. Usually CO2 is changed to solid around 200K in various pressure, and the vapor pressure of CO2 is very low at temperature of LN2. Therefore, high vacuum degree can be realized without baking the cryogenic pipe but the vacuum pump always is used. After we put LN2 into cryogenic pipe, the vacuum degree will be lower than 10-3 Pa easily.

After high vacuum degree of the cryogenic pipe was reached in Line 1, we measured the heat leak from the cryogenic pipe several times. In the present time, the heat leak of Line 1 is ~1.4W/m. This includes sum of the heat leak of the cable pipe and the return pipe, therefore it is an actual value for applications. The structure of the cryogenic pipe in Line 2 is different from that of Line 1, and therefore the heat leak of Line 2 will be different from that of Line 1. Since one circulation pump is used, the total length of the circulation is 1 km for Line 1. The dependency of the cable pipe and the return pipe is different each other, but the sum of the pressure drop of cable pipe and return pipe is 30 kPa for flow rate of 42 Liter/min. This value is almost 1/100 of the other experiments in our present conditions, and it is easy to apply longer cable.

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If the length of the cable is shorter than 2 km, the heat leak from the terminal is not little, and it is one of major part of the heat leak. And if we can reduce the heat from the terminal, we can apply the superconducting cable to the short distance system. It is an important issue because we cannot construct longer superconducting cable because of many engineering and economic problems. But it is not easy problem because the requirement of the problem is contradiction physically. We use Pelteir effect, and developed Peltier current lead (PCL) [10], [11], [12]. We constructed the test bench to measure the heat leaks of the various kinds of the PCLs. Figure 6 shows the heat leak versus current and the heat leak per current versus current.

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The usual current lead is 50W/kA, and the design value of the heat leak per current is 35W/kA. It was 30 W/kA in the experiment as is shown in Fig. 6. But the temperature of high temperature side of the PCL is not constant in the experiment and increase with the current. Therefore, if we can keep its temperature to be 20 degree Celsius, we can expect ~27W/kA. Depending on ref. [13], if we can achieve the heat leak of 25W/kA, we can apply the superconducting power distribution system for short distance even in building distribution cable system. It would be a good choice to apply the superconducting DC power cable system because the cost of the short distance cable is cheaper and the engineering issue of short cable is not difficult.

Acknowledgements The authors acknowledge to all members of CASER in Chubu University to perform the research. They also thank to Prof. A. Iiyoshi, the Board Chairman of Chubu University for his continuous supports.

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