During wire 2008 Aumann presented with great success the complete range of horizontal wire enamelling machines for wire diameters of 0.015 to 1.000mm.Aumann exhibited its sophisticated ultra fine...

With its twisted-pair Uninet 7120 data cable, Dätwyler Cables has extended its range of Class FA systems by a very thin, high-quality PiMF cable (Pair in Metal Foil), meeting all the requirements for...

Pratteln/CH (Buss) – For Buss AG this year’s wire trade fair was the most successful ever. The company booked orders for no less than six cable compound kneading lines. Also at Chinaplas...

Wire and cable makers now have an affordable way to monitor and control tension in individual wires on rotating machines. This technology by FMS is called radio transmitted tension monitoring (RTM)....

Developed by Cometo (Annone Brianza, LC) to improve the quality of the spooling process and reduce the operator's work time, the STR-E electronic traverse unit winds automatically the wire over...

Borealis launches a unique high productivity, low voltage cable insulation material that will boost the competitiveness of cable manufacturers. Making its début at wire 2008, new Visico FX LE8823...

Wires manufactured of aluminium and aluminium alloys, which up to now have been applied in high and medium voltage lines or as coaxial cable, have recently been used in the automotive industry as...

Wherever textile threads, wires, fibers or ropes are being drawn, guided or directed during industrial processes, wear parts made from technical ceramics have proven their superiority. Extreme wear...

DSM Engineering Plastics has announced a new addition to its Arnitel line of copolyester thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) that is designed to meet the stringent performance and compliance needs of...

Thin air more and more also for users of displacement sensors, as to say they have to cope increasingly with restricted structures for the sensor’s integration. Especially for all such...

Zumbach Electronics technology is in use world-wide for such dimensional parameters as diameter, thickness, eccentricity, out-of-round and for physical or electrical parameters like expansion,...

Coil springs, such as suspension springs, valve springs or small pressure springs, are typical work pieces whose endurance and service life is significantly increased by shot peening. Small metal work pieces (valve and pressure springs) can in fact be shot peened in bulk on trough-shaped barrel belts, however, this method does not provide process safety as nowadays often required.

Dundee/UK (Rautomead) – Continuous casting technology specialists, Rautomead Limited, of Dundee, Scotland, have recently completed the commissioning of a new brass EDM wire rod casting plant...

Euphoric mood in the exhibition halls, full order books and the outlook for excellent post-fair business – the two number one trade fairs, wire, International Wire and Cable Trade Fair, and Tube, International Tube Trade Fair, ended on a high note.

Simplex Rapid is constantly trying to meet the ever growing needs of the customers by offering them unique and highly-technological solutions, and, as of today, it represents the state-of-the-art in...

The number of devices possible on a fieldbus link will vary depending on factors such as the power consumption of each device, the use of repeaters, signal attenuation, type of cable used and...

By acquiring the Henkel wire drawing lubricant business in July 2007, Condat was looking to obtain a perfect match with its well-known Vicafil range. The results of these product integration are...

Simufact Engineering GmbH, a leading provider of software and services in the area of bulk metal forming, announced that its booth at wire 2008 in Düsseldorf has drawn the attention of many visitors....

Born in Berlin, Doctoral Thesis with Prof. Günter Spur of the Institute of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Technology at the Technical University of Berlin, has lived in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg for the past eleven years, Member of the Wafios Executive Board responsible for Engineering and Manufacturing since wire 2008 – this is the short résumé of the vita of Dr. Uwe-Peter Weigmann. WIRE talked with him about short-, medium- and long-term activities of the global market leader Wafios.

Hypertherm's Centricut brand is building upon the success of its recently introduced line of Innerlogic ProLine2200 consumables by adding a 150amp consumable set to its family of products. The...

Chelles Cedex/FR (Pourtier) – Gauder Group announces that it has been granted an order for a project for ABB HV cables in Sweden. Having manufactured cables for over 120 years, ABB is one of...

Customers face decreasing margins and need to increase their productivity as a result. WIRE spoke with Hans Christian Ambjerg, Vice President of Wire and Cable at Borealis, about trends and tendencies.

The former high frequency solid state generator series from Linn High Therm is replaced by new powerful devices. The power range from 1,2 to 10kW at 150 to 450kHz working frequency is covered.The...

The newly developed LED 8025 XY fascinates in technology as well as design. As precursor of new measuring dimensions LED 8025 XY promises a reliable measurement of several cable types and those with...

Fröndenberg/Germany (Bongard) – Being known as one of the leading suppliers for second-hand equipment for the wire, cable and rolling mill industry, Bongard Trading GmbH & Co. KG, Germany,...

Innovations in fluoropolymers, to be presented at wire 2008, include new products and technologies for low-loss DuPont Teflon PTFE and FEP wire constructions. A new foam grade, Teflon FEP TE 9810,...

Leoni elocab chose DuPont Hytrel thermoplastic polyester elastomer for the jacketing of high-voltage spiral jumper cables which carry electric power between carriages of high-speed trains such as the...

Experience in real time and MPC and Linux expertise both play by MAZeT a role in the development of the platform. It can be applied universally or equipped with other processors as per customer...