Tuttlingen/Germany (Paul Leibinger) – The Leibinger Jet3 was awarded with the gold medal MSV 2008 at the 50. International Engineering fair (MSV) this year. 2024 representatives of companies...

Orpund/Switzerland (Zumbach) – As a pioneer of on-line measurement, Zumbach Electronics manufactures a comprehensive range of non-contact, on-line measuring and control instruments. The...

Worldwide today, there is an increasing for measurement and control of the insulation wall thickness and eccentricity at insulating and jacketing lines. The goal to be achieved, is to reduce the material over-consumption. Further aspects and of significant importance are the reduction of start-up scrap and a reduction of rejected cabels, due to lack of quality. One action in this respect is the continuous measurement and control of the relevant product parameters directly during the extrusion process.

Moscow/RU (Volga-Dnepr) – Volga-Dnepr Group of Companies has announced a 75 percent increase in sales for the first nine months of 2008 with total revenue from its charter and scheduled cargo...

Zumbach AG, a global supplier of process and quality control technology, offers a wide range of dimensional measurement and quality monitoring systems for the plastics and rubber, wire and cable and the steel and metal industry. The systems described in the following sections are designed to provide wire and cable manufacturers with the state-of-the-art in process control technology. Specific parameters covered by these systems include diameter, ovality and wall thickness measurement. Also new are processors designed to provide on-line measurement and data acquisition, control and display as well as quality monitoring.

Elos Fixturlaser AB launches a shaft alignment system for everyone who works with maintenance – no expert knowledge is required. Since Elos Fixturlaser AB developed its first shaft alignment...

Nürnberg/Germany (Leoni) – Financial Executive of Leoni AG, Dieter Bellé, has been awarded as „CFO of the Year“. The 52-year old manager received the award during the congress...

OMD recently turned 60. Congratulations! When one of the world’s most important wire processing machinery manufacturers celebrates a round birthday, it is also a special occasion for a trade journal. An occasion to print a different kind of article – different in that it contains hardly any references to technology.

Interview with Gabriella Kunz, president of OMD S.p.A.

Fullstage Technologies, a provider of high quality CNC tube bending machines from Japan and Taiwan, is now also able to offer CNC wire benders with up to 11 axes. Through its partnership with Taihei Osaka, Fullstage is proud to offer products from one of Japan’s leading equipment makers. Founded in 1959, Taihei is known for its development and production of a variety of machines that offer both modernity and high quality. Currently Taihei’s machines are used in a variety of industries including: automotive, electric, metal fabrication, and construction.

Away from the dedicated, closed "black box" and on to a standardised, open controller: a leading manufacturer has achieved this objective in the development of traversing spoolers on flat and profile wire rolling mills with an innovative motion controller, which can now coordinate the difficult motion sequence of winding and traversing axes, which can be set online and are individual to each product.

Dubai/UAE (ISO) – ISO (International Organization for Standardisation) will have a new Secretary-General from 1 January 2009. He is Robert Steele who was appointed by the ISO Council at its...

The Siemens Industry Automation Division has added new functions to its “Simatic PC DiagMonitor” diagnostics and alarm software for industrial PCs in networked systems. The new Version...

The electrochemical deposition of aluminium of an aqueous solution, containing aluminium ions according to the electrochemical deposition of other metals, e.g. zinc, nickel or cadmium, is not possible, due to the decomposition voltage of water.

Ultrasound welding replaces crimping technology in cable connections – improved quality control and set-up times.

Most cable manufacturers are familiar with the coating processes used for the further processing of optical fibres. Nevertheless a – very brief – description of the various coating processes from the viewpoint of the machinery manufacturer , without going into detail of the different types of optical fibres.

For a short time now, the lush Corniche of Abu Dhabi, the “garden of the Gulf”, has been home to the highest building of the Arab metropolis. The sweeping shape of the new headquarters of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is a true eye-catcher on the skyline of the Persian Gulf.

Belden has introduced a series of CATV drop cables to provide CATV installers/system integrators in particular with a readily available alternative which performs to the highest industry standards....

Have we all gone mad? Or are we letting others drive us crazy? Or is the theory of the unconvincible bull correct in asserting that economic crises are primarily the result of mass hysteria, fuelled...

The COM-16 CNC product line is Fortuna’s new development. The machines run with servo motor driven axes. They are designed for production of cylindrical (compression and extension), conical...

Nürnberg/Germany (Leoni) – Leoni presented new components for vehicles with electrical, hybrid and fuel cell drive. A new distance measuring system, based on a non-contact environment sensor...

Düsseldorf/Germany (SMS Group) – SMS Demag, a company of the SMS Group, Germany, has successfully put into operation an X-Cast single-strand continuous slab caster for Amurmetal,...

New formulation technology for Fireguard low-flame, low-smoke plenum compounds eliminates much of the high cost of connectorization in plant or campus data networks by making possible continuous...

Blackburn/UK (Meltech) – The UK's oldest manufacturer of speciality wires, Webster & Horsfall, has replaced a second gas furnace with another electrically heated furnace from Meltech...

Fusabond N525 is an offer for the HFFR compound market. “Poor flexibility is a common drawback with HFFR cables. By replacing existing coupling agents with Fusabond N525 the compound...

Distribution and termination of high-density fibre optic cables in distributor boxes and on IT racks have up to now been a complex and space intensive task. Dätwyler Cables now offers its...