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Regulars Market News

8 Diary of events Deutsch Inhalt

99 Neuigkeiten
9 Corporate News 124 Inserentenverzeichnis

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30 Transatlantic Cable 104 Ηοвости рьінка
124 Перечень рекламодателей
38 Technology News Sommaire Français
109 Nouvelles du Marché
65 EuroFasteners 124 Index des Annonceurs

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85 wire 2020 Preview
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124 Indice degli Inserzionisti
124 Editorial Index
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96 Cables in Wet Environments 111 Câbles en environnements humides

By Brian Marchant, Berk-Tek Par Brian Marchant, Berk-Tek LLC,
LLC, New Holland, Pennsylvania, New Holland, Pennsylvania,
USA États-Unis

101 Kabel in nassen Umgebungen 116 Cavi in ambienti umidi

von Brian Marchant, Berk-Tek A cura di Brian Marchant,
LLC, New Holland, Pennsylvania, Berk-Tek LLC, New Holland,
USA Pennsylvania, Stati Uniti

106 Кабели во влажных средах 121 Cables en ambientes mojados

Брайан Марчант, Berk-Tek LLC, Por Brian Marchant, Berk-Tek LLC,
Нью Холланд, Пенсильвания, New Holland, Pensilvania,
США EE.UU.
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wire 2020 Dates for your
diary. . .
30 March - 3 April:
wire 2020 – trade exhibition – Düsseldorf, Germany 2020
Organisers: Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
Fax: +49 211 4560 668 April
Email: [email protected] 20–24 April:
Website: www.wire.de MACH – trade exhibition –
Birmingham,UK
Organisers:
MTA (Manufacturing
Technologies Association)
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.machexhibition.com

June

2–4 June:
Wire Expo – trade exhibition and
conference –
Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
Organisers:
Wire Association International
Fax: +1 203 453 8384
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.wirenet.org

17–20 June 20 –
Korea Metal Week –
trade exhibition –
Seoul, South Korea
Organisers:
KT Fairs
Fax: +82 02 784 6810
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.korea-metal.com

September

23–26 September:
wire China – trade exhibition –
Shanghai, China
Organisers:
SECRI and Messe Düsseldorf
(Shanghai) Co Ltd
Fax: +86 216 169 8301
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.wirechina.net

October

11–14 October:
IWCS – technical symposium –
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Organisers:
IWCS
Tel: +1 717 993 9500
Website: www.iwcs.org

(photo courtesy: Messe Düsseldorf/ctillmann)

8 January 2020
 Corporate News

▲▲ The BWE SheathEx 400

First SheathEx 400 is

installed in Russia
BWE has installed and commissioned the first SheathEx™ 400 An oil-impregnated cable is fed directly into the SheathEx 400
machine in Russia. machine. A seamless and smooth aluminium sheath is extruded
from 2 x 9.5mm Ø aluminium rods, directly onto the cable. The
Rybinskkabel LLC, established in 1949, is a major supplier aluminium sheath is immediately cooled without any cable burn,
of cable products in Russia. BWE worked with the company then automatically coiled onto a large cable drum.
to develop a new cable application for BWE’s SheathEx
technology. The machine was installed and commissioned in record time
and BWE continues to work with Rybinskkabel to enhance and
Following the success of the larger 550 model for ‘seamless’ optimise the technology.
corrugated aluminium sheathing of high-voltage cables,
Rybinskkabel had a new application for the smaller 400 model. BWE Ltd www.bwe.co.uk

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 Corporate News

Quality control in cable extrusion, optical fibre

drawing and plastic pellet inspection
SIKORA is a manufacturer and supplier of online measuring, With the Fiber Series 6000, Sikora will present a wide range
control, inspection, analysis and sorting technologies for the of measuring systems for quality control of optical fibres at
wire and cable, optical fibre, hose and tube, sheets, metals and different positions in the drawing tower. The range consists of
plastics industries. Its technology is used for increasing quality, systems for the measurement of the diameter and the position
process optimisation and efficiency in manufacturing. of the naked and coated fibre, as well as for the determination of
the tension and detection of airlines.
At wire 2020, Sikora will present laser and X-ray technologies
that precisely and reliably measure product parameters such as Further gauge heads measure the fibre temperature at the hot
diameter, ovality, wall thickness and concentricity. position, to determine the fibre temperature for the control of
the furnace, and at the cold end, to exactly dose the helium used
The company’s product portfolio includes spark testers for the for the cooling. In addition, a gauge head is available for the
detection of insulation faults, lump detectors for the detection determination of the concentricity of the coating as well as for
of faults on the product surface, capacity measuring systems, the detection of lumps on the surface of the coated fibre.
and devices for conductor preheating and temperature
measurement/control. Systems for online and offline inspection, At wire 2020, Sikora will also exhibit systems for plastic material
sorting and analysis of raw material, eg for the insulation of inspection. The Purity Scanner is an online inspection and
high-voltage cables, round off the product range. sorting system based on X-ray and optical technologies.
Contamination inside the pellets as well as on their surface is
With the X-ray-based X-Ray 8000 Advanced, Sikora will showcase detected and automatically sorted out.
at wire 2020 the High-Speed Technology (HST) that is tailored to
the demands of MV, HV and EHV cable production. It represents The Purity Concept X is an offline inspection and analysis
an advanced alternative to the X-Ray 8000 NXT. system, based on X-ray technology. It detects and analyses
contamination both on the surface and inside transparent,
The system is equipped with 16 measuring sensors and translucent and coloured plastic material.
measures the diameter, wall thickness and eccentricity of cables
in CV lines up to ten times faster than the X-Ray 8000 NXT, for Sikora will be exhibiting at wire 2020 in Hall 9, on Stand A41.
more efficient control and information transparency in terms of
Industry 4.0. Sikora AG www.sikora.net

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 Supermac enters strategic partnership with German Companies
– M/S Scholz to cover CCV Lines and M/S Rubicon to cover Rubber
Extrusion Lines in India, Africa and Far East markets.
Supermac Industries, established in the year 1974, is a leader
in manufacturing high-end systems and process technology
for wire & cable in the power and telecom sector and related
industries. The ISO 9001 certified company specializes in
offering customized and tailor-made solutions to fulfil specific
needs of a variety of customers all across the globe.

With a highly skilled design team, with the best of manufacturing

and highly talented commissioning team, and trained experts
in cable processes and technology, we offer design to process
expertise to bring in the best product for you.
Rubicon/Supermac Silicone and Rubber Cable Co Extruder

The company has established one unit in New Delhi and two units in Manesar, Haryana. The combined area
of Supermac manufacturing units adds up to 95000 Sq. ft. The state-of-the-art facilities are equipped with
international and domestic machinery to carry out the process of manufacturing as per the customer's
requirements. Supermac has recently had its products approved for CE Mark, enabling export to the
European market.

Supermac has received repeat orders from domestic and international markets: DUBAI, ABU
DHABI, SHARJAH, RAS AL KHAIMAH, OMAN, NIGERIA, UGANDA, KENYA, BANGLADESH, SRI
LANKA, SAUDI ARABIA, DOHA QATAR, EGYPT, LEBANON, JORDAN, MALAYSIA and PHILIPPINES.
Supermac is now endeavoring to expand its presence to NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE, and
CIS COUNTRIES & RUSSIA.

Supermac specialises in the following areas:

· State-of-the-art CCV Line with Scholz Vulcanisation system for Power
Cables up to 132 KV XLPE and 33 KV for Rubber
· Proven Triple Extrusion Line for SIOPLAS (XLPE) cables
· High-speed Insulation Line and Sheathing Line for House Wiring &
Control Cables and medical equipment sector
· High output and best in class Insulation Line and Sheathing Line for
Power Cables
· HCV Rubber insulation and sheathing line
· Hybrid and composite CCV lines for both XLPE and Rubber
· Rubicon make Rubber extruders for Insulation and sheathing materials
· Silicone extrusion lines with infrared vulcanisation system
· Extruders for variety of applications – up to 175 mm
· Cross-Head Single/Dual/Triple
· Haul-Off Caterpillar
· Capstan
· Take-up and pay-off of all types and sizes and as per requirement
above 4.5 meters and 40 MT Supermac Scholz CCV 132 KV Line

www.supermacindia.com
SUPERMAC INDUSTRIES (INDIA) LIMITED
OFFICE: UNIT-I:
A-28 & 29, NARAINA Industrial Area Plot No-2, Sector-6, IMT Manesar,
Phase-1, New Delhi-110028, INDIA Gurgaon Haryana, INDIA UNIT-II:
Ph.: +91-11-45574317 Ph.: +91-0124-4690500 | Fax: +91-0124-4690501 Plot No. 18-19, Sector-2A, IMT Manesar,
E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Gurgaon, Haryana, INDIA
 Corporate News

Teknor Apex appoints new president

TEKNOR Apex Company has appointed process engineer in 1987 after receiving
Suresh Swaminathan as its new president. his MSc degree in polymer engineering
He succeeds William J Murray, who is from the University of Akron.
retiring after 41 years with the company.
He subsequently served as a technical
Mr Swaminathan will be responsible manager, then as a plant manager,
for the company’s worldwide custom before taking on business development
compounding business. Teknor Apex responsibilities for the company’s TPE
operates thirteen manufacturing products.
facilities in the USA, Europe and Asia,
and produces flexible and rigid vinyl, Eventually he took charge of the TPE
TPEs, nylons and other engineering business and was instrumental in making
thermoplastics, colour masterbatches and it a global enterprise, playing key roles in
speciality chemicals. three acquisitions.

“In 32 years with Teknor Apex, Suresh has Upon promotion to senior vice president,
gained wide experience in technology, he took on leadership of the colour
manufacturing, sales and business masterbatch business as well as TPE.
management, and he has played
an important role in our worldwide In 2018 he became executive vice
expansion,” said Jonathan D Fain, CEO president, continuing to oversee the TPE
and chairman of the board. “Under his and colour businesses while supervising
leadership, Teknor Apex will continue to all operations in Europe and Asia.
strengthen its commitment to innovation, ▲▲ Suresh Swaminathan, Teknor Apex’s new president
global growth and localised service to Teknor Apex Company
customers.” Mr Swaminathan joined Teknor Apex as a www.teknorapex.com

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 Corporate News

IWCS 2019 focused on the future

THE IWCS 2019 International Cable & Connectivity Symposium Panellists included Morgan Kurk of CommScope, Claudio Mazzali
welcomed attendees to the annual conference in Charlotte, of Corning, and Srini Siripurapu of the Prysmian Group.
North Carolina, USA, at the end of September.
Mr Kurk was also the plenary keynote speaker, presenting “Our
“In spite of international macroeconomic and geopolitical Future Connected World: Network Architecture to Support 5G
challenges, we overcame them and were more than pleased and Data Traffic Growth”, and discussing topics such as artificial
with our symposium in Charlotte,” said IWCS chairman Scott H intelligence, robotics, automation and Industry 4.0.
Wasserman, PhD, of Dow, Inc.
The event featured 110 unique presentations over the four days
“Vital advances in our industry on the horizon, such as 5G of the symposium, along with eight professional development
networking, systems and cable innovation, along with the courses led by industry experts. Presenters and attendees
requisite need for new materials to enable them, demand a came from 27 countries, with 80 per cent of attendees from the
forum for us to discuss that technology. Americas, and Europe and Asia each contributing 10 per cent.

“IWCS remains the premier global technical forum for open Technical session topics included materials; reliability and
discussion and collaboration that will fuel our industry into the network management; data centre and central office; multimode
future.” fibre; advancing power and data transmission over copper;
special applications; optical fibre design and ultra low loss; codes
The executive session included CRU’s Richard Mack providing an and standards; and advances in optical connectivity.
overview of the global markets for metallic wire and cable as well
as optical fibre markets. One paper this year was written and presented by students
from the University of North Carolina, which fitted in well with
Michael Finch, also of CRU International, discussed optical cable the IWCS emphasis on encouraging and supporting the next
markets and trends in broadband network construction, and generation to enter the industry. This paper will be featured as a
Robert Fry, of Robert Fry Economics, LLC, gave a global economic technical article in the March issue of EuroWire.
outlook.
The IWCS 2020 Cable & Connectivity Symposium will be held in
Robert Canny, of Marmon Wire and Cable Group, led the Providence, Rhode Island, USA, from 11 to 14 October, 2020.
Executive Panel Session, which was a lively, informative
discussion on the topic “CTO Crystal Ball – Telecommunications IWCS, Inc
in 2025 and Beyond”. www.iwcs.org

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 Corporate News

Stable investment climate at wire South America

FROM 1 to 3 October 2019, the Expo
Exhibition & Convention Center in São
Paulo, Brazil, served as a meeting place
for regional and international industry
experts from the wire, cable and pipe
industries. 186 exhibitors at the trade
fairs wire South America and Tubotech
presented innovative machinery,
equipment and services on approximately
5,000m2 of exhibition space.

The new exhibition hall 1, which is more

conveniently accessible thanks to its
central location, was occupied for the first
time.

Technology highlights from the fields

of metalworking and processing,
welding technology and the wire and
cable industry were presented, along
with trends and technologies from
tube production, tube finishing, tube
processing, tube accessories and tube
trading. ▲▲ Nearly 13,000 people visited the trade fairs in São Paulo

The interest of national and international countries such as Chile, Colombia, automotive technology and agriculture.
companies to position themselves in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Mexico, Trade visitors came primarily from
South America and to invest in the Peru and Uruguay, as well as from India, the oil and gas sector, the automotive
corresponding machinery and equipment Canada and China. industry, the construction sector, metal
appears to be high, even in the face of construction and mining.
difficult economic conditions on the The products exhibited at the two trade
South American continent. fairs are indispensable, especially in Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
the fields of infrastructure, energy and www.wire-south-america.com
A total of 106 companies from 15
countries presented themselves at wire New market development hire at ECC
South America 2019, while the parallel
Tubotech trade fair for tubes attracted 80 ELECTRIC Cable Compounds (ECC), based in Connecticut, USA, has announced the
exhibitors from 11 countries. addition of Jessica Foss to its commercial team.

For the third time there was a German Ms Foss joins as market development manager. Her responsibilities will include
joint participation for the wire and promotion and consultative selling of ECC’s products and services to both current and
cable segments. Ten companies took prospective customers, nationally and internationally.
this opportunity to demonstrate their
expertise in Brazil. Before joining ECC, Ms Foss served as account manager for Colorant Chromatics, a
PolyOne company, and previously held sales and marketing positions at T&T Marketing,
Over the three days of the trade fairs Inc (now M Holland). She has eight years of experience in the wire and cable industry
just under 13,000 trade visitors went São and is a member of WAI’s New England chapter board of directors.
Paulo; 95 per cent of these were from
Brazil, with the rest from neighbouring Electric Cable Compounds, Inc www.electriccablecompounds.com

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 Corporate News

Repsol markets its first certified circular

polyolefins
REPSOL has achieved a milestone in waste, leading the implementation of available to customers in Europe.
its commitment to boost the circular plastic waste chemical recycling on an Repsol’s circular polyolefins are pro-
economy, with its pioneering work industrial scale. duced by feeding, as an alternative
in the production of certified circular raw material, oils obtained from
polyolefins, which use plastic waste as The company has obtained ISCC plastic waste that is not suitable for
raw material. Plus certification for its complex in mechanical recycling and would
Puertollano, Spain, for the first tons otherwise go to landfill.
In 2015, Repsol experimentally began to of circular polyethylene and poly-
feed oil from chemically recycled plastic propylene that are already commercially This new raw material is fed alongside
conventional raw material at the
refinery, reducing the consumption of
non-renewable resources.

With ISCC Plus certification, Repsol can

allocate these savings on a specific
share to the polyolefins produced in the
complex.

The certified materials ensure the

traceability of the plastic waste used
at the source, while offering the same
quality and functionality as virgin
polyolefins.

Repsol
www.repsol.com

New EU HQ and
warehouse for Proton
Products Europe
In spring 2020, Proton Products
will celebrate its first 20 years in the
industry.

The company made a multi-million-

euro investment with its recently
completed purpose-built European
headquarters in Belgium, with ware-
housing and training facilities, that
will allow it to improve logistics and
customer services and accommodate
more staff.

Proton has grown into a supplier for

on-line instrumentation and process
machinery for the wire and cable
industries.

Proton Products Europe director Danny

Buelens said, “These modern facilities
underline our commitment as an
Industry 4.0 company. They will support
our further growth into the industries
we serve. Here we will accommodate
and retain more young professionals to
develop the Proton brand and reputation
for many years to come.”

Proton Products Europe NV

www.protonproducts.eu

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 Corporate News

Technical conference advanced discussions on

latest industry trends
THE Wire Association International (WAI) Inc and the Italian and have possibilities of communication and interaction, on an
Machinery Manufacturers Association (ACIMAF) concluded their international level.
jointly organised conference in Verona, Italy, in October.
Two WAI board members in attendance shared praise of the
The Wire & Cable Verona event was envisioned as a “technical conference. Kurt Breischaft of SDI LaFarga said, “The Verona
conference of collaboration and innovation”, intended to serve event was another solid WAI-ACIMAF offering: excellent
as a venue to further industry knowledge and foster discussions presentations on the state of the industry, in-depth plant tours,
between manufacturers and suppliers. and many networking opportunities.

235 industry professionals participated in the conference, which “The non-ferrous programme was well balanced with something for
included presentations, tabletop exhibits, a gala dinner and two copper, aluminium, plastic, equipment and the economy in general.”
plant tours. The technical programme featured 11 ferrous and
nine non-ferrous presentations by speakers representing nine Brian Burr of Sumiden Wire Products Corporation said, “The Wire
countries. 32 companies presented products and services at a & Cable Verona Italia 2019 event was an unqualified success.
tabletop exhibit adjacent to the conference rooms. The two educational tracks addressed a wide range of technical
topics with many diving deep into the area of Industry 4.0 as well
ACIMAF president Ferruccio Bellina began the event by as continuous improvement.”
observing that the global economy remains delicate, and
that times are challenging for many industrial sectors: “It Guests were given a choice between ferrous and non-ferrous
is our conviction that these moments require even greater wire plant tours, to Pittini Group’s Acciaierie di Verona, and
commitment than periods of positive economic growth and that Mondini Cavi, respectively. The gala dinner was held at the
this commitment must be deployed in all the components of the Palazzo Verità Poeta.
company’s activity, from research and product development,
to quality controls, to sales strategies, just to mention a few Wire Association International, Inc
aspects.” www.wirenet.org

Mr Bellina said that Wire & Cable Verona was designed to address Italian Wire Machinery Manufacturers Association
such needs, so operators can access new innovative proposals www.acimaf.com

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 Corporate News

▲▲ Members of the Alloy Wire team on the shop floor

Nuclear powers Alloy Wire

expansion
SUPPLYING high-performance nickel alloy wire to fuel the growth in nuclear power is
helping a UK manufacturer to expand.

Alloy Wire International (AWI) has seen a ten per cent surge in orders for its specialist
wire, which is being used within components for the sector and critical seals and
springs found in many of the world’s largest reactors.

Employing 31 people across sites in the West Midlands and Yorkshire, the company is
on course to hit £1mn of sales for this industry for the first time in 73 years, and the
management team believes its ability to fulfil orders in three weeks is a major factor in Decalub green cleaning
this increase.
TecHnOlOgieS FOcuS On:
Much of the nickel alloy wire in the company’s range can be treated with a special Wire Cleaning
process that can offer the critical performance required to operate in one of the most ( for plating and high glossy finish )
demanding business areas.

“We have been supplying into this sector for a long time and our track record for
manufacturing quality is well known with customers in both the UK and overseas,”
explained Mark Venables, managing director of AWI. “The last nine months have
definitely been our busiest time to date and we are supplying wire that is going into
both existing plants and also new projects taking shape across the globe.”

Mr Venables continued, “Companies need to know the material they’ve ordered will Wire Rod Lubrication
( for frictionless drawing )
withstand harsh temperatures/corrosion and is manufactured in accordance with strict
quality controls. With the world relying on nuclear power more than ever, any type of
disruption would impact on a lot of people.”

AWI manufactures round, flat and profile wire. It has over 200 tonnes of EU/
DFARS-approved stock available at any time, with its 60-strong range including Inconel
600, Inconel 718, Inconel 750, Nimonic 80A and Nimonic 90 – all materials suited to
nuclear applications.
Rod Dry Preparation
( with no speed limit )
The firm’s Emergency Manufacturing Service, which involves wire being produced and
delivered within a few days, has also been in high demand – up nearly 15 per cent on
the same period last year. This underlines the fluctuating requests being placed on
spring makers supplying the nuclear sector, and the importance of being able to access
material quickly to meet sudden spikes in usage.

AWI spent in excess of £250,000 in 2019, in the acquisition of 560mm single block and
200mm multi-block drawing machines. “This has increased our capacity to be able to DECALUB
take on even more nuclear work as we look to build on a record year in this sector,” said 31, avenue de Condé
Mr Venables. 77500 CHELLES, FRANCE
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.decalub.com
Alloy Wire International www.alloywire.com

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 Corporate News

Industrial connector wins Innovative Product

Award
THE Harting Technology Group has been Industry – Industrial Intelligence’, the
awarded the Innovative Product Award Harting portfolio showcased cloud
in China, in recognition of its ix Industrial® manufacturing and edge connectivity, as
connector. well as solutions for the miniaturisation
trend, with the awarded ix connector
The award was given by the MM featuring as one of the highlights.
modern manufacturing publication, the
counterpart to the specialist magazine The Harting Technology Group is
MM Maschinenmarkt. a worldwide provider of industrial
connector technology for data,
The ix Industrial for new industrial devices signals and power, and maintains 14
was developed in response to users, manufacturing locations and 44 sales
designers and developers who wanted a companies.
compact and rugged connector with Cat
6A performance for 1/10 Gbit/s Ethernet The company also manufactures
on the control level. electromagnetic actuators for automotive
and industrial series applications and
The latest award is the fourth accolade recharging equipment for electric
bestowed on the ix Industrial connector. vehicles.
The Harting Technology Group states that
in presenting the ix Industrial, it is keeping The portfolio includes hardware and
pace with the times and has created the software for customers and applications
future miniaturised interface for Ethernet in the automation technology,
in the industrial arena. mechanical engineering and plant
construction areas, in addition to the
The award ceremony took place robotics and transportation sectors.
in connection with the Industrial
Automation Show (IAS, Shanghai). In Harting Stiftung & Co KG ▲▲ Daniel Deng, senior product manager device
line with the event’s focus on ‘Integrated www.harting.com connectivity, was on location to receive the award

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 Corporate News

Business development manager appointments

at Metalube
LUBRICANT manufacturer Metalube has appointed formula. We are thrilled that her move to the UK is
Songul Facey and Adrian Day as business already proving so successful.”
development managers.
The second new appointee, Mr Day, has a wealth
Ms Facey has nearly 20 years’ experience in the of experience, with more than twenty years in the
lubricant industry and joins the company from lubricant industry, including the last eight focused
her home in Istanbul, Turkey. Her more recent on speciality lubricants used in the wire drawing,
experience has focused on the wire drawing, wire rope and non-ferrous tube sectors.
wood panel and automotive industries, but in
previous roles she has worked in the steel and iron, Mr Hunt said, “It’s great to have Adrian on board;
automotive spare parts and fastening sectors. he is exceptionally experienced and his friendly
and highly positive personality will fit well within
Commenting on her new role, Ms Facey said, “I am our business culture. He will be responsible for ▲▲ Songul Facey
very excited to be joining Metalube. I have just new business development, sales and working
completed an MBA master’s degree, and the size closely with existing clients specifically in Africa,
of the business, its reputation as a fast growing Australasia, China, India and Southeast Asia.”
and exceptionally innovative lubricant company,
combined with my own desire for a more Mr Day added, “I started my lubricant career in
international role meant it was a great fit. I also 1995 with Texaco Lubricants, later to be Chevron
have an engineering degree and relish identifying UK. For as long as I can remember I have always
problems, finding solutions and improving had an interest and fascination in all things
efficiency.” mechanical and wondered how they work or what
they do. The one thing they all have in common is
Commercial director Douglas Hunt added, “Songul lubricants. From a Ferrari to a Royal Navy frigate
will be a very valuable asset to the team. She is a to a wire drawing machine, effective and correct
confident team player with fantastic leadership lubrication is essential.”
and communication skills; these combined with
her engineering background make her a winning Metalube Ltd www.metalube.co.uk ▲▲ Adrian Day

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Ajex & Turner success at wire Southeast Asia

AJEX & Turner has reported that it had a
successful experience at the latest wire
Southeast Asia Fair in Bangkok.

wire Southeast Asia is a leading

procurement and networking platform
that connects local and global
manufacturers, suppliers and service
providers for the wire, cable and fastener
industries, and has witnessed a growth
in numbers of exhibitors and visitors
in the last few years. Industry-focused
conferences and seminars complement
the exhibition.

Staff from Ajex & Turner met with many

old industry colleagues and customers,
and had discussions about new industry
trends and forthcoming technology.
▲▲ Jareeporn Ngenthaweekoon (left) and Revi Andran (right) from Prysmian were welcomed to the Ajex & Turner
Representatives from Prysmian and stand by Jyoti Bedi and JS Gupta
Usha Martin were among those who
visited the company’s stand. Many polishing machine, and the TCD-11 saving feature, the dies were claimed
new potential customers also visited air-cooled tungsten carbide die polishing to have been chosen by many visitors
and explained their requirements and re-grinding machine, with live for their future production. For complex
and expectations of how to increase demonstrations of the machines. applications, the sector/trapezoidal dies
production and cut costs. were also popular.
The company’s VNT Nano PCD dies were
Ajex & Turner showcased its upgraded a centre of attraction for visitors. Offering Ajex & Turner Wire Technologies
WPM_3 automatic wire sizing and higher output with an additional metal www.ajexturner.com

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Robotics presents an opportunity for cable

manufacturers
THE use of robotics in manufacturing has come some way since
the first industrial robot patent in 1954 and General Motors’ early
adoption in 1962.

Many roles in the factory environment are better suited to

robots, for example where parts are too small for human eyes, or
where workers need to be protected from high-risk tasks. Where
work is mundane or repetitive, using robots brings the added
advantage of allocating human resources to more skilled work,
such as engineering or programming.
▲▲ The use of robotics can improve competitiveness
Robots require no climate control and can operate continuously
in lights-out situations, long after human workers have gone industry, for example, there may be only four different SKUs
home. Where manufacturers have lost business due to an (stock keeping units) for an iPhone. For the cable industry,
inability to scale up in time to service a large contract, the use however, there could be thousands of different product
of robotics can improve competitiveness. The rise in popularity iterations.
of robots also presents an opportunity for cable manufacturers
involved in the assembly of robotic cables. Cable and wire manufacture is rarely off-the-shelf, and there will
need to be significant advancements in robotics technology
However, robots are not cheap, and there is the added cost of before it can be rolled out at pace to this industry. Even then,
assessing the factory to identify where the use of robotics might it is unlikely that it will fully replace the human workforce.
make the most impact. It can take several years before a return Implementing robotics still requires in-depth assessment and
on investment can be achieved. continual review, and relies on the capability of the human
mind in anticipating issues that may lie ahead and adapting the
What might dictate the adoption of robotics in the cable approach accordingly.
industry is how adaptable the technology is to a linear industry.
Robotics are already well embedded in discrete industries such Cimteq Ltd
as car or mobile phone manufacture. In the mobile phone https://cimteq.com

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EAF automation revamping successfully

accomplished
AUTOMAZIONI Industriali Capitanio Srl (AIC) has completed the
revamping of EAF2 automation at Alfa Acciai in Brescia, Italy.

During the last summer shutdown, AIC commissioned the

complete revamping of the EAF2 automation at the site, with
the main target being to replace the obsolete PLC GE 90-70 and
related remote I/Os with Rockwell ControlLogix and GuardLogix
Safety PLC.

Starting with the engineering phase in March, the project was

accomplished according to the time schedule, following the
active collaboration between the customer and AIC staff, during
both the erection phase and the software tests.

The scope of supply included new PLC and safety master PLC for
▲▲ The technicians of AIC and Alfa Acciai on the main desk
automation of auxiliary items equipped with CPU 1756-L83ES;
a set of new RIO cabinets equipped with Rockwell Point I/O management of all auxiliary EAF2 machines, with an effective
for easier data collection and maintenance; and new remote start-up of the melt shop; the plant completed castings during
Rockwell Point I/Os installed in the existing cabinets, desk the first day of production, to the satisfaction of both Alfa Acciai
and local stations related to EAF2. AIC also provided electrical and AIC.
drawings of new equipment and an upgrade of all electrical
drawings of existing equipment; electrical installation of new AIC is a global system integrator providing advanced and
cabinets and replacement/cabling of the remote I/Os; software tailored automation solutions for the steel industry, with the aim
PLC development based on the ControlLogix platform; upgrade to continuously improve efficiency, competitiveness and safety
of the HMI supervision system; and turnkey commissioning of of the production processes.
the whole supply and assistance with the start-up.
Automazioni Industriali Capitanio Srl
The new automation system provides easier and safer www.aicnet.it

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Using the sun’s power

THERE are many different possibilities to
generate energy. As fossil fuels such as oil
or gas are not available indefinitely and
are becoming scarcer, renewable energies
are increasingly popular.

Solar energy offers many benefits to

its users. Natural sunlight is available
any time and anywhere, consumption
releases no climate-damaging emissions
and energy can be generated where it is
needed.

Energy losses due to long-distance

transmission are barely present in this
form of energy production. The global
expansion of solar fields has steadily
been increasing in recent years and is still
growing.

Technologies and systems that will

make the use of solar energy better, ▲▲ Rosendahl helps harness the power of the sun
cheaper and easier are constantly under
development. requirements. The two most common The experience and know-how in
methods – electronic beam and Sioplas – Rosendahl production lines allow thinner
Rosendahl is also investing in the ensure that the chemical and mechanical walls on solar cables; higher production
improvement of lines for the production resistance of solar cables stand up to the speeds; easy operation, using only one
of solar cables. In particular, the highest demands, in order to meet the extruder group; and shorter line length.
processing of new materials and more requirements of the current standards
efficient manufacturing processes must and test methods EN 50618: 2014 or Rosendahl Nextrom GmbH
be constantly adapted to current market TÜV2Pfg1169/08.07. www.rosendahlnextrom.com

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Image: www.bigstockphoto.com Photographer Adrian Grosu

Research Superconductivity that resists magnetism

Strong magnetic fields destroy the superconducting state in

the vast majority of materials. In uranium ditelluride, however, a
Material displays “weird” physics but strong magnetic field, in combination with specific experimental
with superconductivity potential conditions, caused Lazarus superconductivity to occur more
than once.
Once dismissed by physicists for its “lack of interesting
properties”, the material uranium ditelluride has attracted “These are probably different – quantum mechanically different
the attention of a team of researchers from the University – from other superconductors that we know about,” said Mr
of Maryland (UMD), the US National Institute of Standards Butch. “Sufficiently different, I think, to expect it will take a while
and Technology (NIST), the US National High Magnetic Field to figure out what’s going on.”
Laboratory (NHMFL) and the University of Oxford in the UK.
Two studies, published in rapid succession, detailed the With its novel physics, uranium ditelluride shows every sign of
team’s findings, and their implications for future research and being a topological superconductor, as are other spin-triplet
development. superconductors. Mr Butch added that its topological
properties suggest it could be a particularly accurate and robust
The team’s paper in Nature Physics reported “re-entrant component in the quantum computers of the future.
superconductivity” in uranium ditelluride, a discovery that
furthers the case for uranium ditelluride as a promising material Making history?
for use in quantum computers.
“The discovery of this Lazarus superconductivity at record-high
Sometimes referred to as Lazarus superconductivity, the fields is likely to be among the most important discoveries to
phenomenon occurs when a superconducting state arises, emerge from this lab in its 25-year history,” said Greg Boebinger,
breaks down, and then re-emerges in a material following a director of NHMFL.
change in a specific parameter – in this case, the application of a
very strong magnetic field.

“This is a very recently discovered superconductor with a host

Telecoms
of other unconventional behaviour, so it’s already weird,” said
Nicholas Butch, an adjunct assistant professor of physics at
UMD and a physicist at the NIST Center for Neutron Research. Opposition to T-Mobile and Sprint
“[Lazarus superconductivity] almost certainly has something to merger loses an ally
do with the novelty of the material. There’s something different
going on in there.” An attempt by state attorneys general to scupper T-Mobile
US Inc’s $26 billion merger with Sprint Corp lost an ally
Previous research, published in Science, described finding a rare in mid-October, when the state of Colorado abandoned the
and exotic ground state known as spin-triplet superconductivity fight.
in uranium ditelluride. The discovery offered the first suggestion
that uranium ditelluride’s physical properties warranted Colorado made a deal with T-Mobile and Dish Network Corp,
investigation. which is buying assets divested from the merger, whereby Dish
pledged to bring 2,000 jobs to the state and T-Mobile pledged
“This is...a remarkable material, and it’s keeping us very busy,” to deploy the next generation of wireless 5G across much of
said Johnpierre Paglione, a professor of physics at UMD and Colorado. Colorado’s decision closely followed Mississippi’s
a co-author of the paper. “Uranium ditelluride may very well announcement that it would withdraw its opposition.
become the ‘textbook’ spin-triplet superconductor that people
have been seeking... It could be the next strontium ruthenate Washington DC, New York, California and 13 other states were
– another proposed spin-triplet superconductor that has been prepared to fight the companies when the trial began in early
studied for more than 25 years.” Superconductivity is a state in December, with 13 states (including Colorado) ready to support
which electrons travel through a material with perfect efficiency. the merger.
Compare this with copper – in conductivity, second only to silver
– which loses around 20 per cent of power when transmitting The two companies have agreed to divest Sprint’s prepaid
over long distances. businesses to Dish, and provide access to 20,000 cell sites

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and hundreds of retail locations, under a Justice Department “We are proud to be the catalyst of the first ever CLS-to-CLS
deal to win anti-trust approval for the merger. However, terrestrial route,” stated Gil Santaliz, CEO for NJFX. “This is
New York Attorney General Letitia James said that the an integral part of the shift the industry is seeing in new
agreement with Colorado will not fix the “nationwide harms” infrastructure being deployed to replace the old networking
created by the merger of the USA’s third and fourth largest models. The total capacity of the subsea cables coming out
wireless carriers. “We remain committed to challenging this of these two cable landing stations is greater than all of the
merger, and have continued to develop strong evidence that it capacity of the previously placed North American subsea
is bad for consumers, bad for workers, and bad for innovation,” cables, stretching across the Atlantic, combined. Windstream
she said. and Telxius are bilaterally leveraging each company’s routes to
address customer network diversity requirements and capacity
The lawsuit against Sprint and T-Mobile, and their respective needs. The potential for clients is endless.”
parent companies, asserts the merger will lead to higher prices
for consumers. Extending reach

“Our fibre deployment between two of the most important

Increase in global connectivity options cable landing stations along the east coast aligns with
with a landing station first Windstream’s core strategy to take our national network
global,” commented Joe Scattareggia, executive vice president,
NJFX, the only cable landing station (CLS) co-location campus in Windstream Wholesale. “Our fibre connectivity across the US,
the USA to offer Tier 3, carrier-neutral data centre capabilities, is from Canada to Mexico, combined with our build-out at the
also the first CLS-to-CLS terrestrial interconnection, connecting NJFX CLS campus in New Jersey and at the Telxius CLS campus
NJFX’s CLS in Wall, New Jersey, to Telxius’s CLS facilities in Virginia in Virginia Beach, offers customers the ability to leverage our
Beach, Virginia. national network and go beyond.”

The move is partly due to its strategic location, 64 feet above Windstream’s domestic network consists of 150,000 fibre route
sea level, and its Category 5 hurricane-resistant CLS campus. The miles connecting Tier 1, 2 and 3 cities throughout the USA.
three cables it currently accesses were to be increased to four
subsea cables by the end of 2019, so exceeding 500 Terabits per Windstream provides high-speed connectivity directly into
second of transmission capacity. NJFX CLS and Telxius CLS campuses, enabling access to multiple
subsea cable systems.
The Telxius communications campus at Virginia Beach provides
direct access to the two top-capacity subsea cables in the world, Customers can now also extend their reach, through Telxius’s
MAREA and BRUSA. network, into South America and Europe.

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NJFX’s CLS campus will offer access to four subsea cable Unconfirmed reports suggest that GM is considering using its
systems to Europe and South America and seven independent Hummer brand. Mr Fiorani described Hummer as “a still strongly
US fibre-based backhaul providers. recognised brand name. Putting a Hummer badge on anything
is a great idea for General Motors because half the marketing is
Customers can access points of presence in 15 countries across already paid for. Making it environmentally friendly is just icing
central and South America, Mexico and the Caribbean. on the cake.”

The Telxius CLS campus in Virginia Beach includes the Telxius General Motors’ previous entrants to the market – the electric
facilities at the MAREA and BRUSA CLS, and connects directly to hybrid Chevrolet Volt and all-electric Bolt – failed to attract
main data centre campuses in Ashburn, Richmond and Phoenix. enough interest to generate a profit.

GM’s latest programme, named BT1, includes an electric pickup

Auto industry for the GMC brand and an electric SUV for Cadillac, both due in
2023.

In the meantime, GM plans to begin low-volume production of

GM eyes a move into pickups and SUVs the first BT1 model, a pickup but under a different brand, in late
2021. A performance variant of the pickup is expected in 2022,
General Motors is said to be planning a range of premium followed by an electric SUV in 2023.
electric pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles.
Vehicles in the BT1 series will use a new purpose-designed
The programme is at the centre of a $3 billion investment in electric vehicle architecture, including a ‘skateboard’ chassis that
the Detroit-Hamtramck plant, and part of a wider investment bundles electric motor and batteries.
programme across GM’s US plants. The plans were revealed by
the United Auto Workers union, which has brokered a labour General Motors president Mark Reuss said in June 2019 that the
deal with the company. new EV architecture will be highly flexible, and adaptable to a
variety of body shapes, sizes and drive models.
“It makes perfect sense to hit the high end of the market in order
to generate some revenue that might actually turn a profit,” Expected to achieve full production by 2024, the plant could be
said Sam Fiorani, vice president of global vehicle forecasting shipping 80,000 vehicles a year.
at Auto Forecast Solutions, who went on to suggest that GM is
following Tesla’s lead by starting in the electric vehicle sector “at Mr Fiorani anticipates that the GM electric truck will sell at over
the high end”. $90,000, with other models exceeding $100,000.

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GM spokeswoman Jordana Strosberg, in a statement to Reuters Testing times at the Nürburgring
[“Electric Hummer could be part of GM’s move into EV trucks”],
confirmed that the company is committed to an electric future, Porsche and Tesla are vying for lap time pre-eminence as
but had “no additional information to provide.” a measure of electric four-door sports car performance,
prompting the management team at the Nürburgring to step
GM’s plans include a battery plant in Ohio, possibly a joint in with tighter rules by which a carmaker can claim a certified
venture and part of a further plan to invest $1.3 billion in lap time.
non-GM plants in the USA.
“We want to have circumstances that can be understood and
Other carmakers with an eye to the long-anticipated electric replicated,” said Nürburgring spokesman Alexander Gerhard.
pickup include Ford (planning an electric version of its
F-series pickup); the Michigan-based start-up Rivian; and Setting a new time record for four-door electric cars could
Tesla, which revealed a prototype in November 2019, as had deliver a turbo-boost at a time when established sports car
been expected. developers, such as Audi, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche,
prepare to launch their own competition to Tesla’s Model S.
But there are issues for GM to resolve. Namely, a costly strike by
48,000 United Auto Workers union members at General Motors However, industry watchers are crying “foul” since a Tesla Model
plants. S, recently said to have achieved an unofficial record lap time,
was suspected of being “heavily modified”. Stefan Baldauf, a
In mid-October, when the strike was a month old, analysts were photographer at the circuit, said, “Aside from a roll cage and the
already estimating its costs to the carmaker at around $2 billion, driver’s seat, the interior had been stripped out. The windows
and production of the Chevy Blazer SUV, in Mexico, was halted were blacked out, so it was hard to tell.” The Tesla also appeared
by a consequent parts shortage. to be using semi-slick racing tyres.

Daniel Silver, a JPMorgan economist, predicted the strike would So the Nürburgring circuit officials are trying to standardise
cut US job growth by up to 75,000 – an estimate of direct and speed record attempts, including specifying the track, and the
indirect damage to non-farm payrolls. location of timing devices.

At the time of writing, the UAW and GM had achieved a Nürburgring hopes the new rules will help revive the circuit’s
“tentative” agreement for the basis of a return to work, but popularity as a venue for competitive benchmarking. Only
confirmation was still awaited via a workers’ vote on the by equitable comparison will there be any value in lap times.
proposals. As Mr Gerhard said, “We want to be a believable benchmark.”

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Metals mining “Green copper” grinds to a halt

In August 2017, Nelson Pizarro, president of Chilean company
Waste rock, want not Codelco, announced a plan to sell “green copper” – a sustainable
copper cathode produced according to very strict environmental
Lithium is in high demand by the growing electric vehicle and and social considerations.
battery industry, but finding, extracting and processing the
reactive alkali metal brings its own problems: not simply issues The result would be a premium-priced product that would
of geology and technology, but of environmental impact. In appeal to customers looking to reduce their carbon footprint
2018, Christina Valimaki, an analyst at Elsevier, was quoted: “One via more sustainable practices such as renewable energy and
of the biggest environmental problems caused by our endless recycled water.
hunger for the latest and smartest devices is a growing mineral
crisis, particularly those needed to make our batteries.” “We have the opportunity to seize socio-environmental variables
and turn them into opportunities to create added value,” Mr
Pizarro said at the time. Codelco’s green plans also included the
Lithium is currently produced in South America and Australia,
construction of a desalination plant to process 630 litres per
both continents where water is a major issue, and lithium
second and supply water, at a competitive price, to mining sites
extraction is a big user of water. South America’s ‘Lithium
across northern Chile.
Triangle’, covering parts of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, is
thought to hold more than half the world’s lithium reserves
However, in October 2019 the project was wound up, after
beneath its salt flats. It happens to be one of the driest places
Codelco conceded it was almost impossible to guarantee
on earth, but to extract lithium miners drill into the salt flats
the sustainability of “green copper” after it left the mine. The
and pump mineral-rich brine to the surface, where it remains
metal would need to be driven to its market, and would likely
for several months while it evaporates. The resulting mix of
be melted into cathodes at a coal-powered smelter. Without
manganese, potassium, borax and lithium salts is filtered,
traceability, traders said, and in the absence of an approved
placed into another evaporation pool, and again left for several
industry-wide methodology for sustainability, Codelco’s higher
months. It takes up to 18 months before lithium carbonate can
prices were unjustifiable.
be extracted. It is a relatively cheap and simple process, but
water-costly. It takes approximately 500,000 gallons of water to
Codelco will now examine and test broader initiatives to make
produce a tonne of lithium this way.
its products more sustainable. If successful, industry analysts
believe, the move by such an influential mining operator could
According to consultancy Cairn Energy Research Advisors, the
stimulate more significant industry-wide sustainability standards
lithium-ion industry is expected to grow from 100GWh of annual
for the historically high-polluting copper mining industry.
production in 2017 to almost 800GWh in 2027. With lithium-ion
batteries being central to cleaning up our energy act, and the
Rachael Bartels, a senior managing director at consultancy
planet in general, and with lithium prices rising exponentially
firm Accenture, said Codelco’s initiative is “ahead of [its] time,”
(the price doubled between 2016 and 2018), projects to extract
and may still be an opportunity to gain the “green” advantage.
lithium are on the increase.
“They may not get a premium for it, but they may become the
preferred supplier,” she told Reuters in an interview.
It is not necessarily for reasons of ecology that the Trump
administration is keen to see home production of the
Codelco will continue to develop its $1 billion desalination plant,
commodity, but it may have concentrated minds.
and is currently assessing its energy contracts for ways to reduce
carbon emissions, albeit without a firm deadline to migrate
In California, Rio Tinto plc is studying ways to extract lithium
completely to clean energy.
from waste rock at a mine the company controls. Rio has
produced borates in the Mojave Desert, about 120 miles north
of Los Angeles, for over a century, and as a result has decades’
worth of tailings (the industry term for rock waste). While But some copper will be greener by 2021
searching the tailings for gold the Rio team discovered a high
concentration of lithium. BHP has signed four renewable energy contracts to supply all
of its Chilean copper mines from 2021, cutting the company’s
It is a win-win for Rio and the industry. As Bold Baatar, Rio’s chief energy costs by 20 per cent.
executive of energy and minerals, said in a statement, “The
material being used has already been mined, so this will be a Daniel Malchuk, president of BHP Minerals Americas, said BHP
low-energy option for the production of lithium.” had signed contracts to cover the energy needs of Escondida,
the world’s biggest copper mine, and Spence, another copper
The company is investing $10 million to build a pilot plant to mine in Chile.
extract lithium using a heat-and-leaching process. The pilot plant
will produce around ten tonnes a year, but is just a first step to a BHP did not give a cost for the new contracts, but they are
possible 5,000 tonnes if Rio spends the estimated $50 million it believed to be the most extensive signed by a corporate
will cost to build an industrial-scale plant. customer in Chile. They will result in a provision of about $780
million related to the cancellation of the existing coal contracts,
Once in commercial production, the Rio facility would make which will be recognised in BHP’s December 2019 half-year
battery-grade lithium, the type demanded by Panasonic Corp results. “It’s good for the environment, it’s good for emissions,
and other cathode producers who, in turn, supply the battery but it’s also great business,” Mr Malchuck told reporters in
part for use in electric vehicles. London.

Rio also controls a lithium deposit in Serbia that has yet to be Another mining major, Anglo American, announced in July that
developed, and other companies working on projects within the it will use only renewable sources to power its mines in Chile
USA include Lithium Americas Corp, Standard Lithium Ltd, Texas from 2021. BHP chief executive Andrew Mackenzie said he
Mineral Resources Corp, Piedmont Lithium and ioneer Ltd. expected the trend to continue globally, together with moves to

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protect water security and supplies. In Chile, BHP is working to finance and other sectors win higher wage premiums. The
eliminate the depletion of aquifers in the desert regions where changes are making city life more challenging for lower-wage
it operates. The company’s 2030 goal is to end the use of water workers, who are struggling to accommodate rising housing,
from aquifers, and it is investing in desalination plants. heating, travel and living costs.

The researchers found that, while cities with “sluggish

This working life economies” tend to have weaker wage gains, they also show
lower levels of inequality than larger cities, and this is “especially
true in cities where the main industries are struggling financially,
A report by the New York Federal Reserve highlights growing like Detroit, where automation and auto plant closures have led
wage inequality in many of the biggest cities in the United States to job losses.”
over the last 35 years.
Some cities that showed the most – and least – inequality in
The report, by economists Jaison Abel and Richard Deitz, found 1980 are still marked by extremes some 35 years later. Fairfield,
that, with the tendency of companies to group in urban centres, Connecticut, had the starkest wage gap between rich and poor
the limited pool of in-demand qualified and/or experienced in both 1980 and in 2015, though arguably more dramatic in
workers are enjoying dramatic rises in salary, with which low to 2015.
middle-income workers cannot hope to keep pace.
In 1980, a Fairfield resident with earnings in the top 10 per cent
Cities such as New York, Houston and San Francisco are topping made almost six times as much as a neighbour in the bottom
the ranking for wage inequality, seeing the majority of their 10 per cent. By 2015, those on the high end were earning nine
workers “being left behind”. times as much.

For example, in San Francisco inflation-adjusted wages for In conclusion, Josh Bivens, research director for the Economic
workers in the top 5 per cent of wage earners grew by 120 per Policy Institute, believes that lower-wage workers have less
cent between 1980 and 2015, while wages for the bottom 10 per leverage than previous generations because of the diminished
cent of earners grew by only 20 per cent. In New York City, wages status of the unions, and because long periods of high
grew by 110 per cent for the top 5 per cent of workers, but just unemployment have limited workers’ ability to push for better
15 per cent for the bottom 10 per cent. pay. “In the last 30 years, lots of those things that provided wage
growth for low- and moderate-wage workers have been stripped
Economic inequality has risen across the United States away,” he said.
as globalisation and automation eliminate a number of
middle-income jobs, while highly skilled workers in technology, Gill Watson – Features Editor

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▲▲ With isothermal forming, die and workpiece have the same temperature during the forming process

Aircraft drives produced

on Schuler presses
UEC-Saturn, part of the United Engine Corporation, specialises pressure. The isothermal presses enable the company to develop
in gas turbines for aviation, shipping and power plants. Since advanced technologies for the forming of engine blades that
1937, almost 50,000 aircraft engines have been produced on its allow the production of parts with minimal machining effort.
assembly line. At the production site in Rybinsk, Russia, around
300 km north of Moscow, a total of ten Schuler presses are used. Saturn also purchased an isothermal deep-drawing press from
Schuler for the production of sheet metal parts from TA6V. It
In 2014, Schuler received an order from Saturn for a 1,600-ton enables the isothermal hot deep-drawing of sheet metal parts
PA 325 screw press. The machine bodies of the smaller series in a combined operation (parts can be hot or cold formed), with
are monobloc-type. The most recent delivery was a PSS 480 a newly developed oven concept without chimney effect and a
screw press with a press force of 2,800 tons, which has been in controllable bed cushion. It can also be retrofitted with an argon
operation at Saturn for more than a year. gas supply for superplastic forming.

Schuler has also supplied Saturn with an isothermal press As a result, complicated components with good dimensional
for the production of turbine blades made of titanium. The accuracy can be produced in a single step. The low main forming
high-strength material is becoming increasingly important as speed keeps the flow stresses low, allowing a good distribution
a material in aircraft construction because of its light weight. In of material in the die and protecting it from high loads.
isothermal forming, die and workpiece have the same constant
temperature during the entire forming process. Schuler offers customer-specific technology in all areas of
forming technology, from networked presses to press shop
The press can be used for several forming processes: turbine planning.
blade production, calibration and thermosetting. In this special
process, the components are heated to a temperature slightly Schuler AG
below forming temperature and then acted upon by a constant www.schulergroup.com

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Pelletised cable filling and

water blocking compound
ELECTRIC Cable Compounds (ECC) is CableFill300, which is the more highly
a global supplier of high-performance flame retardant of the two grades, has
elastomeric and polyolefin-based an LOI of 48; CableFill 200 has an LOI of
cross-linkable and thermoplastic 36. Both compounds are engineered to
compounds. The company can provide be processed on conventional extrusion
two flame-retardant elastomeric cable equipment.
filler compounds that are pelletised,
extrudable, non-halogenated and Electric Cable Compounds, Inc
RoHS-compliant. www.electriccablecompounds.com ▲▲ CableFill maintains cable shape while filling gaps

CableFill®200 and CableFill®300 are

designed to provide a range of benefits
to cable manufacturers: they maintain
cable shape; prevent deformation/
stress of cable components; fill gaps/
voids; provide additional flame-retardant
benefits to overall construction; and
reduce water ingress.

While isolating individual cable

components from contact, they do not
detract from overall cable flexibility. They
are colourable, easy to peel, and easily
processable at low temperatures. Typical
applications include low toxicity transit,
mining and shipboard cable.

Lower power
consumption on
continuous use of VNT
PCD dies
Ajex & Turner has introduced VNT Nano
PCD dies for stranding, compacting and
bunching of copper and aluminium, and
for low-carbon/welding wire drawing.

The dies are designed to reduce

consumption of power and metal, to
give a bright surface, and to avoid heat
generation in the die/conductor.

The company has developed VNT Nano

PCD dies for the 0.7 to 100mm range for
electrodes, CO2, welding, stainless steel
wire, etc.

The dies are made with multi-layer

coatings of nanocrystalline diamond
through vapour deposition on hard base
metal, which provides a smooth surface
with low friction.

Nanocrystalline diamond has been used

extensively to improve the properties of
surfaces for manufacturing processes,
due to its favourable material properties
such as high hardness, improved wear
resistance, thermal conductivity, chemical
inertness and low coefficient of friction.

Ajex & Turner

www.ajexturner.com

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Cold heading oil launched

CONCERNS about PAHs and BaP (polycyclic aromatic co-develop with major automotive groups a high-performance
hydrocarbons and benzo[a]pyrene) have been present in the product for very difficult forming operations.
metalworking industry since 2015. Some petroleum-based
products, such as process lubricants, can release PAHs and BaP After six months of research, Extrugliss HT 268 VP was created.
under severe operating conditions. In partnership with an automotive supplier, the product was
tested for nearly 12 months on cold heading operations for the
For greater vigilance, the French Health Insurance authority manufacture of seat pinions and hubs, and reportedly showed
issued a recommendation, reference R.451, concerning the good results.
“Prevention of chemical risks caused by cutting fluids”. It uses the
data provided by the INRS on the risks and thresholds related to Available for sale since June 2019, Extrugliss HT 268 VP is
BaP contained in new and in-service neat cutting oils. positioned as a premium product specially formulated for
extreme operations that generate excessive heat (stainless steel,
While this issue is regularly raised when using machining neat alloy steel with high elastic limit, etc).
oils, there are no recommendations for cold heading operations.
Guided by its HSE (health, safety and the environment) and CSR Developed to solve BaP emissions problems, the neat cold
(corporate social responsibility) principles, Condat decided to go heading oil is formulated from high-quality, highly refined base
further by taking into account this question and by anticipating oils, and contains fewer residual compounds that may degrade
the regulation. to PAHs.

The company’s in-depth knowledge of how to reduce PAHs/ It resists oxidation, increases the life of the baths and facilitates
BaP in in-service machining oils led to the development of Neat degreasing by preventing the formation of sticky residues on
Green oils, which do not show an increase in BaP content after the parts. It is less volatile, and limits oil evaporation and mist
1,500 hours of machining. generation, improving the atmosphere in workshops.

In early 2018, Condat requested its R&D laboratory to work on The dual-purpose cold heading oil provides lubrication
new formulas for cold heading oils with neutral impact in terms characteristics to the mechanical components of cold heading
of BaP. machinery as well as lubrication for the deformation operations,
and has a viscosity of 68 cst.
Beyond its CSR commitment, the company also wants to address
the concerns of automotive suppliers and provide customers Condat SA
with the safest possible products. The objective was to www.condat.fr

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Halogen-free flame-retardant portfolio expands

LUBRIZOL Engineered Polymers has developed several new
halogen-free Estane ZHF thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)
grades that feature low toxicity, low smoke and low gas
conductivity. The design versatility of Estane ZHF polymers
expands the scope of applications in which the new grades can
be applied, including thinner or coloured cables. The new ZHF
resins also meet requirements for more sustainable alternatives
because of their recyclability and improvement of processability
in the extrusion of most cables.

The new Estane ZHF TPU products include:

• 90AT8 NAT 02 for robotic and communication cables
• 58202 NAT 02, combining easy processability and low gas
conductivity with flame-retardant performance
• 58370 NAT 01, providing easy processability and low gas
▲ The new products include a grade designed to meet standards for electric vehicle
conductivity in compliance with IEC 62893 and EN 50620 charging cables
standards for electric vehicle charging cables
• 58211 NAT 0, with good thermal resistance and easy have the standard features of a TPU (eg durability and good
processability combined with flame-retardant performance hydrolysis resistance), but also show very low conductivity levels.
• 85AT8 MATT, featuring a matt surface, good flame-retardant Lubrizol’s regulatory and legal expert team has ensured that the
performance and easy processability new Estane portfolio without halogenated flame retardants is
compliant with the standards required by the cable industry.”
Fabio Morelli, new business development senior manager for
Lubrizol Engineered Polymers in EMEA, stated, “New emerging With more than 60 years of experience and a worldwide
applications have demanding material requirements, and network that includes formulation design, manufacturing and
international cable-related regulations are also becoming more R&D, Lubrizol Engineered Polymers offers a broad portfolio
stringent. As an example, some Estane ZHF grades have been of engineered polymers, including resins that are bio-based,
designed after a collaborative development process with key recyclable, light stable, flame retardant, adhesive, chemically
manufacturers of EV charging cables.” resistant, optically clear and fast cycling.

Mr Morelli added that “new Estane ZHF 58202 and 58370 grades The Lubrizol Corporation www.lubrizol.com

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Drawing lubricants for industrial wire and

power cable producer
BAHRA Cables, one of the largest producers and distributors
of industrial wire and power cable products in the Gulf region,
has achieved performance targets by using Metalube’s
specialist wire drawing lubricants: Lubricool 22G and Metaclean
NEC-50. Both lubricants are being used on the company’s
new high-performance Niehoff MM85 twin wire copper rod
breakdown machine.

By using Lubricool 22G in conjunction with good in-house

controls, daily monitoring, filtration and the ongoing use of
Metaclean NEC-50 as a conditioning tonic, Bahra Cables is said to
be achieving notable maximum production speeds of 36m/sec,
along with an average daily production of 120 tonnes of drawn
copper, equating to 40,000 tons per year on one machine.

Lubricool 22G has also provided a three-year life in the 8,000L

system. The product is claimed to have excellent pH and
emulsion stability, and is low-maintenance, making it a durable
and high-performance copper wire drawing lubricant. Bahra
Cables has achieved a considerable sump life, limited downtime
and reduced disposal costs.

Albert Molloy of Metalube said, “From humble beginnings in

2008, Bahra Cables is now one of the leading wire and cable ▲▲ Bahra Cables has seen significant benefits of using Metalube’s products
companies operating in the Gulf region. achieve their production goals. We are looking forward to what
the future holds for our partnership.”
"We are delighted that Metalube’s products and technical
services have played a role in their growth and helped them to Metalube Ltd www.metalube.co.uk

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Five servo-axis turret tool-changer

with servo cutter
AT Interwire 2019, AIM released its new
AFES-3DxT five servo-axis turret tool-changer
machine with a fast servo cutter. Described
by AIM as its most robust and proven model
for twenty years, the turret head indexing tool
changer provides flexibility in wire forming
capability, while the 200 msec servo-cut assures
fast and quiet production.

Standard features include DXF, LRA and XYZ

import, animated bending simulation with
collision detection, auto pilot speed/load
monitoring, and 5 hp wire payoff. Equipped with
touchscreen monitors and Microsoft Windows®,
the machine features ‘Dial-A-Service’ for remote
support via the Internet, and a maintenance
module that reminds users of required work for
zero downtime.

Available options include automatic bend setup

with AccuCal, easy production statistics with
AccuTrack, online AIM Academy training, Faro,
Romer and Aicon CMM communications for
automatic programmer corrections, integration
with robots, and import of STEP and IGES files.

AIM, Inc
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Length and speed gauge for bouncing,

unguided moving products
APPLICATIONS that involve the production of long, continuous
cylindrical products can pose measurement challenges.

Products that cannot be well guided can move off-axis and out
of the measurement range, making it difficult for traditional
laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) gauges to keep the laser on the
product’s surface. This results in hard-to-obtain and unreliable
length and speed measurements.

NDC’s new LaserSpeed Pro M Series gauge from the Beta

LaserMike products family is designed to solve this problem.

The patent-pending gauge uses an LDV optical technique that

provides reliable and robust length and speed measurements of
small, bouncing and unguided cylindrical moving products, from
bare conductor wire to insulated primary wire and cable.

The LaserSpeed M Series gauge enables manufacturers to

effectively control product speed and process functions ▲▲ The new LaserSpeed Pro M Series gauge can measure moving wire
in challenging applications. Manufacturers can benefit by
reducing product give-away, minimising scrap, avoiding loss in Beta LaserMike – an NDC Technologies brand
productivity and downtime, and realising other savings. www.ndc.com

Rod cleaning for reduced die friction Testing times for offshore cables
and wear High-voltage engineering specialist EDS HV Group has
Installed in-line after a simple rod reverse bending descaler, completed a cable testing campaign for Vattenfall at Horns
the SB (smooth brush) system from Decalub removes excess Rev 1, after the wind farm experienced network issues. For the
rod scale, converting the scale into ultra-hard micro-abrading first time for the offshore wind industry, EDS used damped AC
rotating pads that provide a white metal, clean satin finish. It testing (DAC) to collect partial discharge (PD) and tanδ data to
is suitable for dry cleaning applications, H/C and L/C, including clarify the condition of the array cables and subject the entire
0.98% C, eliminating the need for acid cleaning. array system to a high-voltage withstand test.

Continuously liberated rod scale pads provide receptive 3 Luke Bishop, group engineering director at EDS, said, “Damped
to 5 micron bonding sites (similar to phosphate crystalline AC testing is a real step change in the industry. VLF [very low
morphology), enhancing lubricant pick-up and adherence at frequency] testing has been the ‘go-to’ test system to date.
high drawing speeds. However, despite VLF’s advantages, it doesn’t have the benefits
offered by DAC to test long lengths of array cables through
This enables powder lubricant to be chemically and multiple switchgear positions and collect PD and tanδ data, all
mechanically interlocked to the rod surface, forming a from a single point.”
high-performance anti-friction and anti-wear conversion coating
that is claimed to perform comparably to, or better than, zinc Using damped AC to test all array cables from one single
phosphate or other in-line wet pre-coating chemicals. point on the offshore platform avoided multiple transfers of
equipment and personnel.
Decalub
www.decalub.com EDS HV Group www.edshv.com

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Automated inspection and analysis of plastic

pellets
EVEN the smallest metallic contamination
in plastic pellets can cause problems
during the production and processing of
plastics. Fault prevention usually requires
major effort, but fault correction is
time-consuming and expensive.

High-voltage cables have to be coated

with a 100 per cent metal-free plastic
insulator. Metal contamination of a
submarine cable can cause breakdown
(short circuit), leading to very high
recovery and repair costs.

There are many causes of metal

contamination in raw material, such as
abrasion both of the metal screws in the ▲▲ The X-ray-based inspection and analysis system detects metallic contamination in plastic pellets
extruder and of the barrel. Abrasion can
also occur at conveyer pipes and pipe Sikora AG has developed an offline a batch can be taken at different times
bends. inspection system that detects and and scanned for analysis. The measuring
analyses contamination from 50µm in values are included in the overall
Metal contamination can get into the plastic pellets. With the support of X-ray evaluation.
pellets due to damaged melt filters or technology, a non-destructive look into
a defective granulator. Full protection and through plastic pellets is possible. The collected data provides information
against metal contamination cannot be about the process and the material
ensured, even with the use of melt filters, Materials such as pellets and metal quality of the plastic pellets. The system
inductive metal separators or permanent particles can be differentiated as they also supplies a test certificate containing
magnets. vary in their absorption or attenuation all information about the quality of the
of X-rays, and even the smallest metal inspected pellets and a summary of the
inclusions in the raw material can be test results.
detected.
www.candorsweden.com The inspection and analysis
The X-ray unit is hermetically system can be connected
• Electrolytic plating
sealed, so no radiation can to a company network via
• Candojet hot water cleaning
escape and the standards LAN interface, and collected
• Electrolytic & Ultrasonic degreasing
of the Radiation Protection data can be exported for
• Welding wire cleaning and copper coating
Act and Radiation Protection processing. The creation of a
• Pickling & phosphating
Ordinance are fulfilled, and central and up-to-date data
the system can be used by the bank allows for conclusions
operator without any concern. on sources and causes of
contamination.
The operator places the
material onto a 210 x 300mm The mobile system can be
Welding sample tray; this is moved used for sampling inspection
through the inspection area, ▲▲ Metal inclusions in in a laboratory environment
wire copper which features an X-ray plastic pellets, caused or alternatively directly next to
coating camera, and the inspection by a damaged extruder
the production line. In addition
during material
and analysis are carried out production to traditional production
within 30 seconds. A projector control, the 30-second analysis
highlights contaminated material in procedure makes the system suitable for
colour directly on the sample tray. the inspection of incoming goods.
Multi wire The contamination is simultaneously
cleaning visualised and highlighted on the The system can inspect pellets, flakes,
plant monitor, including information about its films/tapes, sheets and injection-moulded
size and area. parts made from various plastics, such
as XLPE used for the insulation of
In addition to an image gallery of high-voltage cables, TPU or TPE. The
detected contamination, the software height of the test material can be up
Ultrasonic provides statistics about size, area and to 50mm. 100g of plastic pellets can
& Electrolytic number. Previously recorded image be inspected and analysed per run.
material can be re-imported and With a pellet size of 4 x 4 x 4mm, this
evaluated, for example with divergent corresponds to up to 3,500 pellets.
CANDOR Sweden AB analysis parameters. In addition to
Tel: +46 11 21 75 00 Fax: +46 11 12 63 12
single inspections, serial tests can be Sikora AG
Email: [email protected]
performed – any number of samples from www.sikora.net

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▲▲ DS-Blend feedscrew from Davis-Standard

Feedscrew extruder
with improved
performance
THE DS-Blend is the latest option in Davis-Standard’s
award-winning feedscrew line. The patent-pending design
improves the performance of a single screw extruder for
demanding applications by providing distributive and
dissipative melt mixing.

The two-stage approach achieves outputs similar to those

of a single-stage barrier screw, but with a lower melt
temperature and reduced energy requirements. It can be
installed on new or existing single screw Davis-Standard
extruders as well as other brands.

Building feedscrews for non Davis-Standard extruders has

been an area of growth for the company as customers realise
the benefits of the technology. According to John Christiano,
vice president of technology at Davis-Standard, “This is one
of our most versatile and energy-efficient feedscrews to
date … As with all of our feedscrew designs, we are focused
on product line performance, improved outputs, material
homogeneity and feedscrew longevity. We are also proud of
the fact that we can build a feedscrew for any extruder brand.”

Davis-Standard’s feedscrews are available from 19 to 300mm

(3/4" to 12") in diameter, with varying L/Ds. Each screw
is engineered for specific polymers and processes, with
customisation available depending on the end product.

Davis-Standard feedscrews accommodate the full range of

extrusion and converting applications, including blown film,
blow moulding, cast film, compounding, elastomer, extrusion
coating and fibre. Sales and service engineers work alongside
customers to find the right solution based on manufacturing
parameters. Testing and trials are available to fine-tune the
process prior to purchase.

In Davis-Standard’s feedscrew manufacturing process, plasma

arc welding stations provide wear-resistant materials such
as Colmonoy 56 and 83. Three whirlers are used for screw
cutting and milling for screws made of stainless steel, 4340
steel or Inconel materials.

These machines produce screw surfaces at very tight

tolerances. After screws are milled and polished, they are
treated with chrome plating or other wear-resistant coatings,
based on the application. Screws receive a final inspection
and polish before shipment.

Davis-Standard, LLC
www.davis-standard.com

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Italian know-how in medium-voltage insulation

MIXER SpA combines quality and reliability with innovation, international standards. To provide a complete package, Mixer
offering materials to the cable market that are designed on the can suggest a match with semi-conductive shields that have
basis of its acquired expertise. The company has a consolidated been tested for peelability and compatibility with its products.
experience in MV compounds, having been producing blends
based on EPDM and EPDM/PE since 1996, and becoming a major The latest versions of Mixer’s grades, arising from its
compounder for medium-voltage insulation, marketed around commitment to provide customers with added value, are
the world. claimed to enable faster and easier production. Ekopren 3IS73F
and 3IS75F were optimised to reach higher speed in extrusion;
Ten years ago, Mixer conceived and pioneered fully lead-free with decreased hardness, these compounds avoid scorch issues
products for this market segment, ahead of user demand, with and offer enhanced flexibility.
an environment-friendly approach.
Ekopren 3IS73L and 3IS75L grades feature cost efficiency and
The range of Mixer products for medium-voltage insulation is flowing process with a voltage rating between 6 and 20kV.
now comprehensive, and includes harder or flexible products,
grades for single-core or multi-core cables and for an operating Mixer SpA will promote its complete portfolio and solutions
voltage from 6 to 95kV, and with lead or lead-free. during wire 2020 in Düsseldorf, Germany, on stand E74 in Hall 12.

The Ekopren MV products are suitable for operating Mixer SpA

temperatures of 90°C and 105°C and are compliant to www.mixercompounds.com

Air wipe dries, cools and cleans small diameters

Exair’s new 3/8" Standard Air Wipe™ produces a 360° airstream
that can blow dry, clean or cool the material passing through it.
The split design can be clamped around continuously moving
material such as wire, cable, pipe, hose and extruded shapes.

The air wipe ejects a small amount of compressed air through

a thin slotted nozzle that pulls in high volumes of surrounding
room air. The airflow uniformly ejects from the 360° of its inner
diameter. Coupling brackets that hold each half of the 3/8"
Standard Air Wipe can be latched together or removed quickly.
Additional shims can be installed if more blowing force is
required.
▲▲ Exair’s Standard Air Wipe is CE-compliant
Air velocity can be varied with a pressure regulator, and instant
on/off control provides precision blow-off. Air consumption is Applications include wiping wire, drying inks, cooling hot
11.1 SCFM at 80 psig and the sound level is low at only 82 dBA. extruded shapes, and blow-off of water, plating, coatings and
dust.
Standard Air Wipes are CE-compliant and available from stock
in aluminium in diameters from 13 to 279mm (3/8" to 11"). Exair Corporation www.exair.com

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Shaving and shaped dies –

collaborative problem solving

▲▲ Paramount has collaborated to produce shaped dies and shaving dies

COMMITMENT to experimentation drives the process of innovation forward. Successful

manufacturing operations collaborate with their suppliers and customers, to conduct
trials, collect data, and let the data guide process improvement and future business
decisions.

Companies across multiple product segments have collaborated with Paramount Die
throughout the last two years to evaluate a large range of geometries, coatings and
constructions in order to find their optimal solution for shaving wire and for drawing
shaped wire.

Standard shaving dies are offered as insert-based and cased solutions. Several standard
sizes, geometries, coatings and casing options are available to provide improvements
and a basis for future experimentation.

Customer-specific shaving die solutions are said to be delivering superior quality and
purity of shaved wire rod to manufacturers drawing stainless steel wire, valve spring
wire, cold heading wire, aluminium wire and brass wire.

Innovative shaped profile dies, developed with Paramount Die, offer increased surface
quality, tight tolerance control, and wire/bar straightness. Ovate-shaped wire drawing
solutions have more than doubled drawing speeds while increasing high-quality
finished tons. With technical shape engineering capability, Paramount can design single
and progression drafts to meet specific needs.

Shaped dies are available in ovates, rectangles, squares, hexagons and custom shapes.
Standard carbide blank sizes, coatings and casing options are available to match
current drawing practices. A collaborative team can then evaluate the performance
of the drawing die to deliver recommendations for progression and shape design
improvements.

Wire production efficiencies are improving because each die design is rooted in the
needs and feedback of each individual customer, their production process, and the
market segment they serve. The customer and Paramount Die’s technical staff then
put the dies and production processes through improvement trials to determine the
optimal solution.

Paramount Die
www.paradie.com

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Red-hot for silicone

IN recent years, silicone has been
increasingly used in the automotive
sector, but now it is being found in more
applications.

Due to its many positive attributes,

silicone is a popular material for cable
production, and has played a major
role in the continuous development of
Rosendahl’s lines.

Rosendahl developed its first silicone

extrusion line with infrared curing several
years ago. Since then, new lines have
been installed worldwide, and existing
lines have been expanded by updates
from Rosendahl.

The special matching extruders,

crossheads and curing tunnels make ▲▲ Rosendahl’s RN-Z silicone line
effective and reproducible results from
one provider possible. in conductor cross-sections and the strict guidelines, Rosendahl focused
minimising of cable weight. on developing production facilities for
In the automotive cable market, silicone this field. The standards that need to
has established itself as an isolation In addition to the automotive sector, be fulfilled for integrity (DIN 4102-12)
and jacketing material for cables and there are several other popular and insulation (IEC60331, EN50200
high-voltage cables for electric and applications for silicone, for example and BS6387) are met by each cable
hybrid cars. The high flexibility of the in medical technology or robotics. produced by Rosendahl.
material does not change, even at various As the fire resistance of cables in
temperatures. With its high temperature public buildings, such as airports or Rosendahl Nextrom GmbH
resistance, silicone enables a reduction hospitals, is subject to particularly www.rosendahlnextrom.com

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Huber+Suhner
unveils first
copper-less
link to the
antenna
The new Direct GPS-over-Fiber (GPSoF)
solution from Huber+Suhner is claimed
to be the first of its kind to allow a fibre
optic connection to be made directly
onto an antenna, eliminating the need for
a separate power line.

The company says that this new

capability has the potential to
revolutionise the remote antenna
application landscape by addressing
power constraints at the remote end,
and is expected to provide benefits to
installations within the aerospace and
defence markets.

Power over fibre eliminates power

constraints by making use of available
fibre optic backbones to deliver the
required power to the antenna. This
removes the need for external power
sources at the remote end, while
adding all the benefits of fibre optics
into a conventional radio frequency
link.

Supplying power to remote antenna

locations is a common challenge
in shelter and other command and
control applications within the defence
industry. “Our ability to support rapid
deployments by reducing the amount
of hardware and enhancing operational
effectiveness by providing a truly
copper-less link adds tremendous
value to these types of applications,”
said Dominik Ruckstuhl, new product
introduction engineer at Huber+Suhner.

Direct GPSoF employs laser safety

features that are compliant with the
IEC laser standards. The use of the
Q-ODC connector ensures a ruggedised
connection using single mode fibres,
which enables link distances of up to 10
km.

Chad Trevithick, head of solutions

business at Huber+Suhner, commented,
“The Direct GPSoF solution, featuring
power over fibre, demonstrates the
commitment from Huber+Suhner to
solving real-world challenges in our
customers’ applications.”

Huber+Suhner Group
www.hubersuhner.com

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Optimised energy
consumption in continuous
casting lines
FURNACES are crucial equipment in
Upcast continuous upwards casting
lines, to ensure a high-quality process
and end product. They also play a key
role in energy consumption; optimised
use of energy decreases heat loss and
production costs.

Energy consumption is the largest

individual cost factor in production.
Typically, it is around 58 to 67 per cent
of the overall costs. What impacts
consumption are the furnace type and
the inductor attached to it, as well as
the lining materials. With the right
combination, energy consumption can be
minimised.

“It is essential to choose the right

combination suitable for each product
and capacity,” said Janne Hosio, sales
manager at Upcast Oy.

As capacity requirements vary ▲ Janne Hosio, sales manager at Upcast Oy

significantly, Upcast Oy has designed
new sizes of furnace to meet the various required, which also reduces the amount
needs of customers, and they can be used of heat loss. The variation of temperature
in combination with a range of different is reduced, which also saves energy.
power inductors. Options include smaller
furnaces for lower capacity requirements, Upcast has long experience of casting
and larger ones for higher demands. lines, and its development work has been
based on the actual values of existing
Upcast furnaces are equipped with lines, in order to develop a more efficient
energy-efficient inductors, and the power and wider product range.
supply can be controlled steplessly,
enabling any power range to be used Upcast Oy will be participating in wire
efficiently. Using transistor converters Düsseldorf 2020, on stand 09 C06.
instead of step transformers allows the
use of precisely the amount of power Upcast Oy www.upcast.com

Bows for all types of double-twist equipment

The C2S service division of Sampsistemi supplies more than 600 adaptable bow
designs to the market for all kinds of double-twist equipment. For smaller bunching
units (400/560mm) to larger double-twist stranders for aluminium or copper cords
(2,000mm), C2S can propose bows to ensure performance and optimised production.

By moulding high-graded carbons, C2S also ensures the long durability of its bows,
as well extended lifetime of the main equipment, preventing harmful vibrations from
spreading to the main bearings housings. The technical definition of the bow design is
always discussed with the end-user, in terms of expected production speeds, product
size or wire path interchangeability.

The C2S team works in close collaboration with cable makers (mostly maintenance
teams) to harmonise guides or eyelets on different brands of double-twist equipment.

Among C2S’s best sellers is the patented Greenbow2, a closed-bow design that allows
up to 25 per cent energy savings on high-speed bunchers. Initially developed for
automotive products but now extended to small control or robotics cables thanks
to fully interchangeable wire paths, Greenbow2 is easy to maintain as it features a
removable inner tube.
Samp SpA www.sampsistemi.com

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 Technology News

Wire and cable machinery from Turkey

SARMAKINA Sanayi ve Ticaret AS is a manufacturing, for the forthcoming year. As a company that develops its
engineering and contracting company that was founded in own products, it has started continuous training to increase
1991 by Sarkuysan AS, the largest copper wire manufacturer in production quality, and has established a quality laboratory
Turkey. in its new factory. One-to-one education and training for all
operations makes the working environment safer and more
Its main products are machinery supplied to the wire and efficient.
cable industry, including motor-driven payoffs and spoolers,
bunching machines, bobbin winders, rewinding lines, emulsion The move to the new factory provided the growth of work
systems, filters and tin plating lines. areas, as well allowing an increase in the number of employees,
enabling the design of new products and an increase in the
It also supplies standard and custom-made steel reels, as well manufacture of existing products.
as projecting, manufacturing, subcontracting and contraction
works and steel construction works. Sarmakina states that its bobbin winder lines, for the bobbins
that feed braiding machines, are used in major cable and wire
The company reports that, in addition to routine local sales, its factories from Brazil to the UK. The company is expecting a
exports and customer portfolio are growing. There is serious busy year, based on both the orders it already has and the
competition in this sector, but the company believes it is strong planned demands of customers in the new period.
enough not to have the need for competition in the local
market because of the quality and price of its products. After completing work for its sister companies – Sarkuysan,
Sark Wire and Sark Bulgaria – for double twist bunching
Sarmakina’s export targets for the next year are European machines, last year the company started to meet the needs of
countries, and the USA and Russia. It already has customers in other customers.
the USA, Germany, Italy, the UK, Bulgaria, Croatia and Austria
who buy its machinery and steel reels periodically. Its bunching machines began to run for companies in Turkey
and around Europe, and it is in negotiations with other cable
Demand for Sarmakina’s products has increased because of companies for their needs for bunching machines in the
European companies’ investment in new machinery and their coming years. The number of payoffs in operation around the
desire to expand production, and it is targeting a ten per cent world is now approaching 1,000.
growth in production and profits.
Sarmakina Sanayi ve Ticaret AS
The company has new plans and an investment programme www.sarmakina.com.tr

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Contents January 2020
Diary of Events
2020

30 March - 3 April:
wire 2020 – trade exhibition –
Düsseldorf, Germany
EF 2/68 Corporate News Organisers:
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
Fax: +49 211 4560 668
Email: [email protected]
EF 7/73 Products Website: www.wire.de

EF 13/79 Manufacturing Technology 20-24 April:

MACH – trade exhibition –
Birmingham, UK
Organisers:
MTA (Manufacturing
Technologies Association)
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.machexhibition.com

2–4 June:
Wire Expo – trade exhibition and
conference –
Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
Organisers:
Wire Association International
Fax: +1 203 453 8384
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.wirenet.org
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17–20 June:
Korea Metal Week –
trade exhibition –
Seoul, South Korea
Organisers:
KT Fairs
Fax: +82 02 784 6810
Email: [email protected]

New year, new industry Website: www.korea-metal.com

23–26 September:
WITH a new year comes a new sector of the industry for EuroWire to wire China – trade exhibition –
Shanghai, China
focus on – fasteners. Organisers:
SECRI and Messe Düsseldorf
(Shanghai) Co Ltd
EuroFasteners is a new part of EuroWire magazine as we aim to increase Fax: +86 216 169 8301
our comprehensive coverage of the wire and cable industry. Email: [email protected]
Website: www.wirechina.net
With its own glossy covers to separate it from the rest of the magazine,
EuroFasteners will provide detailed coverage of industry news, products 11–14 October:
IWCS – technical symposium –
and manufacturing technology, as we highlight everything from Providence, Rhode Island, USA
machinery manufacture to the end products. Organisers:
IWCS
Tel: +1 717 993 9500
This will also be expanded on at the forthcoming wire 2020 exhibition in Website: www.iwcs.org
Düsseldorf, Germany, where exhibitors will be appealing to distributors,
wholesalers and buyers from a broad range of sectors in the fasteners
industry.

Sister publication Wire & Cable ASIA will also be launching Fasteners ASIA Visit us online at:
www.read-eurofasteners.com
in its January issue.
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 Corporate News

▲ “Frazer-Nash is able to produce components cost-effectively in small batch sizes”

Faster and cheaper with

additive manufacturing
Since investing in a Renishaw AM 400 the world to produce a specific temporary results in improvements in speed and
additive manufacturing (AM) system, fastening device used to align aircraft a reduction in manufacturing costs,
Frazer-Nash has produced a unique panels and fuselage during assembly. particularly for such a difficult-to-
fastener for a customer, Kwikbolt, for use The component simplifies the manu- machine part.”
during aircraft assembly. facturing process and ensures that
aerospace companies no longer require “The Kwikbolt project is a true AM success
The new component can be made a bespoke tool for every panel, helping story,” said Paul Mortlock, managing
quicker, and at a lower cost, when to reduce costs, improve precision and director at Frazer-Nash. “Using AM
compared to traditional subtractive speed up assembly. means we can easily produce a bespoke
machining methods. component based on each aerospace
To simplify the manufacturing process, customer’s requirements. Renishaw’s
In 2014 Frazer-Nash decided to bring AM Frazer-Nash now additively manu- AM systems have been flawless since we
capabilities in-house with Renishaw’s factures the fasteners on Renishaw’s AM started working together. Frazer-Nash
AM 250 system. The company has 400. By using AM instead of subtractive now produces 25,000 AM parts a year
since purchased the AM 400, which is machining, the fasteners can be produced and has expanded its range of com-
currently used to produce metal parts for with custom geometries at comparatively ponents. Over the last five years, we
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customers. lower cost. have developed a close partnership

with Renishaw, added Mr Mortlock. “We
One of Frazer-Nash’s most successful “By using AM, Frazer-Nash is able to originally chose to partner with Renishaw
projects is for its customer Kwikbolt, produce components cost-effectively due to its support services and we have
which is working to revolutionise the in small batch sizes,” explained found these to be invaluable.”
assembly of aircraft. Stuart Offer, AM sales manager at
Renishaw. “In contrast to machining, Frazer-Nash Manufacturing
Kwikbolt is one of only a few businesses in no custom tooling is required, which https://frazernash.com

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 Corporate News

Joint venture company for cold

heading and forging in USA
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC)
established Nippon Steel & Sumikin Cold Heading Wire Indiana
Inc (NSCI), a US company manufacturing and selling steel wires
for cold heading and forging, in February 2016.

NSCI started its commercial production and held an opening

ceremony, inviting the governor of Indiana and other related
Indiana and Shelbyville officials, the Consulate-General of Japan
in Chicago, customers, shareholders, and employees’ families.

The steel wire manufacturing plant is NSSMC’s third overseas

plant, in addition to those established in Thailand and China.
The new plant at NSCI has an annual production capacity of
36,000 tons and is capable of manufacturing steel wires with a
maximum diameter of 40mm.

By making use of the plant’s proximity to customers, NSSMC will ▲ The team celebrates the first shipment
meet demand from the major production plants of Japanese
automobile and parts manufacturers and display strong delivery Under the banner of SteeLinc, the brand name of NSSMC’s bar
capability. and wire rod unit, NSCI will contribute to enhance the value
of customers’ products through proposals that optimise the
Steel wires for cold heading and forging, which are produced combination of steel materials and secondary processes (steel
by adding secondary processes (such as pickling, coating, wire materials x processing methods).
drawing and heat treatment) to hot rolled wire rods, are mainly
used for important safety-related parts such as automobile bolts. The steel product portfolio includes steel for high-strength bolts
These steel wires require a very high standard in terms of internal (MB series and ADS series) and steel that omits processes, such
quality and surface defects. as new soft wire rods and untempered steel for cold forging
(NHF® and SUC80D).
In order to satisfy these requirements, NSSMC and NSCI
are cooperating in performing strict and unified quality Nippon Steel & Sumikin Cold Heading Wire Indiana Inc
management for wire rods and steel wires. www.nsciinc.com

Industrial Fasteners market forecast

The global industrial fasteners market It then analyses the world’s main lack of product differentiation. This
is expected to expand at a compound region market conditions, including has resulted in price wars among
annual growth rate of 5.3 per cent the product price, profit, capacity, manufacturers, leading to profit
during the forecast period 2016 to 2023. production, supply, demand, and crunching.
market growth rate and forecast etc.
A new report from Credence Research A focus on product enhancement is the
expects the market to be worth $107 Finally, the report introduces new key strategy for manufacturers.
billion by 2023. project SWOT analysis, investment
feasibility analysis and investment The report includes six parts, dealing
“Industrial Fasteners – global market return analysis. with:
size, analysis, share, trends, growth 1) Basic information
and forecast to 2026” is an in-depth The global industrial fasteners market 2) Asian industrial fasteners market
research report on the world’s major is fragmented by stiff competition, 3) North American industrial fasteners
regional market conditions, focusing with several small and large players market
on the main regions (North America, competing to maintain their market 4) European industrial fasteners
Europe and Asia-Pacific) and the main share. market
countries (United States, Germany, 5) Market entry and investment
United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea In developed economies, market feasibility
and China). consolidation is a major trend as small 6) Report conclusion
companies are merging operations with
The report firstly introduces indus- established players to leverage their A report sample is available at: https://
trial fasteners: definitions, classifi- resources. www.credenceresearch.com/sample-
cations, applications and market request/58059
overview; product specifications; Furthermore, the global market
manufacturing processes; and cost for industrial fasteners is highly Credence Research
structures etc. matured and has been marred by a www.credenceresearch.com

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 Corporate News

Bufab completes HT Formation of Aluform USA

Bendix acquisition Duncan MacLean, president and CEO of MacLean-Fogg, has announced the joint
Last year, Bufab confirmed the group’s venture formation of Aluform USA between Richard Bergner Verbindungstechnik
acquisition of all outstanding shares in GmbH & Co KG (RIBE) of Schwabach, Germany, and MacLean-Fogg Component
HT Bendix A/S. The plan was originally Solutions (MFCS) of Mundelein, Illinois, USA.
announced in June 2019. Bendix has
annual sales of approximately SEK The RIBE-Aluform® product is claimed to be a market leader in the automotive
500 million (DKK 345 million) and an industry for high strength aluminium bolt, screw and stud fasteners for lightweight,
operating margin of approximately corrosion-sensitive automotive applications. Aluform USA combines the strengths of
ten per cent. RIBE® and MFCS to bring the Aluform product line to the North American marketplace.

Mr MacLean said, “RIBE is a terrific, innovative fastener company. The RIBE-Aluform

product line sets the global standard for high strength automotive aluminium
fasteners, and vehicle lightweighting will continue to be a major industry trend as
OEMs work to improve fuel economy and battery range. We’re excited to further help
our North American customers in their lightweight efforts by including Aluform high
strength aluminium bolts in our range of fastener solutions.”

Frank Bergner, managing partner of RIBE, said: “MacLean-Fogg has been well-known
for 94 years as a leader in innovative fasteners and high quality manufacturing.
MacLean-Fogg’s excellent manufacturing capabilities, application engineering and
high customer service makes them an ideal partner to support and grow Aluform in
North America.”
▲ HT Bendix is well known in the industry for its
product and service quality Aluform USA LLC will be headquartered within the existing MacLean Maynard division
HT Bendix A/S was founded in 1975 of MFCS in Chesterfield, Michigan, USA. RIBE® Verbindungstechnik offers lightweight
and is a leading C parts supply chain construction, new materials and material combination solutions with secure,
partner in the Nordics with a strong comprehensive systems integrated into the fastening element itself or as an automated
expertise in the furniture and fittings fastening system. RIBE® interlinks product development and engineering to ensure
industries. Bendix’s head office and main rational, sustainable production for the entire product portfolio.
operations are in Herning, in Jutland,
Denmark, but the company generates RIBE’s range includes high-strength aluminium screws, RIBE–Aluform, RIFIXX® functional
sales throughout Scandinavia, the modules, maximum strength steel screws, complete sheet metal joining systems
Baltics, Germany, the UK, France and including RIFAST®, and an extensive selection of special cold-formed parts.
Poland.
Aluform USA
“I am honoured and very happy to www.macleanfoggcs.com
announce this acquisition, which is a ▼ High strength aluminium bolt, screw and stud fasteners from Aluform
significant and attractive add-on to
our existing businesses in the Nordics,
and which presents attractive growth
synergies for both companies,” said
Jörgen Rosengren, Bufab’s president and
CEO. Johan Lindqvist, who manages
Bufab’s Segment Sweden added: “HT
Bendix A/S is well known in the industry
for its high product and service quality,
solution-oriented approach, and skilled
staff. We wish the HT Bendix A/S team
a very warm welcome into the Bufab
Group,”

“In the past years, Bufab has become

known as a leader in the C parts
industry globally. We have looked
for a global player with the strength
to help us bring HT Bendix A/S to
a new level. And we have searched
for a company with a mindset and
culture that fit HT Bendix A/S. We
are convinced that Bufab is the ideal
partner to continuous successful
growth,” commented Kaj Østergaard,
MD and spokesman for the owners of
HT Bendix A/S.

Bufab Group
www.bufab.com

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 Corporate News

Paragon acquires Kuduma Fasteners

India-based manufacturer of precision fasteners Paragon
Fasteners has acquired Kuduma Fasteners Pvt Ltd, a
manufacturer of high tensile fasteners and cold-headed
components for automobile and industrial applications.

Kuduma Fasteners is a tier 1 vendor to many southern

India-based automotive producers, and has operated in
the fastener industry for over 30 years. The company has an
in-house continuous furnace and a wire processing facility
with a total installed capacity of 300 tonnes per month. Almost
all of Kuduma’s machinery is Taiwanese: multi-station bolt
formers ranging from M4 to M16, up to 250mm long (up to
M8), it makes for an ideal facility for fastener production.

Established in 1996 with a small capacity for making precision

fasteners, Paragon Fasteners today boasts a large capacity
and range to produce precision fasteners in both ferrous and
non-ferrous metals, catering to major OEMs of automobiles,
machine manufacturers, electronics, electrical, and furniture
manufacturers.

The company has acquired some big names in the industry,

including Kadimi’s fasteners unit, Electronic Fasteners, and ▲ A focus on precision for Paragon Fasteners
EkaEngg Technics.
and custom-made import substitute cold forged fasteners,
Described by Dilip Sheth, CEO of Paragon Fasteners, as supported by in-house heat treatment and wire drawing units.
the realisation of a “long standing dream”, the acquisition
of Kuduma is also Paragon’s biggest. With this acquisition, Paragon Fasteners
Paragon believes it will have the largest range of standard www.paragonfastener.com

Cooper & Turner acquires Beck Industries

Andaray (Holdings) Ltd and its subsidiary the Watermill Group, we see tremendous
Cooper & Turner have acquired Beck opportunity to accelerate innovation
Industries, a manufacturer and distributor and growth within the global energy and
of high security bolting components. infrastructure markets.” Steven E Karol,
managing partner and founder of private
The combined company aims to be investment firm Watermill, commented:
the first truly global manufacturer of “This is an ideal time for these companies
safety-critical fastening applications, to come together. Both are thriving
supporting a range of industries that and well positioned in their respective
includes renewable energy, power markets. We are looking forward to
generation, nuclear, construction and supporting the combined management
heavy equipment. team in capitalising on the inherent
opportunities.”
Established in France more than
100 years ago, Beck is now a global Founded in the 1800s by Joseph
organisation with capabilities that and James Turner as a gun barrel
complement and expand those of Cooper manufacturer, Cooper & Turner is a
& Turner. As one entity, the company’s UK-based manufacturer and distributor
services span all key production of high strength, large diameter industrial
processes, including hot and cold fastener systems.
forming, heat treatment, CNC machining,
thread rolling, robotics and automation. The company is headquartered in
Sheffield, UK, with operations in the UK,
“We are excited to join the Cooper China and North America.
& Turner family,” said Hugues
Charbonnier, former Beck president. ▲ A “one-stop shop for the highest quality,
Beck Industries International is a
Mr Charbonnier and his wife, Karine, mission-critical industrial fasteners” manufacturer and distributor of fully
will both remain on the management certified, high-security bolting com-
team as executive vice presidents of “The acquisition strengthens our ponents for refineries, power gener-
Cooper & Turner. “Our complementary position as a seamless, one-stop shop ation, subsea oil and gas and the nuclear
technologies, facilities, services for the highest quality, mission-critical power end markets.
and product portfolios will form an industrial fasteners,” said Tony Brown,
unequalled platform to serve local and group CEO and president, Cooper & Cooper & Turner Ltd
international clients.” Turner. “Supported by our partners at www.cooperandturner.co.uk

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▲ Rapierstar, a supplier of window and door fasteners

West Port’s fastener focus

helps deliver assured fire
door performance
Rapierstar’s specialist technical support fire doors actually achieving 42 minutes in as its weakest components, and all too
has played a key role in helping West Port testing. Our 60-minute fire door is another often that turns out to be the fasteners
to achieve high-performing fire-rated really important development which, as a result of choosing the wrong type
door-sets, by eliminating the risk of failure like our FD30 option, is built using only of screws for the application or sourcing
during testing as a result of the incorrect technically superior components.” poor quality screws. With fire doors, it
choice and application of fasteners. goes without saying that weak points
Rapierstar, whose collective technical simply must not exist, given that their role
Rapierstar, which is a UK supplier expertise in fastener design, manufacture is to protect lives and assets. That’s why
of window and door fasteners, is and application totals more than 100 it’s vitally important that fastener choice is
recommending that fire door manu- years, has provided West Port with given the same attention and scrutiny as
facturers follow West Port’s lead and detailed guidance on which fasteners the glass type, the insulating qualities of
not overlook the major role that these to use throughout the door-sets’ the door slab and the intumescent seals.
smallest of components play in a construction in order to achieve the 30
door-set’s structural integrity, durability and 60 minute fire ratings. “A fire-rated door-set is tested as a
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and long-term quality. West Port door-sets complete system, so there is absolutely no
offer performance in either 30-minute or In addition to input at the design scope to substitute the components at a
60-minute options, providing installers stage, this includes training to ensure later stage, no matter how small. We can
with a trusted fire protection solution. fabricators use fasteners correctly, and help eliminate the risk of fasteners being
regular auditing of the factory to maintain substituted through a process of regular
Andy Tyas, operations director at West consistency in the quality and promised reviews and monitoring to provide
Port, said: “From the outset we wanted to protection level in finished door-sets. assurance to end-customers.”
create fire doors that offer performance
that far exceeds the ratings they are Paul Balfe, technical consultant at Rapierstar
awarded, demonstrated by our 30-minute Rapierstar, said: “Any door is only as good www.rapierstar.com

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 Products

Rawlplug products in space

Rawlplug DIN 7984 screws were used
to build the NASA Mars Curiosity rover
which, as part of the Mars Science
Laboratory programme, performs
research on the former and current
environment on the Red planet.

Curiosity is the largest and most

technologically advanced vehicle so far
sent to Mars by NASA.

Due to the extreme conditions to be

faced by the Curiosity vehicle, only
elements capable of meeting the highest
demands in terms of resistance to
external factors were selected during the
design process.

Among the priorities for the

development of the project was weight
reduction which, given that the surface
of Mars ranges in temperature between
-127º and +40º Celsius, was a difficult
task.

The vehicle demanded solid construction

and strength.

Curiosity’s mission in the Mars crater

was originally planned to last 687 days
but, given the robust elements and
construction of the vehicle, the period
has been extended.

Rawlplug
▲ Rawlplug DIN 7984 screws are in use on NASA’s Mars Curiosity www.rawlplug.co.uk

Jubilee Clips – British made, world class

The worm drive hose clip was invented Downtime resulting from failure
almost 100 years ago by Commander of a hose clip can be extremely
Lumley Robinson. The company he costly.
founded, Jubilee® Clips, still produces hose
clamps in its factory in Gillingham, Kent, This is why some of the world’s
UK. leading manufacturers specify
Jubilee Clips for use on their
Jubilee Clips offers a full range of hose assembly lines.
clips, including the Original Range worm
drive hose clips for a wide range of Jubilee Clips’ Original Range
applications. and High Torque worm drive
hose clips in stainless steel are
High Torque clips and Superclamps offer a approved by Lloyd’s Register
choice of different types of clamp for high for use in marine, offshore and
pressure and heavy duty applications, industrial applications.
while the all-new Flexiband band and
buckle clamping system can be used in The British Standard BS5315:1991
tamper-proof applications such as sign is one of the most stringent
▲ A range of hose clamps from Jubilee Clips
fixing. standards for hose clips in the
world. By adhering to this standard and Jubilee Clips are claimed to have excep-
Multiband cut-to-length banding and being awarded the Kitemark by the tional sealing properties, able to withstand
Quick-release straps are a solution for British Standards Institute for its Original very high tightening torques and offer a
ventilation and ducting applications, and Range of worm drive hose clips, Jubilee high level of corrosion resistance.
the company also produces Light Range Clips demonstrates dedication to
and Wingspade worm drive clips, P-clips, producing hose clamps of the highest Jubilee Clips
O-clips and nut-and-bolt fuel line clips. quality. www.jubileeclips.co.uk

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 Products

Plastic spring technology from Lee Spring

Engineers are increasingly seeing the identifiable by distinct
benefits of plastic spring technology, colours: red, orange,
as exemplified by Lee Spring in its LeeP yellow, green and violet.
range. These plastic compression
springs offer high strength-
By offering non-magnetic, non-corrosive to-weight ratios that opti-
and chemically inert properties in a mise performance, while
lightweight package, LeeP springs are reducing mass; they are
described as often a complete solution said to have excellent
for applications in areas of medical device stability of physical and
manufacturing, pharmaceutical equip- mechanical properties at
ment, aerospace and lightweight/ elevated temperatures up
portable instrumentation. to 170°C; high corrosion
resistance; and are gener-
The LeeP range combines the strength ally compatible with
of metal springs with the attributes of many chemicals, including
high-performing engineered thermo- strong acids, weak bases,
plastics – in this case, Ultem PEI aromatics and ketones. ▲ Plastic spring technology from Lee Spring
(polyetherimide) resin, which has
excellent thermal stability and electrical Their non-magnetic material does imaging and X-ray equipment, food
insulation properties, while being not interfere with imaging and other processing and packaging equipment,
non-contaminating. ferro-sensitive technologies and, being aerospace products, marine products,
of a dielectric insulating material, they are electronics and electrical equip-
They have low flammability and are suitable for non-conductive applications. ment, water purification systems,
recyclable in compliance with global chemical environments, automotive
regulations, including RoHS and REACH. Being inert and non-contaminating, the interiors, pollution control systems,
plastic composite protects the purity of semi-conductors, instrumentation, com-
LeeP plastic composite springs are products they come in contact with. munication devices, and cosmetics
stocked in a variety of standard sizes, packaging equipment.
each available in a range of strengths Other applications include medical
formulated from different Ultem resins. products and processing equip- Lee Spring
The five increasing strengths are easily ment, pharmaceutical delivery devices, www.leespring.com

Light-weighting solution for attaching carbon Index makes anchor

fibre and composite panels improvements
EFC International’s BCT Index Fixing Systems has improved and
rivet nut is a best practice extended its range of structural MTH
light-weighting solution anchors, with the introduction of a new
for attaching carbon fibre MTH-A2 anchor.
and composite panels in
automotive applications. Improvements in the design mean
The rivet nuts are manu- that load performance is increased by
factured by BBA with BCT® 40 per cent in all three versions (zinc, A2
(bulge control technology). stainless steel and A4 stainless steel).

BCT rivet nuts are ultra-high

strength and engineered
to prevent cracking or
de-lamination of carbon
fibre panels. The patented
▲ EFC International’s BCT rivet nuts
design enables an
engineered yield point on the body of the rivet nut, ensuring the bulge formation
always begins beyond the panel and is drawn back on the panel. BCT rivet nuts can
be placed near the edge of the panel without risk of inducing a crack in the panel.

The installation process of BCT rivet nuts can be fully process-monitored and
controlled, and they can be installed into areas with limited rear side clearance. For
▲ Anchor improvements from Index
example, an M6 rivet nut needs only 8mm of rear side clearance prior to installation
and only 5mm after installation. This is suitable for use in thinner versions of The MTH range is designed for use in
sandwich (composite) materials, avoiding the need for a through hole. The bulge concrete, reinforced concrete and stone.
of the BCT product is strong enough to form by pushing away any material in the Installation distances to the edge of the
sandwich material. In addition, by producing BCT rivet nuts from aluminium for use material, and between anchors, can be
in aluminium and magnesium, weight is said to be “dramatically reduced”. calculated using INDEXcal software.

EFC International www.efc-intl.com Index Fixing Systems

www.indexfix.com

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 Products

Cable hangers’ evolution

Cable cleat manufacturer Ellis has shown hanger, and a convex hanger; the latter
that innovation does not have to be is designed specifically for use in tunnels,
restricted to new product development, where the mounting surface is often
having enhanced a product that has curved.
been amongst its best-sellers for over
20 years. Benefits of the new Mk2 cable hangers
include:
Ellis’s technical team has taken the • Rounded corners that reduce snagg-
company’s cable hangers, which are used ing points
primarily in the rail industry, and made • Spin galvanised (55µm or 150µm
them stronger and cheaper. thickness) to protect against erosion
• Only 6mm thick, leading to reduced
Stephen Walton, Ellis’s technical product and shipping costs
director, said: “We’ve been successfully • Wide range of sizes available
manufacturing and selling our cable • Suitable for cables up to 100mm
hangers for two decades, and it’s fair to diameter
say that the design is tried, tested and • Custom designs available
completely trusted by all those who • Rolled designs for tunnels available
use it. But with the market for cable
hangers growing, and the number Meanwhile, the convex cable hanger has
of extremely similar products also all the benefits of Mk2 plus the removal
expanding, it was felt we needed to of all sharp edges, while offering the same
improve on the design in order to strength as the Mk2, but being only 5mm
capitalise on new opportunities, while thick.
at the same time protecting our current
customer base.” “To take a product that to all intents and
purposes was a commodity product, and
Ellis achieved this by looking at every redesign it in a manner that makes it not
aspect of the product and exploring ways only better, but also cheaper and stronger
to improve on it. than anything else on the market, goes
to show the commitment we have at
The first key development is that Ellis to not just sell cable cleats and cable ▲ New cable hangers, stronger and cheaper from Ellis
there are two versions of the new Ellis hangers, but to sell the very best,” added Ellis
cable hanger – a standard Mk2 cable Mr Walton. www.ellispatents.co.uk

Quarter-turn catches in stainless steel

The EMKA range of stainless
steel quarter-turn catches now
includes the new Program 1000
System incorporating a sealed
cover.

This is thought to be especially

valuable for railway appli-
cations, and for other situations
where a floor-mounted latch
is required. The sealed cover
prevents the infiltration of dirt
and moisture into the latch
mechanism.

The threaded cover may be

used with a number of Program
1000 latches, which offer square,
slotted, triangular, hexagon and
proprietary railway key inserts.
▲ The new Program 1000 System is a new addition to EMKA’s range
The quarter-turn catch is
installed onto the floor-mounted cover plate or access panel. The O-ring sealed cover fits over it for protection and for a neat
flush appearance, and provides a safe footing for pedestrians.

EMKA www.emka.com

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 Products

EFC’s utility pole fastening solution

EFC International, a supplier of
engineered fasteners, has announced the
approval of Sherex Fastening Solutions’
Large Size rivet nuts for use in steel utility
poles by a leading energy company.

The approval is in accordance with

the specification Tubular Steel Pole
Transmission Line Structures SES-PD-
027.

The specification covers the minimum

requirements for the design, drawings,
material, fabrication, welding, coating,
inspection and delivery of tubular steel
pole structures.
▲ Large Size rivet nuts for use in steel utility poles from EFC
Sherex Large Size rivet nuts eliminate the
welding process and reduce the number significant cost savings for pole and tower out resistance for pole structures. It is
of components for installation. manufacturers and we are excited to thought the rivet nut will serve other
bring this product to the market.” industries including automotive, truck,
They also allow for a safer, one-handed agriculture, heavy equipment, rail and
installation of the step bolts in the field. The new rivet nuts exceed application HVAC.
performance and safety requirements,
Paul Musgrove, industrial and distri- including maximum retention in EFC International
bution sales manager, said: “This is a fibreglass material and increased spin www.efc-intl.com

Lidl headquarters – a Lindapter case study

German discount supermarket chain Lidl has built its new A hot dip galvanised (HDG) finish was also specified for the
headquarters on a 4.6ha area with a gross floor area of girder clamps to provide a high level of corrosion protection. The
130,000m2 in Heilbronn, Germany. The project involved the decision to use Lindapter type A girder clamps was influenced by
construction of an office building, meeting rooms, a reception independent technical accreditations, which include the CE mark
facility, cafeteria, underground parking facilities, fitness centre, (ETA-13/0300), TÜV and Lloyd’s Register approvals. Secondary
logistics facilities and outdoor parking facilities. steel sections were fixed onto the existing concrete façade in
preparation for the T-shaped brackets to be installed.

The brackets were connected to the steel sections using

Lindapter type A girder clamps through the end plates in a
four-bolt configuration. Installation was quick and easy as each
bolt is simply inserted into the pre-drilled holes with the type A
on one end and the nut on the other.

The recessed top of the clamp holds the bolt captive while the
nut is tightened with a torque wrench to the recommended
tightening torque. This arrangement provided the necessary
standoff distance from the original structure and allowed the
large cladding panels to be attached to the other end of the
T-shaped brackets to complete the installation.

Lindapter type A girder clamps provided a drilling- and weld- free

▲ Cladding panels fitted by Colt International on the new Lidl headquarters in connection on-site that was quick and easy to install. The clamps
Germany
are fully adjustable, which gave the contractor the ability during
Part of the development included a requirement for a façade sun installation to manoeuvre the brackets into their final positions
protection cladding system for the multi-storey staff car park. before fully tightening them.
Main contractor Leonhard Weiss sub-contracted this building
element to Colt International, a specialist cladding designer Benefits of the type A:
and installer. The challenge was to find a suitable method of • Recessed top holds the bolt captive while the nut is
connecting the cladding system to the steel structure on the car tightened
park, and one that was easy to install. • Fully adjustable on-site to provide an easy installation
• Supports up to 78.8kN tensile in four-bolt configuration
The engineers at Colt International designed a T-shaped steel • HDG finish offers a low-maintenance solution
bracket with an end plate incorporating four pre-drilled holes. • CE mark (ETA-13/0300), TÜV and Lloyd’s Register approvals
Lindapter type A girder clamps with M12 bolts were specified
for the end plate connection to achieve the required tensile Colt International
resistance and safe working load. www.coltinfo.co.uk

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 Manufacturing Technology

▲ On the right successful track at KTM with the 450 SX-F engine

Fastener management
system proves a winner
Manufacturing high-quality products resulted in empty parts bins and and more reliable than before. Empty
is always serious business – even when production delays during the busy bins are often replaced within one day.
the products are used for fun. KTM season. To help workers respond better According to Mr Reiter, the ECOSIT system
AG, for example, builds each of its to seasonal fluctuations, KTM recently also reduces the need for excessive
off-road motorcycles with top-notch switched to the ECOSIT bin system inventory, and improves inventory
and thoroughly tested parts so that made by the Bollhoff Group. This system security and tidiness.
each model is “ready to race”. Riders of consists of an RFID antenna, RFID tags
the motorcycles appreciate this level of on bin labels and enterprise resource Bettina Schober, purchasing manager at
commitment, and have driven KTM bikes planning (ERP) software. KTM kept its bin KTM, says that, despite reducing inventory
to win more than 200 world championship shelves, and with Bollhoff ’s help, installed values, the RFID-based system enables
titles over the past 27 years. and commissioned the system in only the company to always stay on top of
one day. demand fluctuations in material supply.
KTM is the largest motorcycle manu- The system’s benefits convinced KTM
facturer in Europe, with annual sales of During production, workers take parts to implement the ECOSIT system at the
more than 200,000 off-road motorcycles from each bin as needed. Once a bin is warehouse of its engine assembly plant
worldwide. empty, it is placed in a collection box next in Munderfing, Austria. This warehouse
to the shelf, and data is automatically features high shelves loaded with
The company also makes a wide variety transmitted from the bin’s RFID tag to boxes and pallets of all the parts for
of street bikes and two-seater sports the ERP software. This process takes only engine assembly: spark plugs, pistons,
cars. KTM’s growth has brought with a few seconds and immediately notifies transmission components, cylinder studs,
it some production challenges at its stock workers, via computer, to promptly clutch springs and electric starters. An SX-F
non-engine plant in Mattighofen, Austria. refill the specific bin. engine, for example, consists of 389 parts
Graphics bigstockphoto.com Artist Youra_P

A major one, according to Christian and 78 screws.

Reiter, materials group manager at KTM, Mr Reiter and others at KTM are very
is the need for workers to better manage impressed with the system, citing Nearly 200 people work at Munderfing,
their use of fasteners and connecting many important benefits. First, the producing 13 different types of engine.
components (ie, C-parts) during the busy risk of C-parts being unavailable has Daily production volume is 300 to 400
spring season. essentially been eliminated, thereby units, including two-stroke, four-stroke,
cushioning seasonal demand fluctuations single- and twin-cylinder models.
Monitoring and re-ordering of C-parts in production. In addition, delivery of
was done manually for many years. replenishment parts requires no manual KTM Group
Unfortunately, this approach often ordering and is considerably faster, easier www.ktmgroup.com

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 Manufacturing
Technology

Wafios has a new process for hairpin

production
Wafios has developed what is described as “the most flexible
machine currently available on the market”, specifically for the
production of bent wire hairpins.

This flexible new process means that the majority of hairpin

geometries for a stator, including the connection assemblies
required, can be manufactured in any sequence without the
need to change tools.

A patent application has been filed for the new process that
enables bending work to be accurate, and free of physical
damage. The measurement and feedback control algorithms
employed ensure that the machine is able to monitor and
control itself during production operations.

Geometric programming dispenses with the need for the user

to program individual CNC axes, and speeds the definition of
hairpin geometry.

Flexibility depends on the geometric programming of bending

parts and/or hairpins. The Wafios controller WPS 3.2 EasyWay
also allows users to import 3D geometries automatically with
STEP/IGES files. ▲ A new process for hairpin production from Wafios

After the coordinates have been imported, the requisite bending The entire production planning process, including the
program can be produced automatically. programming of parts, simulation, definition of cycle time and
the collision check, can be performed in a parallel manner at an
There is also the option of integrating and using the simulation external programming station.
tool to run through the complete production sequence of the
bending component. In addition, simulation is used to establish the optimum tool
arrangement for the specific bending part.
The entire process is simulated using a digital twin, including
machines, tools and workpieces to create a dependable collision Wafios
check in advance. www.wafios.com

Second Aichelin furnace for fasteners

Swedish fastener manufacturer Bulten At 80m length, the furnace plant has tective-gas-tight tempering furnace
commissioned the Austrian heat a performance of two tons per hour. with oil or emulsion hardening baths.
treatment specialist Aichelin with the It is the second industrial furnace plant Measuring and switching systems are
production of a cast link belt furnace for for the Swedish Hallstahammar site. included, along with the process control
the refinement of high-strength steel system FOCOS 4.0 for the new plant (as
screws and nuts. This is the second 2,000kg/h cast link well as an update of the data acquisition
belt furnace plant supplied by Aichelin of the existing plant) and a protective
▼ The new furnace at Bulten to Bulten. Thanks to the positive gas generator.
references at Bulten,
the current project was As with the previous order, the customer
finalised within a few provides the loading and unloading
months between the device and the component washing
first request and the final machines under their own direction.
negotiation.
Aichelin GesmbH, with head-quarters
The plant line measures in Mödling near Vienna, is a leading
80m x 10m and weighs European company for high-quality
around 180 tons; industrial plants and systems for thermal
counting liquids and and thermo-chemical heat treatment of
components, it can metallic components.
weigh up to 230 tons.
Bulten AB
Aichelin is delivering the www.bulten.com
electrically heated high-
temperature hardening Aichelin Group
furnace and the pro- www.aichelin.com

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 Manufacturing
Technology

Spring calculator for WTI invests in dyeing

technology
professionals WTI prides itself on adapting to new
trends and developments within
the fastenings market, and has
invested in a new machine to keep
up with the increasing demand for
dyed inserts.

The Rotamat R60 is an innovative

coating system that allows the
company to colour its inserts with
optimum control and efficiency,
with the fully automatic spraying
system and rotating drum ensuring a
uniform dye coating.

Though specially designed to

colour small components, the easily
exchangeable drum sizes enable
WTI to colour a variety of insert sizes
in a range of quantities, meaning
it can quickly adapt to customer
needs.

The process is further streamlined due

to the Rotamat’s sensitive IR sensors,
which carefully monitor and adjust
the temperature of heated inserts
to allow them to dry during the
▲ Spring Calculator Professional software from the Institute of Spring Technology
colouring process.
Integral to the Institute of Spring Technology (IST) is the design, production,
consultation and accreditation process within the spring industry. To assist this, IST has This removes the need for further
developed software, Spring Calculator Professional (or SCP for short), that facilitates treatment, so WTI can despatch dyed
and simplifies the creation of even the most challenging spring designs. inserts faster than before.

SCP has continued to evolve since its creation in 1988, and is widely recognised by With repeatable, visually homo-
industry professionals. The software allows designers to create designs and validation geneous results, the new machine
work throughout the whole of the project, for a range of spring types. enables WTI to provide dyed inserts
to high quality standards in low
Spring Calculator Professional is user-friendly software that allows spring lead times, allowing WTI to meet
characteristics to be evaluated. The user can make changes to materials, design the increasing industrial demand
standards and spring parameters, which are quickly and automatically assessed. The for coloured inserts as a means of
designer gets a clear overview of a spring that is fit for purpose with the assurance of identification.
correct design.

Using the software aids the entire design process, saves time and reduces human
errors. The life of the designed spring at various operating positions can be predicted
using fatigue and relaxation data based on the Institute of Spring Technology’s own
research, drawn from many years of experience and testing.

Other key features included in the SCP software are that it provides Goodman
diagrams, load/length, and other graphical tools to help evaluate the design. In
addition, there are options to allow a design to be optimised to fit in with “real-world
constraints” such as limited space for the spring when it is integrated into equipment.

Graphical and test-based data are available, including engineering drawings. Spring ▲ WTI has a new machine for dyed inserts
design drawing documentation can be customised with a company name and logo,
which adds to the professionalism of design projects. Red dyed inserts are currently the most
popularly requested colouring option,
Choosing to use SCP design software can ensure that the spring is designed with the particularly for screw locking inserts,
exact and correct tolerances, therefore preventing unnecessary failures. though the company also offers blue
dyed inserts and green dyed inserts
The Institute of Spring Technology has complete confidence in its Spring Calculator upon request.
Professional software – made by the professionals for professionals.
WTI
Institute of Spring Technology www.wti-fasteners.co.uk
www.ist.org.uk

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 Manufacturing
Technology

William Hughes – endurance

testing for springs

▲ Two new compression spring fatigue testing machines from Micro Studio are in use by William Hughes

William Hughes has increased its component endurance testing production specification that a certain component must be able
capabilities with the acquisition of two new compression spring to achieve a given number of operations,” explained Ms Burgon.
fatigue testing machines from Italian test equipment specialist “If a main assembly has to meet, say, 20,000 cycles, then all of
Micro Studio. the components within that assembly must be able to meet
that cycle requirement, under stress conditions, even if they’re
With the investment in these new machines William Hughes not involved in all actions. Knowing that a particular spring
can test fatigue on compression, tension and some torsion will not fail during those 20,000 operations gives the customer
springs. confidence, and means he can in turn guarantee the safety of the
whole assembly.”
There are also facilities for endurance testing of torsion bars and
seat mats. This enables the company to guarantee its springs will With two machines, William Hughes can test up to
meet customer requirements for a minimum number of cycles 24 springs simultaneously, with the machines ensuring accurate
without breaking. strain tests of compression springs, even at the highest speeds.

Springs in different applications are subject to different levels of The equipment gives William Hughes the capability to test
usage – from modest usage in an automotive seat mechanism springs up to a load of 30kN as standard, and the machines can
to much more demanding duties in typical aeronautical be equipped to test springs up to a load of 40kN.
applications – and it can be important to have data for spring
fatigue in these real-world tasks. The company can fatigue springs to specified numbers of cycles
without breaking, or until the spring breaks. When a spring does
“Fatigue is not just a body function for athletes,” says William finally break, the machines record the number of cycles achieved
Hughes technical director Emma Burgon. “Any component at that point.
working in a dynamic application is prone to fatigue. We
can – and do – model theoretical lifespan, and that’s useful “It’s not unusual for us to be asked to produce springs that
information, but practice can differ from theory so the only way will offer spring lifecycles of tens of thousands or even tens of
to guarantee lifespan is to test in real life.” millions of operations without breaking,” said Ms Burgon.

The new machines enable William Hughes to test large numbers Ms Burgon added “With these new machines, we can back up
of cycles on compression springs very quickly, establishing the spring theory with real-world testing, and offer the guarantees
minimum number of operations a component or assembly can that give our customers the highest levels of confidence.”
achieve.
William Hughes
“More and more customers are demanding within their www.wmhughes.co.uk

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wire 2020 Preview
International Wire and Cable Trade Fair, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Fairgrounds, Düsseldorf. Opening times: Monday to Thursday: 9.00am–6.00pm, Friday: 9.00am–4.30pm

More than 1,400 exhibitors and 42,000 trade visitors people. And at 158m long and 77m wide, it also has no
are expected in Düsseldorf in March for wire 2020 – internal supporting pillars.
the largest exhibition in the wire and cable calendar.
Also making its debut at this year’s exhibition will
Running alongside Tube Düsseldorf, the Fairgrounds be the extended fasteners section, ensuring that
will become the centre of attention for the industry at organisers Messe Düsseldorf caters for the entire supply
the week-long exhibition. And this year the new Hall chain of this sector.
1 and South entrance will be in use following its initial
opening in September last year. With some 12,000m2 The current list of exhibitors can be found on the
of floor space, Hall 1 provides space for around 10,000 following pages.

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Alphabetical list of exhibitors

Listing correct at time of going to press, December 2019

Exhibitor .......................................................................................................Hall/Stand ASA-RT Srl.............................................................................................................. 09 C21

Asahi-Seiki Manufacturing Co, Ltd ...............................................................16 G29
3View.Com, Inc ....................................................................................................16 H67 Ascometal SAS.....................................................................................................12 A28
A-Tech Co, Ltd CNC ............................................................................................16 H42 Ascotex Ltd ........................................................................................................... 11 B60
A Appiani Srl .........................................................................................................11 G32 ASEL – Spring Machine Production ............................................................. 16 C25
Ampere Deutschland GmbH ..........................................................................11 G02 Asil Celik San ve Tic AS ...................................................................................... 12 E56
ATR Srl .....................................................................................................................13 D46 Aslanli Metalurji ve Metal Urunleri Sanayi Ticaret AS ............................ 14 B19
AWM SpA ............................................................................................................... 15 C26 ASMAG GmbH ..................................................................................................... 09 C06
Aachener Maschinenbau GmbH................................................................... 16 E50 ASO Siderurgica SpA Unipersonale .............................................................13 A13
Aamor Inox Ltd.................................................................................................... 14 C17 Associated Machinery Corp Ltd .................................................................... 14 B20
Abhar Polymer Compounds Abbas Moayed ............................................ 14 E04 Assomac Machines Ltd ..................................................................................... 11 B17
ABZ (Shanghai) Smart Technology Co, Ltd ...............................................11 A41 Asteq Srl Wire Reinforcing Machines........................................................... 15 E29
Acciai Speciali Zorzetto Srl ..............................................................................12 D59 AstroPlast Kunststofftechnik GmbH & Co KG ............................................11 J74
Acciaierie Bertoli Safau SpA............................................................................14 A04 AT Wire GmbH & Co KG..................................................................................... 09 F56
Acciaierie Valbruna SpA ................................................................................... 12 C60 ATE Applicazioni Termo Elettroniche Srl .................................................... 11 C77
Acciaierie Venete SpA ....................................................................................... 12 C44 August Hildebrandt GmbH ............................................................................. 12 E71
Acenta Steel Ltd .................................................................................................. 12 B55 August Strecker GmbH & Co KG....................................................................10 A21
ACIMAF................................................................................................................... 11 B51 Aurubis AG ............................................................................................................ 12 C34
ACMMT AB ............................................................................................................ 09 E40 Auto Link (Shenzhen) Technology Co, Ltd ................................................16 A18
ACOTEQ GmbH....................................................................................................11 G33 Avar Kompozit Ürünleri San ve Tic AS......................................................... 09 B60
ADC SARL .............................................................................................................. 09 C04 Aversion Technologies, Inc.............................................................................. 12 C05
Advaris Informationssysteme GmbH .......................................................... 09 B54 Avtar Steel Ltd ..................................................................................................... 14 B29
AEI Machines Ltd ................................................................................................11 D14 AW Machinery LLC .......................................................................................09 E10-05
AESA SA AESA Cortaillod .................................................................................10 A38 Axjo Plastic AB .....................................................................................................12 A56
AFH-Antriebstechnik GmbH...........................................................................12 A50 Aymak Makine Mühendislik Hiz San ve Tic Ltd Sti...................................11 J77
AGAPE Industrial, Inc..................................................................................09 D16-06 Aztech Lubricants LLC ................................................................................09 F06-02
AGIBI Progetti Srl ................................................................................................16 D04 B + B Eisen- und Stahlhandel GmbH ........................................................... 12 C02
AGRO Steel Wire GmbH.................................................................................... 10 C31 B S Shakti Steel Pvt Ltd .....................................................................................14 A05
AGST Draht & Biegetechnik GmbH ..............................................................10 A32 B2K Wire Co, Ltd ..................................................................................................14 G43
Aichelin Holding GmbH ................................................................................... 16 F63 Baicheng Fujia Technology Co, Ltd .............................................................. 17 E35
AIM, Inc ..................................................................................................................11 A21 Balloffet SAS .........................................................................................................10 A12
Air Control Industries Ltd ................................................................................ 14 E11 Bar Products & Services Ltd ............................................................................ 11 F05
Ajex & Turner Wire Dies Co .............................................................................. 11 C02 Barcelona Performance Yarns SL................................................................... 14 F33
Akcelik Demir Celik San Tic AS ....................................................................... 13 B23 Baremo GmbH Revisionen Montagen .........................................................11 J09
Aksh Optifibre Ltd ..............................................................................................14 D03 Bartell Machinery Systems LLC...................................................................... 09 B74
Albaksan Alasimli Bakir San ve Tic AS .....................................................14 C54-3 BASF SE .................................................................................................................. 09 C22
ALECOSA Aleados del Cobre SA....................................................................09 A11 Bass GmbH & Co KG Technik für Gewinde.................................................16 G69
Alfred Wertli AG....................................................................................................11 J60 Baudrand New Tech Europe EURL ................................................................16 H04
All Steels Trading Ltd ......................................................................................... 12 B09 BB Spring Technology Srl.................................................................................16 H17
Alloy Wire International Ltd ............................................................................ 11 E26 bedea Berkenhoff & Drebes GmbH .............................................................12 A16
Almetha GmbH ....................................................................................................11 J68 Bedmutha Industries Ltd .................................................................................14 D72
Alok Ingots (Mumbai) Pvt Ltd ........................................................................14 A68 BEGRA Granulate GmbH & Co KG .................................................................12 A60
ALP Steel Metal San ve Tic AS ........................................................................ 14 B48 Beijing Holland Co, Ltd ..................................................................................... 16 F81
Alroc SAS ...............................................................................................................12 A51 Beijing Tongdaxinming International Trading Co................................... 16 F79
Altec Srl ..................................................................................................................11 A42 Bekaert NV/SA ..................................................................................................... 10 E60
Altin Kural Uluslararasi Metal Makine Danismanlik ........................... 14 E59-3 Beneke Wire Company .....................................................................................09 A77
Altman Technologies, Inc ..........................................................................09 E06-04 Bennett Mahler Ltd ............................................................................................ 16 E04
Altrimex Packaging Equipment BV ..............................................................16 H73 Berdan Civata ...................................................................................................14 C53-1
Amada Orii Co, Ltd .............................................................................................16 G22 Bergandi Machinery Co Inc............................................................................. 09 B04
Ambica Steels Ltd ............................................................................................... 14 B34 Berkenhoff GmbH .............................................................................................. 12 C12
Ambrell B V ...........................................................................................................11 H32 Besel Basim San ve Tic AS ................................................................................12 D13
Amic SARL .............................................................................................................10 H22 BGH Edelstahlwerke GmbH ............................................................................12 A12
AMPAC International Inc ..................................................................................11 A02 Bharat Wire Ropes Ltd....................................................................................... 14 C38
Anand Arc Ltd ......................................................................................................11 D30 BHH Mikrohuta Sp z oo .................................................................................... 12 C60
Anbao Qinhuangdao International Corp................................................... 14 F54 Bilwinco A/S .........................................................................................................16 H41
Anordica AB .......................................................................................................... 12 E25 Bimeks Tel AS ...................................................................................................14 C53-3
Anping Yuze Hardware Wire Mesh Co, Ltd ................................................ 15 C60 Blachford Corporation ...................................................................................... 09 E02
Anu Extrusions Pvt Ltd ..................................................................................... 16 F49 BLM SpA................................................................................................................. 10 F21
Aperam Alloys Imphy SAS ...............................................................................12 A32 BMS Birlesik Metal San ve Tic AS ................................................................... 14 B04
Ara Makina Imalat Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd................................................ 14 D54-2 Boffi SpA ................................................................................................................10 H67
Arcelormittal Commercial Sections SA.......................................................12 D34 Bogdany Petrol Kft ............................................................................................. 12 E29
Area Sistemi Srl.................................................................................................... 10 E68 bogimac engineering nv-sa............................................................................ 09 E01
Arma-Plus SAS .....................................................................................................15 G04 Böllinghaus Steel GmbH .................................................................................. 12 B34
Artofil BV................................................................................................................ 11 B01 Bongard Machines GmbH & Co KG .............................................................. 11 B25

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Bonotto Packaging Srl ...................................................................................... 14 E33 Carlo Salvi SpA..................................................................................................... 16 C58

Boockmann Engineering GmbH ................................................................... 09 C34 Castelnuovo Oreste ...........................................................................................14 A64
Borealis AG ............................................................................................................10 D72 CB Trafilati Acciai SpA – Steelgroup .............................................................11 D58
Borkener Kistenfabrik GmbH .........................................................................09 A59 CEA Costruzioni Elettromeccaniche Annettoni SpA.............................. 15 B50
Bottaro Srl .............................................................................................................14 D20 CEIA SpA Induction Heating Generators ................................................... 16 E64
BoWiTec GmbH Wire Band Technology ......................................................13 A28 CEL-Mer Celik Endustrisi AS ............................................................................14 D52
Boxy SpA................................................................................................................ 10 C51 Celik Halat Ve Tel Sanayii AS ...........................................................................14 A38
Bozalioglu Orman Urunleri ..............................................................................11 J31 Central Wire Industries UK Ltd ....................................................................... 11 B52
Bozdemir Makina................................................................................................13 A35 CeramTec GmbH ................................................................................................. 10 B46
British Steel Ltd ...................................................................................................12 A44 Ceratizit SA............................................................................................................ 09 C53
Brouwer Metaal BV ............................................................................................15 D26 Cerrini Srl ............................................................................................................... 10 C41
Brune GmbH......................................................................................................... 16 C78 Cersa-MCI SAS...................................................................................................... 10 C38
BS Stainless Ltd ...................................................................................................14 A13 Ceviz Pres Dokum Sanayi ve Ticaret AS ...................................................... 16 B74
Buch Estrimec SL ................................................................................................16 A17 Champs Technologies SpA.............................................................................. 16 F74
Burk Ziehwerkzeuge – Poliermaschinen.................................................... 12 B03 Chase Neptco Inc................................................................................................ 09 E41
burster cable measurement GmbH ............................................................. 11 F01 Chemische Werke Kluthe GmbH................................................................... 13 B20
Buss AG .................................................................................................................. 09 C50 Chengdu Centran Imp & Exp Co, Ltd........................................................... 09 F77
BWE Ltd ..................................................................................................................11 G26 Chhaperia International Company .............................................................. 14 E47
Byelorussian Steel Works OJSC ......................................................................14 A52 Chi Ning Co, Ltd ..................................................................................................16 A72
CD Wälzholz GmbH & Co KG...........................................................................14 A18 Ching Chan Optical Technology Co, Ltd .................................................... 16 E77
Caber Impianti Srl ............................................................................................... 16 E41 Chum Yuan Co, Ltd.............................................................................................16 A78
Câbleries Namuroises SA ................................................................................. 14 F52 Chun Zu Machinery Industry Co, Ltd .......................................................... 16 E73
Cabopol – Polymer Compounds, SA ...........................................................12 A02 Cimteq Ltd ............................................................................................................11 D15
Cabrol – Universal Wires LLC ...........................................................................11 J39 Claus Bender Werkzeugbau GmbH & Co KG ............................................ 09 B78
CAESA Special Profiles ...................................................................................... 11 C51 Clinton Instrument Company ........................................................................ 09 E38
CAG Celik Endüstri Anonim Sirketi............................................................... 14 C51 CM Manzoni SpA Evercompounds SpA .....................................................14 A72
Caleotto SpA ........................................................................................................ 12 E47 CMC Poland Sp z oo .......................................................................................... 13 B29
Calmec Precision Ltd ...................................................................................09 E14-01 Cogebi as ...............................................................................................................10 H38
Calvi SpA ................................................................................................................ 12 C59 Cogeim Europe Srl .............................................................................................11 D57
Camfart Mole Abrasive Srl ............................................................................... 16 C13 Cogne Acciai Speciali SpA ...............................................................................11 H22
Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd ............................................................ 16 B63 Cogne Stainless Bars SA ...................................................................................11 H22
Candor Sweden AB ............................................................................................ 10 B72 Cokyasar Halat Makina Tel Galv San Tic AS ...............................................14 A54
Carl Bechem GmbH ........................................................................................... 09 F42 Collari snc di Collari Gian Luca e Valeria .....................................................11 G63
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Cometo Srl ............................................................................................................ 09 C54 Dusco Wire Co, Ltd ............................................................................................. 14 F30
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Comtech Srl .......................................................................................................... 16 E13 Dutch Vision Systems GmbH ..........................................................................10 H24
Concertina Razor Wire Co Ltd ....................................................................14 C54-4 DWK Drahtwerk Köln GmbH .......................................................................... 11 E74
Condat Lubricants SAS .....................................................................................10 A52 E Ponziani SpA .....................................................................................................14 A37
Condat Lubricants SAS ..................................................................................... 16 B59 ETK Srl .....................................................................................................................09 A73
Condor Compounds GmbH............................................................................ 12 E55 Easydur Italiana di Renato Affri .....................................................................10 D16
Condorchem Envitech SL ................................................................................ 13 B48 ECM Datensysteme GmbH.............................................................................. 16 B66
Condoroil Chemical Srl ..................................................................................... 10 B48 Edentec Industria e Comercio Ltda.............................................................. 12 C06
Conductix Wampfler France SAS .................................................................. 11 E78 EFFEGIDI International SpA ............................................................................ 10 B33
Confex Technology Ltd..................................................................................... 09 C38 Eisendraht- und Stahldrahtvereinigung e V .............................................10 G52
Conflandey Industries SAS .............................................................................. 11 E74 EJP Maschinen GmbH .......................................................................................09 A12
Conoptica AS ....................................................................................................... 09 C33 EKM Steel Reel Co Ltd ....................................................................................... 11 B78
Construcciones Mecanicas Jose Lazpiur, SLU........................................... 16 E59 Ekomor sro ............................................................................................................11 H52
Continuus-Properzi SpA...................................................................................11 G40 Ekstel doo ..............................................................................................................10 H12
Copperclad SA de CV ..................................................................................09 E14-02 Elantas Europe Srl............................................................................................... 10 F74
Coremo Ocmea SpA ..........................................................................................11 D69 Elaskon Sachsen GmbH & Co KG ..................................................................14 D10
Corning Incorporated ................................................................................09 D16-01 ELAV Srl .................................................................................................................. 10 F67
Coseco Srl ..............................................................................................................14 G33 Elkem Silicones France SAS............................................................................. 13 B22
CPM GmbH ...........................................................................................................16 G68 Elyon Industry Co, Ltd .......................................................................................14 G06
Craft Group OOO ................................................................................................13 D47 Emuco Ernst Müller & Co OHG....................................................................... 12 E34
Cromogenia Units SA ........................................................................................ 11 F14 Emvo Mühendislik.............................................................................................. 14 C27
Crosspolimeri SpA .............................................................................................. 12 C22 Engelmann Drahtseilfabrik GmbH ...............................................................10 D60
CS Co, Ltd ..............................................................................................................13 D16 Enkotec A/S .......................................................................................................... 16 E37
CSG Wiremachinery Solutions GmbH .........................................................15 A31 EOT Eibach Oberflächentechnik GmbH .....................................................11 G15
CSM Metalurji Imalat San ve Muhendislik Ltd Sti ...................................13 A29 Er-Bakir Elektrolitik Bakir Mamulleri AS ...................................................... 10 C59
CTR Carbide Dies (B’ham) Ltd ........................................................................ 16 C30 ErgoPack Deutschland GmbH ....................................................................... 14 B67
CY Carbide Mfg Co, Ltd.....................................................................................15 A50 Erocarb SA ............................................................................................................. 10 C60
Dalli Makine San Tic Ltd Sti .............................................................................13 A03 Esal Rod Alloys, SA .............................................................................................10 A33
Dayi Plastik San ve Tic Ltd Sti ......................................................................... 09 B40 ESF Elbe-Stahlwerke Feralpi GmbH .............................................................14 D71
Delta Composants SA ....................................................................................... 17 B10 Essen Steel Industry LLC .................................................................................. 14 E34
Delta Tecnic, SA ................................................................................................... 09 E49 Esteves Group SA................................................................................................ 10 C72
DEM SpA ................................................................................................................11 G42 Eurobend GmbH ................................................................................................. 15 E26
DEM SpA ................................................................................................................11 H04 Eurodraw Wire Equipment Srl ........................................................................11 A60
Demasteel Srl .......................................................................................................11 A18 Eurografite Srl ......................................................................................................14 G08
Demirci Makina San ve Tic Ltd Sti ................................................................. 15 C03 Eurolls Industrial SpA ........................................................................................11 D40
Demirhan ..............................................................................................................14 D30 Euromicron Werkzeuge GmbH ...................................................................... 14 B63
Demirsan Soguk Cekme Sanayi Ticaret Anonim Sirketi .......................14 D11 European Spring Federation ESF eV ............................................................16 H21
Deuk-Young Co, Ltd ........................................................................................... 10 B68 Europiren BV......................................................................................................... 14 F17
Deutsche Nickel GmbH .................................................................................... 12 B43 Eurotek Srl .............................................................................................................11 G22
DEX2 sprl ............................................................................................................... 09 C63 EVG Entwicklungs- und Verwertungs- Gesellschaft mbH ................... 15 F04
Die Quip Corporation.................................................................................09 D06-01 Excel Craft Machineries Pvt Ltd .....................................................................14 G44
Diedr Hesse GmbH & Co KG............................................................................10 H28 Exelfil SA ................................................................................................................11 A25
Diler Demir Celik End Tic AS, Ltd ................................................................... 12 C72 Expometals.net Dell’oro di Dell’Oro Davide.............................................. 17 C10
Dimac Srl................................................................................................................16 H31 EZM Edelstahlzieherei Mark GmbH .............................................................12 A16
Dipl-Ing Fritz Lichthart Betriebsgesellschaft mbH ................................. 16 F22 FBC Yayincilik (Kablosan Turkey) Ltd Sti ......................................................11 J01
Direct Wire & Cable Evolution Products ..................................................... 14 B28 Fabricacion Metales Duros Sal FMD Carbide............................................ 15 C55
Dirk Suski Drahtwalzwerkzeuge ...................................................................10 H46 Fagersta Stainless AB ........................................................................................ 12 B34
DISA Industrie AG ............................................................................................... 10 E27 Fainplast Srl .......................................................................................................... 12 E59
Dneprometiz PJSC ..............................................................................................14 G37 Falci Srl.................................................................................................................... 12 C59
Dogan Tel Örgü ...............................................................................................14 C53-2 Fapricela – Indústria D Trefilaria, SA.............................................................13 A45
Domeks Makine Ltd Sti ....................................................................................10 A60 FAR SpA – Steelgroup .......................................................................................11 D58
Dominion GmbH ................................................................................................12 D60 Farbwerke Herkula SA/AG ...............................................................................11 A55
Domino Deutschland GmbH..........................................................................10 H06 Fasten Group Imp & Exp Co, Ltd....................................................................10 H50
DongGuan Better Part Mould Technology Co Ltd ..................................16 H68 Fastener Eurasia .................................................................................................. 17 C09
Dongguan Gemwell Electrical Machinery Co, Ltd .................................. 09 F51 Fastener Technology International .......................................................09 D16-04
Dongguan Qingfeng Electrical Machinery Co, Ltd................................. 17 E35 Fastener World Inc.............................................................................................. 16 F70
Dongseo Auto Tech Co, Ltd ............................................................................16 H54 Fastmatec Fastener Manufacturing Technology, SL ..............................16 A65
Dorstener Drahtwerke H W Brune & Co GmbH ........................................11 J25 Fenn, LLC .........................................................................................................09 E10-02
Dow Europe GmbH Dow Wire & Cable .......................................................09 A40 Feraxo nv ............................................................................................................... 11 C52
Dr Werner Röhrs GmbH & Co KG................................................................... 17 B02 Ferriere Nord SpA ...............................................................................................12 D44
Drahtwerk Elisental W Erdmann GmbH & Co ........................................... 12 C56 Fiav L Mazzacchera SpA ................................................................................... 12 C59
Drahtwerk Friedr Lötters GmbH & Co KG...................................................10 A77 FIB Belgium SA .................................................................................................... 11 C60
Drahtwerk GmbH & Co KG Fritz Finkernagel ............................................12 A31 Fil-Tec, Inc .......................................................................................................09 D16-03
Drahtwerk St Ingbert GmbH .......................................................................... 11 E74 Fine International Corp ..............................................................................09 E10-04
Drawing Technology, Inc (DTI) .......................................................................16 A42 Firm Prominvest Plastic Ltd ............................................................................ 13 C04
DSE Test Solutions A/S ...................................................................................... 09 F33 Fisk Alloy Inc ...................................................................................................09 E14-03
DSM Desotech BV...............................................................................................13 D14 Flanschenwerk Bebitz GmbH .........................................................................13 A89
DSR Corp................................................................................................................ 09 C42 Flymca, SL Fluidos y Mecanicas Cantabria ................................................ 10 F78
Dura-ID Solutions Ltd ........................................................................................11 J71 Flyro Used Cable Equipment, SL ................................................................... 10 F78
Durit Hartmetall GmbH ....................................................................................09 A26 FMS Force Measuring Systems AG ................................................................11 J05
Durmaz Çelik San ve Tic AS ............................................................................. 14 B54 Forplan AG ............................................................................................................ 16 C74

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Forplas Plastik San Tic Ltd Sti.......................................................................... 14 F04

Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc...................................................................................12 A27
Fortuna Federn GmbH....................................................................................... 16 F04
Fr und H Lüling GmbH & Co KG Stahldrahtwerk......................................11 H42
Framco Chemicals Oy........................................................................................ 17 C11
Frank Sieber GmbH tools and design..........................................................16 A68
Fratelli Rotta SNC.................................................................................................13 D33
Frekans Makina San ve Tic AS......................................................................... 11 B06
Friedrich Krollmann GmbH & Co KG............................................................. 12 B59
Froma Srl.................................................................................................................14 G24
Fröndenberger Drahtwerk GmbH.................................................................10 D60
FSP-One SAS.......................................................................................................... 10 B11
Fuchs Lubricants (UK) plc................................................................................. 14 C52
Fuhr GmbH............................................................................................................13 D13
Fuhr GmbH & Co KG...........................................................................................11 A50
G Klawe GmbH Holzwaren- und Spulenfabrik.........................................09 A50
GYM Co, Ltd........................................................................................................... 14 B30
G+M Dorn GmbH Drahttechnologie............................................................16 H22
Gabarro SA.............................................................................................................10 A42
Galdabini SpA.......................................................................................................09 A52
Garant Metiz Invest PJSC.................................................................................. 15 E20
Garg Inox Ltd........................................................................................................09 A74
GarnTec GmbH.....................................................................................................12 A61
Geca Tapes BV....................................................................................................... 10 E77
GeisslerWista GmbH........................................................................................... 12 C28
Gel Di Giussani E & L SNC.................................................................................17 D09
GEM Srl....................................................................................................................15 A25
Gema Europe sro................................................................................................. 16 C17
General Clad Co, Ltd...........................................................................................13 D21
General Inspection, LLC.................................................................................... 16 F64
GEO Reinigungstechnik GmbH......................................................................11 A32
Georgsmarienhütte GmbH.............................................................................. 12 C28
Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH............................................................. 12 C28 ➣➢➣
GEPE Technik GmbH...........................................................................................16 A77
German Machine Technics GMT ApS...........................................................15 A42
Gimac di Maccagnan Giorgio..........................................................................14 G34
Gimax Srl................................................................................................................. 10 B17
Giovanni Anceschi Srl........................................................................................ 16 C38
Global Special Steel Products SA...................................................................12 D47
Global Steel Wire, SA.......................................................................................... 12 C48
Gloser Srl Marketing & Technology...............................................................09 A78
GMH Blankstahl GmbH...................................................................................... 12 C28
GMM Güven Mühendislik Makina San Tic Ltd........................................... 11 F16
GMP Slovakia sro................................................................................................. 10 E32
Gökcüoglu Makina San ve Tic AS................................................................... 16 E42
Golden Spot Industry Inc................................................................................. 15 C56
Golden Technologies Wire & Cable Equipment Co..................................11 J73
Gotex SA.................................................................................................................09 A22
Grün & Köder GmbH.......................................................................................... 16 C41
Guidetti Srl............................................................................................................. 14 C29
Gunes Tel Cekme Sanayi ve Ticaret AS.........................................................14 A20
Guney Celik Hasir ve Demir Mamulleri San Tic AS................................... 12 E62
Gurfil Foil - Film - Tape & Machinery AS....................................................... 09 C39
Gutmann Aluminium Draht GmbH............................................................... 10 B60
GWI Werkzeug und Stahl Vertriebs GmbH................................................. 16 C37
Gwo Lian Machinery Industry Co, Ltd.......................................................... 11 E32
Gyscoal Alloys Ltd...............................................................................................14 D38
H Folke Sandelin AB............................................................................................ 10 C06
H&R ChemPharm (UK) Ltd...............................................................................12 A64
Habasit GmbH......................................................................................................16 H78
Häfner & Krullmann GmbH..............................................................................09 A25
Hagemann Systems GmbH..............................................................................14 D09
Hagener Feinstahl GmbH..................................................................................11 J42
Hamex Hardmetallverktyg AB........................................................................ 10 F77
Hampton Steel Ltd..............................................................................................15 A37
Hangzhou Dongxing Telecommunication Material Co, Ltd................ 15 B49
Hanil Machinery Co, Ltd.................................................................................... 09 E36
Hans Schmidt & Co GmbH............................................................................... 09 B22
Hanwha Chemical Corporation...................................................................... 10 B71
Hanyu Cable Materials Co, Ltd........................................................................12 D10
Harditalia div Diamil Srl.....................................................................................11 A78
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Harms & Wende GmbH & Co KG ...................................................................13 D35 Itec Co, Ltd ............................................................................................................09 A78
Has Celik ve Halat San Tic AS .......................................................................... 17 C18 Ito-Sin (Deyang) Wire & Cable Equipment Co, Ltd ................................. 11 E14
Hascelik San ve Tic AS .......................................................................................12 A09 IVA / Essex SAS ..................................................................................................... 09 F48
Hascor BV ..............................................................................................................14 G56 IVR Heat Treatment Furnaces ......................................................................... 13 B47
Haser Makina Sanayi Ticaret AS.................................................................14 C54-2 IWE Spulen und Handling GmbH ................................................................. 10 E22
Hatebur Umformmaschinen AG ................................................................... 16 C58 IWMA – International Wire & Machinery Association Ltd ....................11 D22
Hawers Co, Ltd .....................................................................................................16 H55 J G Dahmen GmbH & Co KG ............................................................................11 J26
HDS-Group GmbH ............................................................................................. 17 E12 Jailaxmi Casting and Alloys Pvt Ltd .............................................................14 G61
Hebei Jiake Welding Equipment Co, Ltd ....................................................15 G10 Jasper Gesellschaft für Energiewirtschaft und Kybernetik mbH.......14 D67
Hebei Jiaoyang Wire Mesh Machine Co, Ltd .............................................15 A04 Jenn Tai Machine Enterprise Co, Ltd ............................................................16 A70
Hefei Smarter Technology Group Corp ......................................................11 H33 Jern Yao Enterprises Co, Ltd ............................................................................ 16 C37
Hegewald & Peschke Meß- und Prüftechnik GmbH .............................. 13 C22 Jia Shan Sheng Chyean Precision Technology Co, Ltd .......................... 13 C11
Heinze & Streng GmbH ....................................................................................11 A37 Jianglong Cable Industry Co, Ltd.................................................................. 17 E36
Helmut Steinfels GmbH & Co KG .................................................................. 16 E56 Jiangsu Greenshine Supcon Tech Co, Ltd .................................................. 14 C10
Henan Mi-Tel Imp & Exp Trading Co, Ltd .................................................... 09 F77 Jiangsu Gt Inox Co, Ltd ..................................................................................... 14 B60
Herdon Machinery Ent Co, Ltd....................................................................... 16 E17 Jiangsu Handing Machinery Co, Ltd ............................................................15 A49
Hermann Klincke JH Sohn GmbH & Co KG................................................ 12 B33 Jiangsu Hongze Stainless Steel Wire Rope Co, Ltd ................................. 16 F77
Heroslam, SAL ...................................................................................................... 16 F28 Jiangsu Huafei Alloy Material Technology Co, Ltd.................................. 14 C48
Herzog GmbH ...................................................................................................... 09 C65 Jiangsu Kemaite Technology Development Co, Ltd ..............................12 A35
HF Mixing Group Harburg-Freudenberger Jiangsu Netda Wire Products Co, Ltd .......................................................... 17 F30
Maschinenbau GmbH ..................................................................................14 D27 Jiangsu Ninesky Optoelectronics Technology Co, Ltd ..........................14 A17
Highvolt Prüftechnik Dresden GmbH .........................................................11 A26 Jiangsu Reliable Industry Co, Ltd ..................................................................15 A47
Hindustan Inox Ltd ............................................................................................ 09 C77 Jiangsu Tiangu Wire Rope Co, Ltd ................................................................ 16 B77
Hivotec AG ............................................................................................................ 11 C01 Jiangsu Yonggao Wire Co, Ltd ........................................................................ 17 F30
HJ Polymer China Co, Ltd.................................................................................16 G81 Jiangyin Sinoland Trading Co, Ltd ................................................................ 16 C77
HMP Heinrich Müller Maschinenfabrik GmbH......................................... 09 B42 Jiangyin Strong Precision Technology Co, Ltd .........................................15 A56
Holifa Fröhling GmbH & Co KG ...................................................................... 11 C40 Jiangyin Xingcheng Special Steel Works Co, Ltd.....................................15 A60
Holton Crest Ltd ..................................................................................................11 H39 Jiaxing Eternal Electronic Co, Ltd..................................................................15 D59
Hörle Wire AB .......................................................................................................12 A43 Jinyang Technology Co, Ltd ............................................................................ 10 B32
Hosokawa Alpine Aktiengesellschaft..........................................................14 G09 JLC Electromet Pvt Ltd ...................................................................................... 12 C04
Hubei Joint Intelligent Technology Co, Ltd ...............................................16 A09 JNB Steel Industries Pvt Ltd ............................................................................14 G52
Huei Shang Industrial Co, Ltd.........................................................................16 A04 Joachim Uhing GmbH & Co KG ..................................................................... 11 B40
Huesecken Wire GmbH ....................................................................................12 A43 Jouhsen-bündgens Maschinenbau GmbH ...............................................11 G51
Huestis Industrial ..........................................................................................09 E06-03 JSC VNIIKP Trade House of VNIIKP ................................................................ 10 B51
Hüttner Maschinenfabrik GmbH .................................................................. 10 C47 Jyoti Steel Industries ......................................................................................... 14 B37
Hyodong Machine Co, Ltd ..............................................................................16 H59 kabelmat® Wickeltechnik GmbH....................................................................11 H50
I Penkert Metallbearbeitungs-GmbH .......................................................... 16 B37 Kabeltrommel GmbH & Co KG.......................................................................12 A56
ICE Wire Line Equipment Inc ..........................................................................11 D51 Kabkom Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret AS ............................................................ 12 E68
IFP SpA ...................................................................................................................11 A16 Kablomar Kablo Ve Hammaddeleri San ve Tic Ltd Sti ...........................11 A22
ITC Srl ...................................................................................................................... 13 B13 Kabmak Mühendislik Ve Makina Sanayi Ticaret Ltd Sti ......................... 11 B74
IBA SA .....................................................................................................................10 D26 Kadimi Tool Manufacturing Company Ltd ................................................ 16 B67
ICDAS Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim San AS............................................ 12 C16 Kalipyansan Standart Kalip Elemanlari San ve Tic Ltd Sti ....................16 G49
Ideal-Werk C+ E Jungeblodt GmbH + Co KG ............................................15 D04 Kalmark Integrated Systems Ltd .............................................................09 F06-04
IFI Insertec Fornos Industriais Ltda Brasil................................................... 16 C55 Kamaridis Global Wire SA ................................................................................09 A58
iiM AG measurement + engineering ........................................................... 09 C49 Kamatech Srl ........................................................................................................ 16 F03
Ikra Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi .......................................... 12 B60 Kamateks Makine San ve Tic Ltd Sti .............................................................15 A05
Imanpack Packaging and Eco Solutions SpA ...........................................16 A66 Kamila Investment sro ...................................................................................... 14 E54
imess Optische Mess- und Prüfanlagen GmbH ....................................... 16 F14 Kämpfer Würz Umformtechnik GmbH .......................................................12 A47
India Steel Works Ltd ......................................................................................... 14 B68 Kar-el Demir Tel San ve Tic Ltd Sti.................................................................14 A67
Indore Composite Pvt Ltd ...............................................................................11 G74 Kardemir Karabük Demir Çelik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS .............................. 14 C37
Inductotherm Heating & Welding Ltd ........................................................ 09 E54 Kei Industries Ltd ................................................................................................11 G31
Induflex NV ........................................................................................................... 10 B77 Keir Manufacturing, Inc .................................................................................... 09 C69
Inese, LDA...............................................................................................................11 J06 KeiUi International Co, Ltd ..............................................................................16 A74
Info-Gel, LLC .........................................................................................................13 A10 Keyence Deutschland GmbH .........................................................................15 A41
Inhol BV .................................................................................................................. 12 E03 KGHM Polska Miedz SA .................................................................................... 12 B44
InnoVites Cable ERP Software BV ................................................................. 11 C16 KHK Scaffolding & Formwork LLC .................................................................14 A28
Inosym Ltd ............................................................................................................11 D52 Kieselstein International GmbH ....................................................................10 D22
Inserlec SAS .......................................................................................................... 14 F18 Kingwin Precision Co, Ltd ................................................................................ 16 E74
Institut Dr Foerster GmbH & Co KG .............................................................. 09 C25 Kinrei Machinery Co, Ltd ..................................................................................11 A37
Institut Dr Foerster GmbH & Co KG .............................................................. 09 C26 Kisco Castings India Ltd ................................................................................... 17 C12
Institute of Spring Technology Ltd............................................................... 16 F30 Kistner Anlagenbau GmbH .............................................................................10 A78
International Bron Metal GmbH.................................................................... 13 B45 Kiswire Ltd............................................................................................................. 09 B26
Intras Ltd ................................................................................................................11 D26 KJM GmbH ............................................................................................................ 09 C13
Invimec Srl.............................................................................................................11 H30 Kkalpana Industries (India) Ltd...................................................................... 10 E70
Isabellenhütte Heusler GmbH & Co KG ...................................................... 11 B31 KLJ Polymers & Chemicals Ltd (Unit II)........................................................14 D12
Isinox Metaltec Private Ltd .............................................................................. 11 C02 Kocabey Makina Sanayi Tic Ltd Sti ............................................................... 15 C51
ISIS SAS ................................................................................................................... 09 B39 Kocaer Haddecilik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS Kocaer .......................................13 A02
ITA SpA Industria Trafilati Acciai - Steelgroup ..........................................11 D58 Koner Srl ................................................................................................................11 A56
Italmec Sp z oo ....................................................................................................11 D06 Körting Nachfolger Wilhelm Steeger GmbH & Co KG ........................... 09 B17
Itaya Europe GmbH ........................................................................................... 16 C03 Koskerler Celik Halat ve Mak San Tic AS ..................................................... 14 C19

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Krasny Oktyabr Corporation, LLC .................................................................13 D24 Lukas Anlagenbau GmbH ............................................................................... 12 C19
KRB Machinery .................................................................................................... 15 C42 lune CHF GmbH .................................................................................................. 11 C59
Krenn GmbH & Co KG .......................................................................................10 G66 M & M Industries Co, Ltd ..................................................................................11 H26
Kroman Çelik Sanayii AS .................................................................................. 12 C03 M + E Macchine + Engineering Srl ...............................................................10 H49
KRS/Jiangyin Kangrui Molding Technology Co, Ltd ...............................13 A06 MDM Special Tools Srl ....................................................................................... 16 F38
Kühne + Vogel GmbH ....................................................................................... 10 C77 MEP Macchine Elettroniche Piegatrici SpA ............................................... 15 E04
Kurre Kabelfertigungsmaschinen GmbH .................................................. 10 B22 Macchine Speciali Srl ........................................................................................ 09 B49
Kurre Spezialmaschinenbau GmbH............................................................. 10 B22 Macro Bars and Wires (India) Pvt Ltd ...........................................................11 D73
Kyoeisha Chemical Co, Ltd .............................................................................. 11 C66 Madem SA ............................................................................................................. 12 E09
La Farga, SA........................................................................................................... 13 B16 Magnetic Motors Srl ...........................................................................................11 J64
Lamifil nv ...............................................................................................................10 A47 Magnetische Pruefanlagen GmbH............................................................... 17 E10
Lämneå Bruk AB ..................................................................................................09 A06 Maguire Europe Sales Ltd................................................................................10 D37
Landgraf Srl .......................................................................................................... 09 B34 Maiden Forgings Private Ltd .......................................................................... 14 E27
Lantor BV ...............................................................................................................10 H55 Maillefer Extrusion Oy....................................................................................... 10 C22
Law-NDT Mess- und Prüfsysteme GmbH ................................................... 16 F73 Maklada SA ........................................................................................................... 14 C09
Laxcon Steels Ltd ................................................................................................14 D19 Manassero & C Srl ............................................................................................... 16 B56
lebronze alloys Germany GmbH ................................................................... 12 E44 Manentimacchine Srl ........................................................................................16 A04
Lech-Stahlwerke GmbH ...................................................................................12 D48 Manfisa Manufacturas Irular SA ....................................................................11 G25
Lennerts & Partner GmbH ............................................................................... 15 B42 Mangalam Alloys Ltd.........................................................................................14 D62
Les Filières Brussin SA ....................................................................................... 09 C67 Mario Frigerio SpA .............................................................................................11 G60
Leyer & Kiwus Ultraschall- u Lasertechnik GmbH ................................... 10 E78 Marposs GmbH ................................................................................................... 09 B53
Liberty Speciality Steels Ltd............................................................................13 A42 Marposs GmbH ................................................................................................... 16 E60
Lifeline Technologies.........................................................................................14 D18 Marubeni Europe PLC Düsseldorf Branch .................................................13 D25
Lindemann & Störmer GmbH & Co KG ....................................................... 12 B56 Maschinenbau Bardowick GmbH .................................................................14 G16
Lisciani Wire Equipment Srl ............................................................................11 G47 Maschinenfabrik Bock GmbH & Co KG .......................................................10 A34
LLFlex ...............................................................................................................09 D16-05 Maschinenfabrik Johann Leimbach GmbH............................................... 11 B32
LM Industry Srl .................................................................................................... 16 C74 Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co KG .................................................. 10 C06
Locton Ltd ............................................................................................................. 11 F13 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc ...............................................................................12 A55
Loi Thermprocess GmbH .................................................................................10 A59 Mattke AG .............................................................................................................16 G59
Loimex SA..............................................................................................................14 D33 Max Mothes GmbH ............................................................................................17 D10
LongVision (Shanghai) Cable Materials Co, Ltd ....................................... 15 B55 Max Süss GmbH & Co KG ................................................................................. 14 E56
LSV Lech-Stahl Veredelung GmbH ...............................................................12 D48 Max W Claas GmbH & Co KG .......................................................................... 12 B33
Lubrimetal SpA....................................................................................................10 G60 Mayes & Warwick Ltd ........................................................................................ 16 E68
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mbk Maschinenbau GmbH .............................................................................15 D45 Niwar Trommeln- und Spulenbau GmbH .................................................. 09 F78
MEA Maschinen GmbH .................................................................................... 16 E41 Noord Nederlandse Draadindustrie BV ...................................................... 10 B31
Mectron Engineering Co, Inc..........................................................................16 A42 Nova Srl ..................................................................................................................11 A71
Mega Metal San ve Tic AS ................................................................................10 A70 Nowofol Kunststoffprodukte GmbH & Co KG ..........................................12 A41
Meiko Futaba Co, Ltd ........................................................................................14 G04 Nuhtel Makina San ve Tic Ltd Sti ...................................................................14 D68
Meisenbach Verlag GmbH............................................................................... 09 C03 Numalliance SAS.................................................................................................10 A05
Mekosan Mak Ins Elek Otomasyon San Tic Ltd Sti ..................................11 G06 Numalliance SAS.................................................................................................10 A06
Melos GmbH ........................................................................................................ 12 E03 Nuova Sima Srl .................................................................................................... 12 E48
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH .................................................................................15 G60 Nuova T Srl ............................................................................................................ 10 E68
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH .................................................................................17 A01 Nuova Tecno Tau Srl...........................................................................................11 H25
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH .................................................................................17 A20 OMA Srl ..................................................................................................................10 A41
Metal At Tel Ve Tel Urun Tic Ltd Sti................................................................14 A23 OMR Srl...................................................................................................................10 H78
Metal Forming Systems, Inc............................................................................16 G54 OMSA Srl ................................................................................................................15 A19
Metal Link Inc.......................................................................................................12 A15 OOO RST-Export..................................................................................................15 G16
Metal Trade Europe SARL ................................................................................ 14 C10 Ori Martin SpA ..................................................................................................... 12 B15
Metalle Schmidt GmbH .................................................................................... 13 B45 OEG GmbH............................................................................................................ 09 B02
Metallurgica Alta Brianza SpA – Steelgroup .............................................11 D58 Officina Meccanica Trinca Colonel
Metallurgica Frigerio SpA ................................................................................ 13 B13 Silvio e Figlio Sergio Snc .............................................................................10 A69
Metallurgica Locatelli SpA...............................................................................13 D45 Officine Meccaniche San Giorgio SpA ........................................................14 D04
Metalube Ltd ........................................................................................................11 G21 Officine Rasera Srl ..............................................................................................17 D12
Metavan Reels NV............................................................................................... 11 B41 OMAS Srl ................................................................................................................11 G59
Mete Vasifli Celik AS ...........................................................................................12 A04 OMC - Wirelombardia Srl .................................................................................16 H71
Metfence SZ Sp z oo ..........................................................................................14 G28 OMCG Srl ............................................................................................................... 09 B14
Mexichem Specialty Compounds Ltd ......................................................... 14 E18 OMD Officina Meccanica Domaso SpA ...................................................... 10 F15
MG Recycling Srl ................................................................................................. 14 E44 Ömür Çelik AS .................................................................................................. 14 F48-1
MGS Manufacturing, Inc ............................................................................09 E06-02 Orient Technogroup OÜ................................................................................... 14 F57
Micro Products Company ................................................................................ 09 C73 Ort Italia Srl ...........................................................................................................16 D42
Microdia SA...........................................................................................................11 D25 Oscam Srl............................................................................................................... 15 E18
Microstudio Srl .................................................................................................... 16 E03 Otomec Srl ............................................................................................................ 11 B26
MiGro GmbH ........................................................................................................10 A63 Otto Bihler Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co KG ........................................... 10 F18
Mikron Makine Elektrostatik Ekip Temizlik ................................................09 A63 Outokumpu Oyj .................................................................................................. 12 B34
Mikrotek Machines Ltd ..................................................................................... 11 E06 Özkan Demir Celik Sanayi AS ......................................................................... 12 B39
Milani Srl ................................................................................................................15 A53 Ozyasar Tel ve Galvanizleme San AS............................................................14 A62
Mimtek Makina San ve Tic AS ........................................................................11 D74 PK Jeppesen A/S ..................................................................................................11 J33
Mitsubishi Chemical – MCPP France SAS................................................... 14 E10 P/A Industries Inc ...............................................................................................11 D42
Mixer SpA .............................................................................................................. 12 E74 Padanaplast Srl .................................................................................................... 12 C11
mobac GmbH Antriebstechnik-Apparatebau ..........................................10 H54 Paganoni (division of Mario Nava SpA) ...................................................... 10 C71
Mole Abrasivi Ermoli Srl ................................................................................... 16 B26 Pamica Electric Material (Hubei) Co, Ltd .................................................... 14 B33
Molendijk Schilt BV ............................................................................................15 G12 Pan Chemicals SpA ............................................................................................ 09 B05
Moravia Steel as ..................................................................................................12 D16 Pan-Pioneer Co, Ltd ...........................................................................................11 G49
Moravia Steel Deutschland GmbH ............................................................... 09 C59 Panchmahal Steel Ltd .......................................................................................14 A34
Moravia Steel Deutschland GmbH ...............................................................12 D16 Pannier Corporation ..........................................................................................13 A48
Moretto SpA .........................................................................................................14 G02 PanoPack SAS.......................................................................................................10 A37
motan-colortronic GmbH................................................................................14 G03 Paramount Die Company ................................................................................ 10 B38
Mouton Rivom SAS ............................................................................................10 G51 Paul Leibinger GmbH & Co KG ....................................................................... 09 F55
Movacolor BV ....................................................................................................... 11 B42 Pave CNC Wire Forming Systems Ltd ..........................................................12 D15
MTK Metal-komerc doo.................................................................................... 14 B52 Pecol Automotive SA ........................................................................................ 17 E02
Mugafil SA .............................................................................................................11 D62 Pedax GmbH ........................................................................................................ 15 C38
Mukand Ltd ..........................................................................................................14 D37 Peddington Lubricants & Coatings Pvt Ltd ............................................... 14 F12
MWO GmbH ......................................................................................................... 11 E25 Pee-Wee Kaltwalz-
Naber & Wissmann GmbH ............................................................................... 10 F52 und Rohrbearbeitungsmaschinen GmbH ................................................ 16 F59
Nabertherm GmbH ............................................................................................16 G50 PEKUtech GmbH .................................................................................................09 A37
Nakashimada Engineering Works, Ltd ........................................................16 A42 Pentre Group Ltd - Hearl Heaton .................................................................. 09 E25
Nano-Diamond America, Inc.......................................................................... 11 B02 Phenix Technologies Inc .................................................................................. 12 C15
Nantong Siber Communication Co, Ltd .....................................................15 A59 Phoenix doo ......................................................................................................... 16 F04
Nappoo Hi Command.......................................................................................14 A09 Pietro Galliani SpA..............................................................................................10 H32
Narex Roll sro .......................................................................................................16 G55 Pioneer Machinery Co, Ltd ..............................................................................11 G52
National Machinery LLC ...................................................................................16 A42 PJSC PlasmaTec.................................................................................................... 13 C21
NDC Technologies Inc (Beta LaserMike Products) ..................................11 D68 Plan-E-Tech Industries, Inc............................................................................... 16 E47
Nedschroef Herentals NV ................................................................................16 A24 Plascoat Systems Ltd ......................................................................................... 13 C13
Nevatia Steel & Alloys Pvt Ltd ........................................................................11 D59 Platestahl Umformtechnik GmbH .................................................................11 J51
New Spool Srl.......................................................................................................16 D18 Pleuger GmbH ..................................................................................................... 12 C65
Newtech Srl ..........................................................................................................09 A78 Plexchem Technologies Pte Ltd ....................................................................14 G11
Nicemach Co, Ltd................................................................................................ 16 C04 Polyfil AG ............................................................................................................... 14 B45
Nickunj EDM Wires & Consumables P Ltd .................................................14 G12 PolyOne Luxembourg SARL............................................................................ 09 B50
Nik Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi .......................................14 C54-5 Polyplast Müller GmbH .................................................................................... 10 F73
Ningbo Kaite Machinery Co, Ltd ...................................................................11 G33 Polystal Composites GmbH ............................................................................ 10 E72
Ningbo Powerway Alloy Material Co, Ltd .................................................. 14 F58 Prasum Metals Pvt Ltd ...................................................................................... 14 C44
Nippon Seisen Co, Ltd ......................................................................................14 A51 Pratech Mühendislik ve Makine San Tic Ltd Sti........................................ 09 C41
Nippon Tapper Co, Ltd ......................................................................................16 H45 Pratto SA ................................................................................................................ 15 F26
Nirmal Wires (P) Ltd ........................................................................................... 14 C43 Precibarre Etirage SAS ...................................................................................... 12 C08

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Presezzi Extrusion SpA ..................................................................................... 13 C03 Redies Srl ............................................................................................................... 09 B25

Pressure Welding Machines (PWM) Ltd ...................................................... 09 B41 Redimo GmbH ..................................................................................................... 16 F41
Prime Power Enterprise ....................................................................................14 G19 Reelex Packaging Solutions, Inc..............................................................09 F06-01
Primera Precision Co, Ltd ................................................................................. 16 C18 REGG Inspection Srl ........................................................................................... 16 C67
Primetals Technologies USA LLC ................................................................... 14 C03 Reichenbach Equipamentos Indústria e Comércio Ltda ...................... 11 B50
Pro-Counsel Katarzyna Kalisz......................................................................... 13 B36 Renova Srl ............................................................................................................. 14 E12
Profiroll Technologies GmbH ......................................................................... 16 F56 Repsol Quimica, SA ............................................................................................12 D28
progress Maschinen & Automation AG ...................................................... 15 C04 RichardsApex, Inc .........................................................................................09 F06-05
Proinvest Group Srl ............................................................................................11 H10 Rigon Instruments di Rigon Roberto .......................................................... 09 C21
Promills Srl ............................................................................................................14 G38 Rimjhim Ispat Ltd ............................................................................................... 12 B47
Promostar Srl........................................................................................................10 G06 Ringspann GmbH ............................................................................................... 11 C15
Proteco Srl ............................................................................................................. 09 C21 Rizzardi Srl ..............................................................................................................11 J38
Proton Products Europe NV ............................................................................11 D77 RK Umformtechnik GmbH & Co KG...............................................................11 J34
ProXIV sro .............................................................................................................. 14 C28 Roblon A/S ............................................................................................................ 09 E42
PS Costruzioni Meccaniche Srl....................................................................... 10 B21 Rockford Manufacturing Group, Inc ............................................................16 H72
PT Business Network (Pte) Ltd .......................................................................13 D09 Rodacciai SpA ......................................................................................................11 A40
PTG Hi-Life Tools SPS International Ltd ...................................................... 16 B33 Rohmann GmbH ................................................................................................. 16 F50
PTL BV ..................................................................................................................... 12 E03 Rolf Schlicht GmbH............................................................................................12 A48
Push-Up Tools Udyog Pvt Ltd......................................................................... 16 C51 Rolling Tools Srl ...................................................................................................16 D48
PWT Ltd .................................................................................................................. 13 C15 Rosendahl Nextrom GmbH.............................................................................09 A60
Pyromaitre Inc .....................................................................................................16 D12 Rost Group & Technology Co, Ltd ................................................................. 16 C49
QED Wire Lines Inc ............................................................................................. 12 B11 Roteq Machinery Inc ......................................................................................... 09 B21
Queins Machines GmbH .................................................................................. 09 B06 Roxor Abrasives BV ............................................................................................ 16 F32
R L Steels & Energy Ltd ..................................................................................... 14 C47 Royle Systems Group LLC ..........................................................................09 E10-01
RLS Tooling Ltd .................................................................................................... 16 C73 RSD Technik GmbH ............................................................................................10 H72
RTP Paganoni Srl ................................................................................................. 11 B22 RTM Products, Inc ............................................................................................... 16 E30
Raajratna Metal Industries Ltd .......................................................................12 D60 rubicon Gummitechnik und Maschinenbau GmbH .............................. 14 E17
Rad-Con Inc ...................................................................................................09 D06-03 Rudolf Rafflenbeul Stahlwarenfabrik GmbH & Co KG ...........................12 A52
Rainbow Rubber & Plastics, Inc ...............................................................09 E14-04 Rugui Steel Trade, SLU ...................................................................................... 12 C63
Rautomead Ltd.................................................................................................... 10 B52 S+P Samson GmbH............................................................................................ 12 B61
Ravago SA ............................................................................................................. 09 E78 Saarstahl AG .........................................................................................................12 A72
Ravni Technologies SARL ................................................................................. 10 B12 Sacma Limbiate SpA.......................................................................................... 16 C56
Reber Systematic GmbH + Co KG .................................................................10 H60 Saco AEI Polymers UK Ltd................................................................................ 11 E42
Redex SA ................................................................................................................11 D21 Sadevinox SAS .....................................................................................................14 D29 ➣➢➣

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Saint-Gobain IndustrieKeramik Rödental GmbH.................................... 14 F10 Sneham International ........................................................................................11 J39

Saita Srl................................................................................................................... 14 E43 SNTN SAS................................................................................................................11 J55
Saizar Strapping Machines SL ........................................................................ 16 C47 Societa Metallurgica Minotti SAS ................................................................. 15 F19
Sakamura Machine Co Ltd .............................................................................. 16 F42 Sokol Engineering Srl ........................................................................................ 15 C26
Sala Punzoni Srl ................................................................................................... 16 C29 Soling-Impact SL.................................................................................................16 A38
Samat ...................................................................................................................... 17 C02 Sonne Stahlhandelsgesellschaft mbH ........................................................ 13 B10
Sampsistemi Srl Samp Group......................................................................... 09 C60 South Fence Machinery Ltd ............................................................................15 A11
Sar Medya Altan Kilinc ......................................................................................11 H01 Southwire Company, LLC.................................................................................09 A07
Sarkuysan Elektrolitik Bakir Sanayi ve Ticaret AS ....................................10 H77 Spajic doo..............................................................................................................10 G68
Sarmakina Sanayi ve Ticaret AS .....................................................................10 H73 SpanSet secutex Sicherheitstechnik GmbH ............................................. 13 B14
Sarvasv Machinery & Equipments Pvt Ltd.................................................11 H06 Spazzolplastica Srl .............................................................................................. 14 F38
SAS Engineering and Planning Srl................................................................ 09 E60 SPD Endüstriyel Otomasyon ve Kontrol Sistemleri ................................ 15 C46
SAS Engineering and Planning Srl................................................................ 09 F60 SPG Packaging Systems GmbH Division Böhl ..........................................13 D48
SAS Inc ....................................................................................................................16 D14 Spirka Schnellflechter GmbH ......................................................................... 09 B33
SC Trese Conductori Srl ....................................................................................13 D20 Spoolex SAS/Spoolex Group .......................................................................... 14 F11
Scapa UK Ltd ........................................................................................................ 10 C78 Spring Tooling Ltd .............................................................................................. 16 B18
Schlatter Industries AG .....................................................................................15 A20 Staco Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH............................................................... 13 B11
Schmelzmetall Deutschland GmbH ............................................................ 15 C50 Stahl Judenburg GmbH ................................................................................... 12 C28
Schmidt Maschinenbau GmbH .....................................................................11 A59 Stahlrump GmbH & Co KG ..............................................................................11 A77
Schmolz + Bickenbach AG ..............................................................................12 A28 Stahlwerk Annahütte Max Aicher GmbH & Co KG .................................12 D48
Schmolz + Bickenbach International GmbH ............................................12 A28 Staku-Anlagenbau GmbH ............................................................................... 09 C80
Schnell SpA ...........................................................................................................15 A26 Stalkanat-Silur, Production Association .....................................................13 D39
Schwer + Kopka GmbH ....................................................................................16 A25 Steco Corporation .............................................................................................. 14 F19
Scleros SpA ...........................................................................................................11 A78 Steeltec AG ...........................................................................................................12 A28
Scorta Srl................................................................................................................ 16 C38 Stefan Hertweck GmbH & Co KG ..................................................................16 H38
Sebald & Co GmbH ............................................................................................ 16 B14 Steinnagel Inh Ronald Gwozdz .....................................................................11 G77
Sebir SA .................................................................................................................. 10 B37 Steintex Walter vom Stein KG......................................................................... 09 C40
SEI Sistemi Srl .......................................................................................................11 G50 Steuler Anlagenbau GmbH & Co KG............................................................ 09 E26
Seltek Srl – Stokkermill Recycling Machinery .......................................... 13 C16 Stilma SpA ............................................................................................................. 13 B37
Senol Makina San ve Tic Ltd Sti .....................................................................14 D44 Streicher Maschinenbau GmbH ....................................................................16 H60
Sensoptic SA ........................................................................................................ 11 E02 Studer-Biennaform AG branch of Notz Metall AG ..................................11 H40
Severstal-metiz, JSC ...........................................................................................14 A55 Subec AB................................................................................................................ 09 B73
Shakun Polymers Ltd ........................................................................................12 A59 Sudhir Enterprise Partnership........................................................................ 09 E53
Shandong Jingwei Steel Cord Co, Ltd .........................................................16 A76 Suhil Co, Ltd.......................................................................................................... 14 C33
Shanghai Bao Zhang Dorstener Products GmbH ................................... 17 B18 Sumar OÜ .............................................................................................................. 16 B71
Shanghai Kechen Wire & Cable Machinery Co, Ltd ................................ 11 E31 SungShin Electric Co, Ltd.................................................................................16 H52
Shanghai Nanyang Electric Equipment Co, Ltd....................................... 09 F25 Sunsteel Industries Ltd ..................................................................................... 14 F44
Shanghai Wangxun New Material Co, Ltd .................................................11 D54 Supermac Industries (India) Ltd ....................................................................11 G05
Shanghai Xiaoxuan M & E Technology Co, Ltd......................................... 14 F09 Superon Schweisstechnik India Ltd .............................................................14 D28
Sheng Chyean Enterprise Co, Ltd .................................................................13 D10 Supreme Superabrasives Co, Ltd .................................................................. 16 F51
Shenyang Jinggong Cable Material Co, Ltd...............................................11 J08 Suzuki Garphyttan AB .......................................................................................12 D70
Shenyang Tianrong Cable Materials Co, Ltd .............................................11 D48 Suzuki Garphyttan AB .......................................................................................12 D71
SICME Italiaimpianti MC Srl.............................................................................12 A62 Svensson Wire and Cable Packaging AB ....................................................11 G76
Siddhi Technoshrink Private Ltd....................................................................17 A21 Swaraj Technocrafts Pvt Ltd............................................................................10 G70
Sidenor Deutschland GmbH .......................................................................... 12 E12 Swiss Steel AG ......................................................................................................12 A28
Sidenor Steel Industry SA ................................................................................13 D34 Synergy Steels Ltd ..............................................................................................10 A22
Siderex Spanish Association of Steelwork Exporters ............................ 16 B65 Systematic Industries Pvt Ltd ......................................................................... 14 E19
Sideria Srl............................................................................................................... 12 E38 T Butler Engineering Ltd ..................................................................................16 A03
Siebe Engineering GmbH ................................................................................ 10 B22 T Fukase & Company Ltd ................................................................................. 09 E36
SIF sas di Claudio Formenti & C ..................................................................... 09 C78 TLM Srl .................................................................................................................... 16 E63
Sijin Intelligent Forming Machinery Co, Ltd ............................................. 16 B61 TMI Srl Trafileria Ferro Acciaio ........................................................................ 11 C57
Sikora AG ...............................................................................................................09 A41 Talleres Ratera SA ............................................................................................... 14 B27
Silon sro ................................................................................................................. 09 E50 Talleres SASPI SA ................................................................................................. 16 E55
Silver Alloy Co, Ltd..............................................................................................16 H49 Tapeformers Ltd .................................................................................................. 11 C22
Simco Spring Machinery Company ............................................................. 16 F18 Tartak Zebowo.....................................................................................................11 G77
Simpacks LLC ................................................................................................09 D16-02 Taymer International Inc ...........................................................................09 D06-02
Simplex Rapid Srl ................................................................................................ 16 E18 TCS Machinery & Services Srl .........................................................................11 D60
simufact engineering GmbH..........................................................................16 A60 Technokabel SA...................................................................................................10 G69
Sipa SpA ................................................................................................................. 12 C59 Technomac SA ..................................................................................................... 15 B46
Sirme si Cabluri SA .............................................................................................14 D59 Technoroll Srl ....................................................................................................... 16 C38
Siroco SA ................................................................................................................ 14 B14 Technosvar KS LLC..............................................................................................14 G30
Sistem Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret AS .........................................................14 C54-1 Tecna SpA ..............................................................................................................15 D55
Sjogren Industries, Inc ......................................................................................11 D49 Tecni-Plasper SLU ...............................................................................................14 G47
Skako Vibration A/S ...........................................................................................16 H39 Tecno Impianti Srl............................................................................................... 16 C22
Skaltek AB..............................................................................................................11 A06 Tecnofil SA............................................................................................................. 09 B66
SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH ...............................................................10 G18 Tecnofil SpA .......................................................................................................... 12 C47
SKM Steels Ltd .....................................................................................................14 D43 Tecnologie Industriali Srl ................................................................................. 14 E28
SKZ Mechanic Technology Co, Ltd ............................................................... 17 F39 Tecnovo Srl............................................................................................................11 A56
Smart Machinery Srl ..........................................................................................16 A42 Tecvil SARL ............................................................................................................ 15 E25
Smeets nv/sa ........................................................................................................10 G74 Teknik Metal End Malz Tic ve San AS ........................................................... 14 C34

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Teknor Apex Company ...............................................................................09 E06-01 Vision Engineering Ltd ..................................................................................... 16 C63
Teknovals AS ........................................................................................................14 D48 Vividh Wires Ltd...................................................................................................14 G51
Telmakina Teknoloji Imalat Ith Ihr Tic Ltd Sti ........................................ 14 E59-1 Vivirad SA .............................................................................................................. 14 B57
Telmaksan Ltd Sti................................................................................................ 11 C32 Vol-Stahl GmbH...................................................................................................13 D15
Telsas Tel ve Tel Mam San ve Tic Ltd Sti.......................................................14 D34 Volme-Draht GmbH ...........................................................................................12 A52
Tempsens Instruments (I) Pvt Ltd ................................................................. 14 B61 vom Hagen & Funke GmbH ............................................................................ 10 B42
Temsa Metallurgical Group SL .......................................................................16 A41 Vom Hofe Kaltstauchdraht GmbH................................................................10 D60
Tensometric Messtechnik GmbH .................................................................. 09 F49 Vuhz as ................................................................................................................... 10 B49
Tensor Machinery Ltd ....................................................................................... 09 F39 VWP Maschinenbau und Service GmbH ....................................................13 A15
Teudeloff GmbH & Co KG................................................................................. 16 C57 WTM Srl ..................................................................................................................11 D78
Teutenberg Maschinen Franz Teutenberg GmbH & Co KG ................. 12 B16 Wafios AG .............................................................................................................. 10 F22
Texera Srl ...............................................................................................................09 A53 Wafios AG .............................................................................................................. 10 F40
Theleico Schleiftechnik GmbH & Co KG .....................................................16 H27 Wafios AG .............................................................................................................. 10 F48
Thermal Engineering Srl ..................................................................................14 G29 Walzwerke Einsal GmbH .................................................................................. 12 B48
Thrace NonWovens & Geosynthetics SA ....................................................13 A11 Wasik Associates, Inc ...................................................................................09 E10-03
Tianjin Huayuan Times Metal Products Co................................................14 D51 WCISA ..............................................................................................................09 D16-04
Tillos SA .................................................................................................................. 15 B41 WDI Westfälische Drahtindustrie GmbH ....................................................10 D06
TJK Machinery (Tianjin) Co, Ltd .....................................................................11 H21 Wei Dat Steel Wire Sdn Bhd ............................................................................13 A19
Toho International Inc ......................................................................................12 A71 Weighpack, WPI Services BV........................................................................... 16 E38
Tolsa SA ..................................................................................................................13 D29 Weiler Abrasives doo......................................................................................... 16 C21
Tooling International Ltd ................................................................................. 16 C57 WICSE Web Trading Service Sprl ................................................................... 09 B64
Tosyali Filmasin ve Insaat Demir Üretim Sanayi AS ................................ 12 E28 Wilhelm vom Hofe Drahtwerke GmbH .......................................................10 D60
Trafileria A Mauri e Figli SpA ...........................................................................10 H16 Willi Bremer GmbH ............................................................................................10 D78
Trafileria Lecchese Srl ........................................................................................11 A18 Win Win Srl ............................................................................................................11 G61
Trafilerie di Valgreghentino SpA ................................................................... 13 B13 Windak AB ............................................................................................................. 10 F37
Trafilerie San Paolo Srl .......................................................................................11 J16 Wire & Cable Technology International ...............................................09 D16-04
Trafilix SpA - Gruppo Lucefin..........................................................................13 D30 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp....................................................................... 09 E20
Trafilspec ITS SpA................................................................................................11 G41 The Wire Association International, Inc ...................................................... 11 B21
trakus-feindraht GmbH & Co KG ....................................................................11 J26 Wire Forming Technology International .............................................09 D16-04
Tramev Srl...............................................................................................................11 J14 Wire Lab Company.............................................................................................10 H42
transco Drehautomaten GmbH.....................................................................16 A35 Wire World Internet Inc ....................................................................................11 H02
Transworld Engineering Ltd ...........................................................................16 D21 wirecon Machinery GmbH ..............................................................................15 A15
Trasma SpA ...........................................................................................................11 A29 Wirtschaftskammer Österreich Advantage Austria ...........................10 C42-1
Travar Tec Srl.........................................................................................................13 A47 Wirtschaftskammer Österreich Advantage Austria ........................... 10 E38-1
Traxit International GmbH .............................................................................. 09 F38 Witech SL Wire Technologies SL .................................................................... 11 C74
Trefilados De Navarra SA (Trefinasa)............................................................11 G25 Witels-Albert GmbH .......................................................................................... 09 E39
Trefileries Wire India Private Ltd .................................................................... 14 F29 WNJ Europe SC .................................................................................................... 17 F10
Tréfilunion SAS .................................................................................................... 13 B03 Wolco Sp z oo ......................................................................................................11 D33
Trelleborg Mixing Forsheda AB .....................................................................12 A19 Woodburn Diamond Die, Inc ......................................................................... 09 C14
Tremefil-Izaguirre, SA ........................................................................................12 D66 Worles SL ............................................................................................................... 16 F49
Trinecké železárny,as .........................................................................................12 D16 Worthen Industries Inc ..............................................................................09 D06-04
Tritreg - Trinec, sro ..............................................................................................14 G17 Woywod Kunststoffmaschinen GmbH & Co Vertriebs-KG ...................09 A42
Troester GmbH & Co KG ................................................................................... 10 F60 Wrentham Tool Group ...................................................................................... 16 F60
TS Metal Co, Ltd .................................................................................................. 14 E51 Wrexham Wire Ltd .............................................................................................. 09 E33
Tunatek Hasir Celik San Ltd Sti ...................................................................... 15 C41 WSC International GmbH ................................................................................17 D01
Tura Tasarim ve Muhendislik Ltd Sti ....................................................... 14 D54-1 WTN Werkzeugtechnik Niederstetten GmbH & Co KG .........................16 A60
U Queen Machinery Co, Ltd............................................................................16 A59 Wuxi Aotian Steel Wire Products Co, Ltd.................................................... 14 E30
Ugitech SA ............................................................................................................12 A28 Wuxi Juyi Tongchaung Technology Co Ltd ...............................................13 D09
Ugivis SAS.............................................................................................................. 12 C60 Wuxi Kreno Import And Export Co, Ltd ...................................................... 17 E30
UL International France SA UL .......................................................................11 G13 Wuxi Xinke Metallurgical Equipment Co, Ltd ........................................... 17 F30
Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc .....................................09 E06-05 YangZhou Tengfei Electric Cable and Appliance Materials ................16 G79
Uldrian GmbH Maschinenbau ....................................................................... 16 F55 Ye Fong Aluminium Industrial Ltd................................................................ 14 B72
Ultimate Automation Ltd ................................................................................ 12 B72 Yeswin Machinery Co, Ltd ...............................................................................16 A55
Unigel Ltd ...............................................................................................................11 J22 YHM Springtech Machinery Co .....................................................................16 D17
Upcast Oy .............................................................................................................. 09 C06 YKK Stocko Fasteners GmbH .......................................................................... 17 E18
Uyarlar Demir Celik San ve Tic AS ................................................................. 12 B63 Young Heung Iron & Steel Co, Ltd ................................................................ 14 B38
Uygar Makina San ve Tic Ltd Sti..................................................................... 10 F06 Yueyang Aoyuan Telecommunication Materials Co, Ltd ...................... 15 B60
Van Merksteijn International BV....................................................................11 A74 Zami SC .................................................................................................................. 09 C01
VARO Srl ................................................................................................................. 15 E37 ZDB Dratovna as ................................................................................................. 09 C59
VDKM eV ................................................................................................................11 A05 Zeller+Gmelin GmbH & Co KG .......................................................................09 A19
Veer Machinery (Partnership) ........................................................................ 14 B53 Zenkoh Co, Ltd .................................................................................................... 11 C66
Vega Oriental Corporation .............................................................................. 16 E72 Zeus Techno Inc .................................................................................................. 16 E22
Venus Wire Industries Pvt Ltd ........................................................................ 09 E34 Zhangjiagang New Material Science & Technology Co ........................ 14 B44
Verschleisstechnik Kämpfer GmbH..............................................................10 A51 Zhejiang Baichuan Conductor Technology Co, Ltd ............................... 14 E29
Vetter GmbH Kabelverlegetechnik ..............................................................14 D33 Zhejiang Shuangyin Science and Technology Co, Ltd ..........................13 D21
Vipa Srl....................................................................................................................12 D14 Zhejiang Wanma Macromolecule Material Co, Ltd ................................17 D30
Videx Machine Engineering Ltd ....................................................................16 A71 Zhiti SA ...................................................................................................................10 G68
Vinco Vizcaina de Industria y Comercio SL................................................ 13 B45 Zollern GmbH & Co KG ..................................................................................... 12 C71
Violi Srl .................................................................................................................... 14 B17 ZT Srl .......................................................................................................................11 G39
Viraj Profiles Ltd ..................................................................................................13 A89 Zumbach Electronic AG ...................................................................................11 D41
Vishwa Stainless Pvt Ltd ................................................................................... 14 E20 Zwez-Chemie GmbH .........................................................................................16 D29

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Cables in Wet
Environments
By Brian Marchant, Berk-Tek LLC, New Holland, Pennsylvania, USA

Abstract These products may or may not be

designed to handle the stresses of outdoor
These samples were tested for electrical
performance parameters using automated
Industrial environments and outdoor and wet locations. test equipment. These tests were treated
installations can be wet or damp loca- as a baseline for the samples for the rest of
tions. Category communications cable When Ethernet cables are exposed the testing.
products that are installed in these to water, their performance can be
affected in several different ways. A water The cable samples tested included the
environments must be able to operate
environment outside the cable will have following. All of the cables were four-pair
without issue when installed. The typical
higher loss than an air environment. The Ethernet cables rated to Category 5e. A
tests that are used to evaluate these
plastic of the jacket may be permeable sample of riser-rated unshielded Ethernet
products determine if water can enter
enough to allow water to diffuse through. cable with a PVC jacket was used to
the connectors or if water can propagate
Water can get into the cable core. Barriers represent indoor cable products. A sample
down the cable core. Unlike these typical
such as metal foils can keep water from of outside plant cable with sunlight and
tests, this investigation will focus on tests
diffusing into the cable core. water-resistant polyethylene jacket and
that evaluate electrical performance of
a gel-flooded core was used to represent
cables that are in water. This will improve
Water can pass through the jacket into outdoor cable products. An unshielded
understanding of the full effect of wet or
the core of the cable by diffusing through riser- and outdoor-rated industrial
damp locations on structured cabling.
the jacket material or by passing through Ethernet cable with a PVC jacket that
holes caused by installation damage. was designed for oil resistance and light
The high-frequency performance of an
If water enters the cable core, it can duty environments was used to represent
unshielded cable may be affected when
propagate to the electronics at the end of unshielded industrial Ethernet products.
the environment of the cable is water
the cable run or cause shorts within the An industrial Ethernet cable with a metal
rather than air. This effect is mitigated by
cable. Either of these effects would ruin foil shield with a braid over it (SF/UTP) that
jacket design and shielding.
the cable run. was riser and outdoor-rated with a highly
flexible TPE jacket was used to represent
Stranded conductors in humid environ-
The transmission lines of the pairs in the shielded industrial Ethernet products.
ments might wick moisture into the
cable, which could cause failures. Some cable are designed to operate with an
environment of the jacket and air around After the baseline tests, the samples were
connectors for industrial environments placed into plastic barrels full of water.
are designed to avoid this. By studying the it. If the cable jacket absorbs water, this
will change its electrical properties (loss, The coil portion of the sample was fully
effect of water and humidity on the cable, submerged in the water. The ends of the
installation recommendations can be dielectric). The electrical performance of
the cable will be degraded when these samples were kept out of the barrel for
formed for twisted pair Ethernet cables in the distance needed to connect to test
wet locations. properties change. Even if the jacket does
not absorb the water, an environment of equipment. This was approximately two
water (rather than air) around the cable metres on each end. The samples were
can change the high frequency electrical tested with the automated test equipment
1 Introduction performance. when first submerged in water and again
periodically for several weeks. The samples
Water can absorb electrical signals. Of the electrical performance parameters, were removed from the water barrels and
Ethernet cables designed with water Insertion Loss and Impedance were dried completely. The samples were tested
exposure in mind have different materials expected to be most affected by water using the automated test equipment
in their construction than indoor-rated outside the cable core. Impedance again.
cables. Products may have ANSI/ICEA has environmental components – the
water penetration ratings and sunlight capacitance between the transmission 2.2 Cables in Humid Environment
resistance rather than fire and smoke pair and the surrounding materials has Samples of stranded and solid conductor
safety ratings. an impact. Insertion loss increases when cables were tested at room temperature
electrical fields are absorbed by a high loss (~20°C) at low humidity. The samples
Indoor Ethernet products are not typically medium. were conditioned at 30°C and 90 per
designed to tolerate wet locations. The cent relative humidity for one week. The
cores of the cables are not water blocked samples were brought back to 20°C and
and the jacket materials are chosen for tested again.
electrical properties and fire safety. 2 Test Setup
Additional samples of the same material
Industrial Ethernet products are a wide 2.1 Cables Submerged in Water were terminated using Ethernet and
range of cables that are designed to Samples of different designs of cables industrial cable plugs as appropriate to the
operate in environments that would cause from different manufacturers were coiled cables. These samples were tested at room
normal cables to fail. and secured to maintain their shape. temperature (~20°C) at low humidity.

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The samples were conditioned at 30°C and

90 per cent relative humidity for one week.
The samples were brought back to 20°C

Insertion Loss Min Margin (%)

Insertion Loss Min Margin (%)

and tested again.

3 Test Results
3.1 Cables Submerged in Water
The test results for the samples that were
submerged in water were compared to Baseline Submerged Dry Baseline Submerged Dry
the baseline results for the same cables.
Changes in the electrical performance ▲▲ Figure 1: Indoor cable test result ▲▲ Figure 2: Outside plant cable test result
parameters were trivial except for the
Insertion Loss parameter. The Impedance
did not show the expected change. The
Insertion Loss parameter showed large
Insertion Loss Min Margin (%)

Insertion Loss Min Margin (%)

changes for most of the samples that were
tested.

The Category 5e Insertion Loss specifi-

cation was applied and minimum margins
for the products’ Insertion Losses were
calculated. These minimum margins
were graphed and compared for each
Baseline Submerged Dry Baseline Submerged Dry
of the products to determine how much
the submersion in water impacted the
product’s performance. For simplicity, the ▲▲ Figure 3: Unshielded industrial cable test result ▲▲ Figure 4: Shielded industrial cable test result
measurements when the samples were
submerged were averaged together. See
Figures 1 to 4 for the individual results
The industrial Ethernet cables had stable
Insertion Loss margin over time once
4 Analysis and
presented graphically. Table 1 has the full submerged. The other two products Conclusions
results of the tests for cables submerged in showed degrading performance as the
water. duration of submersion continued. None of the products in this survey are
intended for long-term submersion in
In Figure 1, the impact of the water on 3.2 Cables in Humid Environment water. In practical installations, the entire
the indoor-rated product is clearly visible. Samples of stranded and solid conductor length of the cable would not be soaked
The sample went from passing the cables were tested at room temperature in water and the cable would be able to
specification with margin to thoroughly and low humidity and then again at room dry out after getting wet. This test set
failing when it was submerged in temperature after conditioning at elevated magnifies the effect of the environmental
water. When the sample was dried, the temperature and humidity for one week. water to attempt to determine trends with
sample still failed to meet the Insertion The solid conductor sample showed no a small test population.
Loss specification. The outside plant change in high electrical parameters.
cable sample in Figure 2 lost Insertion The stranded conductor sample lost 2.5 After a review of the designs of the cable
Loss margin and failed to meet the per cent Insertion Loss margin when samples tested, the revised expectations
specification when submerged in water. compared to the Category 5e specification. matched the results. Design features
When the sample was dried, the test result that are used for higher frequency
returned to passing the specification, but The same baseline and humidity performance, such as tight twist lay
it did not return to the original amount of conditioning testing was performed on lengths and thick cable jackets, affect the
margin to the specification. stranded and solid conductor cables with cable’s interaction with its environment.
connectors (plugs) attached. The results Shielded products, which typically boast
In Figure 3, water submersion’s effect on after the conditioning showed no change high protection from environmental
an unshielded industrial cable sample can from the baseline measurements. electric effects, demonstrate high
be observed. The sample lost performance
margin when in water, but does not fail ▼▼ Table 1: Insertion loss margin (%) of samples submerged in water for several weeks
the specification. When the sample was
dried, the performance margin was within 1 2 3
the range allowed for measurement error Subm
Sample Base Week Week Week Dry
from the baseline measurement. in water
Subm Subm Subm

Figure 4 shows the impact of the water test Indoor

2.3 -8.6 -9.3 -10.7 -11.4 -3.5
on a shielded industrial cable sample. The Cable
Insertion Loss margin varied by less than Outside
the range allowed for measurement error 3.8 -2.1 -5.7 -7.6 -8.2 1.0
Plant Cable
from the baseline measurement for the
entire test. Unshielded
4.4 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.9 3.9
Industrial
In Table 1, the change over time in Shielded
Insertion Loss of the samples in the water 13.3 12.0 13.0 12.6 13.3 12.8
Industrial
can be observed.

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resistance to being affected by a wet For installations in environments where

environment. These shielded products cables will be exposed to water, the
protect the cable core not only by following recommendations can be made.
electrical isolation, but also by presenting Extra margin should be built into an install
a barrier that water will not diffuse that is expecting to have wet cable.
through.
This can be achieved by cable choice or
The outside plant cable sample and by installation design for Insertion Loss
the indoor cable sample that had poor (usually controlling run lengths). Shielded
performance had very long pair lay products and products that are designed
lengths and a thin cable jacket. These traits to resist electric environment effects will
would make the cable more sensitive to be least affected by water exposure. It
environmental electric effects. Higher is recommended that flexible stranded
frequency products (such as a Category 6 cables be terminated before installing
outside plant cable with tight lay lengths) them to humid environments or as soon as
or cables with thicker jackets (for more possible after installation. n
rugged environments) would also resist
effects from a wet environment. Courtesy of IWCS Cable and Connectivity
Symposium, Rhode Island, USA, October
Jacket material also matters, as observed 2018.
in the indoor cable test result, which
degraded and did not recover when dried.
This cable sample most likely absorbed
water into its jacket. This water affected
the material’s properties even after the
cable was dried off.

The unshielded industrial product

experienced a degradation of per-
formance while submerged, but recovered
all but 0.5 per cent of its performance
margin when dried back out. This
loss of margin is within the expected
measurement error in the test. Comparing
this product to the indoor cable, the pair
lay lengths are slightly different and the
plastic compounds are different. The
jacket material properties are the most
likely reason that this product did not
remain degraded when it was dried off.
If the jacket did not absorb water, the
performance returning when the cable
was dried off is the expected result.

The humidity test results matched

expectations. Stranded conductor pro-
ducts like patch cable or flexible industrial
cable can absorb water if left exposed.
Terminated products will not suffer from
this performance loss as the humidity
won’t wick into the conductor. This survey
of cables showed some results that are
worth investigating further. Some of the
cable types showed degrading results over
time while the samples were submerged.

Longer submersion experiments could

investigate how far this degradation could
progress. It would also be worthwhile to
investigate the jacket compounds used
in wet and damp location products to
determine how these materials interact
with water over time. Berk-Tek LLC
132 White Oak Road
Future studies can evaluate jacket material New Holland
permeability, water retention, the impact Pennsylvania 17557
of pair lay length, construction factors USA
such as shielding, different levels of wet Tel: +1 717 354 6200
or damp environment and different Email: [email protected]
durations.

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Condat führt neue Öle für die Kaltumformung

im Markt ein
Seit 2015 werden Bedenken über reinen Ölen der Neat Green-Reihe, die
PAK (polyzyklische aromatische nach 1.500 Stunden Bearbeitung keine
Kohlenwasserstoffe) und BaP (Benzo[a] Steigerung des BaP-Gehalts zeigen.
pyren) in der metallverarbeitenden
Industrie geäußert. Einige Erdöl-basierte Anfang 2018 forderte Condat sein
Produkte, wie etwa Prozessöle, können F&E-Labor auf, neue Rezepturen für Öle
unter harten Einsatzbedingungen PAK für die Kaltumformung, mit neutralem
und BaP freisetzen. Einfluss in Bezug auf BaP, zu erarbeiten.

Um eine größere Wachsamkeit zu Neben seinem CSR-Engagement möchte

garantieren, hat die französische das Unternehmen auch die Bedenken
Krankenversicherungsbehörde eine der Automobilzulieferer ansprechen und
Empfehlung (Verweis R.451) über die den Kunden die sichersten Produkte
„Vermeidung chemischer Risiken durch anbieten. Ziel war es gemeinsam mit den
Schneidflüssigkeiten” abgegeben. wichtigsten Automobilkonzernen ein
Hochleistungsprodukt für sehr komplexe ▲▲ Extrugliss HT 268 VP Öl für die Kaltumformung von
Diese Empfehlung setzt die von Umformverfahren zu entwickeln. Condat
INRS gelieferten Daten zu den mit Es ist Oxidationsbeständig, steigert die
BaP verbundenen Risiken und Nach sechs Monaten Forschung entstand Lebensdauer der Bäder und vereinfacht
Schwellenwerten ein, die in neuen reinen Extrugliss HT 268 VP. In Partnerschaft die Entfettung, indem die Bildung
Schneidölen sowie in Schneidölen im mit einem Automobilzulieferer wurde klebriger Rückstände auf den Teilen
Dienst enthalten sind. das Produkt fast 12 Monate lange bei verhindert wird.
Kaltumformungsverfahren für die
Obwohl diese Frage regelmäßig Herstellung von Ritzeln und Narben für Es ist weniger volatil und schränkt
gestellt wird, wenn reine Sitze geprüft und zeigte, wie berichtet, die Ölverdunstung sowie die
Bearbeitungsöle benutzt werden, sind gute Ergebnisse. Nebelentwicklung ein, das wiederum
bei Kaltumformungsverfahren keine die Atmosphäre in den Werkstätten
Empfehlungen vorgesehen. Von seinen Seit Juni 2019 zum Verkauf verfügbar, ist verbessert.
HSE- (Gesundheit, Sicherheit und Extrugliss HT 268 VP als Premiumprodukt
Umwelt) und CSR-Grundsätzen (soziale positioniert, das insbesondere für Das Öl für die Kaltumformung
Unternehmensverantwortung) geleitet, extreme Verfahren konzipiert wurde, die mit Doppelfunktion bietet den
hat Condat sich entschieden bei der übermäßige Hitze entwickeln (Edelstahl, mechanischen Komponenten der
Berücksichtigung dieser Frage noch Legierungsstahl mit hoher Dehngrenze, Kaltumformungsmaschinen optimale
weiterzugehen und die Verordnung usw.). Das reine Öl für die Kaltumformung, Schmiermerkmale sowie eine gute
vorwegzunehmen. das entwickelt wurde, um die BaP- Schmierung bei den Verformungsverfahren
Emissionsprobleme zu lösen, ist aus und weist dabei eine Viskosität von 68 cst
Die umfassende Kenntnis des hochwertigen, hochreinen Basisölen auf.
Unternehmens über die Reduzierung der zusammengesetzt und enthält weniger
PAK-/BaP-Gehalte in Bearbeitungsölen Restzusammensetzungen, die sich Condat SA
im Dienst führt zur Entwicklung von zersetzen und somit PAK bilden können. www.condat.fr

Granulierte Kabelfüllung und wasserabweisendes Compound

Electric Cable Compounds (ECC) ist ein weltweiter Lieferant hochleist- ungsfähiger elastomerischer und polyolefin-
basierter vernetzbarer und thermoplastischer Compounds. Das Unternehmen kann zwei flammschützende elastomerische
Kabelfüll-Compounds anbieten, die granuliert, extrudierbar und halogenfrei sind sowie der RoHS-Richtlinie entsprechen.

CableFill®200 und CableFill®300 wurden entwickelt, um den Kabelherstellern eine

Reihe Vorteile zu bieten: sie behalten die Kabelform bei; beugen der Verformung
und Beanspruchung der Kabelkomponenten vor; füllen Lücken und Leerstellen;
bieten dem Gesamtaufbau zusätzliche flammschützende Vorteile und senken
den Wassereintritt. Während einzelne Kabelkomponenten von Kontakten isoliert
werden, beeinträchtigen sie nicht die gesamte Kabelflexibilität. Sie sind färbbar,
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CableFill300 - das höchste flammschützende Kabel der beiden Klassen - besitzt

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können.
▲▲ CableFill hält die Kabelform bei während die
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Metalube ernennt Business

Development Manager
Der Hersteller von Schmiermitteln Metalube hat Songul Facey
und Adrian Day zu Business Development Managern ernannt.

Songul Facey hat fast 20 Jahre Erfahrung in der

Schmiermittelindustrie und schließt sich dem Unternehmen
aus ihrer Stadt Istanbul, Türkei, an. Ihre jüngste Erfahrung
konzentrierte sich auf den Bereich Drahtziehen und
Holzplatten sowie der Automobilindustrie, doch war sie in
vorangegangenen Positionen im Sektor Stahl und Eisen,
Ersatzteile für Kraftfahrzeuge und Verbindungselemente tätig.

Über ihrer neue Position sagte Songul Facey: „Ich freue mich
sehr darauf mich Metalube anzuschließen. Ich habe kürzlich
den Master in Wirtschaftswissenschaften abgeschlossen, und
die Unternehmensgröße, sein Ruf als schnell wachsendes
und ausgesprochen innovatives Schmiermittelunternehmen,
kombiniert mit meinem eigenen Wunsch eine internationalere
Rolle zu spielen, bedeutetet, dass alles bestens passt. Ich
verfüge auch über ein Ingenieurstudium und mag Probleme
identifizieren, Lösungen finden und die Effizienz verbessern.”
▲ Adrian Day ▲ Songul Facey
Douglas Hunt, kaufmännischer Leiter, fügte hinzu: „Songul Geschäftsphilosophie sehr gut einfügen. Er wird für die neue
wird unser Team sehr bereichern. Sie ist eine zuversichtliche Geschäftsentwicklung und den Verkauf verantwortlich sein
Teamspielerin mit hervorragenden Führungs- und sowie eng mit den bestehenden Kunden zusammenarbeiten,
Kommunikationsfähigkeiten; dazu kommt die Kombination insbesondere in Afrika, Australasien, China, Indien und
mit ihrem ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Hintergrund, was aus Südostasien.”
ihr eine Gewinnformel macht. Wir sind begeistert, dass sich ihr
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begann 1995 mit Texaco Lubricants, die später Chevron UK
Der zweite neue Ernannte, Adrian Day, verfügt über eine wurde. Seitdem ich mich erinnern kann hatte ich schon immer
umfangreiche Erfahrung. Davon über zwanzig Jahren in der Interesse und eine Faszination an allem Mechanischem und
Schmiermittelindustrie, einschließlich der letzten acht Jahre, fragte mich wie dies und das funktionierte oder wofür es
in denen er sich auf Spezialschmiermitteln konzentrierte, die gedacht war. Das einzige was alle gemeinsam haben sind
in den Bereichen Drahtziehen, Drahtseile und Nichteisenrohre Schmiermittel. Von einem Ferrari zu einer Fregatte der Royal
eingesetzt werden. Navy bis hin zur Drahtziehmaschine ist eine effektive und
fachgerechte Schmierung von grundlegender Bedeutung.”
Hunt fügte hinzu: „Es ist großartig Adrian an Bord zu
haben; er ist besonders erfahren und seine freundliche Metalube Ltd
und äußerst positive Persönlichkeit wird sich in unserer www.metalube.co.uk

Stabiles Investitionsklima bei wire South America

Expo Exhibition & Convention Center Rohrzubehör und dem Handel mit Rohren Knapp 13.000 Fachbesucher zog es an
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und internationaler Branchenexperten sich in Südamerika zu positionieren der Rest aus Nachbarländern wie Chile,
aus der Draht-, Kabel- und Rohrindustrie. und entsprechend in Maschinen und Kolumbien, Argentinien, Bolivien,
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80 Aussteller aus 11 Ländern anzog. primär aus der Öl- und Gasindustrie,
Technologische Highlights aus den der Automobilindustrie, der Bauindustrie,
Bereichen Metallbearbeitung und Zum dritten Mal gab es für die Bereiche der Metallkonstruktion und dem
-verarbeitung, Schweißtechnik, Draht- Draht und Kabel eine deutsche Bergbau.
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Kabel in nassen
Umgebungen
von Brian Marchant, Berk-Tek LLC, New Holland, Pennsylvania, USA

Übersicht Sonnenlichtbeständigkeit als jene der

Brand- und Rauch-Sicherheit aufweisen.
Eigenschaften ändern. Auch wenn der
Mantel kein Wasser absorbiert, kann
eine Wasserumgebung (eher als eine
Industrieumgebungen und Außenbereiche
Etherne-Produkte für den Innenbereich Luft-) um die Kabel die elektrischen
können nasse bzw. feuchte Orte
werden in der Regel nicht für nasse Orte Hochfrequenzleistungen ändern.
sein. Die Produkte der Kategorie
ausgelegt. Die Kabelader sind nicht
Kommunikationskabel, die in diesen Unter den Parametern der elektrischen
wasserabweisend und das Mantelmaterial
Umgebungen verlegt werden, müssen Leistungen, wurde angenommen,
wird entsprechend der elektrischen
nach der Installation einwandfrei dass die Einfügungsdämpfung und die
Eigenschaften und des Brandschutzes
funktionieren. Die typischen Tests, die zur Impedanz, die am meisten vom Wasser
ausgewählt.
Bewertung dieser Produkte durchgeführt außerhalb der Kabelader beeinflussten
werden, bestimmen ob Wasser in die Parametern wären. Die Impedanz
Steckverbinder eintritt oder sich bis zur Industrielle Ethernet-Produkte stellen eine
große Auswahl an Kabeln dar, die für den weist Umweltkomponenten auf - die
Kabelader ausbreitet. Im Gegensatz zu Kapazitanz wirkt sich zwischen dem
diesen typischen Tests, befasst sich die Einsatz in Umgebungen geeignet sind, in
denen normale Kabel versagen würden. Übertragungspaar und den Materialien
vorliegende Untersuchung mit Prüfungen, im Umfeld aus. Die Einfügungsdämpfung
die die elektrischen Leistungen der ins Diese Produkte können entworfen
werden, um gegen die Belastungen steigt, wenn die elektrischen Felder durch
Wasser eingetauchten Kabeln bewerten. Mittel mit hoher Dämpfung absorbiert
Das führt zu einem besseren Verständnis im Außenbereich und nassen Orten
beständig oder nicht beständig zu sein. werden.
der vollständigen Auswirkungen nasser
oder feuchter Orte auf die strukturierte
Verkabelung. Wenn Ethernet-Kabel Wasser ausgesetzt
werden, können deren Leistungen auf
unterschiedliche Weise beeinflusst
2 Prüfanordnung
Beeinflusst werden können die
Hochfrequenz-Leistungen eines werden. Ein Kabel in Wasserumgebung 2.1 Ins Wasser eingetauchte Kabel
ungeschirmten Kabels dadurch, dass die zeigt einen höheren Verlust im Vergleich Proben mit unterschiedlichen
Umgebung, in der sich das Kabel befindet, zu einem in Luftumgebung. Der Kunststoff Kabelaufbauten verschiedener Hersteller
Wasser anstatt Luft ist. Diese Auswirkung des Mantels könnte ausreichend werden aufgewickelt und gesichert, um
wird durch den Ausbau des Kabelmantels durchlässig sein, um das Diffundieren deren Form zu erhalten. Diese Proben
und die Abschirmung gedämpft. von Wasser zu ermöglichen. Wasser kann werden hinsichtlich der elektrischen
somit in die Kabelader gelangen. Durch Leistungsparameter mit Einsatz der
Die in feuchten Umgebungen installierten Barrieren wie z. B. Metallfolien kann automatisierten Prüfausrüstung geprüft.
mehrdrähtigen Leiter könnten die Wasser davon abgehalten werden in die Für den Rest der Prüfung werden
Feuchtigkeit in den Kabeln eindringen Kabelader zu diffundieren. diese Tests als Basislinie für die Proben
lassen, was wiederum Störungen behandelt.
verursachen könnte. Einige Steckverbinder Wasser kann durch den Mantel in die
für die Industrieumgebung sind entworfen Kabelader fließen und somit durch Die geprüften Kabelproben schließen
worden, um das zu vermeiden. Anhand das Mantelmaterial diffundieren nachfolgendes ein: Alle Kabel sind
von Studien über die Auswirkung von oder durch Löcher fließen, die durch vierpaarige Ethernet-Kabel, eingestuft
Wasser und Feuchtigkeit auf die Kabel, Schäden während der Installation in der Category 5e. Eine Probe des
können Installationsempfehlungen für verursacht werden. Wenn Wasser in ungeschirmten Steigleitung-bewerteten
Twisted-Pair-Ethernet-Kabel an nassen die Kabelader tritt, kann es sich bis zu Ethernet-Kabels mit einem PVC-Mantel
Orten erstellt werden. den Elektrokomponenten am Ende wird zur Darstellung der Kabelprodukte
des Kabelteilstücks ausbreiten oder für den Innenbereich benutzt. Um
Kurzschlüsse im Kabel verursachen. Kabelprodukte für den Außenbereich
Eine dieser Auswirkungen würde das darzustellen, wird als Probe ein Kabel
1 Einleitung Kabelteilstück beschädigen. für den Außenbereich mit einem
sonnenlicht- und wasserbeständigen
Wasser kann elektrische Signale Die Übertragungsleitungen der Paare Polyethylen-Mantel und einer
absorbieren. Ethernet-Kabel, bei denen im Kabel sind ausgelegt, um mit einem gelgefüllten Ader eingesetzt. Zur
die Wasserbelastung bedacht wurde, Mantel in einer Luftumgebung zu Darstellung ungeschirmter industrieller
weisen im Gegensatz zu Kabeln für funktionieren. Absorbiert der Kabelmantel Ethernet-Produkte wird ein ungeschirmtes,
den Innenbereich, im Aufbau andere Wasser, so ändern sich die elektrischen industrielles für den Außenbereich
Materialien auf. Die Produkte sollten Eigenschaften (Dämpfung, dielektrisch). bewertetetes Steigleitung-Ethernet-Kabel
gemäß ANSI/ICEA-Normen eher die Die elektrischen Leistungen des Kabels mit einem PVC-Mantel eingesetzt, das für
Eigenschaften der Wassereintritts- und verringern sich, wenn sich diese ölbeständige und nicht raue Umgebungen

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ausgelegt ist. Zur Darstellung geschirmter

industrieller Ethernet-Produkte findet

Min. Marge Einfügungsdämpfung (%)

Min. Marge Einfügungsdämpfung (%)

ein industrielles Ethernet-Kabel mit
einem Metallfolienschirm, umhüllt mit
einem Geflecht (SF/UTP), Einsatz, das
als Steigleitungskabel sowie für den
Außenbereich bewertet wird, ausgestattet
mit einem hochflexiblen TPE-Mantel.

Nach den Prüfungen der Basislinie,

werden die Proben in einen mit Wasser
gefüllten Kunststoffbehälter gesteckt. Basislinie Eingetaucht Trocken Basislinie Eingetaucht Trocken

Der aufgewickelte Teil der Probe wird ▲▲ Abb. 1: Testergebnisse mit Kabel für den ▲▲ Abb. 2: Testergebnisse mit Kabel für den
völlig ins Wasser eingetaucht. Die Innenbereich Außenbereich
Probeenden werden entsprechend
dem Abstand außerhalb des Behälters
Min. Marge Einfügungsdämpfung (%)

Min. Marge Einfügungsdämpfung (%)

gehalten, der erforderlich ist, um sie
mit der Prüfausrüstung zu verbinden.
Das entspricht zirka zwei Meter an
jedem Ende. Die Proben werden mit der
automatisierten Prüfausrüstung geprüft
nachdem sie das erste Mal ins Wasser
eingetaucht werden und dann nochmals
mehrere Wochen lang in regelmäßigen
Abständen.
Basislinie Eingetaucht Trocken Basislinie Eingetaucht Trocken
Die Proben werden dann aus den
Wasserbehältern herausgezogen und ▲▲ Abb. 3: Testergebnisse mit ungeschirmtem ▲▲ Abb. 4: Testergebnisse mit geschirmtem
Industriekabel Industriekabel
vollständig getrocknet. Anhand der
automatisierten Prüfausrüstung erfolgt
dann nochmals eine Überprüfung der meisten Proben auf, die geprüft werden. völligen Versagen über, nachdem sie ins
Proben. Die Spezifikation hinsichtlich der Wasser eingetaucht wurde. Nachdem
Category 5e Einfügungsdämpfung wird die Probe getrocknet ist, ist sie weiterhin
2.2 Kabel in feuchter Umgebung angewandt und Mindestmargen für die nicht imstande die Spezifikation der
Die Proben von Litzen- und Einfügungsdämpfungen der Produkte Einfügungsdämpfung zu erfüllen.
Massivleiterkabeln werden einer Prüfung berechnet. Diese Mindestmargen sind
bei Raumtemperatur (~20°C), bei graphisch dargestellt und werden je Nachdem die Probe des Kabels für den
niedriger Feuchtigkeit unterzogen. Dabei Produkt verglichen, um zu bestimmen Außenbereich in der Abbildung 2 ins
werden die Proben bei 30°C und 90% wie sehr sich das Eintauchen ins Wasser Wasser eingetaucht wird, verliert sie die
relativer Feuchtigkeit eine Woche lang auf die Leistung des Produkts auswirkt. Marge der Einfügungsdämpfung und
konditioniert. Sie werden danach wieder Der Einfachheit halber werden die bei kommt der Spezifikation nicht nach.
auf 20°C gebracht und von neuem geprüft. eingetauchten Proben durchgeführten Nachdem die Probe getrocknet ist, besteht
Messungen gemittelt. Siehe Abbildung das Prüfergebnis wieder die Spezifikation,
Zusätzliche Proben desselben Materials 1 bis 4 für die graphisch dargestellten doch wird der ursprüngliche Wert der
werden mit Endstücken für Ethernet- Einzelergebnisse. In der Tabelle 1 werden Marge gegenüber der Spezifikation nicht
und Industriekabelsteckern ausgestattet, die vollständigen Ergebnisse der wieder eingeholt.
die jeweils entsprechend der Kabel Prüfungen für ins Wasser eingetauchte
anwendbar sind. Diese Proben werden Kabel aufgelistet. Abbildung 3 zeigt die Auswirkung des
einer Prüfung bei Raumtemperatur Eintauchens auf eine ungeschirmte
(~20°C), bei niedriger Feuchtigkeit In Abbildung 1, ist die Auswirkung Industriekabelprobe. Die Probe verliert
unterzogen. Dabei werden die Proben bei des Wassers auf das Produkt für an Leistungsmarge wenn sie im Wasser
30°C und 90% relativer Feuchtigkeit eine Innenanwendungen klar ersichtlich. eingetaucht ist, doch scheitert sie
Woche lang konditioniert. Sie werden Die Probe geht vom Bestehen der nicht an der Übereinstimmung mit
dann wieder auf 20°C gebracht und erneut Spezifikation mit einer Marge bis hin zum der Spezifikation. Nachdem die Probe
geprüft.
▼▼ Tabelle 1: Marge Einfügungsdämpfung (%) der Probestücke, die mehrere Wochen lang ins Wasser eingetaucht
werden

3 Testergebnisse Probestück Basislinie

In Wasser 1. Woche 2. Wochen 3. Wochen
Trocken
eingetaucht eingetaucht eingetaucht eingetaucht
3.1 Ins Wasser eingetauchte Kabel
Die Prüfergebnisse der in Wasser Kabel für den
Innenbereich
2.3 -8.6 -9.3 -10.7 -11.4 -3.5
eingetauchten Proben werden mit den
Basislinienergebnissen für dieselben Kabel für den
Kabel verglichen. Die Änderungen bei den Außenbereich
3.8 -2.1 -5.7 -7.6 -8.2 1.0
elektrischen Leistungsparametern sind
unbedeutend, außer für den Parameter Ungeschirmtes
4.4 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.9 3.9
der Einfügungsdämpfung. Die Impedanz Industriekabel
zeigt nicht die erwartete Änderung an.
Geschirmtes
Der Parameter der Einfügungsdämpfung Industriekabel
13.3 12.0 13.0 12.6 13.3 12.8
weist große Änderungen für die

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getrocknet ist, liegt die Leistungsmarge verdrallte Schlaglängen und dicke können Wasser absorbieren, wenn sie
innerhalb des Bereichs, der für Messfehler Kabelmäntel, beeinflussen die ins Wasser gelassen werden. Produkte
aus der Basislinienmessung zugelassen Wechselwirkung des Kabels mit seiner mit Endstücken werden unter dieser
wird. Umgebung. Abgeschirmte Produkte, Leistungsdämpfung nicht leiden, da die
die sich in der Regel durch einen hohen Feuchtigkeit nicht in den Leiter eindringt.
Abb. 4. zeigt die Auswirkung der Schutz vor elektrischen Auswirkungen
Wasserprüfung auf eine geschirmte der Umwelt auszeichnen, zeigen einen Die vorliegende Studie über die Kabel
Industriekabelprobe. Die Marge der hohen Widerstand gegenüber der zeigt einige Ergebnisse, die es Wert sind
Einfügungsdämpfung variiert weniger Beeinträchtigung durch eine nassen näher untersucht zu werden. Einige
als vom Bereich für den Messungsfehler Umgebung. Diese abgeschirmten der Kabeltypen zeigen mit der Zeit
gegenüber der Basislinienmessung für die Produkte schützen die Kabelader nicht nur enttäuschende Ergebnisse während
ganze Prüfung zugelassen wird. durch eine elektrische Trennung, sondern die Proben eingetaucht sind. Längere
auch durch das Vorhandensein einer Versuche unter Wasser könnten
In der Tabelle 1 ist die Änderung im Laufe Barriere, durch die Wasser nicht diffundiert untersuchen, wie weit dieser Abbau
der Zeit der Einfügungsdämpfung der wird. fortschreiten kann. Es wäre auch sinnvoll
Proben im Wasser ersichtlich. Industrielle die Mantel-Compounds zu untersuchen,
Ethernet-Kabel zeigen mit der Zeit eine Die Probe der Kabel für den Außenbereich die für Produkte in nassen und feuchten
stabile Marge der Einfügungsdämpfung und jene für den Innenbereich, die eine Orten eingesetzt werden, um zu
nachdem sie eingetaucht wurden. niedrige Leistung aufweist, verfügen bestimmen wie diese Materialien mit
Die anderen zwei Produkte zeigen über sehr lange Paarschlaglängen der Zeit mit Wasser interagieren. Weitere
eine sinkende Leistung, während das und einen dünnen Kabelmantel. Diese Studien können die Permeabilität des
Eintauchen fortgeführt wird. Eigenschaften verschaffen dem Kabel Mantelmaterials bewerten sowie die
eine höhere Empfindlichkeit gegenüber Wasseraufnahme, die Auswirkung auf die
3.2 Kabel in feuchter Umgebung den elektrischen Umweltauswirkungen. Länge des Paarschlags, die Aufbaufaktoren
Proben von Litzen- und Massivleiterkabeln Produkte mit höherer Frequenz (wie wie z. B. die Abschirmung, verschiedene
werden bei Raumtemperatur und z. B. Kabel für den Außenbereich der Niveaus nasser oder feuchter Umgebung
bei niedriger Feuchtigkeit geprüft Category 6 mit dichten Schlaglängen) und die unterschiedliche Dauer.
und dann nochmals eine Woche oder Kabel mit dickeren Mänteln (für
lang bei Raumtemperatur nach der rauere Umgebungen) würden auch den Für die Installationen in Umgebungen, in
Konditionierung bei hoher Temperatur Auswirkungen einer nassen Umgebung denen Kabel Wasser ausgesetzt werden,
und Feuchtigkeit. Die Probe des entgegenwirken. lassen sich folgende Empfehlungen
Massivleiters zeigt keine Änderung bei den geben. Eine zusätzliche Marge sollte in
hohen elektrischen Parametern. Die Probe Das Mantelmaterial ist ebenfalls von einer Installation integriert werden, in der
des Litzenleiters nimmt um 2,5% Marge Bedeutung, wie im Ergebnis der nasse Kabel erwartet werden.
der Einfügungsdämpfung ab im Vergleich Prüfung der Kabel für den Innenbereich
zu der Spezifikation der Category 5e. beobachtet wird, bzw. ein Abbau der Das kann durch eine Kabelwahl
Leistungen, die nicht wieder hergestellt erreicht werden oder durch den
Dieselbe Prüfung der Basislinie und werden, wenn das Kabel trocken ist. Diese Installationsaufbau für Einfüg-
Feuchtigkeitskonditionierung wird bei Kabelprobe hat höchstwahrscheinlich ungsdämpfung (in der Regel durch
Litzen- und Massivleiterkabeln mit Wasser in seinem Mantel absorbiert. eine Prüfung der Teilstücklängen).
angeschlossenen Steckverbindern Dieses Wasser beeinflusst wiederum Abgeschirmte Produkte und Produkte, die
(Stecker) durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse die Eigenschaften des Materials auch entworfen wurden, um den elektrischen
nach der Konditionierung zeigen keine nachdem das Kabel abgetrocknet ist. Auswirkungen der Umgebung zu
Veränderungen im Vergleich zu den widerstehen, werden am wenigsten
Basislinienmessungen. Das ungeschirmte Industrieprodukt durch die Wasserbelastung beeinflusst.
erfährt einen Leistungsabbau während Es empfiehlt sich flexible verseilte Kabel
es eingetaucht ist, der allerdings bei mit Endstücken auszustatten bevor sie
abgetrocknetem Kabel wieder ganz, in feuchten Umgebungen installiert
4 Analysen und bis auf 0,5% seiner Leistungsmarge, werden oder so bald wie möglich nach der
hergestellt wird. Dieser Margenverlust
Schlussfolgerungen liegt innerhalb des in der Prüfung
Installation. n

erwarteten Messungsfehlers. Freundlicherweise während des IWCS Cable

Keines der in dieser Überprüfung and Connectivity Symposium, Rhode Island,
behandelten Produkte ist für ein Bei einem Vergleich dieses Produkts USA, Oktober 2018 zur Verfügung gestellt.
langfristiges Eintauchen im Wasser mit dem Kabel für den Innenbereich,
bestimmt. In praktischen Installationen sind die Paarschlaglängen geringfügig
würde die ganze Länge des Kabels nicht abweichend und die Kunststoff-
von Wasser durchnässt sein und das Kabel Compounds sind unterschiedlich. Die
kann, nachdem es nass wurde, durchaus Eigenschaften des Mantelmaterials
trocknen. Diese Prüfungskonfiguration sind der wahrscheinlichste Grund, dass
vergrößert die Sicht auf die Auswirkung dieses Produkt unbeschädigt bleibt
der Wasserumgebung. Versucht wird nachdem es getrocknet ist. Wenn der
somit Trends mit wenigen Prüfproben zu Mantel kein Wasser absorbiert, entspricht
ermitteln. Nach einer Analyse des Aufbaus das erwartete Ergebnis, das sich nach Berk-Tek LLC
der geprüften Kabelproben, stimmten dem Trocknen des Kabels ergibt, den 132 White Oak Road
die revidierten Erwartungen mit den Leistungen. New Holland
Ergebnissen überein. Pennsylvania 17557
Die Ergebnisse der Feuchtigkeitsprüfung USA
Die Konstruktionsmerkmale, die für stimmen mit den Erwartungen überein. Tel: +1 717 354 6200
Leistungen mit höhere Frequenz Produkte mit Litzenleitern, wie z. B. Email: [email protected]
eingesetzt wurden, wie z. B. dicht Patchkabel oder flexible Industriekabel,

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Выпущено масло холодного

профилирования
Опасения по поводу ПАУ показывают увеличения содержания
и BaP (полициклических BaP после 1500 часов обработки.
ароматических углеводородов и
бензо [а] пирена) присутствуют В начале 2018 года Condat обратился в
в металлообрабатывающей свою исследовательскую лабораторию
промышленности с 2015 года. с просьбой разработать новые
Некоторые продукты на основе формулы для масел холодного
нефти, такие как технологические направления с нейтральным
смазки, могут выделять ПАУ и BaP в воздействием с точки зрения BaP.
тяжелых условиях эксплуатации. Для Помимо своих обязательств в области
большей бдительности французское КСО, компания также хочет решить
управление медицинского страхования проблемы поставщиков автомобилей
выпустило рекомендацию, ссылка и предоставить клиентам максимально
▲▲ Extrugliss HT 268 VP масло холодного
R.451, касающуюся «Предотвращения безопасные продукты. Цель состояла профилирования от Condat
химического риска, вызванного в том, чтобы совместно с крупными
смазочно-охлаждающими автомобильными группами совместно проблем выбросов BaP, чистое масло
жидкостями». Оно использует данные, разработать высокопроизводительный холодного направления состоит из
предоставленные INRS о рисках и продукт для очень сложных операций высококачественных базовых масел
пороговых значениях, связанных формования. высокой степени очистки и содержит
с BaP, которые содержатся в новых меньше остаточных соединений,
и эксплуатационных смазочно- После шести месяцев исследований которые могут разлагаться до ПАУ.
охлаждающих маслах. был создан Extrugliss HT 268 VP. В
партнерстве с поставщиком для Он противостоит окислению,
Несмотря на то, что эта проблема автомобильной промышленности увеличивает срок службы ванн
регулярно поднимается при продукт тестировался в течение почти и облегчает обезжиривание,
использовании чистых масел, 12 месяцев на операциях холодной предотвращая образование липких
нет рекомендаций для операций обработки для изготовления шестерен остатков на деталях. Он менее
холодной обработки. Руководствуясь и ступиц седла и, как сообщается, летуч и ограничивает испарение
принципами HSE (охрана здоровья, показал хорошие результаты. масла и образование тумана,
безопасность и окружающая среда) улучшая атмосферу в мастерских.
и CSR (корпоративная социальная Доступный для продажи с июня Масло холодного направления
ответственность), Condat решил 2019 года, Extrugliss HT 268 VP двойного назначения обеспечивает
пойти дальше, учитывая этот вопрос и позиционируется как продукт характеристики смазывания для
предвидя регулирование. премиум-класса, специально механических компонентов машин с
разработанный для экстремальных холодным движением, а также смазку
Глубокое знание компанией того, операций, генерирующих для операций деформации и имеет
как снизить содержание ПАУ / BaP избыточное тепло (нержавеющая вязкость 68 сСт.
в маслах для обработки в процессе сталь, легированная сталь с
эксплуатации, привело к разработке высоким пределом упругости и т. Condat SA
масел Neat Green, которые не Д.). Разработанное для решения www.condat.fr

Гранулированный кабельный компаунд для наполнения и

блокировки воды
Electric Cable Compounds (ECC) является мировым поставщиком высокоэффективных эластомерных и термопластичных
компаундов на основе полиолефинов. Компания может предоставить два огнестойких эластомерных наполнителя
для кабелей, которые гранулируются, экструдируются, не галогенируются и
соответствуют требованиям RoHS. CableFill®200 и CableFill®300 обеспечивают
ряд преимуществ для производителей кабелей: они сохраняют форму кабеля;
предотвратить деформацию / напряжение компонентов кабеля; заполнить
пробелы / пустоты; обеспечить дополнительные огнезащитные преимущества
для общей конструкции; и уменьшить попадание воды. Изолируя отдельные
компоненты кабеля от контакта, они не снижают общую гибкость кабеля.
Они окрашены, легко снимаются и легко поддаются обработке при низких
температурах. Типичные области применения включают транзитный, шахтный
и судовой кабель с низкой токсичностью.

CableFill300, который является наиболее огнестойким из двух марок, имеет

предельный кислородный индекс 48; CableFill 200 имеет предельный
кислородный индекс 36. Оба соединения разработаны для обработки на
обычном экструзионном оборудовании.
▲▲ CableFill сохраняет форму кабеля, заполняя
пустоты Electric Cable Compounds, Inc www.electriccablecompounds.com

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Назначение менеджеров по развитию бизнеса в Metalube

Производитель смазочных материалов Metalube
назначила Сонгул Фейси и Адриана Дей менеджерами
по развитию бизнеса. Г-жа Фейси имеет почти 20-летний
опыт работы в отрасли смазочных материалов и
присоединится к компании из своего дома в Стамбуле,
Турция. Ее более недавний опыт был сосредоточен
на волочении проволоки, производстве деревянных
панелей и в автомобильной промышленности, но на
предыдущих должностях она работала в металлургической
и металлургической промышленности, в производстве
автомобильных запчастей и крепежных деталей.

Комментируя свою новую роль, госпожа Фейси сказала:

«Я очень рада присоединиться к Metalube. Я только
что получила степень магистра MBA, и размер бизнеса,
его репутация быстро растущей и исключительно
инновационной компании по производству смазочных
материалов в сочетании с моим собственным стремлением
к более международной роли привели к тому, что она
отлично подходит. У меня также есть диплом инженера, и
я с удовольствием выявляю проблемы, нахожу решения и ▲ Адриан Дей ▲ Сонгул Фейси
повышаю эффективность.» на борту; он исключительно опытный, и его дружелюбная
и очень позитивная личность хорошо вписывается в
Коммерческий директор Дуглас Хант добавил: «Сонгул нашу бизнес-культуру. Он будет отвечать за развитие
будет очень ценным активом для команды. Она уверенный нового бизнеса, продажи и тесное сотрудничество
командный игрок с фантастическими лидерскими с существующими клиентами, особенно в Африке,
качествами и навыками общения; это в сочетании с ее Австралазии, Китае, Индии и Юго-Восточной Азии.»
инженерным образованием делает ее формулой победы.
Мы рады, что ее переезд в Великобританию уже оказался Г-н Дей добавил: «Я начал свою карьеру в области
таким успешным.» смазочных материалов в 1995 году с Texaco Lubricants, а
позднее стал Chevron UK. Насколько я помню, я всегда
Второй новый назначенец, г-н Дей, обладает богатым интересовался и увлекался всеми механическими вещами
опытом, более двадцати лет занимался производством и удивлялся, как они работают или что они делают.
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Кабели во влажных средах

Брайан Марчант, Berk-Tek LLC, Нью Холланд, Пенсильвания, США

Аннотация материалы оболочки выбраны с учетом

электрических свойств и пожарной
парой передачи и окружающими
материалами оказывает влияние.
Промышленная среда и наружные безопасности. Вносимые потери увеличиваются,
установки могут быть в сыром или когда электрические поля поглощаются
влажном месте. Категория продуктов Продукция для промышленного средой с высокими потерями.
коммуникационных кабелей, которые применения Ethernet представляет
установлены в этих средах, должны собой широкий спектр кабелей,
быть в состоянии функционировать без предназначенных для работы в средах,
которые могут привести к выходу из 2 Условия
проблем после установки. Стандартные
испытания, используемые для оценки строя обычных кабелей. Эта продукция
может быть, а может и не быть рассчитана
проведения
этой продукции, определяют, может ли
вода проникать в разъемы, или вода справляться с нагрузками окружающей испытаний
может распространяться по сердечнику среды и влажных мест.
кабеля. В отличие от этих стандартных 2.1 Кабели, погруженные в воду
испытаний, данное исследование Когда к абели Ethernet Образцы различных конструкций
будет сосредоточено на испытаниях, подвергаются воздействию воды, кабелей от разных производителей
которые оценивают электрические их производительность может быть были намотаны и закреплены для
характеристики кабелей, находящихся затронута несколькими различными поддержания их формы. Эти образцы
в воде. Это улучшит понимание полного способами. Водная среда вне кабеля были проверены на электрические
воздействия мокрых или влажных мест вызовет более высокие потери, чем параметры с использованием
на кабельные конструкции. воздушная среда. Пластик оболочки автоматического испытательного
может быть достаточно проницаемым оборудования. Данные испытания
На высокочастотные характеристики для проникновения воды. Вода может рассматривались как основа для
неэкранированного кабеля может попасть в сердечник кабеля. Барьеры, образцов остальной части испытания.
повлиять ситуация, когда в кабеле такие как металлическая фольга, могут
находится вода, а не воздух. Этот эффект препятствовать проникновению воды в Протестированные образцы кабеля
смягчается благодаря дизайну оболочки сердечник кабеля. включали следующее. Все кабели
и экранированию. были четырьмя парами Ethernet-
Вода может проходить через кожух в кабелей, отнесенных к категории 5e.
Многожильные проводники во сердечник кабеля, распространясь через Образец неэкранированного Ethernet-
влажной среде могут впитывать влагу материал кожуха или проходя через кабеля с повышенным напряжением
в кабель, что может стать причиной отверстия, вызванные повреждением и оболочкой из ПВХ был использован
неисправностей. Некоторые разъемы установки. Если вода проникает в жилу для представления продукции
для промышленных сред предназначены кабеля, она может распространяться на внутреннего использования. Образец
для избежания этого. Изучая влияние электронику в конце кабельной трассы наружного кабеля с солнечным светом и
воды и влажности на кабель, можно или вызывать короткие замыкания водостойкой полиэтиленовой оболочкой
составить рекомендации по установке внутри кабеля. Любой из этих эффектов и гелевым сердечником использовали
кабелей Ethernet с витой парой во разрушил бы кабельную трассу. для представления наружной кабельной
влажных местах. продукции. Для представления
Линии передачи пар в кабеле неэкранированной промышленной
предназначены для работы с окружающей продукции Ethernet использовался
средой оболочки и воздухом вокруг нее. неэкранированный переходной кабель
1 Введение Если оболочка кабеля поглощает воду, и промышленный кабель Ethernet для
это изменит ее электрические свойства наружного применения с оболочкой
Вода может поглощать электрические (потери, диэлектрик). Электрические из ПВХ, который был разработан для
сигналы. Кабели Ethernet, разработанные характеристики кабеля будут маслостойкости и легких условий
с учетом воздействия воды, имеют ухудшаться при изменении этих свойств. эксплуатации. Промышленный кабель
конструкцию, отличную от материалов, Даже если оболочка не впитывает Ethernet с экраном из металлической
используемых в помещениях. Продукция воду, окружающая среда воды (а не фольги с оплеткой над ним (SF / UTP),
может иметь показатели проникновения воздуха) вокруг кабеля может изменить который был поднят и предназначен
воды ANSI / ICEA и устойчивость к высокочастотные электрические для функционирования на открытом
солнечному свету, а не показатели характеристики. воздухе с очень гибкой оболочкой
пожарной безопасности и дыма. TPE, использовался для представления
Предполагалось, что из всех экранированных промышленных
Устанавливаемая в помещениях электрических параметров на потери продуктов Ethernet.
продукция Ethernet обычно не в кабеле и импеданс больше всего
предназначена для работы в местах будет влиять вода за пределами жилы После базовых испытаний образцы
с повышенной влажностью. Жилы кабеля. Импеданс имеет компоненты помещали в пластиковые бочки,
кабелей не имеют водоблокировки, а окружающей среды - емкость между наполненные водой. Катушечная

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часть образца была полностью

Минимальная маржа вносимых потерь (%)

Минимальная маржа вносимых потерь (%)

погружена в воду. Концы образцов
держали вне бочек на расстоянии,
необходимом для подключения к
испытательному оборудованию. Это
было примерно два метра на каждом
конце. Образцы тестировались с
помощью автоматизированного
испытательного оборудования, когда
они сначала погружались в воду, а затем
периодически в течение нескольких
недель. Базовый Погруженный Сухой Базовый Погруженный Сухой

Образцы были извлечены из бочек с ▲▲ Рисунок 1: Результат тестирования кабеля в ▲▲ Рисунок 2: Результат испытания кабеля
водой и полностью высушены. Образцы помещении снаружи установки
снова были испытаны с использованием
автоматизированного испытательного
Минимальная маржа вносимых потерь (%)

Минимальная маржа вносимых потерь (%)

оборудования.

2.2 Кабели во влажной среде

Образцы многожильных и одножильных
кабелей были испытаны при комнатной
температуре (~20°C) при низкой
влажности. Образцы выдерживали
при 30°С и относительной влажности
90% в течение одной недели. Образцы
возвращали к температуре 20°С и снова
Базовый Погруженный Сухой Базовый Погруженный Сухой
тестировали.

Дополнительные образцы из того же ▲▲ Рисунок 3: Результаты испытаний ▲▲ Рисунок 4: Результаты испытаний

неэкранированного промышленного кабеля экранированного промышленного кабеля
материала были за с использованием
Ethernet и промышленных кабельных
разъемов в зависимости от кабеля. Эти Для простоты измерения при вернулся к прохождению спецификации,
образцы были испытаны при комнатной погружении образцов были усреднены но он не вернулся к исходному
температуре (~20°С) при низкой вместе. См. Рисунки с 1 по 4 для количеству поля для спецификации.
влажности. Образцы выдерживали отдельных результатов, представленных
при 30°С и относительной влажности графически. В таблице 1 приведены На рисунке 3 можно наблюдать влияние
90% в течение одной недели. Образцы полные результаты испытаний кабелей, погружения в воду на неэкранированном
возвращали к температуре 20°С и снова погруженных в воду. образце промышленного
тестировали. кабеля. Образец потерял запас
На рисунке 1 отчетливо видно влияние производительности в воде, но не
воды на продукт, предназначенный потерпел неудачу в спецификации.
для использования в помещении. Когда образец высушивался, запас
3 Результаты Образец прошел путь от прохождения производительности находился в
спецификации с запасом до полного пределах диапазона, допустимого для
испытаний отказа, когда он был погружен в воду. погрешности измерения от базового
Когда образец был высушен, образец все измерения.
3.1 Кабели, погруженные в воду еще не соответствовал спецификации
Результаты испытаний образцов, которые потери при вставке. На рисунке 4 показано влияние
были погружены в воду, сравнивались испытания водой на образец
с базовыми результатами для тех Образец внешнего кабеля для экранированного промышленного
же кабелей. Изменения параметров установки на рисунке 2 потерял запас кабеля. Запас вносимых потерь
электрических характеристик были вносимых потерь и не соответствовал варьировался меньше, чем допустимый
тривиальными, за исключением спецификации при погружении в воду. диапазон погрешности измерения от
параметра вносимые потери. Когда образец высох, результат теста базового измерения для всего теста.
Импеданс не показал ожидаемого
изменения. Параметр вносимых потерь
▼▼ Таблица 1: Запас вносимых потерь (%) образцов, погруженных в воду на несколько недель
показал большие изменения для
большинства образцов, которые были Погр в Погр 1 Погр 2 Погр 3
протестированы. Образец База Сухой
воду неделю неделю неделю
Была применена спецификация потерь Кабель в помещении 2.3 -8.6 -9.3 -10.7 -11.4 -3.5
категории 5е к вносимым потерям,
и были рассчитаны минимальные
Кабель снаружи
запасы для потерь на внесение 3.8 -2.1 -5.7 -7.6 -8.2 1.0
установки
продукции. Эти минимальные поля
были построены и сопоставлены Неэкранированный
4.4 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.9 3.9
для каждого из продуктов, чтобы промышленный
определить, насколько погружение в
воду повлияло на производительность Экранированный
13.3 12.0 13.0 12.6 13.3 12.8
продукта. промышленный

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В таблице 1, изменение во времени в плохие характеристики, имели очень оболочки, влагоудержание, влияние
вносимых потерь образцов в воде можно большую длину парных прокладок длины парных слоев, конструктивные
наблюдать. Кабели промышленного и тонкую оболочку кабеля. Эти факторы, такие как экранирование,
Ethernet имели стабильный запас особенности сделают кабель более различные уровни влажной или влажной
вносимых потерь в течение времени чувствительным к электрическим среды и различную продолжительность.
после погружения. Два других продукта воздействиям окружающей среды.
показали ухудшение характеристик при Изделия с более высокой частотой Для установок в средах, где кабели
продолжении погружения. (например, кабель для наружной будут подвергаться воздействию
установки категории 6 с малой длиной воды, могут быть сделаны следующие
3.2 Кабели во влажной среде прокладки) или кабели с более толстой рекомендации. Дополнительный запас
Образцы многожильных и одножильных оболочкой (для более жестких условий) должен быть встроен в установку, в
кабелей были испытаны при комнатной также могут противостоять воздействию которой ожидается наличие мокрого
температуре и низкой влажности, а затем влажной среды. кабеля.
снова при комнатной температуре после
кондиционирования при повышенной Материал оболочки также имеет Это может быть достигнуто выбором
температуре и влажности в течение значение, как видно из результатов кабеля или установкой конструкции
одной недели. Образец твердого испытаний внутреннего кабеля, которые для вносимых потерь (обычно управляя
проводника не показал изменений в деградировали и не восстанавливались длиной пробега). Экранированные
высоких электрических параметрах. при высыхании. Этот образец кабеля, продукты и продукты, которые
Образец многожильного проводника скорее всего, впитал воду в свою разработаны так, чтобы противостоять
потерял 2,5% маржи вносимых потерь по оболочку. Эта вода влияла на свойства воздействию электрической среды, будут
сравнению со спецификацией категории материала даже после высыхания меньше всего подвержены воздействию
5е. кабеля. воды. Рекомендуется подключать
гибкие многожильные кабели перед их
То же самое тестирование базовой Неэкранированная промышленная установкой во влажную среду или как
линии и кондиционирования продукция испытывала снижение можно скорее после установки. n
влажности проводилось на производительности при погружении
многожильных и одножильных кабелях в воду, но восстанавливала все, кроме Работа опубликована с разрешения
с присоединенными разъемами 0,5% своего запаса производительности участников 67-ой конференции IWCS,
(штекерами). Результаты после при высыхании. Эта потеря запаса Провиденс, Род-Айленд, октябрь 2018.
кондиционирования не показали находится в пределах ожидаемой
изменений по сравнению с исходными ошибки измерения в тесте.
измерениями.
Сравнивая эту продукцию с внутренним
кабелем, длина парных прокладок
немного отличается, а пластикаты
4 Анализ и выводы разные. Свойства материала оболочки
являются наиболее вероятной причиной
Ни одна продукция в этом обзоре того, что этот продукт не оставался
не предназначена для длительного ухудшенным при высыхании. Если
погружения в воду. В практических оболочка не впитывает воду, результат,
установках кабель не может быть возвращаемый после высыхания кабеля,
пропитан водой по всей длине, и кабель является ожидаемым результатом.
может высохнуть после намокания.
Этот набор испытаний преувеличивает Результаты испытаний на влажность
влияние воды из окружающей среды, совпали с ожиданиями. Изделия с
чтобы попытаться определить тенденции многожильным проводом, такие как
с небольшой популяцией испытаний. соединительный кабель или гибкий
промышленный кабель, могут не
После рассмотрения дизайна впитывать воду, если они остаются
испытанных образцов кабеля открытыми. Терминированные
пересмотренные ожидания совпали продукты не пострадают от этой потери
с результатами. Конструктивные производительности, так как влажность
особенности, которые используются для не впитается в проводник.
более высоких частотных характеристик,
такие как узкая длина скручивания и Этот обзор кабелей показал некоторые
толстые кабельные оболочки, влияют на результаты, которые заслуживают
взаимодействие кабеля с окружающей дальнейшего изучения. Некоторые
средой. Экранированные продукты, типы кабелей показали ухудшение
которые обычно обладают высокой результатов во время погружения
защитой от электрических воздействий образцов. Более длительные
окружающей среды, демонстрируют эксперименты с погружением могли бы
высокую устойчивость к воздействию исследовать, насколько далеко может
влажной среды. Эти экранированные прогрессировать эта деградация. Также Berk-Tek LLC
продукты защищают сердечник кабеля было бы целесообразно исследовать 132 White Oak Road
не только электрической изоляцией, но составы оболочки, используемые во New Holland
и создают барьер, через который вода влажных и влажных продуктах, чтобы Pennsylvania 17557
не проникает. определить, как эти материалы со USA
временем взаимодействуют с водой. Тел: +1 717 354 6200
Образец внешнего кабеля и образец Дальнейшие исследования могут Email: [email protected]
внутреннего кабеля, которые имели оценить проницаемость материала

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Condat lance sur le marché de nouvelles

huiles pour frappe à froid
Depuis 2015, les hydrocarbures Au début de l’année 2018, Condat
aromatiques polycycliques (HAP) et a sollicité son propre laboratoire de
le benzopyrène (BaP) sont un sujet de Recherche et de Développement pour
préoccupation dans l’industrie du travail travailler sur de nouvelles formules
des métaux. En effet, certains produits d’huiles de frappe à froid ayant un impact
dérivés du pétrole, notamment les neutre en termes de BaP. Au-delà de son
lubrifiants de processus, peuvent libérer engagement RSE, l’entreprise souhaite
des HAP et BaP dans des conditions également répondre aux préoccupations
d’exploitation difficiles. des équipementiers automobiles et
fournir à ses clients les produits les
Pour plus de vigilance, l’Assurance plus sûrs possibles. L’objectif était de
maladie a émis une recommandation co-développer avec de grands groupes
(référence R.451), concernant la automobiles un produit ultra-performant
«Prévention des risques chimiques destiné aux opérations de formage très
liés aux fluides de coupe». Cette difficiles.
recommandation utilise les données
fournies par l’INRS sur les risques et les Après 6 mois de recherche, Extrugliss HT
seuils liés au BaP contenu dans les huiles 268 VP voit le jour. En partenariat avec ▲ Huile pour frappe à froid Extrugliss HT 268 VP de
de coupe pures neuves et ceux en service. un équipementier automobile, le produit Condat
est testé pendant près de 12 mois sur Elle résiste à l’oxydation, permet
Bien que ce problème soit régulièrement des opérations de frappe à froid pour la d’augmenter la durée de vie des bains
soulevé lors de l’utilisation d’huiles fabrication de pignons et moyeux pour et facilite le dégraissage en prévenant
d’usinage pures, il n’existe aucune sièges et, comme déclaré, a montré de la formation de résidus collants sur les
recommandation pour les opérations de très bons résultats. pièces.
frappe à froid.
Disponible à la vente depuis juin 2019, De plus, moins volatile, elle limite
Guidée par ses principes HSE (santé, Extrugliss HT 268 VP se positionne comme l’évaporation d’huile et la génération de
sécurité et environnement) et RSE un produit haut de gamme spécialement brouillard permettant ainsi d’améliorer
(responsabilité sociale des entreprises), formulé pour les opérations extrêmes l’atmosphère dans les ateliers de travail.
Condat a décidé d’aller plus loin en générant une chaleur excessive (acier
prenant en compte cette question et en inoxydable, acier allié à haute limite Cette huile de frappe à froid à double
anticipant la réglementation. élastique, etc.). usage offre des caractéristiques de
lubrification aux composants mécaniques
Les connaissances approfondies de Développée pour résoudre les problèmes des machines de frappe à froid ainsi
l’entreprise sur la manière de réduire les d’émissions de BaP, cette huile de frappe qu’une bonne lubrification pour les
HAP/BaP dans les huiles d’usinage en à froid pure est formulée à partir d’huiles opérations de déformation, et affiche une
service ont conduit au développement de base de haute qualité, hautement viscosité de 68 cst.
des huiles de la série Neat Green, dont raffinées, et contient moins de composés
la teneur en BaP n’augmente pas après 1 résiduels susceptibles de se détériorer en Condat SA
500 heures d’usinage. formant des HAP. www.condat.fr

Bourrage de câble granulé et composant imperméable

Electric Cable Compounds (ECC) est un fournisseur mondial de composés élastomériques et polyoléfiniques de haute
performance, réticulables et thermoplastiques. L’entreprise peut fournir deux composés de remplissage de câbles en élastomère
ignifuge qui sont granulés, extrudables, non halogénés et conformes à la directive RoHS.

CableFill®200 et CableFill®300 sont conçus pour offrir une gamme d’avantages

aux fabricants de câbles : ils maintiennent la forme du câble, ils préviennent la
déformation et la sollicitation des composants du câble, ils comblent les fissures
et les espaces vides, ils fournissent des avantages ignifuges supplémentaires à
l’ensemble de la construction et ils réduisent la pénétration d’eau. Tout en isolant
les composants individuels des câbles du contact, ils n’en compromettent pas la
flexibilité globale. Ils sont colorables, faciles à peler et faciles à travailler à basses
températures. Les applications typiques sont les câbles de transport public, les
câbles miniers et les câbles de bord à faible toxicité.

CableFill300, qui est le câble plus ignifuge des deux types, a un indice LOI de 48;
CableFill 200 a une LOI de 36. Les deux composés sont conçus pour être traités sur
des équipements d’extrusion conventionnels.

▲ CableFill maintient la forme du câble tout en Electric Cable Compounds, Inc

comblant les vides www.electriccablecompounds.com

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Metalube nomme de nouveaux respons-

ables du développement commercial
Le fabricant de lubrifiants Metalube a nommé Songul Facey
et Adrian Day comme responsables du développement
commercial.

Mme Facey a près de 20 ans d’expérience dans l’industrie

des lubrifiants et rejoint la société depuis sa ville d’origine:
Istanbul, en Turquie. Récemment, son expérience s’est
concentrée dans le secteur du tréfilage de fils, des panneaux
de bois et de l’industrie automobile, mais dans le passé elle a
également travaillé dans les secteurs de l’acier et du fer, des
pièces de rechange automobiles et des dispositifs de fixation.

«Je suis très heureuse de rejoindre Metalube. Je viens de

terminer une maîtrise en administration des affaires, et la
taille de l’entreprise, sa réputation d’entreprise de lubrifiants
à croissance rapide et exceptionnellement innovatrice, ainsi
que mon désir de jouer un rôle plus international, en ont fait
une excellente solution. J’ai également un diplôme d’ingénieur
et j’aime identifier les problèmes, trouver des solutions et
améliorer l’efficacité» a déclaré Mme Facey en commentant
son nouveau rôle. ▲ Adrian Day ▲ Songul Facey

«Songul sera un atout très précieux pour l’équipe. C’est une développement de nouvelles affaires, des ventes et travaillera
personne fiable qui travaille en équipe, avec d’excellentes en étroite collaboration avec les clients existants, en particulier
capacités de leadership et de communication. Tout cela, en Afrique, en Australasie, en Chine, en Inde et en Asie du
combiné à son expérience en ingénierie, font d’elle une Sud-Est» a commenté M. Hunt.
formule gagnante. Nous sommes enthousiastes que son
déménagement au Royaume-Uni soit déjà un tel succès» a «J’ai commencé ma carrière dans le secteur des lubrifiants en
ajouté Douglas Hunt, directeur commercial. 1995 chez Texaco Lubricants, qui est devenu plus tard Chevron
UK. De mes souvenirs, j’ai toujours ressenti un intérêt et une
Le deuxième nouveau titulaire, M. Day, possède une fascination pour toutes les choses mécaniques et je me suis
vaste expérience de plus de vingt ans dans l’industrie des demandé quel était leurs buts ou à quoi elles servaient. La
lubrifiants, y compris les huit dernières années au cours seule chose qu’ils ont tous en commun, sont les lubrifiants.
desquelles il s’est concentré sur les lubrifiants spéciaux utilisés D’une Ferrari à une frégate de la Royal Navy en passant
dans l’industrie du tréfilage, des câbles métalliques et des par une tréfileuse, une lubrification efficace et correcte est
tuyaux non ferreux. «C’est formidable d’avoir Adrian avec essentielle» a déclaré M. Day.
nous. Il a une expérience exceptionnelle et sa personnalité
amicale et très positive s’intégrera parfaitement dans Metalube Ltd
notre philosophie d’entreprise. Hunt sera responsable du www.metalube.co.uk

Climat d’investissement stable en Amérique du Sud

Du 1er au 3 octobre 2019, l’Expo Exhibition dans la production, la finition et le au Brésil. Au cours des trois jours de la
& Convention Center de São Paulo, au traitement des tubes, les accessoires pour foire, presque 13 000 visiteurs se sont
Brésil, a servi de lieu de rencontre pour tubes et le commerce des tubes. rendus à São Paulo, dont 95% venaient
les experts régionaux et internationaux du Brésil. Le reste venait de pays voisins
de l’industrie du fil, du câble et des L’intérêt des entreprises nationales et comme le Chili, la Colombie, l’Argentine,
tuyaux. 186 exposants ont présenté internationales à se positionner en la Bolivie, le Paraguay, le Mexique, le
des machines, des équipements et Amérique du Sud et donc à investir dans Pérou et l’Uruguay, ainsi que d’Inde, du
des services innovants sur une surface les machines et dans les équipements Canada et de Chine.
d’exposition d’environ 5 000 m2 aux foires semble élevé, même dans un contexte
commerciales wire South America et économique difficile sur le continent Les produits exposés aux deux salons
Tubotech. Le nouveau hall d’exposition sud-américain. 106 entreprises originaires sont indispensables, notamment dans les
1, plus facilement accessible grâce à son de 15 pays se sont présentées à wire domaines des infrastructures, de l’énergie
emplacement central, a été occupé pour South America 2019, tandis que le salon et de la technologie automobile et de
la première fois. parallèle Tubotech pour tubes a attiré 80 l’agriculture. Les visiteurs provenaient
exposants de 11 pays. principalement du secteur pétrolier et
Les dernières innovations technologiques gazier, de l’industrie automobile, du
dans les domaines de l’usinage et de Pour la troisième fois, il y a eu une secteur du bâtiment, des constructions
la transformation des métaux, de la participation du gouvernement Allemand métalliques et de l’industrie minière.
technique de soudage et de l’industrie pour les secteurs du fil et du câble. Dix
du fil et du câble ont été présentées, ainsi entreprises ont profité de cette occasion Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
que les tendances et les technologies pour démontrer leur propre expérience www.wire-south-america.com

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Câbles en environnements
humides
Par Brian Marchant, Berk-Tek LLC, New Holland, Pennsylvania, États-Unis

Résumé Les produits Ethernet d’intérieur ne sont

généralement pas conçus pour tolérer les
Dans le cadre des paramètres des
performances électriques, on s’attendait
endroits humides. Les âmes des câbles ne à ce que l’affaiblissement d’insertion et
Les environnements industriels et les
sont pas hydrofuges et les matériaux de l’impédance soient les paramètres les
installations extérieures peuvent être
la gaine sont choisis pour leurs propriétés plus affectés par la présence de l’eau à
humides ou mouillés. Les produits de la
électriques et leur sécurité contre les l’extérieur de l’âme du câble. L’impédance
catégorie des câbles de communication
incendies. est caractérisée par des composantes
qui sont installés dans ces environnements
environnementales (la capacité entre la
doivent pouvoir fonctionner sans
Les produits Ethernet industriels font paire de transmission et les matériaux
problème lorsqu’ils sont installés. Les tests
partie d’une large gamme de câbles environnants a un impact sur la même).
typiques utilisés pour évaluer ces produits
conçus pour fonctionner dans des L’affaiblissement d’insertion augmente
déterminent si de l’eau peut pénétrer
environnements qui provoqueraient lorsque les champs électriques sont
dans les connecteurs ou se propager
une défaillance des câbles standard. Ces absorbés par un milieu à perte élevée.
jusqu’à l’âme du câble. Contrairement
à ces essais typiques, cette étude se produits peuvent ou non être conçus
penchera sur les essais qui évaluent les pour résister aux contraintes des endroits
extérieurs et humides.
performances électriques des câbles qui
sont immergés dans l’eau. Cela permettra
2 Configuration
de mieux comprendre l’effet complet des Lorsque les câbles Ethernet sont exposés
à l’eau, leurs performances peuvent
de l’essai
environnements humides ou mouillés sur
le câblage structuré. être affectées de plusieurs manières 2.1 Câbles immergés dans l’eau
différentes. Un environnement avec Des échantillons de différents types de
Les performances haute fréquence de l’eau à l’extérieur du câble causera câbles réalisés par divers fabricants ont
d’un câble non blindé peuvent être plus de pertes qu’un environnement été enroulés et fixés pour conserver
affectées par le fait que l’environnement aérien. Le plastique de la gaine peut être leur forme. Ces échantillons ont été
d’installation du câble est l’eau plutôt suffisamment perméable pour permettre à essayés pour évaluer les paramètres de
que l’air. Cet effet est atténué grâce à la l’eau de s’infiltrer; l’eau peut donc pénétrer performance électrique à l’aide d’un
conception de la gaine et au blindage. dans l’âme du câble. Les barrières telles équipement d’essai automatisé. Ces tests
que les feuilles métalliques peuvent ont été traités comme une référence de
Les conducteurs toronnés installés empêcher l’eau de se propager jusqu’à base pour les échantillons pour le reste
dans des environnements humides cette dernière. des essais.
peuvent laisser pénétrer de l’humidité
dans le câble, ce qui peut causer des L’eau peut passer à travers la gaine et Les échantillons de câbles essayés
défaillances. Certains connecteurs pour les pénétrer dans l’âme du câble en se comprenaient les éléments suivants. La
environnements industriels sont conçus propageant à travers le matériau de la totalité des câbles étaient quatre paires de
pour éviter ce problème. L’étude de l’effet gaine ou en passant à travers les trous câbles Ethernet classés de catégorie 5e.
de l’eau et de l’humidité sur le câble, causés par les dommages d’installation.
permet de formuler des recommandations Si de l’eau pénètre dans l’âme du câble, Un échantillon de câble Ethernet vertical
d’installation pour les câbles Ethernet elle peut se propager aux composants non blindé équipé d’une gaine en PVC a
à paires torsadées dans les endroits électroniques à l’extrémité du tronçon de été utilisé pour représenter les produits de
humides. câble ou provoquer des courts-circuits à câbles d’intérieur. Un échantillon de câble
l’intérieur de ce dernier. L’un ou l’autre de pour installation extérieure avec une gaine
ces effets peut endommager le tronçon du en polyéthylène résistant à la lumière
câble. solaire et à l’eau et avec une âme remplie
1 Introduction de gel a été utilisé pour représenter les
Les lignes de transmission des paires du produits de câbles extérieurs. Un câble
L’eau peut absorber les signaux câble sont conçues pour fonctionner avec Ethernet industriel vertical non blindé
électriques. Les câbles Ethernet conçus une gaine dans un environnement avec de destiné à des applications extérieures avec
en tenant compte de l’exposition à l’eau l’air. Si la gaine du câble absorbe de l’eau, une gaine en PVC, conçu pour résister
sont réalisés avec des matériaux de cela modifie ses propriétés électriques à l’huile et aux environnements non
construction différents de ceux des câbles (perte, diélectrique). Les performances difficiles, a été utilisé pour représenter les
d’intérieur. Il peut y avoir des produits électriques du câble diminuent lorsque produits Ethernet industriels non blindés.
conformes aux normes ANSI/ICEA qui ces propriétés changent. Même si la gaine
ont des caractéristiques de résistance à n’absorbe pas d’eau, un environnement Un câble Ethernet industriel avec un
la pénétration de l’eau et à la lumière du avec de l’eau (plutôt que de l’air) autour blindage en feuille métallique recouvert
soleil plutôt que des caractéristiques de du câble peut modifier les performances d’une tresse (SF/UTP), classé comme
sécurité incendie et anti-fumée. électriques à haute fréquence. câble vertical et résistant aux intempéries

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équipé d’une gaine TPE très flexible, a

Marge mini de l’affaiblissement d’insertion (%)

Marge mini de l’affaiblissement d’insertion (%)
été utilisé pour représenter les produits
Ethernet industriels blindés.

Après les essais de référence, les

échantillons ont été ensuite placés dans
des récipients en plastique remplis d’eau.
La partie enroulée de l’échantillon a
été complètement immergé dans l’eau.
Les extrémités des échantillons ont été
maintenues à l’extérieur du récipient à la
distance nécessaire pour se connecter à Base de référence Immergé Sec Base de référence Immergé Sec
l’équipement d’essai, c’est-à-dire environ
deux mètres à chaque extrémité. Les ▲▲ Figure 1: Résultat de l’essai du câble d’intérieur ▲▲ Figure 2: Résultat de l’essai du câble d’extérieur
échantillons ont été testés à l’aide de
l’équipement d’essai automatisé lorsqu’ils

Marge mini de l’affaiblissement d’insertion (%)

Marge mini de l’affaiblissement d’insertion (%)

ont été immergés pour la première fois

dans l’eau et de nouveau périodiquement
pendant plusieurs semaines.

Les échantillons ont été retirés des

récipients d’eau et complètement séchés.
Les échantillons ont de nouveau été
testés à l’aide de l’équipement d’essai
automatisé.
Base de référence Immergé Sec Base de référence Immergé Sec
2.2 Câbles dans un environnement
humide ▲▲ Figure 3: Résultat de l’essai du câble industriel non ▲▲ Figure 4: Résultat de l’essai du câble industriel
Des échantillons de câbles conducteurs blindé blindé
toronnés et massifs ont été testés à
température ambiante (~20°C) et à ont été calculées. Ces marges minimales L’échantillon du câble extérieur
faible humidité. Les échantillons ont été ont été représentées graphiquement représenté à la Figure 2 a perdu sa marge
conditionnés à 30°C et 90% d’humidité et comparées pour chaque produit d’affaiblissement d’insertion et n’a pas
relative pendant une semaine. Les afin de déterminer dans quelle mesure satisfait aux spécifications lorsqu’il a été
échantillons ont été ramenés à 20°C et l’immersion dans l’eau a eu une incidence immergé dans l’eau. Lorsque l’échantillon
testés à nouveau. sur les performances du produit. Par souci a été séché, le résultat de l’essai est allé
de simplicité, on a calculé la moyenne des au-delà de la spécification, mais il n’a pas
D’autres échantillons du même matériau mesures prises lorsque les échantillons atteint la marge initiale par rapport à la
ont été pourvus de raccordements pour ont été submergés. Voir les Figures de 1 à spécification.
connecteurs pour câbles Ethernet et pour 4 pour les résultats individuels présentés
connecteurs pour câbles industriels, selon sous forme graphique. Le Tableau 1 Dans la Figure 3, l’on peut observer
le cas. Ces échantillons ont été testés présente les résultats complets des essais l’effet de l’immersion dans l’eau sur
à température ambiante (~20°C) et à pour les câbles immergés dans l’eau. un échantillon de câble industriel non
faible humidité. Les échantillons ont été blindé. L’échantillon a perdu sa marge
conditionnés à 30°C et 90% d’humidité Dans la Figure 1, l’impact de l’eau sur le de performance lorsqu’il a été immergé
relative pendant une semaine. Les produit à usage intérieur est clairement dans l’eau, mais il reste conforme aux
échantillons ont été ramenés à 20°C et visible. L’échantillon est passé de la spécifications.
testés à nouveau. conformité aux spécifications avec une
marge jusqu’à la défaillance complète Lorsque l’échantillon a été séché, la
après avoir été submergé dans l’eau. marge de performance se situait à
Lorsque l’échantillon a été séché, il n’était l’intérieur de la marge d’erreur admissible
3 Résultats des essais toujours pas conforme à la spécification de pour la mesure à partir de la mesure de
l’affaiblissement d’insertion. référence.
3.1 Câbles immergés dans l’eau
Les résultats des essais pour les
échantillons immergés dans l’eau ont ▼▼ Tableau 1: Marge d’affaiblissement d’insertion (%) des échantillons immergés dans l’eau pendant plusieurs
semaines
été comparés aux résultats de référence
pour les mêmes câbles. Les variations 1ère 2ème 3ème
des paramètres de performance Base de Immergé
Échantillon semaine semaine semaine Sec
électrique ont été négligeables, sauf référence dans l’eau
d’immersion d’immersion d’immersion
pour le paramètre de l’affaiblissement
d’insertion. L’impédance n’indiquait pas Câble
2.3 -8.6 -9.3 -10.7 -11.4 -3.5
le changement prévu. Le paramètre de d’intérieur
l’affaiblissement d’insertion a montré des Câble
changements importants pour la plupart d’extérieur
3.8 -2.1 -5.7 -7.6 -8.2 1.0
des échantillons testés.
Câble industriel
4.4 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.9 3.9
La spécification concernant l’affaiblisse- non blindé
ment d’insertion de catégorie 5e a été
Câble industriel
appliquée et les marges minimales pour 13.3 12.0 13.0 12.6 13.3 12.8
blindé
l’affaiblissement d’insertion des produits

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La Figure 4 montre l’impact de l’essai en serrées et des gaines de câble épaisses, Cette étude sur les câbles a montré
eau sur un échantillon de câble indus- influencent l’interaction du câble avec certains résultats qui méritent d’être
triel blindé. La marge d’affaiblissement son environnement. Les produits blindés, étudiés davantage. Certains types
d’insertion a varié de moins que la marge qui en général offrent une protection de câbles présentaient des résultats
d’erreur de mesure admissible par rapport élevée contre les effets électriques de décevants au fil du temps lorsque les
à la mesure de référence pour l’ensemble l’environnement, présentent une grande échantillons étaient immergés. Des
de l’essai. résistance aux effets d’un environnement expériences d’immersion plus longues
humide. Ces produits blindés protègent pourraient permettre d’étudier dans
Dans le Tableau 1, l’on peut observer l’âme du câble non seulement au moyen quelle mesure cette détérioration pourrait
l’évolution dans le temps de l’affaiblisse- de l’isolation électrique, mais également progresser.
ment d’insertion des échantillons immergés grâce à une barrière par laquelle l’eau ne
dans l’eau. Les câbles Ethernet industriels peut pas pénétrer. Il serait également utile d’étudier les
présentent une marge d’affaiblissement composés de la gaine utilisés dans
d’insertion stable dans le temps une L’échantillon de câble d’extérieur et les produits pour les environnements
fois immergés. Les deux autres produits l’échantillon de câble d’intérieur qui humides et mouillés afin de déterminer
montrent des performances qui diminuent montraient de faibles performances, comment ces matériaux interagissent avec
à mesure que la durée de l’immersion présentaient de très longs pas de paires et l’eau au fil du temps.
augmente. une gaine de câble mince.
Des prochaines études pourront évaluer
3.2 Câbles dans un environnement Ces caractéristiques rendraient le câble la perméabilité des matériaux de la
humide plus sensible aux effets de l’électricité sur gaine, la rétention d’eau, l’impact de la
Des échantillons de câbles à conducteurs l’environnement. Les produits à fréquence longueur du pas de paires, les facteurs
toronnés et massifs ont été essayés plus élevée (tels que les câbles d’extérieur de construction tels que le blindage,
à température ambiante et à faible de catégorie 6 avec des longueurs de pas les différents niveaux d’environnement
humidité, de nouveau à température serrées) ou les câbles à gaine plus épaisse humide ou mouillé et les différentes
ambiante après conditionnement à (pour les environnements plus difficiles) durées.
température et humidité élevée pendant résisteraient également aux effets d’un
une semaine. L’échantillon du type à environnement humide. Pour les installations dans des
conducteur massif n’a montré aucun environnements où les câbles seront
changement dans les paramètres Le matériau de la gaine est également exposés à l’eau, les recommandations
électriques élevés. L’échantillon de con- important comme le montre le suivantes peuvent être faites. Une marge
ducteurs torsadés a perdu 2,5% de sa résultat du test effectué sur les câbles supplémentaire devrait être intégrée dans
marge d’affaiblissement d’insertion par d’intérieur, indiquant une diminution des une installation qui s’attend à ce que le
rapport à la spécification de catégorie 5e. performances qui ne se sont pas rétablies câble soit mouillé.
après le séchage. Cet échantillon de câble
Les mêmes essais de référence et de a très probablement absorbé de l’eau dans Ceci peut être réalisé par le choix du câble
conditionnement à l’humidité ont été sa gaine. Cette eau a affecté les propriétés ou par la conception de l’installation pour
effectués sur des câbles à conducteurs du matériau même après le séchage du l’affaiblissement d’insertion (généralement
toronnés et massifs avec des connecteurs câble. en contrôlant les longueurs du tronçon du
(fiches) attachés. Les résultats obtenus câble).
après le conditionnement n’ont montré Le produit industriel non blindé a subi
aucune variation par rapport aux mesures une dégradation de ses performances Les produits blindés et les produits conçus
de référence. pendant son immersion, mais il a récupéré pour résister aux effets de l’environnement
la totalité de sa marge de performance, électrique seront moins affectés par
sauf 0,5%, lorsqu’il a été séché. Cette l’exposition à l’eau. Il est recommandé de
perte de marge se situe à l’intérieur de terminer les câbles souples toronnés avant
4 Analyse et l’erreur de mesure prévue dans le test. de les installer dans des environnements
conclusions En comparant ce produit au câble
humides ou le plus tôt possible après
l’installation. n
d’intérieur, les longueurs de pas des
Aucun des produits de cette étude n’est paires sont légèrement différentes et les Avec l’aimable autorisation de IWCS Cable
destiné à l’immersion à long terme dans composés plastiques sont différents. and Connectivity Symposium, Rhode Island,
l’eau. Dans les installations pratiques, la
États-Unis, octobre 2018.
longueur totale du câble n’est pas trempé Les propriétés du matériau de l’enveloppe
dans l’eau et le câble peut se sécher après sont la raison la plus probable pour
avoir été mouillé. laquelle ce produit n’est pas resté dégradé
lorsqu’il a été séché.
Cette configuration d’essai offre une vision
amplifiée de l’effet de l’environnement Si la gaine n’a pas absorbé l’eau, le retour
avec de l’eau pour tenter de déterminer de la performance lorsque le câble a été
les tendances sur la base de quelques séché est le résultat attendu.
échantillons d’essai.
Les résultats des essais d’humidité ont
Après un nouvel examen de la structure répondu aux attentes. Les produits Berk-Tek LLC
des échantillons de câbles essayés, les conducteurs toronnés comme les cordons 132 White Oak Road
attentes révisées correspondent aux de raccordement ou les câbles industriels New Holland
résultats. flexibles peuvent absorber de l’eau Pennsylvania 17557
s’ils y sont exposés. Les produits avec États-Unis
Les caractéristiques de conception raccordements ne seront pas sujets à Tel: +1 717 354 6200
utilisées pour des performances haute cette perte de performance car l’humidité Email: [email protected]
fréquence, telles que des longueurs de pas ne s’infiltrera pas dans le conducteur.

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Condat lancia sul mercato nuovi oli per

stampaggio a freddo
Gli idrocarburi policiclici aromatici All’inizio del 2018, Condat ha chiesto al
(IPA) e il benzopirene (BaP) suscitano proprio laboratorio di ricerca e sviluppo di
molta preoccupazione nell’industria mettere a punto nuove formule di oli per
metallurgica sin dal 2015. stampaggio a freddo a impatto neutro in
termini di BaP.
Alcuni prodotti derivati dal petrolio,
come i lubrificanti di processo, possono Oltre all’impegno da un punto di vista
rilasciare IPA e BaP in condizioni operative della responsabilità sociale d’impresa,
gravose. l’azienda desidera anche rispondere alle
preoccupazioni dei fornitori del settore
Per garantire una maggiore vigilanza, automobilistico e fornire ai clienti prodotti
l’autorità sanitaria francese ha emanato più sicuri possibile.
una raccomandazione (riferimento R.451),
riguardante la “Prevenzione dei rischi L’obiettivo era quello di sviluppare
chimici causati dai fluidi da taglio”. assieme ai principali gruppi
automobilistici un prodotto ad alte
Tale raccomandazione utilizza i dati forniti prestazioni destinato ad operazioni di ▲▲ Olio per stampaggio a freddo Extrugliss HT 268 VP
dall’INRS sulle soglie e sui rischi legati formatura molto complesse. di Condat
al BaP contenuto negli oli da taglio puri e contiene meno composti residui che
nuovi e in quelli in servizio. Dopo sei mesi di ricerca, è stato creato possono deteriorarsi formando degli IPA.
Extrugliss HT 268 VP. In collaborazione con
Sebbene questo problema venga un fornitore automobilistico, il prodotto Resiste all’ossidazione, aumenta la vita dei
regolarmente sollevato quando si è stato testato per circa 12 mesi su bagni e facilita lo sgrassaggio prevenendo
utilizzano oli per macchinari puri, operazioni di stampaggio a freddo per la la formazione di residui vischiosi sulle
non sono previste raccomandazioni produzione di pignoni e mozzi per sedili parti. È inoltre meno volatile e limita
per le operazioni di stampaggio a e, come dichiarato, ha evidenziato buoni l’evaporazione dell’olio e la generazione
freddo. Guidata dai propri principi HSE risultati. di nebbia, migliorando l’atmosfera nelle
(salute, sicurezza e ambiente) e CSR officine.
(responsabilità sociale d’impresa), Condat Disponibile per la vendita dal giugno
ha deciso di andare oltre tenendo conto 2019, Extrugliss HT 268 VP si posiziona Questo olio per stampaggio a freddo
di questo problema e anticipando la come prodotto di alta qualità a doppia funzione offre ai componenti
normativa. specificamente formulato per operazioni meccanici delle attrezzature per
estreme che generano calore eccessivo lo stampaggio a freddo ottime
La profonda conoscenza dell’azienda su (acciaio inossidabile, acciaio legato ad alto caratteristiche di lubrificazione e una
come ridurre i contenuti di IPA/BaP negli limite elastico, ecc.). buona lubrificazione per le operazioni di
oli per macchinari in servizio ha portato deformazione, presentando una viscosità
allo sviluppo di oli puri della serie Neat Sviluppato per risolvere i problemi di 68 cst.
Green, che non presentano un aumento di emissioni di BaP, l’olio puro per
del contenuto di BaP dopo 1.500 ore di stampaggio a freddo è formulato con oli Condat SA
lavorazione. base di alta qualità, altamente raffinati, www.condat.fr

Riempimento pellettizzato per cavi e composto idrorepellente

Electric Cable Compounds (ECC) è un fornitore globale di composti elastomerici e poliolefinici reticolabili e termoplastici ad alte
prestazioni. L’azienda è in grado di fornire due composti di riempimento per cavi elastomerici ignifughi, che sono pellettizzati,
estrudibili, non alogenati e conformi alla direttiva RoHS.

CableFill®200 e CableFill®300 sono progettati per fornire una serie di vantaggi ai

produttori di cavi: mantengono la forma del cavo, prevengono deformazione e
sollecitazione dei componenti del cavo, riempiono fessure/spazi vuoti, forniscono
ulteriori vantaggi ignifughi all’intera struttura e riducono l’ingresso di acqua.
Pur isolando i singoli componenti del cavo dal contatto, essi non pregiudicano
la flessibilità complessiva del cavo. Sono colorabili, facili da pelare e facilmente
lavorabili a basse temperature. Le applicazioni tipiche includono cavi per mezzi
di trasporto collettivo, cavi per l’industria mineraria e cavi di bordo con una bassa
tossicità.

CableFill300, che è il composto con maggiore capacità ignifuga fra le delle due
qualità, presenta un LOI di 48; CableFill 200 prevede un LOI di 36. Entrambi i
composti sono progettati per essere lavorati su impianti di estrusione convenzionali.

▲▲ CableFill mantiene la forma del cavo mentre Electric Cable Compounds, Inc
riempie le fessure www.electriccablecompounds.com

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Metalube nomina nuovi responsabili per lo

sviluppo commerciale
L’azienda produttrice di lubrificanti Metalube ha nominato
Songul Facey e Adrian Day come responsabili per lo sviluppo
commerciale.

La signora Facey ha quasi 20 anni di esperienza nel settore dei

lubrificanti e arriva all’azienda dalla propria città di Istanbul,
in Turchia. La sua esperienza più recente si è concentrata nel
settore della trafilatura, dei pannelli in legno e dell’industria
automobilistica, ma in ruoli precedenti ha lavorato nei settori
dell’acciaio e del ferro, dei pezzi di ricambio per l’industria
automobilistica e degli elementi di fissaggio.

Commentando il suo nuovo ruolo, la signora Facey ha

dichiarato: “Sono entusiasta di entrare a far parte di Metalube.
Ho appena terminato un master in amministrazione aziendale,
e le dimensioni dell’azienda, la sua reputazione di azienda di
lubrificanti in rapida crescita ed eccezionalmente innovativa,
unita al mio desiderio di un ruolo più internazionale, hanno
fatto sì che fosse un’ottima soluzione. Ho anche una laurea in
ingegneria e mi piace identificare i problemi, trovare soluzioni
e migliorare l’efficienza”. ▲ Adrian Day ▲ Songul Facey

Il direttore commerciale Douglas Hunt ha aggiunto: “Songul nella nostra filosofia aziendale. Hunt sarà responsabile del
rappresenterà una risorsa molto preziosa per il team. È una nuovo sviluppo commerciale e delle vendite e lavorerà a
persona affidabile che lavora in team, con eccellenti capacità stretto contatto con i clienti esistenti, in particolare in Africa,
di leadership e di comunicazione. Queste, unite al suo Australasia, Cina, India e Sud-est asiatico”.
background ingegneristico, ne fanno una formula vincente.
Siamo entusiasti che il suo trasferimento nel Regno Unito si Day ha aggiunto: “Ho iniziato la mia carriera nel settore dei
stia già dimostrando un tale successo”. lubrificanti nel 1995 con Texaco Lubricants, diventato poi
Chevron UK. Da quando ne ho memoria ho sempre provato un
Il secondo nuovo incaricato, il signor Day, possiede una vasta interesse e un fascino per tutte le cose meccaniche e mi sono
esperienza, con più di vent’anni nel settore dei lubrificanti, chiesto quale era il loro scopo o a cosa servivano.
compresi gli ultimi otto durante i quali si è concentrato sui
lubrificanti speciali utilizzati nei settori della trafilatura, delle L’unica cosa che tutti hanno in comune sono i lubrificanti. Da
funi metalliche e dei tubi non ferrosi. una Ferrari a una fregata della Royal Navy a una trafilatrice, una
lubrificazione efficace e corretta è essenziale”.
Il signor Hunt ha commentato: “È fantastico avere Adrian
con noi. Ha un’esperienza eccezionale e la sua personalità Metalube Ltd
amichevole e altamente positiva si inserirà molto bene www.metalube.co.uk

Clima stabile per gli investimenti a wire South America

Dal 1° al 3 ottobre 2019, l’Expo Exhibition e le tecnologie per quanto riguarda la Nei tre giorni di fiera, si sono recati a San
& Convention Center di San Paolo, in produzione, la finitura e la lavorazione Paolo quasi 13.000 visitatori, il 95 per
Brasile, è stato un luogo di incontro dei tubi, gli accessori per tubi e il cento dei quali provenienti dal Brasile.
per gli esperti regionali e internazionali commercio dei tubi. L’interesse delle
dell’industria del filo, del cavo e dei aziende nazionali e internazionali a Il resto proveniva da paesi vicini come
tubi. 186 espositori hanno presentato posizionarsi in Sud America e ad investire Cile, Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia,
macchinari, attrezzature e servizi di conseguenza nei macchinari e nelle Paraguay, Messico, Perù e Uruguay, oltre
innovativi su circa 5.000m2 di superficie attrezzature appare elevato, anche in che da India, Canada e Cina.
espositiva alle fiere commerciali wire presenza di condizioni economiche
South America e Tubotech. difficili nel continente sudamericano. I prodotti esposti alle due fiere sono
A wire South America 2019 si sono indispensabili, soprattutto nei settori delle
Il nuovo padiglione 1, più facilmente presentate 106 aziende provenienti da 15 infrastrutture della tecnologia dell’energia
accessibile grazie alla sua posizione paesi, mentre la fiera per tubi Tubotech e della tecnologia automobilistica nonché
centrale, è stato occupato per la prima che si è tenuta contemporaneamente, ha dell’agricoltura. I visitatori provenivano
volta. attirato 80 espositori da 11 paesi. principalmente dal settore petrolifero e
del gas, dall’industria automobilistica,
Sono state presentate le ultime novità Per la terza volta vi è stata una dall’edilizia, dal settore delle costruzioni
tecnologiche nei settori della lavorazione partecipazione governativa tedesca per metalliche e dall’industria mineraria.
e trasformazione dei metalli, della i settori del filo e del cavo. Dieci aziende
tecnologia di saldatura e dell’industria hanno colto questa occasione per Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
del filo e del cavo, nonché le tendenze dimostrare la propria esperienza in Brasile. www.wire-south-america.com

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Cavi in ambienti umidi

A cura di Brian Marchant, Berk-Tek LLC, New Holland, Pennsylvania, Stati Uniti

Riassunto I nuclei dei cavi non sono idrorepellenti

e i materiali della guaina vengono scelti
maggiormente influenzati dalla presenza
di acqua all’esterno del nucleo del
Gli ambienti industriali e le installazioni per le proprietà elettriche e le prestazioni cavo. L’impedenza è caratterizzata da
esterne possono essere luoghi bagnati o antincendio. componenti ambientali: (la capacitanza
umidi. I prodotti della categoria dei cavi di tra la coppia di trasmissione e i materiali
comunicazione installati in questi ambienti I prodotti Ethernet industriali costituiscono circostanti ha un impatto sulla stessa).
devono essere in grado di funzionare una vasta gamma di cavi progettati per
senza problemi una volta installati. il funzionamento in ambienti in cui cavi La perdita di inserzione aumenta quando
normali non funzionerebbero. Questi i campi elettrici sono assorbiti da mezzi ad
Le prove tipiche che si usano per valutare prodotti possono essere o non essere alta perdita.
questi prodotti determinano se l’acqua progettati per gestire le sollecitazioni di
ambienti esterni e umidi.
entra nei connettori o se si propaga fino
al nucleo del cavo. A differenza di queste
2 Configurazione
prove tipiche, la presente indagine si Quando i cavi Ethernet sono esposti
all’acqua, le loro prestazioni possono
del test
concentrerà su prove che valutano le
prestazioni elettriche dei cavi immersi essere influenzate in diversi modi. 2.1 Cavi immersi in acqua
nell’acqua. Ciò consentirà di comprendere Un ambiente con presenza di acqua Campioni con varie strutture di cavi
meglio l´intero l’effetto dei luoghi bagnati all’esterno del cavo causerà allo stesso fabbricati da diversi produttori sono stati
o umidi sul cablaggio strutturato. perdite maggiori rispetto a un ambiente arrotolati e fissati per mantenere la loro
con presenza di aria. forma.
Le prestazioni ad alta frequenza di un cavo
non schermato possono essere influenzate La plastica della guaina può essere Questi campioni sono stati testati per
dal fatto che l’ambiente in cui si trova il sufficientemente permeabile per verificare i parametri di prestazione
cavo è costituito dall’acqua piuttosto che consentire all’acqua di infiltrarsi; l’acqua elettrica utilizzando delle apparecchiature
dall’aria. Questo effetto è attenuato dalla può pertanto penetrare nel nucleo del di prova automatizzate. Questi test sono
struttura della guaina e dalla schermatura. cavo. Barriere come lamine metalliche stati trattati come base di riferimento per i
possono impedire all’acqua di propagarsi campioni per la parte restante della prova.
I conduttori trefolati installati in ambienti al nucleo del cavo.
umidi possono lasciare penetrare l’umidità I campioni di cavi testati comprendevano
nel cavo, il che potrebbe causare dei L’acqua può passare attraverso la guaina quanto segue. Tutti i cavi erano costituiti
guasti. Alcuni connettori per ambienti nel nucleo del cavo propagandosi da quattro coppie di cavi Ethernet
industriali sono stati progettati per evitare attraverso il materiale della guaina o classificati nella categoria 5e.
questo problema. passando attraverso fori causati da danni
durante l’installazione. Se l’acqua penetra Un campione di cavo classificato verticale
Lo studio dell’effetto dell’acqua e nel nucleo del cavo, può propagarsi ai Ethernet non schermato dotato di guaina
dell’umidità sul cavo consente di componenti elettronici all’estremità del in PVC è stato utilizzato per rappresentare
formulare delle raccomandazioni per tratto del cavo o causare cortocircuiti i prodotti di cavi per interni. Un campione
l’installazione di cavi Ethernet a doppino all’interno dello stesso. Uno solo di questi di cavo per applicazioni esterne con
intrecciato in ambienti umidi. effetti danneggerebbe il tratto del cavo. guaina in polietilene resistente alla luce
solare e all’acqua e un nucleo riempito con
Le linee di trasmissione delle coppie nel gel è stato utilizzato per rappresentare i
cavo sono progettate per funzionare prodotti di cavi per applicazioni esterne.
1 Introduzione con una guaina in un ambiente con aria.
Se la guaina del cavo assorbe l’acqua, Per rappresentare i prodotti Ethernet
L’acqua può assorbire segnali elettrici. ciò provoca una variazione delle sue industriali non schermati è stato utilizzato
I cavi Ethernet progettati tenendo conto proprietà elettriche (perdita, dielettrico). un cavo verticale non schermato Ethernet
dell’esposizione all’acqua sono realizzati Le prestazioni elettriche del cavo industriale classificato per applicazioni
con materiali di struttura diversa rispetto ai diminuiscono quando queste proprietà si esterne con guaina in PVC, progettato per
cavi per interni. Si possono avere prodotti modificano. resistere all’olio e ad ambienti non difficili.
conformi alle norme ANSI/ICEA che
presentano caratteristiche di resistenza Anche se la guaina non assorbe l’acqua, un Per rappresentare i prodotti Ethernet
alla penetrazione dell’acqua e alla luce ambiente con presenza di acqua (anziché industriali schermati è stato utilizzato
solare piuttosto che caratteristiche di di aria) intorno al cavo può modificare le un cavo Ethernet industriale con una
sicurezza antincendio e antifumo. prestazioni elettriche ad alta frequenza. schermatura in lamina metallica ricoperta
da una calza (SF/UTP) classificato come
I prodotti Ethernet per interni non sono Tra i parametri delle prestazioni elettriche, cavo verticale e per applicazioni esterne
generalmente progettati per tollerare si pensava che la perdita di inserzione e dotato di una guaina in TPE altamente
luoghi umidi. e l’impedenza fossero i parametri flessibile.

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Dopo i test di riferimento, i campioni

sono stati poi collocati in recipienti di

(%) Margine min di perdita d’inserzione

(%) Margine min di perdita d’inserzione

plastica pieni d’acqua. La parte avvolta del
campione è stata completamente immersa
nell’acqua. Le estremità dei campioni
sono state tenute fuori dal recipiente
alla distanza necessaria per collegarsi
all’apparecchiatura di prova, cioè circa due
metri a ciascuna estremità I campioni sono
stati testati utilizzando l’apparecchiatura
di prova automatizzata dopo essere stati
immersi per la prima volta in acqua e Base di Immerso Asciutto Base di Immerso Asciutto
riferimento riferimento
di nuovo periodicamente per diverse
settimane. ▲▲ Figura 1: Risultato della prova con cavo per ▲▲ Figura 2: Risultato della prova con cavo per
applicazioni interne applicazioni esterne
Quindi I campioni sono stati rimossi dai
recipienti d’acqua e completamente
(%) Margine min di perdita d’inserzione

(%) Margine min di perdita d’inserzione

asciugati. Mediante l’apparecchiatura di
prova automatizzata i campioni sono stati
nuovamente analizzati.

2.2 Cavi in ambiente umido

I campioni di cavi a conduttori trefolati
e solidi sono stati testati a temperatura
ambiente (~20°C) a bassa umidità. I
campioni sono stati condizionati a 30°C
e al 90% di umidità relativa per una Base di Immerso Asciutto Base di Immerso Asciutto
settimana. I campioni sono stati riportati a riferimento riferimento
20°C e testati nuovamente.
▲▲ Figura 3: Risultato della prova con cavo industriale ▲▲ Figura 4: Risultato della prova con cavo industriale
non schermato schermato
Ulteriori campioni dello stesso materiale
sono stati dotati di terminazioni per
connettori per cavi Ethernet e connettori influenzato le prestazioni del prodotto. essere stato immerso in acqua. Dopo
per cavi industriali, a seconda dei casi. Per praticità, è stata calcolata la media essere stato asciugato, il campione non
Questi campioni sono stati testati a delle misurazioni effettuate ai campioni era ancora conforme alle specifiche della
temperatura ambiente (~20°C) a bassa immersi nell’acqua. perdita di inserzione.
umidità. I campioni sono stati condizionati
a 30°C e al 90% di umidità relativa per una I singoli risultati rappresentati grafica- Il campione del cavo esterno
settimana. Sono stati quindi riportati a mente sono illustrati dalla Figura 1 alla rappresentato nella Figura 2 ha perso il
20°C e sottoposti nuovamente a prova. Figura 4. La Tabella 1 riporta i risultati margine di perdita di inserzione e non ha
completi dei test per i cavi immersi in soddisfatto la specifica dopo essere stato
acqua. immerso in acqua. Dopo aver asciugato il
campione, il risultato del test ha superato
3 Risultati Nella Figura 1, è chiaramente visibile nuovamente la specifica, ma non ha
delle prove l’impatto dell’acqua sul prodotto
classificato per applicazioni interne. Il
raggiunto il valore di margine originale
rispetto alla specifica.
campione è passato dal superamento
3.1 Cavi immersi in acqua
della conformità alla specifica con Nella Figura 3, si può osservare l’effetto
I risultati delle prove per i campioni che
margine fino al fallimento totale dopo dell’immersione in acqua su un campione
sono stati immersi in acqua sono stati
confrontati con i risultati di riferimento per
gli stessi cavi. ▼▼ Tabella 1: Margine della perdita di inserzione (%) riferito a campioni immersi in acqua per diverse settimane

Le variazioni dei parametri delle 1a 2a 3a

Base di Immerso
prestazioni elettriche sono state Campione Settimana di Settimana di Settimana di Asciutto
riferimento in acqua
trascurabili, ad eccezione del parametro immersione immersione immersione
relativo alla perdita d’inserzione. Cavo per
L’impedenza non ha evidenziato la applicazioni 2.3 -8.6 -9.3 -10.7 -11.4 -3.5
variazione prevista. Il parametro relativo interne
alla perdita d’inserzione ha indicato
variazioni di rilievo per la maggior parte Cavo per
dei campioni sottoposti alla prova. applicazioni 3.8 -2.1 -5.7 -7.6 -8.2 1.0
esterne
Sono state applicate le specifiche relative Cavo
alla perdita di inserzione della categoria 5e industriale
e sono stati calcolati i margini minimi per non
4.4 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.9 3.9
le perdite di inserzione dei prodotti. Questi schermato
margini minimi sono stati rappresentati
graficamente e confrontati per ciascuno Cavo
dei prodotti allo scopo di determinare industriale 13.3 12.0 13.0 12.6 13.3 12.8
schermato
in che misura l’immersione in acqua ha

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di cavo industriale non schermato. Dopo aver analizzato nuovamente le acqua se lasciati immersi in acqua.
Il campione ha perso in margine di strutture dei campioni di cavi testati, I prodotti con terminazioni non subiranno
prestazione quando immerso in acqua, le aspettative riviste corrispondono ai questa perdita di prestazioni in quanto
ma rimane conforme alla specifica. Dopo risultati. Le caratteristiche di progettazione l’umidità non penetrerà nel conduttore.
aver asciugato il campione, il margine utilizzate per le prestazioni a frequenza
di prestazione si collocava all’interno più elevata, come lunghezze di passo a Questo studio sui cavi ha mostrato alcuni
dell’intervallo consentito per l’errore di torsione ravvicinata e guaine spesse dei risultati che vale la pena approfondire.
misurazione rispetto alla misurazione di cavi, influenzano l’interazione del cavo Alcuni tipi di cavi hanno mostrato risultati
riferimento. con l’ambiente circostante. I prodotti deludenti che sono peggiorati nel tempo
schermati, che in genere offrono durante l’immersione dei campioni.
La Figura 4 mostra l’impatto della prova in un’elevata protezione contro gli effetti
acqua su un campione di cavo industriale elettrici dell’ambiente, presentano Esperimenti di immersione più lunghi
schermato. Il margine di perdita di un’elevata resistenza agli effetti potrebbero consentire di analizzare fino
inserzione variava di meno del range dell’ambiente umido. a che punto questo deterioramento può
consentito per l’errore di misurazione progredire. Varrebbe anche la pena di
rispetto alla misurazione di riferimento per Questi prodotti schermati proteggono studiare i composti della guaina utilizzati
l’intera prova. il nucleo del cavo non solo mediante nei prodotti installati in ambienti bagnati
l’isolamento elettrico, ma anche e umidi per determinare come questi
Nella Tabella 1, si può osservare la presentando una barriera che impedisce la materiali interagiscono con l’acqua nel
variazione nel tempo della perdita propagazione dell’acqua. tempo.
di inserzione dei campioni immersi
nell’acqua. I cavi Ethernet industriali Il campione di cavi per applicazioni Studi futuri possono valutare la
presentavano un margine di inserzione esterne e quello per applicazioni interne, permeabilità del materiale della guaina, la
stabile nel tempo una volta immersi. che offriva prestazioni scadenti, avevano ritenzione idrica, l’impatto della lunghezza
Gli altri due prodotti hanno mostrato lunghezze di passo di coppia elevate e di passo della coppia, i fattori della
prestazioni che diminuivano man mano una guaina sottile. Queste caratteristiche struttura quali la schermatura, i diversi
che proseguiva l’immersione. renderebbero il cavo più sensibile agli livelli di ambiente umido o bagnato e le
effetti elettrici dell’ambiente. Anche i diverse durate.
prodotti a frequenza più elevata (come i
3.2 Cavi in ambiente umido cavi per applicazioni esterne di Categoria Per le installazioni in ambienti in cui i
Campioni di cavi a conduttori trefolati 6 con lunghezze di passo strette) o cavi cavi sono esposti all’acqua, si possono
e solidi sono stati testati a temperatura con guaine più spesse (per ambienti più fare le raccomandazioni che seguono. Si
ambiente e bassa umidità, quindi difficili) resisterebbero agli effetti di un dovrebbe integrare un margine aggiuntivo
nuovamente a temperatura ambiente ambiente umido. in caso di un’installazione, in cui sono
dopo essere stati condizionati a previsti cavi bagnati.
temperatura e umidità elevate per una Come evidenziato dal risultato della prova
settimana. effettuata sui cavi per applicazioni interne, Ciò è realizzabile mediante la scelta
il materiale della guaina è altrettanto del cavo o mediante la stuttura
Il campione del tipo a conduttore solido importante: tale risultato ha mostrato dell’installazione per quanto riguarda
non ha evidenziato alcuna variazione dei un peggioramento delle prestazioni la perdita di inserzione (di solito
parametri elettrici elevati. Il campione di che non si sono ripristinate una volta controllando le lunghezze del tratto).
conduttori trefolati ha perso il 2,5% del asciugato. Questo campione di cavo ha
margine di perdita di inserzione rispetto probabilmente assorbito acqua nella sua I prodotti schermati e quelli progettati per
alle specifiche della Categoria 5e. guaina. L’acqua ha influenzato le proprietà resistere agli effetti elettrici dell’ambiente
del materiale anche dopo che il cavo è saranno meno influenzati dall’esposizione
Lo stesso test di riferimento e di stato asciugato. all’acqua. Si raccomanda di dotare di
condizionamento all’umidità è stato terminazioni i cavi flessibili trefolati prima
eseguito su cavi a conduttori trefolati e Il prodotto industriale non schermato ha di installarli in ambienti umidi o il più
solidi con connettori (spine) collegati. subito un peggioramento delle prestazioni presto possibile dopo l’installazione. n
quando è immerso, ma ha recuperato
I risultati ottenuti dopo il condizionamento tutto il margine di prestazione tranne lo Per gentile concessione di IWCS Cable and
non hanno evidenziato alcuna variazione 0,5% una volta asciugato. Questa perdita Connectivity Symposium, Rhode Island, Stati
rispetto alle misurazioni di riferimento. di margine rientra nell’errore di misura Uniti, ottobre 2018.
previsto nel test.

Confrontando questo prodotto con il cavo

4 Analisi e per applicazioni interne, le lunghezze di
passo delle coppie appaiono leggermente
conclusioni diverse e i componenti plastici divergono.
Le proprietà del materiale delle guaine
Nessuno dei prodotti del presente studio sono la ragione più probabile per cui
è destinato all’immersione a lungo questo prodotto non si è deteriorato
termine in acqua. Nelle installazioni reali dopo essere stato asciugato. Se la guaina
il cavo non viene immerso nell’acqua non ha assorbito acqua, il risultato atteso Berk-Tek LLC
per tutta la sua lunghezza e inoltre può corrisponde alla prestazioni del cavo 132 White Oak Road
asciugarsi dopo essersi bagnato. Questa ottenute dopo essere stato asciugato. New Holland
configurazione di prova offre una visione Pennsylvania 17557
amplificata dell’effetto dell’ambiente I risultati della prova di umidità hanno Stati Uniti
con presenza di acqua per tentare di soddisfatto le aspettative. I prodotti con Tel: +1 717 354 6200
determinare le tendenze sulla base di conduttori trefolati come i cavi patch o i Email: [email protected]
pochi campioni di prova. cavi industriali flessibili possono assorbire

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Nuevo aceite para estampado en frío

Los problemas con los hidrocarburos Green, que no experimentan aumento
aromáticos policíclicos (HAPs) y el de aBP después de 1.500 horas de
α-benzopireno (aBP) han estado mecanizado.
presentes en el sector metalúrgico desde
2015. A principios de 2018, Condat pidió a su
laboratorio de I+D que buscara fórmulas
Algunos productos a base de petróleo, nuevas para los aceites de estampado
tales como los lubricantes para en frío que no tuvieran repercusiones
mecanizado, pueden liberar HAPs y aBP en términos de aBP. Además de su
en condiciones operativas duras. compromiso con la responsabilidad social
de las empresas, la empresa también
Para mayor vigilancia, el Sistema quiere hacer frente a las preocupaciones
Nacional de Salud francés emitió de los proveedores del sector automotriz
una recomendación, la R451, sobre y ofrecer a los clientes productos lo más
la «Prevención de riesgos químicos seguros posible.
causados por los fluidos de corte».
El objetivo era desarrollar en
La recomendación hace uso de los datos colaboración con los principales grupos
proporcionados por el instituto nacional automovilísticos un producto de alto ▲▲ Aceite para estampado en frío Extrugliss HT 268 VP
de investigación y seguridad (INRS, rendimiento para las operaciones de de Condat
por sus siglas en francés) sobre riesgos conformado complejas. altamente refinados y de alta calidad, y
y umbrales relacionados con el aBP contiene menos compuestos residuos
contenido en los aceites de corte enteros Después de seis meses de investigación, que puedan degradarse a HAPs.
en uso y nuevos. se creó Extrugliss HT 268 VP. En
colaboración con un proveedor Es resistente a la oxidación, prolonga
Aunque el problema surge normalmente automovilístico, el producto se probó la vida útil de los baños y facilita el
cuando se utilizan aceites enteros para durante aproximadamente 12 meses en desengrase evitando la formación de
mecanizado, no existen recomendaciones operaciones de estampado en frío para residuos pegajosos en las piezas. Es
para las operaciones de estampado en la fabricación de bujes y piñones para menos volátil y limita la evaporación de
frío. asientos de automóviles, donde dieron aceite y la producción de niebla de aceite,
buenos resultados. mejorando así la calidad del aire de los
Siguiendo sus normas de salud, talleres.
seguridad y medio ambiente, así como Extrugliss HT 268 VP, a la venta desde
sus principios de responsabilidad social junio de 2019, se sitúa como un El aceite para estampado en frío de doble
de las empresas, Condat decidió dar un producto de calidad superior formulado uso sirve para lubricar los componentes
paso más considerando la cuestión y especialmente para operaciones extremas mecánicos de las máquinas de estampado
anticipando la regulación. en las que se genera un calor excesivo en frío a la vez que lubrica durante las
(acero inoxidable, acero aleado con alto operaciones de deformación, y tiene una
El profundo conocimiento de la empresa límite elástico, etc.). Este aceite entero viscosidad de 68 cst.
sobre cómo bajar los niveles de HAP y para estampado en frío, desarrollado para
aBP en los aceites de mecanizado en resolver los problemas de emisión de aBP, Condat SA
uso permitió desarrollar los aceites Neat está formulado a partir de aceites de base www.condat.fr

Compuesto granulado de relleno para cables y bloqueador del agua

Electric Cable Compounds (ECC) es un proveedor global de compuestos elastoméricos y a base de poliolefinas reticulables y
termoplásticos. La empresa puede suministrar dos compuestos de relleno para cables, elastoméricos y retardantes de la llama, en
formato granulado, que son extruíbles, no contienen halógenos y son conformes con las normas RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous
Substances).
Por sus características, CableFill®200 y CableFill®300 ofrecen una serie de ventajas
a los fabricantes de cables. Mantienen la forma del cable, evitan la deformación y
esfuerzos de los componentes del cable, rellenan huecos, ofrecen mayor poder
retardante de la llama para la estructura en general y limitan la entrada de agua.

Aunque aíslan los componentes del cable entre ellos, no limitan la flexibilidad
general del cable. Se pueden colorear, son fáciles de pelar y de procesar a bajas
temperaturas. Entre las aplicaciones típicas se pueden citar cables para marina,
minería y transporte público de baja toxicidad.

CableFill300, que es el que mayor poder retardante de la llama tiene de los dos,
tiene un LOI de 48; CableFill200 tiene un LOI de 36. Ambos compuestos están
diseñados para procesarse en equipos de extrusión convencionales.

▲▲ CableFill mantiene la forma del cable a la vez que Electric Cable Compounds, Inc
rellena los huecos www.electriccablecompounds.com

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Metalube nombra nuevos gerentes de

desarrollo comercial
El fabricante de lubricantes Metalube ha nombrado gerentes
de desarrollo comercial a Songul Facey y Adrian Day.

La señora Facey lleva casi 20 años trabajando en el sector

de los lubricantes y llega a la compañía desde su ciudad
Estambul, en Turquía. Su experiencia más reciente ha tenido
lugar en los sectores del estirado de alambre, paneles de
madera y automovilismo, pero anteriormente trabajó en
los sectores del acero e hierro, piezas de recambio para
automóviles y piezas de sujeción.

Refiriéndose a su nuevo cargo, la señora Facey dijo, «Estoy

entusiasmada de entrar a formar parte de Metalube. Acabo
de terminar un máster en administración de empresas, y
la envergadura de la empresa, su reputación de empresa
de lubricantes de rápido crecimiento y excepcionalmente
innovadora, unido a mi deseo de ocupar un cargo más
internacional, era perfecto para mí. Además, tengo el título
de ingeniero y disfruto reconociendo problemas, buscando
soluciones y mejorando la eficiencia.»
▲ Adrian Day ▲ Songul Facey

El director comercial Douglas Hunt añadió, «Songul será muy empresarial. Adrian estará encargado del nuevo desarrollo
valiosa para el equipo. Es una jugadora en equipo desenvuelta comercial y de las ventas, y trabajará en estrecha colaboración
con excelentes capacidades de liderazgo y comunicación. con clientes existentes, concretamente en África, Australasia,
Todo esto combinado con su experiencia en el campo de la China, La India y el sureste asiático.»
ingeniería la convierten en una fórmula de éxito. Estamos
encantados de que su traslado al Reino Unido ya se esté El Sr. Day añadió, «Empecé mi carrera en el sector de los
revelando todo un éxito.» lubricantes en 1995 en Texaco Lubricants, que luego se
convertiría en Chevron UK.
El segundo nuevo nombramiento, el Sr. Day, tiene amplia
experiencia, con más de veinte años trabajando en el sector Desde que tengo uso de razón, siempre he sentido interés y
de los lubricantes, incluyendo los últimos ocho en los que se fascinación por todas las cosas mecánicas y me preguntaba
ha dedicado a los lubricantes para aplicaciones especiales cómo funcionaban y para qué servían. Lo único que tienen en
utilizados en el estirado de alambre, cables de acero y tubos común todas ellas son los lubricantes. Desde una Ferrari hasta
no ferrosos. una fragata Royan Navy o a una trefiladora de alambre, una
lubricación eficaz y correcta es fundamental.»
El Sr. Hunt comentó, «Nos complace tener a Adrian con
nosotros. Tiene una gran experiencia y su simpatía y Metalube Ltd
positividad encajarán muy bien con nuestra filosofía www.metalube.co.uk

Clima de inversión estable en wire South America

Del 1 al 3 de octubre de 2019, el centro tecnologías de producción, acabado, para demostrar su competencia técnica
de congresos y exposiciones de São procesado, accesorios y comercio de en Brasil. En los tres días que duró la
Paulo, en Brasil, fue lugar de encuentro de tubos. feria, alrededor de 13.000 visitantes
expertos nacionales e internacionales de acudieron a São Paulo. De estos, el 95%
los sectores del alambre, cable y tuberías. Las empresas nacionales e internacionales procedía de Brasil y el resto de países
186 expositores se dieron cita en las parecen tener gran interés por vecinos como Chile, Colombia, Argentina,
ferias comerciales wire South America posicionarse en el mercado suramericano Bolivia, Paraguay, México, Perú y Uruguay,
y Tubotech para presentar maquinaria, e invertir en la correspondiente además de La India, Canadá y China.
equipos y servicios innovadores maquinaria y equipamiento, a pesar de
en una superficie de exposición de las difíciles condiciones económicas de Los productos expuestos en las dos
aproximadamente 5.000m2. Suramérica. wire South America 2019 ferias son artículos indispensables,
contó con la presencia de 106 empresas especialmente en los sectores de las
El nuevo pabellón 1 de la feria, más de 15 países distintos, en tanto que infraestructuras, de la tecnología de la
cómodo y accesible gracias a su posición Tubotech, la feria comercial del tubo energía y de la tecnología automotriz,
central, fue ocupado por primera vez. organizada en paralelo, atraía a 80 además de la agricultura. Los visitantes
expositores de 11 países. procedían del sector del petróleo y gas, y
Se presentaron novedades tecnológicas de los sectores automotriz, construcción,
en los campos de la metalurgia y Por tercera vez se dejaba ver una construcción metálica y minería.
mecanizado de metales, de la tecnología participación alemana conjunta en los
de soldadura y del sector del cable sectores del alambre y del cable. Diez Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
y alambre, junto a las tendencias y empresas aprovecharon esta oportunidad www.wire-south-america.com

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Cables en ambientes
mojados
Por Brian Marchant, Berk-Tek LLC, New Holland, Pensilvania, EE.UU.

Resumen tolerar lugares mojados. Los núcleos

de los cables no disponen de bloqueo
La impedancia tiene componentes
ambientales (la capacitancia entre el par
Los ambientes industriales y las plantas del agua y los materiales de la cubierta de transmisión y los materiales que lo
externas pueden ser lugares mojados o son seleccionados por sus propiedades rodean influyen sobre ella). La pérdida de
húmedos. Los productos de la categoría eléctricas y de seguridad frente al fuego. inserción aumenta cuando los campos
de cables de comunicación que se eléctricos son absorbidos por un medio de
instalan en estos ambientes deben Los productos Ethernet industriales son altas pérdidas.
poder funcionar sin problemas una vez una extensa categoría de cables que están
instalados. Las pruebas típicas que se usan diseñados para ambientes que causarían la
para evaluar estos productos determinan avería de cables normales. Estos productos
pueden estar diseñados o no para
2 Configuración de
si el agua entra en los conectores o
se propaga hasta el núcleo del cable. soportar las condiciones a las que están la prueba
A diferencia de estas pruebas típicas, expuestos en lugares externos mojados.
este estudio se centra en pruebas que 2.1 Cables sumergidos en agua
comprueban el rendimiento eléctrico de Cuando los cables Ethernet están Se enrollaron y sujetaron muestras de
cables sumergidos en agua. Esto ayudará expuestos al agua, su rendimiento puede cables de diversos fabricantes de distintos
a entender el efecto total de los lugares verse afectado de varias maneras. Un diseños para que pudieran mantener su
mojados o húmedos en el cableado cable en un ambiente de agua sufrirá forma. Se probaron estas muestras para
estructurado. pérdidas mayores que en un ambiente de medir los parámetros de rendimiento
aire. El plástico de la cubierta puede ser eléctrico usando equipos de prueba
Las prestaciones a alta frecuencia de un suficientemente permeable para permitir automatizados. Estas pruebas se usaron
cable sin blindaje pueden verse afectadas la propagación del agua, que puede llegar como base de referencia para el resto de
cuando el ambiente donde se encuentra al núcleo del cable. El uso de barreras, las pruebas.
el cable es el agua en lugar del aire. Este como láminas de metal, puede evitar que
efecto es mitigado por el diseño de la el agua se propague hasta el núcleo del Las muestras de cable probadas eran del
cubierta y el blindaje. cable. tipo indicado a continuación. Todos los
cables eran cables Ethernet de cuatro
En ambientes húmedos los conductores El agua puede atravesar la cubierta y pares de Categoría 5e. Se utilizó una
trenzados pueden absorber humedad, llegar al núcleo del cable pasando a través muestra de cable Ethernet de distribución
lo que podría causar averías. Algunos del material de la cubierta o pasando a vertical (riser) no blindado con cubierta
conectores para ambientes industriales través de agujeros causados por daños de de PVC para representar los productos de
están diseñados para evitar este problema. instalación. Si el agua entra en el núcleo cables de interiores. Se utilizó una muestra
El estudio del efecto del agua y de la del cable, puede propagarse y llegar a las de cable de planta externa con cubierta
humedad en el cable permite formular partes electrónicas al final del tramo de de polietileno resistente a los rayos del
recomendaciones para la instalación de cable o causar cortocircuitos en el cable. sol y al agua con un núcleo relleno de
cables Ethernet de par trenzado en lugares Ambas situaciones estropearían el tramo gel para representar los productos de
mojados. de cable. cables para exteriores. Se utilizó un cable
Ethernet industrial de distribución vertical
Las líneas de transmisión de los pares no blindado clasificado para exteriores
del cable están diseñadas para funcionar con cubierta de PVC, diseñado para resistir
1 Introducción con la cubierta en un ambiente de aire. a los aceites y funcionar en ambientes
Si la cubierta del cable absorbe agua, de trabajo ligero para representar los
El agua puede absorber las señales esto cambiará sus propiedades eléctricas productos Ethernet industriales no
eléctricas. Los cables Ethernet diseñados (pérdidas, dieléctrico). El rendimiento blindados. Se utilizó un cable Ethernet
teniendo en cuenta la exposición al eléctrico del cable disminuirá al cambiar industrial con blindaje de lámina de metal
agua están construidos con materiales estas propiedades. Incluso si la cubierta y malla (SF/UTP), clasificado como cable
diferentes de los cables clasificados para no absorbe el agua, un ambiente con de distribución vertical para exteriores
interiores. Se pueden tener productos presencia de agua (en lugar de aire) con una cubierta de TPE muy flexible,
conformes con las normas ANSI/ICEA que alrededor del cable puede cambiar las para representar los productos Ethernet
presentan características de resistencia a la prestaciones eléctricas a alta frecuencia. industriales blindados.
penetración del agua y a los rayos del sol
en lugar de características de seguridad De los parámetros de rendimiento Después de las pruebas de referencia,
frente al fuego y al humo. eléctrico, se pensaba que los más se sumergieron las muestras en barriles
afectados por la presencia de agua fuera llenos de agua. La parte enrollada de la
Los productos Ethernet para interiores del núcleo del cable serían la pérdida de muestra fue sumergida completamente en
normalmente no están diseñados para inserción y la impedancia. agua.

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Los extremos de las muestras se

mantuvieron fuera del barril una

Margen mínimo de pérdida de inserción (%)

Margen mínimo de pérdida de inserción (%)

distancia suficiente para conectarlas al
equipo de prueba. Esta distancia era
aproximadamente dos metros en cada
extremo. Se probaron las muestras con el
equipo de prueba automatizado durante
la primera inmersión en agua y de nuevo
periódicamente durante varias semanas.

Luego, se sacaron de los barriles de agua

y se secaron completamente. Después, se Base de Sumergido Seco Base de Sumergido Seco
referencia referencia
probaron de nuevo usando el equipo de
prueba automatizado. ▲▲ Figura 1: Resultado de la prueba del cable de ▲▲ Figura 2: Resultado de la prueba del cable de planta
interiores externa
2.2 Cables en ambiente húmedo
Margen mínimo de pérdida de inserción (%)

Se probaron muestras de cable de

Margen mínimo de pérdida de inserción (%)

conductor trenzado y sólido a temperatura
ambiente (~20°C) con baja humedad.
Luego, se acondicionaron a 30°C y 90 por
ciento de humedad relativa durante una
semana. Después, se llevaron a 20°C y se
probaron de nuevo. Otras muestras del
mismo material estaban terminadas en
conectores para cable Ethernet e industrial
apropiados para los cables. Se probaron
estas muestras a temperatura ambiente Base de Sumergido Seco Base de Sumergido Seco
referencia referencia
(~20°C) con baja humedad. Luego se
acondicionaron a 30°C y 90 por ciento de ▲▲ Figura 3: Resultado de la prueba del cable industrial ▲▲ Figura 4: Resultado de la prueba del cable industrial
humedad relativa durante una semana. no blindado blindado
Después, se llevaron a 20°C y se probaron
de nuevo. En la Figura 1 se puede ver claramente La muestra perdió el margen de
el impacto del agua en el producto rendimiento cuando estaba sumergida
clasificado para interiores. La muestra pasó en agua, pero permaneció conforme con
3 Resultados de de ser conforme con la especificación con
margen a no ser absolutamente conforme
la especificación. Después de secar la
muestra, el margen de rendimiento estaba
las pruebas después de la inmersión en agua. dentro del campo permitido para el error
Después de secar la muestra, seguía sin de medición respecto a la medición de
3.1 Cables sumergidos en agua ser conforme con la especificación para la referencia.
Los resultados de las pruebas de las pérdida de inserción.
muestras que se habían sumergido La Figura 4 muestra el impacto de la
en agua fueron comparados con los La muestra de cable de planta externa prueba en agua en una muestra de cable
resultados de referencia para los mismos representada en la Figura 2 perdió su industrial blindado. El margen de pérdida
cables. Las variaciones de los parámetros margen de pérdida de inserción y se reveló de inserción varió menos que el campo
de rendimiento eléctrico fueron mínimos, no conforme a la especificación después permitido para el error de medición
a excepción del parámetro de pérdida de la inmersión en agua. Después de secar respecto a la medición de referencia
de inserción. La impedancia no sufrió la la muestra, el resultado de la prueba volvió durante toda la prueba.
variación prevista. El parámetro de pérdida a ser conforme con la especificación, pero
de inserción sufrió grandes variaciones en el margen no alcanzó el valor de antes. En la Tabla 1 se puede ver la variación en
la mayoría de las muestras probadas. el tiempo de la pérdida de inserción de las
La Figura 3 muestra el efecto de la muestras sumergidas en agua. Los cables
Se aplicó la especificación para la pérdida inmersión en agua de una muestra de Ethernet industriales tenían un margen
de inserción de la Categoría 5e y se cable industrial sin blindaje. de perdida de inserción estable en el
calcularon los márgenes mínimos para las
pérdidas de inserción de los productos. ▼▼ Tabla 1: Margen de pérdida de inserción (%) de muestras sumergidas en agua durante semanas

Estos márgenes mínimos se representaron 1ª Semana 2ª semana 3ª semana

gráficamente y se compararon para cada Base de Sumergido
Muestra de de de Seco
uno de los productos para determinar referencia en agua
inmersión inmersión inmersión
en qué medida la inmersión en agua
había influenciado el rendimiento de los Cable de
2.3 -8.6 -9.3 -10.7 -11.4 -3.5
productos. Para simplificar, se calculó la interiores
media de las mediciones de las muestras
Cable de planta
sumergidas. 3.8 -2.1 -5.7 -7.6 -8.2 1.0
externa

Las Figuras de 1 a 4 muestran los Cable industrial

4.4 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.9 3.9
resultados individuales presentados no blindado
gráficamente. La Tabla 1 presenta los
Cable industrial
resultados completos de las pruebas de los 13.3 12.0 13.0 12.6 13.3 12.8
blindado
cables sumergidos en agua.

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tiempo durante la inmersión. Los otros y una cubierta de cable fina. Estas estructurales como el blindaje, diferentes
dos productos mostraron rendimientos características dan al cable mayor niveles de ambientes mojados o húmedos
decrecientes a medida que se alargaba el sensibilidad a los efectos eléctricos y duraciones diferentes.
tiempo de inmersión. del ambiente. Los productos (como el
cable de planta externa de Categoría 6 Para la instalación en ambientes donde los
3.2 Cables en ambiente húmedo con longitudes de paso estrechas) o los cables estén expuestos al agua, se pueden
Se probaron muestras de cables de cables con cubiertas más espesas (para hacer las recomendaciones siguientes. Se
conductor trenzado y sólido a temperatura ambientes duros) resistirán también a los debería prever un margen extra en caso de
ambiente con baja humedad y, luego, de efectos de un ambiente mojado. instalaciones donde se prevé que el cable
nuevo a temperatura ambiente después esté expuesto a humedad.
del acondicionamiento a temperatura y El material de la cubierta también es
humedad elevadas durante una semana. importante, como se pudo ver en el Esto se puede hacer mediante la selección
La muestra de conductor sólido no sufrió resultado de la prueba del cable de del cable o el diseño de instalación por
variaciones de los parámetros eléctricos interiores, que perdió sus características lo que se refiere a la pérdida de inserción
elevados. La muestra de conductor y no las recobró después de secarse. Con (normalmente controlando las longitudes
trenzado perdió un 2,5 por ciento del toda probabilidad la cubierta de esta de instalación).
margen de pérdida de inserción respecto a muestra de cable absorbió agua. El agua
la especificación de la Categoría 5e. afectó a las propiedades del material Los productos blindados y los productos
incluso después de secarlo. diseñados para resistir a los efectos
Las mismas pruebas de referencia y eléctricos del ambiente serán menos
de acondicionamiento a la humedad El producto industrial sin blindaje sufrió afectados por la exposición al agua.
fueron efectuadas en cables de una bajada de su rendimiento durante la
conductor trenzado y sólido equipados inmersión, pero recobró todo su margen Se recomienda terminar en conectores
con conectores. Los resultados después de rendimiento menos un 0,5 por ciento u otros elementos los cables trenzados
del acondicionamiento no mostraron cuando se secó. Esta pérdida de margen flexibles antes de instalarlos en ambientes
variaciones de las mediciones de está dentro del error de medición previsto húmedos o lo antes posible después de la
referencia. para la prueba. instalación. n

Comparando este producto con el cable Por cortesía del Simposio sobre cable y
de interiores, las longitudes de paso conectividad de IWCS, Rhode Island, EE.UU.,
4 Análisis y del par son ligeramente diferentes y los octubre de 2018.
conclusiones compuestos de plástico son distintos. Las
propiedades del material de la cubierta
es probablemente la razón por la que
Ninguno de los productos examinados
este producto no se degradó después
en este estudio está diseñado para la
de secarlo. Si la cubierta no absorbió el
inmersión en agua a largo plazo. En las
agua, el resultado previsto es que el cable
instalaciones reales, el tramo de cable no
recuperase sus prestaciones al secarse.
queda sumergido en agua completamente
y puede secarse después de haberse Los resultados de la prueba a la humedad
mojado. Esta configuración de prueba corresponden a los resultados previstos.
aumenta el efecto del agua del medio Los productos de conductor trenzado,
ambiente para ver si es posible determinar como un cable de conexión o un cable
las tendencias con poca disponibilidad de industrial flexible, pueden absorber agua
muestras. si se dejan expuestos. Los productos
terminados en conectores u otros
Después de volver a examinar los diseños elementos no sufrirán esta pérdida de
de las muestras de cable probadas, rendimiento, dado que la humedad no
los resultados esperados revisados entrará en el conductor.
corresponden con los resultados. Las
características de diseño que se usan para Este estudio de cables dio algunos
las prestaciones a frecuencias más altas, resultados que merecen ser estudiados
como longitudes de paso del trenzado más a fondo. Algunos de los tipos de cable
estrechas y cubiertas de cable espesas, dieron resultados que empeoraban con
influencian la interacción del cable con el el tiempo mientras las muestras estaban
ambiente. sumergidas en agua.

Los productos blindados, que Con experimentos de inmersión más

normalmente tienen alta protección largos se podría investigar hasta dónde
contra los efectos eléctricos del ambiente, puede llegar este proceso de degradación.
muestran alta resistencia al ambiente Merecería la pena estudiar también los
mojado. Estos productos blindados compuestos de la cubierta usados en
protegen el núcleo del cable no solo con productos utilizados en lugares mojados
el aislamiento eléctrico, sino también y húmedos para determinar cómo Berk-Tek LLC
mediante una barrera impenetrable para interactúan estos materiales con el agua 132 White Oak Road
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tenían escasas prestaciones tenían la retención de agua, el impacto de la Email: [email protected]
longitudes de paso del par muy largas longitud de paso del par, los factores

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