The Challenges of Power& Specialty Cable Production

Cable manufacturers face a number of production challengesbased around productivity and quality. A highly competitivemarketplace creates challenges for the manufacturer to reduce costs. This is especially so in the face of rising polymer prices andincreased global competition. Reducing manufacturing costs equates to;reducing downtime by automating and increasing plant and personnelefficiencies, minimising material usage by increasing the capability of the process to allow for tighter control, and improving efficiency by running at higher line speeds making more finished product in less time. The pursuit of these goals is an effort to ensure optimum efficiency from the equipment and people that are required to operate the plant. In addition, the combination of expensive product and short runs for power and specialty cable make thereduction of scrap production during start-up very significant.

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Manual vs. Automated Inspection

Manual inspection and test methods are attractive candidates for improvement. They are generally time consuming to set-up andmaintain and difficult to accurately reproduce. Whereas on-linemeasurement systems allow automated collection of product data, as well as providing the feedback necessary for process control.The results speak for themselves with: Reduced start-up time Decreased material usage Improved quality anddocumentation Improved data management

Beta LaserMike Can Help

That is why Beta LaserMike provides cable manufacturers with thecapability to automatically measure and control all the dimensionalaspects of their production process. Beta LaserMike is the onlycompany with the ability to provide and integrate: Laser diameter measurement Gravimetric weight measurement Eccentricity measurement Ultrasonic wall measurement Laser length measurement Sector and shaped cablemeasurementWe have pioneered technologies to automate set-up and provide full product measurement coverage. So regardlessof your cable application, Beta LaserMike has a measurement and control system that will enable you to meet the demands of the marketplace.In fact we’ve also been providing precision measurement solutions for more than 30 years. Isn’t it time tointroduce your manufacturing process to the standard of accuracy and excellence that is Beta LaserMike? Optical and spark fault detection Wire preheating

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