POWER #5 / 2016
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The HELUKABEL Group's customer magazine The HELUKABEL Group's customer magazine PAGE 8"~ Cutting made easy PAGE 15 A tough job for wind turbine cables Hubtex produces special forklifts for the entire world PAGE 18 Walking again with an exoskeleton

WHERE DOES CABLING GO?

DEAR READERS, Title: © HELUKABEL / Steffen Loeffl er, Editorial: HELUKABEL / KD Busch am delighted that you have picked up the newest issue of POWER and that you are interested in the stories we have put together for you. It’s always amazing to read about the impressive range of applications in which our cables and wires are used, from forklifts that move heavy, bulky loads (p. 10) and racing cars (p. 6) to exoskeletons produced by American company Ekso Bionics that allow paralysed patients to walk again (p.18). This last story really spoke to me and it’s wonderful that we were able to...

WIND POWER CABLES SPIRAL CABLE HEAVY-DUTY CUTTING STATION SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

News on projects and products. HOW TO DEAL WITH CABLE DRUMS Kabelmat develops a special cable drum storage system for h.team GmbH. Hubtex specialises in developing and manufacturing customised forklifts. ENDURANCE TESTS FOR THE WIND INDUSTRY W2E wires wind turbines with products from HELUKABEL’s WK series. JASON WALKS AGAIN © HELUKABEL, HELUKABEL / KD Busch, Ekso Bionics, HELUKABEL / Mirko Hertel, HELUKABEL / Steffen Loeffl er And stands upright thanks to the exoskeleton from Ekso Bionics. MOVING LARGE ITEMS WITH EASE The heavy-load cutting facility in Hemmingen processes orders...

New branch in Portugal HELUKABEL’s 26th international branch opened its doors in Portugal in June. Cables and wires, predominantly for industrial applications, are stored in a 600-square-metre (6,500-square-foot) warehouse in Coimbra, located between the industrial centres of Lisbon and Porto. HELUKABEL Portugal’s product portfolio ranges from conventional control cables to highly flexible data cables. The branch is run by a sales and logistics team of eight employees. “There is a thriving electrical industry in Portugal, and developments in the mechanical engineering and renewable energy...

TRAINING, RESEARCH, TESTING © HELUKABEL USA / Matt Badour, HELUKABEL / Marc Weber, HELUKABEL / Eduardo Soares, HELUKABEL / High-Octane-Motorsports / University of Erlangen EBZ GROUP provides engineering services for production systems worldwide. The Training Cell in McCalla, Alabama is where EBZ electricians and pipe fi tters come for internal training on PLCs and robots, and where EBZ researches and develops better processes. HELUKABEL donated all the power and data cables used within the Training Cell. “Our new training facility has been very beneficial to our end users in terms of them...

HOW TO DEAL WITH CABLE DRUMS A specially manufactured cable drum warehouse from Kabelmat provides an enormous amount of storage space and brings structure to the warehouse logistics system of h.team GmbH + Co.KG. t has been 14 years since Bernd Haussmann founded the electrotechnical company h.team with two employees in Calw, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. The company now has 50 employees, who take care of a long list of customers. They are experts in connectors, cable sets, field bus systems, and specialise in setting up electrical systems for machines and automation components. It was...

The operator lowers each cable using a pulley, which prevents unused cables from getting in the way when cuts are made. Instead, Heselschwerdt and his colleagues can easily manoeuvre their way around the rack. The new cable drum storage system from Kabelmat saves an enormous amount of space, can store up to 220 drums and significantly increases productivity. “It is managed through our computerised system and is connected to our EDV storage system,” says Heinzelmann. “This means we can make sure that we never have any downtime and that we are always informed about the availability of our...

MATERIAL HANDLING TECHNOLOGY Stephan Hohmann and his design team develop special forklifts for moving heavy loads to tall heights.

© HELUKABEL / Steffen Loeffler Forklifts from Hubtex are the ideal solution for moving long, bulky and heavy goods. The medium-sized company based in Fulda, Hessen, Germany, manufactures tailored products, providing a clear advantage over other companies that mass-produce material handling vehicles.

MATERIAL HANDLING TECHNOLOGY rom aluminium profiles, flat glass blanks and aircraft engines, to wood panels, cable drums, plastic tubes, and press tools, forklifts from Hubtex can gently move heavy, bulky loads of virtually any material for any industry. The Hubtex catalogue of special solutions covers 84 pages and presents a truly impressive range of products. Stephan Hohmann, Electrical Design Special Vehicles at Hubtex, has just returned from a trip to the US, where he was overseeing the commissioning of a mobile assembly platform in an aircraft hangar. The assembly platform allows...

© HELUKABEL / Steffen Loeffler Hubtex specialises in designing solutions that are tailored to individual requirements for companies’ intralogistics. on JZ-500 control cables, strength. “It is even hotter H01N2-D arc welding cain the foundry where our “Our vehicles are often used vehicles feature protective, bles, as well as the TRONIC for several shifts in a row, heat-resistant armour, an and CAN Bus data cables. seven days a week. This means When asked why Hubtex emergency exit for the driver, and a fire-extinguishing opts for HELUKABEL as its that cables, wires and connecsystem. These...

MATERIAL HANDLING TECHNOLOGY Sascha Link, Area Sales Manager at HELUKABEL (left), in a discussion with Stephan Hohmann, who emphasises, “Whenever we face a challenge, Sascha Link makes sure we quickly find a solution.“ No catalogue goods Hohmann recognises HELUAKBEL’s strengths in highly flexible and high-performance cables, which can withstand millions of cycles in drag chains without corkscrewing. The cables can also be installed in very tight spaces and in the roughest environmental conditions, such as extreme temperatures. The price-performance ratio also fulfills purchase requirements....