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Encoders in Wire Mill Nicely drawn The manufacturing company Kistner in Unna has specialised in special-purpose machines for wire mills. To ensure that the time the wire spends in the annealing unit remains constant, Kistner uses encoders from Wachendorff. The Kistner Anlagenbau company was founded by Johannes Kistner in 1994. Originally, the focus was on service and maintenance activities, but it soon widened to include the modernisation of wire drawing installations using the latest electronics. Today, the company’s offering includes servicing, modernisation and control cabinet building as...

Besides this robust industry standard, which characterises all Wachendorff devices, the used encoder offers protection rating IP65, which means that it is also particularly resistant to humidity, and an early warning output provides additional safety. Wachendorff also supplies accessories, such as torque supports, connectors and couplings. The very latest addition to the programme is an encoder with a 15 mm blind hollow bore shaft. It even offers IP67 and was designed for extreme shaft loads. Image 4-5: Since the encoders are totally exposed, they need to be particularly impervious to external...

Image 7: Plant Manager Thorsten Klöne is responsible for installation development at Kistner. Image 8: Wachendorff encoders measure the exact feedrate to allow precise regulation of the motor drive by the control unit. Image 9-10: Once the wire has passed through the annealing unit, it is once more wound onto coils and processed further. Image 11: Mechanised wire drawing is not feasible without high-performance control equipment. Any Questions? Just call +49 (0) 6722/9965-242, send us an E-Mail at [email protected] or call your local distributor: www.wachendorff-automation.com/distri Your distributor:...