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REELEX PACKAGING SOLUTIONS, INC. 39 Jon Barrett Road Patterson, NY 12563 Tel: +1 845 878 7878 • Fax: +1 845 878 7884 Email: [email protected] www.REELEX.com 142 Wire & Cable Technology International/July 2013 SALES CONTACTS: Sales Information: [email protected] Support Requests: Support @reelex.com Phone: +1 (845) 878-7878 Fax: +1 (845) 878 7884 Web: www.REELEX.com Address: 39 Jon Barrett Road Patterson, NY USA 12563 COMPANY OVERVIEW: REELEX Packaging Solutions, Inc. (for- merly Windings, Inc.) develops, licenses and supports the proprietary REELEXmethod of coiling and packaging wire, cable, fiber optics, tubing and other filamentary products. This technology creates a self- supporting figure-eight wind that allows the product to dispense from the inside-out without rotation, twists, tangles or kinks. The REELEX coil is typically packaged in a cardboard box, though many other pack- age types are available. REELEX Packaging Solutions manufactures and supplies all necessary winding and ancillary equipment to create REELEX coils, as well as supply- ing packaging materials, worldwide service, and support. REELEX has over 100 licensees operating in over 140 manufacturing plants worldwide, and has become the standard package for most networking cable constructions as well as several other types of wire, cable and fiber optic products. HISTORY: Walter Taylor (1905-1965), the original inven- tor of the REELEX wind, first conceived of the figure-eight coil as an improved way for combat troops to lay field telephone wire. As a soldier advanced, the wire would dispense from a coil in a canvas container attached to his belt. Unlike spools which had to be sta- bilized and allowed to rotate, the figure-eight coil could payout without tangles, twisting or rotation - allowing the soldier to carry and fire a rifle with both hands. During the 1960s and 1970s, REELEX was again called by the military for special projects, and while none were ultimately adopted, REELEX technology continued development as a means for packaging wire and cable. In 1973, Belden became the first cable manufacturer to sign a license agree- ment and the first to purchase a REELEX machine. With the growth of international telecommunications infrastructure, wire manufacturers began receiving demands from their customers for the new “tangle- free package”. Building on this end-user demand, REELEX continued to gain market acceptance in the US and Canada as the pre- ferred cable package for small telephone and electronic cables, coaxial, data, and alarm and security cable. Today, there are over 100 licensees operating in over 140 manufacturing plants worldwide, and REELEX has become the standard pack- age for most low-voltage products destined for premises installations. TECHNOLOGY & NEW PRODUCTS: The REELEX coiling method cancels twist in the product by using a traverse to guide the product back and forth across the coil while winding. By weaving the product across the width of the coil, the winding process imparts a half-twist in one direction, and then back in the other direction. These twists cancel each other out as the coil is dispensed, resulting in low-tension, smooth payout without any twists, kinks, snags or tangles. Products dispense from REELEX coils through a payout tube which is inserted into a hole woven into the wall of the coil by the coiling machine. Payout tubes are available in a wide range shapes and sizes in order to accommodate the physical characteris- tics of various products. EcoCore® is the newest payout tube system, and replaces the traditional plastic tube with a low-cost cardboard tube called a “core”. This new system is lower cost, highly flexible, envi- ronmentally friendly and available for all flexible product types. The REELEX coil can be packaged in a wide variety of packages, including the new ProFlex® shrink bag. Ideal for end-user lengths of cable, tubing, fiber optics and more, ProFlex is an innovative package that incorpo- rates a heavy-duty handle into a single piece bag made from plastic shrink film. Combining low-waste, low-cost and incredible versatility, ProFlex® represents the “outside the box” innovation that REELEX stands for. PRODUCT LINES: • Single & Dual-Head Winding Equipment • Automated Packaging Machinery • Payoffs, Dancers and Accumulators • REELEX Packaging Materials • Packaging Development, Design and Consultation • Specialized Tangle and Twist-Free Packaging Solutions COMPANY PROFILES July 2015 issue. Full and half page advertisers receive a complimentary Company Profile in a special bound section of the July issue. Spotlight On Stranders, Bunchers & Cablers by Michael McNulty, Editor Wire & Cable Technology International 82 Wire & Cable Technology International/September 2007 Eurolls Group/Cortinovis Machinery Via Zanica, 87 24126 Bergamo, Italy Contact: Giampaolo Bozzetto, President Tel: +39 035 313211 Fax: +39 035 312523 Email: [email protected] Internet: www.cortinovismachinery.com Individual wires, conductors and cables are twisted together in a helical paern, in con- tinuous or alternating directions, around the central axis of the finished product by stranders, bunchers and cablers. The terms—stranders, bunchers and cablers—are loosely used in a variety of ways depending on the factory, industry sector or region. Some people call all rotating machines stranders, for example, and many people use the word buncher and strander interchangeably. My per- sonal definitions are contained in two subhead sections of this article: Strandersand Bunchers and Cablers. From a development standpoint, rotating machines have seen a good amount of development over the last few years. Some trends that I have identified include the following: •Higher-speed operation without a sacrifice in product quality. •Improved finished product quality; beer round- ness, more uniformity and higher performance, for example. •Improved guidance systems and tension control; minimized deflection and stress on the product being stranded, bunched or cabled. Innovative bow designs and improved lay length controls are examples in this area. •Increase in electronic and digital control of rotating machinery. For example, AC variable speed motors and drive eliminate the need for line shaſts to drive individual components on stranders and cablers. •High-powered PC controls and sophisticated, easy- to-use touch-screen operator interfaces. •Proven use of triple twist technology. •Larger capacity rotating machines. •Automated loading and unloading systems. •Integrated quality and process control devices for monitoring, controlling and reporting finished prod- uct data and production levels. •Improved traverse systems on the take-up reels. •Single-twist production quality from double-twist machines. •Reduced floor space. •Reduced utility consumption and noise emissions as well as improved safety features. •Higher-quality strand at longer lay lengths. Stranders Traditional stranders are rotating machines in which the reels holding the material to be twisted are located within the rotating element of the machine, and the take-up reel of the strander is located outside of the C.M. Caballé S.A. Progreso, 293-299 Barcelona, Spain 08918 Contacts: Rafael Caballé, Luis Morancho Tel: +34 93 460 1413 Fax: +34 93 399 0008 Email: [email protected] Internet: www.cmcaballe.es POURTIER – Gauder Group ZI-3, rue Gustave Eiffel • F-77506 Chelles, France T: +33 1 64 21 84 00 • F: +33 1 64 26 61 10 Email: [email protected] Internet: www.gaudergroup.com SETIC – Gauder Group Espace Industriel de Matel, rue de Matel, 126 F-42300 Roanne, France T: +33 4 77 23 25 55 • F: +33 4 77 71 10 85 Email: [email protected] Internet: www.gaudergroup.com SPOTLIGHTS Staff written articles on a selected product(s) or trade show(s). Each advertiser of the selected topic will receive a free Spotlight Ad including contact information and logo. May/June 2013 Presented by... www.wiretech.com Focused News, Information and Products for Wire & Cable Processors, Distributors and End Users. 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