On the occasion of WIRE 2006 DUESSELDORF Medek & Schörner has introduced two entirely revolutionary products that are almost ready for market launch:
Programmable cable marking using a xerographic process:
This innovative xerographic process for marking cables at the extruder head combines the advantages of other conventional marking technologies in a new, revolutionary concept:
- Particularly abrasion resistant and clear colour printing as with the hot foil embossing process
- Excellent adhesion of printing to all cable surfaces
- Freely programmable marking text means exceptional flexibility as with the ink jet process
- Text marking, number marking and length marking – all with a single piece of equipment.
Medek & Schörner is currently fine tuning this revolutionary concept prior to market launch, when it will be able to offer its customers in the cable industry an improved additional cable marking system.
New manufacturing concept for precision micro flexible flat cables (FFC):
For a long time now, flexible flat cables (FFCs) have found widespread use in the automotive and IT industries. Lamination and extrusion are the processes most commonly used for the production of FFCs today. The disadvantage of lamination is its extremely low production speed in conjunction with hygroscopic problems. Extrusion is unsuitable for the production of micro FFCs due to the high temperatures and pressures encountered in the extruder head: these make it impossible to maintain accurate geometrical dimensions and precise positioning.
As world market leader in coating equipment for optical fibres, Medek & Schörner has now developed a new pressureless cold process for the production of FFCs using UV cured resins, thus ensuring the perfect geometrical accuracy of the cable at high production speeds. The same procedure can also be employed inline with an extruder to position the individual flat cables accurately as they enter the extruder head.
Dual Ribbon Take-up for optical fiber
On the occasion of WIRE 2006 Medek & Schörner has also introduced the new double fibre ribbon take-up for high speed fibre ribbon production applications.
“The feedback on our innovative solutions for the fibre, wire & cable industry has been extremely positive.”