1/1999 WIRE 5
Quality management
20 Great interest in the testing
technology
22 New calibrating stand for length
and speed measuring units
24 Quality and environmental mana-
gement complement each other
by Miriko Schilling
35 Revision of IEC 61196-1 sub clause
11.18, "Step/Pulse Return Loss"
by Rernhard Mund
Wire manufacture support
26 New annealing principle helps to
save energy
28 Layer winding of coils without
support
Market Place
30 Dance on the Volcano
34 One Week for the Wire and Cable
Worid
Optical Fibres
32 Armouring of optical fibres
by Helmut Bernhaupt
Columns
3 Editorial
6 Live Wire
20 Wirescape
35 Trends
40 Media
42 Preview/Imprint
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2/1999 WIRE 5
Wire properties
20 For your eyes only
60 Innovative straightening
technology
Cables___________________
24 Tailor-made cables for modern
railway systems
48 World cable markets grow
jubilee
28 70years in the die business
fairs
30 The wire-and cable-world meets
in Atlanta-Iterwire 99
49 IFE brings the forming
industry together
Fastener Show attracts over
400 manufacturers
52 Machine tools of every
description- EMO Paris 99
Metrology
54 Precise is nice
56 Quality control in cable production
65 Precise length & speed
measurement
byJiirn Bauer and Ehrhard Dammann
Cold forging
67 Innovations in cold forging
die design
by Jens Gr0nbak and Torben Birker
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VOL:49, NO:3, JUNE 1999
Springs
18 Setting and testing of springs
20 Induction heating for spring steel
23 Inspection of biconic spring rods
39 Networking in spring production
Surface treatment
24 .New inipeller wheels decrease .
operation costs
Jubilee
26 Tradition in joining technology
34 90 years in the braiding business
Optical fibers_____________
28 Effective manufacturing methods
for optical fiber premises cables
Cables__________________
32 Wiring systems ensure
ongoing success
Exhibitionreport
36 In-house exhibition presents full
array of wire working equipment
38 Successful Interwire
Columns
3 Editorial
6 Live Wire
18 Wirescape
39 Trends
44 Media
46 Preview/Imprint
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VOL. 49, NO. 4, SEPTEMBER 1999
Product report from Interwire
18 We have already reported about
the Interwire in Atlanta,
Georgia/USA. Now we present you
a selection of the most interesting
products according
High speed double twist twin hunching machi
with minimal footprint
Optical Fibres:
process and products
28 The processes used to manufacture
optical fibres used in the telecom-
munications industry today are
described.
Also details are given
of the various fibre
types, their applica-
tionsandsomeof
the key parameters
associated with them.
Effects ofanisotropy parameters in cold bulk metal forming
33 The effects of an isotropy parameters
of materialshavingaxisymmetric
cold drawn
properties on various processes
of cold bulk metal forming are
discussed. Concerning the formability
andtheworkpieceproperties
recommendations are given.
by Klaus Pohlandt,Kurt lange and Mishel Zucko
Measurement of the length of lay in stranded ropes
37 Continuous measurement of the
length of lay in stranded ropes is
length of lay in stranded ropes is
complicated and inaccurate. A new
measurement process with inductive
sensors enables an accuracy of 2% for
strand frequencies up to 28Hz
by Gabor Oplatka and Remo Schwitter
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