Ridgway Bunching Lines

HIGH SPEED HORIZONTAL BUNCHING LINES

For taping wire and cable

Designed for the application of bunching and taping.

Ridgway 8 Conductor Bunching Line Layout

Ridgway 8 Conductor Bunching Line Layout

Ridgway Triple Bay Bunching Line Layout

Triple Bay Bunching Line Layout

Bunching & Taping Lines

A complete solution offering the capability to separately insulate, bunch and collectively insulate stacks of conductor.

If space is a constraint, we can design a compact unit to suit your exact requirements.

Pay off drum stands

Complete range – torque and dancer control available.

Straighten and Clean

Hardened steel rollers with powered brushes are incorporated into the design, providing perfectly straightened and cleaned conductor prior to tape application.

Taping Machines

Servo motor drive

Photo-electric tape break detectors

Low tape pad detection

Conductor steady with adjustable guide roller units

Strobe light option giving freeze frame

view of taping process

Taping heads

Extensive range for all applications:

Tangential heads with 2, 3, 4 or 8 tape pads

Concentric heads for traverse wound packs or flat pads

 

Caterpillars

Up to 5000N pull

Servo drive, synchronised to tape head speed

Pneumatically controlled belt pressure
Take up drum stand

Complete range available including:

Traversing drum – servo driven

Traversing wire – Uhing type

Drum Ø sensing

Variable torque control

Control System

A free standing operator control console is supplied. In addition, total line control is available from every taping machine in the line.

Support

When integrated into a Ridgway taping line skilled engineers are available for fast, professional support via remote diagnostics.

Ridgway Triple Bay Bunching Line

Ridgway Triple Bay Bunching Line

SPECIFICATION

Bunching Lines

Taping head speed

Up to 1000rpm

Spindle through bore

Ø – up to 40mm

Finished product capacity

Up to 1200mm2

No. of conductors

Up to 8

No. of bays after bunching

Up to 5

Line speed

Up to 60 metres per min.

Tangential taping heads

Tape pads per head – up to 8

Concentric taping heads

Flat pad

Traverse wound pack

Bi-directional head rotation

 

Options

Waxing units

Burr detectors

 

8 Bay Bunching Line Layout

8 Bay Bunching Line Layout

 

SPEC SHEET

Download Bunching Lines Spec Sheet
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