WTM to introduce the cable taping machine with Jumbo taping head

With long experience in the cable taping process, WTM knows the aspects that customers focus on: precision in tape tension control, machine reliability over time, and also production efficiency.

The concentric taping heads are designed to provide:

• a wide tape tension control range, from the low values needed for small and sensitive tapes, up to the big values requested for strong and large tapes;
• a constant and regular tape tension throughout the process, thanks to the triple motorization synchronized by electric axis, that avoids influences due to weight, rotating direction, and pads/spools diameters;
• the possibility to employ tape spools, pads (using an adaptor) or, on request, jumbo spools for very long runs.

WTM's concentric heads offer high performance in terms of taping quality and reduced operator intervention, thanks to all the technological features that have been implemented to increase the taping tension control and reduce the risk of tape breakage. Aiming to provide further advantages to the cable production, WTM has designed specific heads for the tape spools of big dimensions. By using jumbo spools, the available tape increases more than 30 times compared to a classic pad, consequently managing to reduce:

• the machine downtime, due to the pad replacement;
• the insulation junctions;
• possible defects on cable insulation.

Field work has confirmed that the process improvement is significant, with an increase in productivity of up to 10-20% and a decrease in production costs and downtime.

Watch the video of the cable taping line equipped with jumbo taping head and contact WTM for more details.