FLYMCA
Booth 522
FLYMCA manufactures rotating machines for the cable industry, specifically rigid type machines, tubular stranders with bullhead and planetary armouring lines.
In recent years, the company has focused on improving specialised machinery designed for large-scale stranding, cabling, screening and armouring purposes, with an emphasis on producing submarine, offshore and umbilical cables.
Armouring lines are constructed in two different configurations: large tubular stranders for multiple wires with bullhead, prepared for FO core paying-off, to avoid torsion on the FO element or tube; and large planetary armouring lines for heavy power transmission cables produced on heavy-duty machines with a high number of wires, based on single-, double- or even triple-wire layer design. Stranding cages are prepared for multiple numbers of bobbins, for example up to 120 units per cage.
The machines incorporate automatic bobbin-loading systems to reduce downtime and minimise the possibility of accidents when manipulating the bobbins, compared to standard loading-crane systems.
The company's stranding and screening equipment for these cables use rigid-type machines. Stranders are prepared to produce from pay-off bobbins with a flange diameter of 630 and 800mm with up to 169 wires and up to 4,000mm2 in copper.
These stranding machines are equipped with automatic bobbin-loading systems; specially designed wire stranding heads either for prepared round or trapezoidal wire sections; substantial compaction systems; and devices for applying water blocking by yarn and powder.
FLYMCA has incorporated upgrades to its equipment that have led to reduced downtime and change-over periods, as well decreasing reliance on operator intervention to improve safety and human failure/accidents. These changes include the integration of accumulators for continuous operation; and automated cutting and taping mechanisms.