Controls coiling process

Thorite has supplied 20 inhouse designed single station control panels, plus a range of pneumatic cylinders, actuators and air preparation equipment, for a 20 station line of Vertical Take-up Units at Bridon's Wire Mill & Ropery in Doncaster.

Each panel controls pneumatic actuators which activate nip rollers and accumulator arms feeding wire from the galvanising plant on to a wire coiler. The system provides an advanced, remotely controlled electro/ pneumatic interface, enabling operators to transfer fully coiled reels from production line to an accumulating reel, remove the old reel and install an empty reel as part of a continuous process.

This is achieved via bespoke electrical controls without halting output, enabling raw material to be fed in to the start of the line and wire rope to be taken off at the end.