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SPS Fair 12th – 14th November 2024 | Visit us!

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SPS Fair 12th – 14th November 2024

SPS Fair 12th – 14th April 2024 | Visit us!

At the SPS 2024 (12-14 November, Nuremberg), the HELUKABEL Group is exhibiting electrical connection technology for all industrial automation sectors. The portfolio includes cables and wires, complete system solutions for energy transmission, and intelligent lighting systems. Visitors can experience the new HELULIGHT Smart Process addressable LED lights at our booth in hall 2, stand 230/231. With these lights, any number of individual machine and system processes can be visualised clearly.

The HELULIGHT Smart Process LEDs being exhibited by the HELUKABEL Group at the SPS are part of an intelligent lighting and signalling system ideal for a wide range of industrial applications. These are individually addressable, RGB LEDs make it possible for different operational parameters such as progress, fill levels, or temperature to be easily monitored visually by machine and systems operators. Thanks to its analogue controls, the HELULIGHT Smart Process is compatible with all common controllers and can be used with virtually all machines, both outside on the housing and inside the machine. This system functions as a standardised and easy-to-implement solution for the visualisation of processes.

Awaiting visitors to the HELUKABEL booth is an extensive assortment of electrical connection technology products. This includes cables, wires, accessories, custom plastic, steel, and stainless-steel drag chains, and pre-assembled and ready-to-use system solutions. The flexible applications of industrial automation and mechanical and plant engineering are in the spotlight.

The HELUKABEL portfolio includes the HELUCHAIN range of drag chain cables, which are specially designed for use in drag chains. A number of variations of these cables are now available with a TPE outer sheath. This plastic material is especially robust and abrasion-resistant, which makes it ideal for extreme mechanical loads and weather conditions. Users have the choice between the HELUCHAIN MULTISPEED 522-TPE control and connection cable, and the HELUCHAIN MULTISPEED 600 single-core cable, all available in both screened and unscreened models. The complete product family is UL certified and is therefore suitable for international use. For all applications not subjected to extreme operating conditions, HELUKABEL has expanded its portfolio to include a number of affordable solutions. With these, we are able to offer our customers better value for their money.

For industrial automation, the HELUKABEL portfolio also includes ROBOFLEX series data and control cables. These cables are designed for use on highly dynamic industrial robots that work in three dimensions. They are able to reliably withstand tension, compression, bending, and torsion equally well. The ROBOFLEX-recycle is also exceptionally resistant to oils and welding beads.

A wide array of data, network, and bus cables are also available, such as HELUKAT copper cables or HELUCOM fibre optic cables, which have proven to exhibit exceptional transmission properties, even in the most demanding of applications. As a competent partner of the drive technology sector, HELUKABEL delivers with motor, encoder, and hybrid cables, as well as accessories, for servo drives. The TOPSERV Hybrid line of PVC and PUR single-cable solutions supports all common digital interfaces such as DSL, EnDat, or EtherCAT.

Planning on visiting us? You can find us at the SPS 2024 in hall 2 at stand 230/231. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Our trainees 2023

OUR TRAINEES 2023

A NEW STAGE OF LIFE BEGINS.

Welcome to the team, Ben and Noah.

The two are completing their training as industrial clerks with us and will be finished in 2025. We are looking forward to their time together and wish them a great start to their training.

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Robotics

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Robotics

This arm is smart.

SITUATION.

Robots are an indispensable part of the industry and are used in many different areas. The number of required axes, that is, the number of ways in which the system can move varies greatly. Each application has custom requirements which sometimes places high demands on the technology of the ‘robot hand’. Holding and guiding a welding head, for example, has different requirements than the transfer of an entire vehicle body to a conveyor line.

PROBLEM.

Depending on the application, the robot has different axis configurations, requiring several connection configurations. There is limited space in the installation channel inside the robot arms, precluding the use of prepared heavy-duty plug connectors. This results in custom installations and cutting the prefabricated cables to length. The robot hand must also be individually equipped electrically, pneumatically and hydraulically. This results in installation times of up to four hours.

SOLUTION.

The solution is intelligent standardisation that covers the most common options. Ready-made cable sets are designed for six axes. A pair of cables for the other servomotor with encoder is added only if there is a seventh axis. For the robot hand, work is carried out in the arm with a cable set with circular plug connectors, which lead into a flange socket of a heavy-duty plug connector. Convenient, flexible and easy to maintain. The flange socket is additionally equipped with a control element for the brake. The throughput time is reduced to 30 minutes. The bottom line: Many variants – one solution!

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Machine engineering

Systembaugruppen.

Engineering

CHANCE OVER MACHINES QUICKLY, SAVING TIME AND MONEY.

SITUATION.

In the printing industry, feeder machines overlay printed sheets of paper in the correct sequence and feed them through a conveyor belt for finishing, including stapling and punching. Since magazines have different numbers of pages and paper configurations, the machines have to be convertible in order to be able to vary the type and number of feeder stations. The systems are subject to heavy soiling, because the paper has to be slightly powder-coated.

PROBLEM.

A lot of hard work is required to convert the feeder machine for a new order. Configuration of the feeder stations requires that several lines be connected per station. Finally, the supply voltage, control signals and a data bus must be connected to each feeder station. For an order with six feeder stations, it takes up to one hour before the system is restarted. During this time, 20,000 magazines could have been produced. A lot of money is lost due to long changeover times. Another disadvantage: the standard format of the existing control box is cubic, which has a disruptive effect on the system design.

SOLUTION.

Sangel designed a pre-installed comprehensive package for the new machine generation. The individual feeder stations are now connected with a single line with only one plug connector for the power supply, the control signals and the bus connection. The connector is designed for heavy-duty operation appropriate to the operating conditions and is good for 10,000 mating cycles, ensuring operation for about 20 years. Only then will the connection set need to be replaced. The operator reduces the time required for the changeover process per feeder station from twelve minutes to two minutes. The newly designed control box is now a fully integrated housing part instead of a disruptive attachment. A plug-in design for transferring the supply reduces the diagnostic effort in the event of an error. A coordinated installation module replaces many individual parts. The module is pre-installed and tested. As a result, we reduced installation time by 45 minutes for each station production and by 15 minutes for each commissioning. Per feeding station!

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Loading crane

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Loading crane

WE LOVE PROBLEMS – YOURS, FOR EXAMPLE.

SITUATION.

There are many companies who upgrade trucks with mobile cranes resulting in an enormous number of variations in terms of individual customer requirements. These customers require a wide variety of solutions when it comes to weight class, control type, motion sequence and attachment location. To meet these requirements, the cranes have to be custom designed and manufactured.

PROBLEM.

The custom equipment increases manufacturing times and storage costs. Every order has to be examined and analysed in detail. The control units must be custom-built, order picking for individual parts has to be conducted, and the wiring must be done according to the wiring diagram. It is only possible to identify installation errors after successful installation of the control system and the peripherals (sensors and actuators). Commissioning of the vehicle is delayed, and the technology team must implement adjustments under ergonomically unfavourable conditions. Installation on the vehicle takes up to six hours, with much of the time taken up with searching for parts and getting oriented.

SOLUTION.

The large number of variants is analysed with regard to the control properties to find where there are overlaps. This area of overlap is expanded with common equipment options. Additional installation space is taken into account for the requirements of exotic add-ons. A jumper module takes over the wiring tasks. Variants can be consolidated with a pre-installed housing with populated circuit board and connected cable set. Despite minor additional costs for installed-but-unused options, the savings clearly prevail. The pre-installed and pre-tested control modules are in stock and installed within 90 minutes. The commissioning phase is shortened by 120 minutes on average, because there are fewer delays caused by errors.

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Finally it happened!

MOVING INTO OUR NEW COMPANY BUILDING

Finally it happened!

After a construction phase of ten months we moved into our new headquarters. The moving procedure went well and we continued our daily business as usual on Monday.

We thank our staff who played it´s part in ensuring that the relocation went without any delay and complications.

The new factory premises now offer many advantages both for the production of our LED industrial lights and for the production of our cable assemblies. By expanding the space, we will be able to produce even more efficiently for you in the future and at the same time further expand our service for you.

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Our topping out ceremony

OUR TOPPING OUR CEREMONY

The structural work of the new headquarter is done.

On June 08, 2018 our topping out ceremony took place. The shell at Bechterdisser Straße in Bielefeld is done, now the refinishing of the interior is going to be prepared, as well as all technical installation. The obligatory topping out saying was held by our building company Goldbeck that, as a tradition, smashed the shot glasses together with the general management – for good luck in the new building.
Now, it is time for the final spurt to enable a punctual move.

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Groundbreaking ceremony 2018

Groundbreaking ceremony

We are investing €6 million in our Bielefeld location

At the official ground-breaking ceremony on 6/3/2018, CEO and founder Frank Sangel cut the ribbon for the start of construction of the company’s headquarters on Bechterdisser Strasse in Bielefeld. The new building is an important step in achieving our growth objectives. In addition to the larger production area and office space, there is the option to add additional production capacity to the new building. The new location will also merge the previously separate manufacturing facilities of cable assembly and industrial luminaires. A total of €1 million of the investment volume will be used for new machine technology and further optimising production process. We are proud of that.