...WIRE DRAWING Objective To know how copper and aluminum drawing is done, and also to understand the machine setting and how the machine operates. Introduction Wire drawing is the process by which a metal rod is forced through a series of varying cross section die(s) and hence the metal rod cross sectional area is varied so as to obtain the desired shape and size. In Kenwest cables company their are 3 wire drawing machines namely:- 1. M55 2. H20 3. M85 1.M55 This is the main copper drawing machine and the one which can handle the 1st drawing process which is hard drawing. The raw material used is usually copper rod of 7.9mm thickness as the hard drawing material. The M55 can also handle further copper drawing like the H20. Operation procedure The M55 has several units namely:- a) stand b) block c) drawing basin d) annealer e) spooler a) stand It is responsible in guiding the copper rod being fed to the block or drawing basin. If its hard drawing its fed to the block but when its further drawing its directly fed into the drawing basin. This is because at the block section the die obtained may have a larger diameter than the copper rod in the case of further drawing hence the block is not required. b) Block It is functional when hard drawing takes place. The 1st die is usually located in this section (the block section) hence drawing process begins at the block section. The copper rod being fed is usually about 7.9mm in diameter which is the diameter...
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...Contractor Requirements The successful contractor will have a certified electrician on site whenever work is being done on or near electrical wiring. The successful contractor will be a certified installer of the infrastructure components being provided. All work must meet local, state, and federal regulation codes. The successful contractor will have a Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) onsite and supervising all work. Purpose of this RFP The purpose of this RFP is to detail the work that is to be done, from the beginning to end stages in order for various contractors to bid on this project. Any contractors bidding on this project must give technical and commercial proposals in accordance with the terms and conditions mentioned in this document. Cables, network equipment, and other infrastructure components that meet customer requirements will be purchased through outside vendors by the contractors. The source company reserves the right to negotiate the prices for the hardware and/or any software needed to complete this project. The bidder will furnish all labor, tools, and any other equipment needed to successfully complete this contract. Work Included The scope of this RFP covers the deployment of the following technology and service components, hardware/ storage infrastructure solution supply, installation & configuration of racks, switches and other devices. Any and all overtime or off-hours work required to complete the scope of work within...
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... In this investigation I am going to investigate what affect the resistance of a wire. Electricity flows in metals. Metal wires are made of millions of tiny metal crystals. Each crystal’s atoms are arranged in a regular pattern. The metal is full of ‘free’ electrons that do not stick to any particular atom. They fill the space between atoms in a metal. When these electrons move they create an electric current. Conductors have resistance, but some are worse than others. The free electrons keep bumping into atoms. A wires resistance depends on four main factors which are: Resistivity The length of the wire Cross sectional area The temperature of the wire I am going to investigate how the length of the wire affects the resistance. I have done a preliminary experiment to help me decide the best way to do my investigation. The results should also help me make a prediction. Preliminary Investigation Below are my results from the preliminary experiment (see table 1). I have taken three readings each from the Volts and current to make sure it is as accurate as possible Table 1 From the results I can see that as the length of the wire increases, the resistance increases as well. Furthermore I have noticed that if you double the length of the wire, the resistance is roughly doubled. E.g. when the length of the wire is 20cm the resistance is 3.14 ohms, when the length of the wire is 40cm the resistance is 6.18 ohms which is roughly double 3.14 ohms. In my main investigation...
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...Managing Operations is Sound Prioritization: The Mexicana Wire Works Case A case report presented to the faculty of the Master of Business Administration Far Eastern University In partial fulfilment of the requirements In Quantitative Analysis Submitted To: Professor Willy Cuason Submitted By: Jeancy Dela Rosa Joan Eclipse Gerra Lanuza Mark Nimeno Timmyleh Pocong Jerome Tumambing June 03, 2014 I. Case Background Mexicana Wire Winding, Inc. is a subsidiary of Westover Wire Works based in Texas which is a medium-sized producer of wire windings of electrical transformers. Ron Garcia is the new management trainee, who studied operations management in his MBA program but lacks any technical knowledge about the manufacturing process. He is tasked to help the company in solving the increase in booking orders for April.There will be new equipments coming in the next several months but these won‘t help them fill the April orders. (Render & Stair, 2012) To better understand the case the group researched on the sequence on how to produce wire windings as discussed in the case: 1. “Wire Winding- the metalworking process used to reduce the cross-section of a wire by pulling the wire through a single, or series of, drawing die(s). There are many applications for wire drawing, including electrical wiring, cables, tension-loaded structural components, springs, paper clips...
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...Case Study Mexicana Wire Works Ron Garcia felt good about his first week as a management trainee at Mexicana Wire Winding, Inc. He had not yet developed any technical knowledge about the manufacturing process, but he had toured the entire facility, located in the suburbs of Mexico City, and had met many people in various areas of the operation. Mexicana, a subsidiary of Westover Wire Works, a Texas firm, is a medium-sized producer of wire windings used in making electrical transformers. Carlos Alverez, the production control manager, described the windings to Garcia as being of standardized design. Garcia’s tour of the plant, laid out by process type (see Figure 7.20), followed the manufacturing sequence for the windings: drawing, extrusion, winding, inspection, and packaging. After inspection, good product is packaged and sent to finished product storage; defective product is stored separately until it can be reworked. On March 8, Vivian Espania, Mexicana’s general manager, stopped by Garcia’s office and asked him to attend a staff meeting at 1:00 P.M. “Let’s get started with the business at hand,” Vivian said, opening the meeting. “You all have met Ron Garcia, our new management trainee. Ron studied operations management in his MBA program in southern California, so I think he is competent to help us with a problem we have been discussing for a long time without resolution. I’m sure that each of you on my staff will give Ron your full cooperation.” Vivian turned...
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...INSTALLATION: WIRE SPLICING AND JOINTS Name: __________________________ Date:_________ Yr/Sec:_________________________ Score/Remarks:_______ I. MULTIPLE CHOICE(10PTS) DIRECTION: Read the statement carefully. Encircle the correct answer. 1. It is a type of wire splice and joints in which it is used as a temporary tap, usually done in construction sites. a. Rat tail or Pig Tail b. Knotted Tap c. Plain tap joint d. Aerial Tap 2. When connecting a two skinned wires this tools can be use EXCEPT: a. Long nose plier b. Flat nose plier c. Wire stripper plier d. Linesman plier 3. This joint is used on a large solid conductors where it is difficult to wrap the heavy wire around the main wire. a. Wrapped Tap or Tee joint b. Cross joint c. Duplex cross joint d. Plain tap joint 4. This is the proper sequence in making a rat tail or pig tail splice accordingly. I. Tightened the twisted end using a plier. II. Twist the wires about 5-6 turns. III. Unskinned one end of the wire. IV. Place the two wires in cross position. a. I,II,III, and IV b. III,IV,II, and I c. II,I,III, and IV d. III,IV,II, and I 5. This is the most commonly used size of wire in splices and joints. a. Size 14 solid wire b. Size 16 solid wire c. Size 18 solid wire d. Size 20 solid wire 6. It is the connection of the end of one wire to some point along the run of another wire. a....
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...All of Us Are Sexual Why is sexuality so important? All of us are sexual. Our sexuality includes our body and how our body works our biological sex our gender — our biological, social, and legal status as girls and boys, women and men our gender identity — our feelings about our gender our sexual orientation — straight, gay, or bisexual our values about life, love, and the people in our lives And sexuality influences how we feel about all of these things and how we experience the world. When we think of sexuality, we might just think about our bodies. We might just think about our sex organs. But our sexuality has as much to do with how we think and feel as it does with how we behave. Sexuality is a basic part of our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual lives. Our sexuality should be enjoyed and celebrated. It is not something to be ashamed of or embarrassed about. Healthy sexuality allows us to be open, flexible, creative, safe, and responsible as we explore our sexual thoughts, feelings, and desires. It lets us recognize that sex can be fun and can also fulfill many emotional needs. Sex also has risks. Having a healthy attitude about sexuality means knowing our values, beliefs, attitudes, limits, and boundaries, and respecting that knowledge by being responsible. It allows us to feel attractive, regardless of our age, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, height, weight, or physical or mental ability. It lets us be ourselves. Knowing as...
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...The f ine l ine between evil manipulator and self-centered attention seeker - A look at the actions of Livia Soprano in Season 1 of The Sopranos Critics see the character of Livia Soprano as that of “an evil manipulator” . However, what we don’t see is an old woman, forced to live in a nursing home, trying hard not to be forgotten by her loved ones . She may be self-centered, and attention seeking, but she only acts the way and says the things she does to make everyone around her love and respect her. Katz describes Livia as a “usual grande dame - as a lower-class, paranoid woman whose only joy is inflicting her own misery on others” When we are first introduced to Livia in Season 1, Episode 1 of The Sopranos , we see an old lady, living by herself, afraid to answer the door even to her own son. When she finally lets him in, and tells her about his friend, Artie, she replies by saying “he calls her [Artie’s mother] everyday”. Through this, she implies that she wants him to call her, just like his friend calls his mother. There is no sign of any malignant feelings she might have toward Tony. We simply see her as a mother, trying to get some attention from her son. She does not seem like someone, who by the end of the season would “take a “contract” out on her son” . Joseph Walker says , “Livia’s every utterance, however casual, has the potential to disrupt Tony’s precarious sense of his selfhood. Her barbed “look who calls his mother,” or “oh, he knows everything,”...
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...2014 Annual Report March 23, 2015 To Our Stockholders: You are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting of stockholders to be held on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., central time, at the corporate office of Encore Wire Corporation located at 1329 Millwood Rd., McKinney, Texas. The purposes of the meeting are to elect directors for the ensuing year, ratify the appointment of auditors for 2015, to approve, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and conduct other business that may properly come before the meeting. Net sales for the year ended December 31, 2014 were $1.167 billion, while net income for the year was $37.1 million, with fully diluted net earnings per common share of $1.78. Unit volume, measured in copper pounds contained in the wire sold increased 3.6% in 2014 versus 2013. Our new aluminum building wire plant finished its second full year of operations, during which we sold $103.4 million of aluminum building wire. We believe that our ability to sell aluminum wire has resulted in increased copper wire sales as customers prefer to “one-stop shop” and order enough pounds to get free freight. Aluminum demand is so strong that we are expanding the current 200,000 square foot aluminum plant with a 250,000 square foot addition. We believe that our costs are as low, or lower, than our competitors. We believe our superior order fill rates continue to enhance our competitive position, as our electrical ...
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...rating Unshielded Twisted-Pair is copper wire that is used in a twisted pair. Which is two conductors of a single circuit that are twisted together to prevent crosstalk UTP typically have only one outer covering or jacket for one or more of the twisted pairs. Shielded Twisted-Pair is copper wire that is almost the same but also with the outer covering each twisted pair is also shielded separately and then shielded again before the outer jacket Fiber-Optic Cable bandwidth is dramatically higher than with copper speeds and it uses a strand of glass or plastic to transmit data using light pulses transmission distances are much further away it is not susceptible to outside EMI or crosstalk interference. It is more secure than copper wire it very hard to tap in to unlike copper wire. Dark Fiber is just a term used for unused or unneeded strands of installed fiber because you always want to install more than you need cause networks always grow. Coaxial Cable is widely used for cable tv it has solid copper core with a Teflon insulation around that either a foil sleeve of a braided wire mesh and then the outer jacket Plenum is the space between the deck ant the false ceiling when it is used for HVAC Riser is a vertical shaft that allows you to run wires between two floors Rip Cord is installed in some wire it is also called the slitting cord it is meant to make it easier to split the jacket on the cable when more than 2” of the wire needs to be exposed. Core in cabling is what...
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...signal loss and check for equipment that may cause interference and degrade network performance. The following paragraphs describe three (3) cable testers and how they work and which cable system(s) they are most suitable for. The first tester is the wire-mapper. Wire-mappers are used primarily with copper twisted-pair cable installations. These devices, according to Oliviero and Woodward (2011, p.422, 441) “Transmit signals through each pair in a twisted-pair cable to determine if it is connected correctly to the correct pin at each end.” The second tool is the tone generator. A tone generator is a two-piece unit that consists of a tone generator and a probe. This type of tester's primary function, amongst installers, is to identify specific locations in a punch-down block then label accordingly. According to Oliviero and Woodward (2011, p.442-443), these testers “Transmit[s] a signal, or, with an alligator clip, you connect the unit to an individual wire. The other unit is an inductive amplifier, which is a pen-like probe that emits an audible tone when touched to the other end of the conductor.” Primary functions are identify a particular cable within a bundle and to test for opens, shorts, and miswires of individual wires. Unfortunately, there is a disadvantage to using this device; time consuming. The third and final tester to be discussed are Multifunction Cable Scanners (commonly referred to as a certification tool). Alarmingly, these devices are highly expensive...
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...beginning with Layer 7. Application, Presentation, Session, Transport, Network, Data Link, and Physical. 6. Why is it important for operating system venders to consider the OSI/RM when developing networking software? The OSI/RM allows systems from various venders to communicate with one another. Significant deviance from the OSI/RM will result in communication failures. 7. What is the difference between routable and non-routable protocols? Routable protocols can pass through a router and can travel through LANs and WANs. Non-routable protocols use predefined routes that cannot be changed. 8. Name the two types of twisted-pair cable, and the two varieties of wire available for each. Shielded twisted-pair cable (STP) and unshielded twisted-pair cable (UTP). They both come in either stranded wire or solid wire. 9. What are the two major types of fiber-optic cables? Single mode and Multi Mode 10. A network administrator suspects a security problem on a wireless network, and has changed...
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...Armco Inc. Armco Inc is a steel manufacturer that used to be the sixth largest in its industry in United States in 1990. The Kansas City Works within its Midwestern Steel Division was hit by the decline in the business in the US steel industry. The firm produces grinding media and carbon wire rod. The first on has been successful in the industry with its great durability compared to the competitors. Carbon wire rods on the other hand were non profitable and covered only some of its fixed costs through its production volume. The old performance measurement system used by Armco Inc did not work properly because it had some problems. First, it did not provide information on the product mix being produced while it provided data on total tonnage produced but didn’t breakdown what was produced. Second the measurement system compared actual to objective but didn’t provide data on what factors exactly caused variance. Third, the costs were not broken down by fixed costs, variable costs and relevant range. Also the reports were generated on the 15th day following every month ending so I think managers could not take immediate corrective actions which would have been sometimes very necessary. In my opinion, also the fact that the system did not measure Key Performance Index for each department such as the new system, is one important reason why the old system was inadequate. there was inconsistency with organization’s current strategy. The objective of Armco Inc. is maximizing profits...
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...Set of Instructions Author Author Affiliation Abstract Instructions are set of guidelines that helps to perform a process or procedure. Making an USB fan is an easy “Do It Yourself” project. Anybody with access to a computer USB port can run a small fan. This paper describes instructions to be followed in order to make a USB fan. Title of Paper Equipment required: 1. Small 5 Volt dc Motor. 2. An adhesive glue, 3. A (exhausted) round shaped marker pen, 4. An USB cable, 5. Cutting tool like scissors or knife, 6. Wire stripper, 7. Tape, 8. Plastic gear available from any small toy car. 9. A circular piece of plastic of diameter 3” Instructions: 1. Firstly cut the USB cable at one end (it should be the end with female jack), 2. Locate red and black cables. Leave the rest. 3. Stripe out the copper wires using cable stripper, 4. Connect the red and black cable to that of the motor, 5. Attach the gear to the shaft of the motor, 6. Now make 8 cut to the center of the circular plastic. It would take small triangular shapes. Twist the triangular shaped wings of the fan slightly inwards, 7. Attach the circular plastic to the gear using glue, 8. Put the motor with the plastic on top of the marker and stick with the glue, 9. Now fix the other part of the marker on top of the cd vertically. 10. Connect the male USB jack to the USB port of a computer. The fan should move perfectly. Figure 1: Completed...
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...to meet those demands of mobility, and also for the life of the wire so that it does not crack, break, fray or short. We had a job at a university where we moved flat panels on a track system to create different screen sizes, and for that we had to make sure the cable would meet the demand. Capacitance Cat 6 is not always better than Cat 5. If a video extender is made for Cat 5e, using Cat 6 may cause you a problem. The electrical properties are different, and the circuitry inside may not be able to reconcile the increased capacitance. You should confirm with the manufacturer before making a substitute in a Category cable. Jacket What type of jacket does your cable need? You have plenum, riser, PVC/non-plenum and direct burial. Plenum cable is often required in commercial work, especially in buildings where there are open-air returns; it is essential to meeting code. Integrators will often use riser grade at the riser, and then transfer to plenum in the plenum space. This saves some cost, but I recommend you second-guess saving that few cents per foot in most cases. The chances of mixing up a box of cable and pulling riser in the plenum space may increase your liability as a company or cause you to re-pull cable when the inspector fails your install. If you only send plenum to site, you eliminate this possibility. A tennis ball would be a good makeshift tool because you can cut a hole in it to place wires...
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