Pappadá

New „Posatrefoli“ double-strand laying machine developed

Some years ago, the Italian company Pappadá was contacted by the manager of a precast concrete plant and asked to find a solution for their problems related to laying prestressing wire strands on a 120-m long production line. Stumbling block was the fact that four workers operating the line, now and then, complained about each other that their work was not sufficiently productive and, therefore, the wires often got entangled. But as this really is an extremely demanding task, Pappadá accepted the challenge under the condition that they were allowed to conduct all tests required for adjusting...

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