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Your product is the starting point.
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Customized around the cables you plan to produce.
Produce simplex / duplex soft cable and FTTH drop cable on a shared HK-50 extrusion platform. Use HK-30-prepared tight-buffered elements for soft cable, or optical fiber and strength members for drop cable. HONGKAI configures the material paths and changeovers around your product mix.
3D reference visualization of the extrusion unit. The approved configuration defines the final machinery, tooling and layout.
Configure for the actual cable: product changeovers require the appropriate material path, screws, crossheads, guides and operating recipes. Agree the setup and acceptance conditions for each product.
Start with the cable drawing. It determines which incoming materials and equipment are active, how the product passes through the line and what must change between batches.
Feed fiber, buffered elements, aramid and strength members as required. Use the cage-stranding module only when the selected distribution-cable construction calls for it.
Dry and feed the selected material, align the incoming elements and use the tooling appropriate to the product profile.
Coordinate warm-water cooling, the fixed trough, chiller, drying, diameter measurement and the specified marking interface.
Choose the traction path, accumulator settings and take-up package. Define the reel-change sequence and finished-product tests.
The HK-50 platform can be configured for the following indoor and access cable products. Select the families your factory needs; we define the supplied line and changeover arrangements around that mix.
Use prepared tight-buffered fiber from the HK-30 stage, add the specified aramid reinforcement and extrude a PVC or LSZH outer jacket. Select the tooling for the single- or twin-element profile.
Feed optical fiber and the specified FRP or steel strength members through the drop-cable tooling. A self-supporting variant also needs the approved messenger feed and cable profile.
Starting material: prepared tight-buffered elements for soft cable; supplied optical fiber and the specified strength members for FTTH. HK-30 handles upstream tight buffering. HK-50 forms the finished cable jacket.
HK-50 is a custom-configured production line. The two main product routes are reference applications; your technical proposal defines the products, equipment and operating conditions included in your project.
Choose a tab to review the material path, relevant equipment and information needed for your configuration.
Soft-cable speed is agreed for the selected construction and compound. The 120 m/min reference applies to 2.0 × 3.0 mm FTTH cable, not every soft-cable product.
Select a unit to see its job, source parameters and project requirements. The equipment schedule covers the complete reference platform; the active path depends on the chosen product.
3D reference visualization. Final supplied arrangement follows the approved configuration.
Combines the specified incoming elements for the distribution-cable extension of the shared platform. It is not required for every simplex, duplex or FTTH route.
Required cable construction, actual reel packages, lay and tension; agree whether this module is included.
Selected unit 01: 24-position cage-stranding module
These values describe the supplied reference proposal. Product-specific speed, extrusion output, tooling and output reels are confirmed in the technical agreement.
| Main product routes | Simplex / duplex soft cable and FTTH drop cable |
|---|---|
| Configured extension | 2–24 core distribution cable; confirm cage-stranding and incoming packages |
| Jacket materials | PVC / LSZH; compound and screw match confirmed per product |
| Extruder reference | 50 mm screw; L/D 25:1 |
| FTTH profile references | 2.0 × 3.0 mm / 2.0 × 5.2 mm |
| FTTH speed reference | 120 m/min for 2.0 × 3.0 mm cable |
| Other product speeds | Agreed for the selected construction, compound and tooling |
| Structural maximum speed | 150 m/min; a separate mechanical rating |
| Take-up reels | PN400–PN630; dimensions and mass confirmed |
| Take-up tension | 5–20 N reference |
| Controls | Siemens S7 PLC + ADVANTECH IPC |
|---|---|
| Approximate line length | 28 m; final layout includes handling and access |
| Approximate installed power | 54 kW source configuration |
| Approximate equipment weight | 5 t source configuration |
| Electrical supply | AC 380 V / 50 Hz / three-phase five-wire reference |
| Compressed air | 0.5–0.6 MPa |
| Machine center height | 1,000 mm |
| Production direction | Defined with the buyer |
The 120 m/min reference applies to 2.0 × 3.0 mm FTTH cable. Specify the output target for each soft-cable or drop-cable product with its material, tooling, winding and quality checks.
Start with the intended cable. Add upstream preparation and downstream testing according to that construction.
Prepare the buffered fiber elements used in the soft-cable route.
Explore the routeStart with the required indoor or self-supporting cable construction.
Explore the routeReview coloring, loose-tube extrusion, SZ stranding and HK-90 sheathing by process.
Explore the routeAgree the trial products and written test methods for your selected soft-cable and FTTH configurations. Define laboratory equipment separately from the production line.
Prepare the approved buffered elements, optical fiber, aramid and strength members. Record each tooling, tension and recipe change.
Confirm dimensions, profile, marking, winding and optical checks for each agreed trial product.
Select the required mechanical and environmental tests from the cable specification, with suitable fixtures, loads and optical monitoring.
Connect product requirements, equipment selection, changeovers and start-up responsibilities in one written technical proposal.
Start with your cable drawings and the intended product mix. Share the information already available; remaining technical details can be confirmed during review.
Product drawings and intended product mix
Fiber / tight-buffer sizes, counts and reel packages
PVC / LSZH grades and colors
Aramid, FRP, steel-wire and messenger requirements
Required output for each cable product
Finished reel dimensions, mass and changeover method
Factory layout, utilities and line direction
Retained equipment and control interfaces
Dimensional, optical and mechanical acceptance tests
Review product coverage, changeovers, speed ratings and the scope of the HK-50 reference equipment.
Yes. The shared extrusion platform can be configured for simplex / duplex soft cable and FTTH drop cable. Switching products requires the relevant incoming materials, pay-off path, guides, crosshead/tooling, tension, cooling and take-up settings. The supplied scope and changeover procedure are agreed for your product mix.
HK-30 applies the tight-buffer layer to supplied coated optical fiber. For the soft-cable route, those prepared buffered elements then feed the HK-50, which adds the specified aramid reinforcement and outer jacket. The FTTH route feeds the approved optical fiber and strength members into the drop-cable extrusion setup.
The reference proposal includes a 24-position cage-stranding module and a 2–24 core distribution-cable option. Include that route only after confirming the cable construction, incoming element packages, stranding requirements, reinforcement, tooling and final equipment scope.
No. The source reference is 120 m/min for 2.0 × 3.0 mm FTTH cable. Soft-cable, other FTTH profiles and distribution-cable speeds are agreed from the construction, compound and required quality. The 150 m/min structural maximum is a separate mechanical rating.
No. The equipment schedule describes the shared reference platform. Soft cable, FTTH and any distribution-cable extension use different incoming packages and active material paths. The technical proposal identifies the supplied units and their use for each selected product.
No. This HK-50 platform is for the specified soft-cable and FTTH extrusion routes. A common outdoor route uses fiber coloring, loose-tube extrusion, SZ stranding where required by the construction, and HK-90 outer sheathing. Equipment selection follows the cable drawing.
No. Two reel positions, tension feedback and servo traversing do not establish automatic cutting and reel transfer. Agree the operator steps, accumulator use, transfer method and restart sequence in the technical proposal.
Agree dimensional and optical checks for production and the mechanical or environmental tests required by your cable specification. Laboratory equipment is planned as a separate scope, including the relevant tensile, crush, impact, bending, torsion or water-penetration tests rather than treating it as part of the take-up or packing station.
