Every cable has its story.

From the Muckenhaupt & Nusselt cable factory in Wuppertal Langerfeld comes a surprising product: a delicious honey that also convinces honey sommeliers.

Managing Director Christian Muckenhaupt and Dietmar Herzog from Technical Sales successfully keep bees together on the company premises.

Christian Muckenhaupt: "It is a wonderful coincidence that Dietmar Herzog has returned to our company and has now become my master beekeeper."

Dietmar Herzog: "In the beginning, it's like this: You have bees. And then it turns around: Later, the bees have you. You can't get away from it anymore."

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It's quite a challenge: Artists on tour usually perform at a different location every few days. After days of setup, one or two shows take place, and as soon as the last one ends, the team begins dismantling the stage with all the cables, storing them or transporting them to the next location. Our cables can handle this.

For years, more and more high-quality data lines up to CAT7 have been used, since more and more fast digital signals have to be transmitted. Today's events of this type usually also include a show and effect component, which must be controlled synchronously with the audio transmission.

That sounds very much like a task for us.

Only machines equipped with top-of-the-line components will be running continuously here. The cables certainly won't be the problem.

We produce various cables for the wind energy sector. We supply torsion-resistant cables for data and control applications, which are installed suspended within the tower.

Particularly in the offshore sector, we must demonstrate resistance to seawater, ozone, oil, and UV radiation. These properties must be guaranteed under harsh environmental conditions across a wide temperature range.

It's not just offshore installations that face a dangerous existence: rodent damage is a problem that power lines in onshore wind turbines are also exposed to. Our answer to these cheeky rodents: cables braided with steel wire. Bon appétit.

In fencing, the goal is to touch the opponent with the foil first and thus score a hit. Fractions of a second determine victory or defeat. Electronic scoring is achieved using an electrical cable that we developed for our client.

The hit signal must be transmitted reliably; the transmission must not obstruct the opponents on the fighting field.

For this purpose, the cable is kept under slight mechanical tension by a spring-loaded drum – it follows all fencing movements by constantly winding and unwinding. To avoid being a hindrance, the cable must be very thin, but it must not break in the heat of the moment. For this reason, three aramid threads were integrated into the stranding gussets, decoupling the copper strands from mechanical stress.

Thanks to its high abrasion resistance, the robust TPU sheath ensures that the winding and unwinding process can be performed thousands of times without mechanical wear leading to premature cable failure – now it all depends on the speed of the athletes.

In crane and lifting technology, cables are often stored on spring-loaded drums. These are referred to as cables in drum-loadable applications.

Such cables must not only be designed to withstand the forces of gravity, but also the constant force exerted by the spring coil. In practice, these cables are continuously wound and unwound to compensate for the length changes of the crane boom.

To develop the optimal design parameters, various prototype productions and subsequent tests on simulation systems were required.

You can tell it was worth it because you don't notice anything.

Trends in this application area of ​​high-quality cables include the desire of machine manufacturers for pre-assembled, universally applicable cable systems that can be assembled using the "plug and play" principle and can also be replaced on site if necessary.

Another trend is the use of hybrid cables that transmit both power and signals. These include bus cables (ISOBUS) as well as cables for camera and sensor signals.

We have adapted to these requirements and offer manufacturers of forestry machinery such as harvesters durable cable systems that have been designed from the ground up for use in harsh environmental conditions.

Cables for flexible applications are equipped with special strandings that prevent "corkscrew effects" and often also feature effective strain relief. Special requests, such as cables in signal colors, are also accommodated – even for small quantities and with short delivery times.