Product Description
GENERAL MACHINE PRODUCTS 70400 APOLLO LASHER WITH CASE NEW The latest word in aerial cable lashing. Perfect for all telcom cable construction, including Hybrid Fiber/Coaxial and broadband cable. With its light weight and parallel-pull capability, you'll string cable quickly and easily, over all outside plant cable routes.
From the company that pioneered the modern automatic lasher with Western Electric back in the 1940's ... comes Apollo ... a machine that's lightweight, easy-to-handle and simple to operate and maintain. Lashing technology has now advanced onto the information superhighway.
The newest addition to GENERAL MACHINE PRODUCTS 's line of proven lashers, Apollo has all of the versatility and performance features you need to easily handle today's broadband lashing applications, solving all of the problems associated with pulling parallel to the strand and through densely crowded cable routes.
GENERAL MACHINE PRODUCTS engineers designed Apollo using computer-aided design and finite element analysis to achieve its high degree of durability without any excess weight. Then, we employed the very latest in high-speed CNC machining to make every part fit and perform exactly as designed. Like all our lashers, Apollo is built to last. After all, this is not just any spinner, it's a GENERAL MACHINE PRODUCTS lasher.
No other lasher or cable spinner will give you all of these advanced features and operating benefits:
Under 39 lbs., (17.7 kgs) without wire, 12 1/2 in.(315 mm) diameter
Lashes any telcom cable/innerduct combination up to 4 in. (10 cm) diameter
Parallel-pull capability overcomes all terrain obstacles
Interference-free over-lashing with no modifications
Positive slip-free gear drive (no belts) tested in excess of 1 million cycle
Lashes to strand sizes 1/4 in. to 3/8 in. (6 - 10 mm) diameter
Holds two coils of industry standard wire .045 in. x 1200 ft. (1.1 mm x 365 m) or .038 in. x 1,600 ft. (1 mm x 490 m)
Provides adjustable tension of lashing wire, affording tight or loose lash
Wire tension constant regardless of amount on spool
No lasher backroll when pulling force removed
Front rollers guide cables through the machine
All smooth edges throughout provide 360 degree protection against cable damage
Ergonomic design makes it easy to handle
Manual clutch release allows speedy span transfers
Each Apollo lasher also includes a 6 ft. (2 m) polypropylene towing bridle and a rugged, weather-tight storage chest to securely protect your lasher investment while it's not in use.
P/N Description Weight
70400 Apollo Lasher w/Chest 44 lbs. (19.9 kgs.)
70190 Towing Lanyard
35 ft. (10.7 m) 6 lbs. (2.8 kgs)