65 Years for Greenberg Cable Stripper

The cable stripper designed by Greenberg Engineering Co., Bala Cynwyd, Pa., is celebrating its 65^th birthday in 2002, according to company president William B. Greenberg.

The stripping device, which separates plastic sheathing from the copper or aluminum cable within, was designed by William’s father Elmer H. Greenberg in 1937. Ten years later, William joined his father in making and selling the machines, so it is also the 55^th anniversary of his involvement in the scrap industry.

William says the machines are just as productive and helpful as ever. “Now that we all must be as efficient as possible, it is important to make as much profit as available on every pound of metal moving through a utility scrap processing operation. When insulated cable is passed on to another processor to recover the copper or aluminum, the ability to accurately determine the exact metal content is lost,” Greenberg comments.

Greenberg engineering now offers seven different models of cable and wire strippers, with different models having the ability to handle wire as thin as 1/16^th of an inch to as thick as 3-1/2 inches-thick cable.