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Release No.: GM6097

GMP Contact:
Ted Clemens, Director of Sales
215-357-5500
info@GMPtools.com



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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Product Introduction

GMP Showcases the "Sidewinder" Trailer Mounted
Fiber Optic Puller and other Cable Placing Equipment
at the ICUEE Demo Expo 2009


July 2009; Trevose, PA -- General Machine Products Company, Inc. (GMP), Trevose, PA, introduces the Sidewinder Trailer Mounted Fiber Optic Puller at the International Construction & Utility Equipment (ICUEE) Demo Expo 2009 (Booth #1527), to be held in the Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, KY, from Tuesday, October 6 through Thursday, October 8.

The Sidewinder Trailer Mounted Fiber Optic Puller is designed to exceed telecommunications installation requirements. It uses a 32 in. (813 mm) diameter single capstan to provide a controlled force to the pulling of rope or tape. The unit can be used as an end-puller, or it can be placed at the mid-point of a section to assist the pull, thus enabling longer pulls to be achieved.

The Sidewinder has a rope/tape take-up drum, which is driven independently by a hydraulic motor. The take-up drum has a detachable side, which allows rope or tape to be removed from the drum in a tidy coil. The drum can be declutched from the drive to allow rope or tape to be pulled out manually when threading into a duct system. The Sidewinder is powered by a commercial-grade Honda GX390 gasoline engine, which drives the fixed displacement, tandem mounted, hydraulic pumps. It weighs 1,400 lbs. (635 kg) and can be pulled by a standard pickup truck.

More information about the Sidewinder is available online at:
http://gmptools.com/nf/pull_and_assist.htm, or by contacting
Ted Clemens at: 215-357-5500; info@GMPtools.com.

About The 2009 ICUEE Demo Expo
The International Construction & Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE) Demo Expo features over 40 educational sessions and 950 exhibits spread out over 26 acres. It benefits those in the electric, phone & cable, sewer & water, gas, general construction, landscaping, and public works fields. This year the H2O XPO, for new water and wastewater utilities, is also co-exhibiting with the ICUEE Demo Expo. More information is available at: http://www.icuee.com/.

About General Machine Products Company
For more than 75 years, General Machine Products Company, Inc., (GMP) has been a global provider of a wide range of products for the telecommunications, power utility and cable television industries, and the contractors who serve them. Product applications include the placement of fiber optic, copper conductor, and coaxial cable both aerially and underground.

GMP aerial cable lashing machines, Adams® continuous duty winches and fiber optic cable pullers are accepted as the industry standard. The complete line of GMP's 1,100+ products also includes cable reels and aerial blocks, cable cutters, unique RJ plug pressing tools, fiber optic cable blowing equipment, and other specially-designed tools for the data, telecommunications, and power utility markets.

GMP's facilities include a 100,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Trevose, PA, in suburban Philadelphia, and in Rutland, England (its CBS Products, Ltd. unit). Both facilities are equipped with a full complement of technologically advanced machine tools manned by a well-trained team of craftspeople.

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Editor's Note:
A high-resolution photograph [5.8 MB TIF] of the Sidewinder is available to accommodate this release. Go to www.GMPtools.com/images/Sidewinder_HiRes.tif
(Click on or paste this link into your browser's address field).

Photo Caption:
General Machine Products, Co., Inc., introduces the Sidewinder Trailer Mounted Fiber Optic Puller at the 2009 ICUEE Demo Expo. The Expo will be held in the Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, KY., from October 6 through October 8.

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