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WIRE & CABLE NEWS Spring 2015 - issue No 52

OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL WIRE & MACHINERY ASSOCIATION
www.iwma.org

75th anniversary for Ceeco Bartell

This year gives good reason for Ceeco materials. The design expertise, and value in every machine it builds
Bartell to be celebrating – its 75th in-depth process understanding and and its drive for constant improvement
anniversary! product development allow Bartell’s has been rewarded with the distinction
of being re-certified as
The company, the Ceeco a mature member of the
side of which gives a total ISO 9001:2008 quality
history of more than 120 community.
years, produces advanced
fibre optic cable and LAN With generations of
cable and high-speed industry knowledge and
manufacture of energy engineering design
cables. experience, coupled with
a sales and technical
The Bartell range of service network, Bartell’s
Ceeco-Bartell branded employees are dedicated
wire and cable products to providing customers
have been at the forefront with technologies capable
of technologies that cut of meeting the most
costs, expand data signal advanced production
rates and allow higher needs.
transmission frequencies
to speed communications The company’s wire and
and power to all corners of SS DoubleTwist 2 roll form stranding machine
cable products are divided
the globe. into three categories: fibre optic and
data/telecom, electrical power and
Advances in power cable manufacturing, customers to optimise their products, ferrous cables.
via Ceeco-Bartell’s roll form stranding reduce manufacturing costs and
machines, increase cable production improve competitiveness.
rates up to five times over the traditional Ceeco Bartell – USA
methods, while reducing costs in both Ceeco-Bartell prides itself on setting Email: [email protected]
drawing operations and insulating new standards for quality, performance Website: www.bartellmachinery.com

The best ‘green’ business

Isleworth, UK-based Ormiston Wire has at every opportunity and utilising a delivering outstanding customer service
been awarded the Hounslow Business high-efficiency condensing gas boiler. as a core business priority. We
Award for Best Green Business. These changes have led to annual understand the benefits of adopting
energy savings of tens of thousands of sustainable business practices and how
The award recognises the company’s pounds. it can positively affect both the planet
ongoing commitment to environmental and profits.”
policy and sustainability procedures.
The wire manufacturer has previously The annual Hounslow Business
been commended with the Queen’s Awards are developed and organised
Award for its achievements in by Hounslow Chamber of Commerce
sustainable development. and celebrate the achievements of both
small and large local businesses. The
The company initially introduced Best Green Business Award required
cost-reducing energy efficiency measures SS Mark Ormiston receives the award nominees to best demonstrate how
at the beginning of the 1990s. Over two its green and sustainability ethos and
decades later, the wire manufacturer “I’m delighted Ormiston Wire has practices positively contributed towards
has developed its environmental won this award, which recognises carbon reduction, recycling policy and
sustainability measures still further, our continuous commitment to the promotion and adoption of green
which includes the implementation environmental sustainability in the innovation and technologies.
of new energy saving technology manufacturing process,” said Mark
and instilling an ethical ethos in the Ormiston, managing director.
workforce. The measures it has Ormiston Wire Ltd – UK
introduced include installing light “Ormiston Wire regards excellent Email: [email protected]
bulbs with motion sensors, recycling environmental sustainability alongside Website: www.ormiston-wire.co.uk

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A Karpat Ltd.............................................................p3
Advaris Informationssysteme GmbH.......................p7
AESA Cortaillod.......................................................p6
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Ajex & Turner Wire Dies Co.....................................p5

New warehouse
Associated Engineers and Industrials Ltd...............p5
Assomac Machines Ltd .........................................p13 New offices for IWMA DIARY OF WORLD CLASS WIRE & CABLE EVENTS
Braude Ltd..............................................................p18
Ceeco Bartell............................................................p1 FOR BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION & NETWORKING
The International Wire & Machinery assistance we have had over four A Karpat Ltd, a Canada-based
Cimteq Ltd..............................................................p21
CSM Metalurji Malat Sanayi Ve Muhendislik Ltd.....p5 Association (IWMA) – the world’s decades in building the IWMA into importer and wholesaler of wire and 2015
Force Measuring Systems AG...............................p16 largest corporate trade association what it is today. wire products, has opened its fifth
for the wire and cable industry – has APRIL
Gauder Group........................................................ p11 Canadian warehouse in Edmonton,
GEO-Reinigungstechnik GmbH.............................p19 moved into new offices. “We have, and continue to maintain, Alberta. Interwire 2015 WAI
GER SA..................................................................p10
Hiltex Technische Weefsels BV.............................p13
The association has taken up
an excellent relationship with
everyone at Intras and I expect to see The company is headquartered in
28-30 Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Exhibition
 Email: [email protected]
Website: www.wirenet.org
Inductotherm......................................................... p23
InnoVites BV..........................................................p23 residence at an office complex ideally us working closely together for the Montreal, Quebec, and ships material MAY
ITSL........................................................................ p11 situated near Birmingham International foreseeable future.” from Montreal, Quebec; Lachine,
Maillefer SA............................................................p19 Airport, in the UK. Quebec; Halifax, Nova Scotia; wire Russia 2015 Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
Marldon Ltd............................................................p18
Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH.............................p12 The move comes as part of the
Caroline Sullens, managing director
of Intras, added: “Over the last two
Mississauga, Ontario; and now 12-15 Moscow, Russia
Exhibition
 Email: [email protected]
Website: www.wire-russia.com
Metalube Ltd..........................................................p23 Edmonton, Alberta.
NDC Technologies.................................................p17
association’s long-term expansion years the IWMA has developed JUNE
Nota Precision Engineering Company...................p21 plans to develop its membership and exponentially under the direction of The company specialises in rebar tie
Ormiston Wire Ltd....................................................p1 grow internationally, and was passed the current executive committee and wire, bulk nails, and engineered wire IWMA Golf Day
IWMA
Plasmait GmbH........................................................p9 at an executive board meeting in new management team. Fairhaven Golf Club
Pourtier and Setic of America................................ p11 September 2014.
for various wire applications for
industries such as fencing, mesh,
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Lytham St Annes, UK  Email: [email protected]
Website: www.iwma.com
Pressure Welding Machines Ltd............................ p11 Event
“Following on from a corporate forming, fasteners, etc.
PS Costruzioni Meccaniche Srl.............................p20
QED Wire Lines Inc ................................................p9 The IWMA was previously based re-branding and new website in 2013 I
SEPTEMBER
Rolf Schlicht GmbH................................................p10 in the same building as Intras Ltd, am delighted to see the IWMA take up A Karpat sells various wire materials
Shanghai Kingway Technology Group Limited......p27 publishers of EuroWire, Wire & Cable residence in its own premises which such as galvanised and bright – low
Shanghai Wangxun New Material Co Ltd..............p21 ASIA and wiredInUSA, in Leamington has come about at precisely the right wire Southeast Asia 2015 Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
and high carbon including black
Sket Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH.........................p20
Sneham International...............................................p7
Spa, Warwickshire, UK, and made the time with the association in such good annealed wire, epoxy coated, and
15-17 Bangkok, Thailand
Exhibition
 Email: [email protected]
Website: www.wire-southeastasia.com
Techna International Ltd.........................................p22
move on 1st December last year. hands.” stainless steel wire to users,
Vinston US Corp ...................................................p17 consumers and fabricators OCTOBER
Wintwire Ltd...........................................................p13 Steven Rika, outgoing chairman of The new offices allow the IWMA throughout Canada and the
Wolco Sp zoo.........................................................p12 the association, said: “This is both an to offer its member companies a USA through its network wire South America 2015 Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
Zumbach Electronic AG...........................................p3 exciting and challenging time for the
IWMA, but one which we are very
meeting room should they need it, or
even to book the room as a meeting
of warehouses, and on a direct
ship basis. The company serves
6-8 São Paulo, Brazil
Exhibition
 Email: [email protected]
Website: www.wire-south-america.com
Technical Article..... 24 much looking forward to. It is an ideal point for members receiving guests. many industries including retail,
opportunity for us to grow and we are Additional administrative duties are manufacturing, construction and NOVEMBER
Effects of niobium relishing the challenge. also available. industrial. The company also sells
additions to a CabWire 2015 World Conference IWMA
merchant products such as T posts
vanadium microalloyed
high carbon wire steel
“I would like to take this opportunity Contact the IWMA on [email protected]
or call +44 121 781 7367.
and other hardware items. 3 Düsseldorf, Germany
Conference
 Tel: +44 121 781 7367
Email: [email protected]
By Emmanuel De Moor of thanking Intras for the help and Website: www.cabwire.com

and Stephanie L Miller, Advanced Steel A Karpat has built an extensive

IWMA Dinner Dance IWMA
Processing and Products Research network of sources, and procures Royal Garden Hotel,
Center, Colorado School of Mines, USA
Amanda takes over the helm material from Europe, Latin America,
Mexico, Asia and North America.
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London, UK  Tel: +44 121 781 7367
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.cabwire.com
Event

Wire & Cable Amanda Shehab has taken over as

the new chairman of the IWMA, from
an honours degree in electrical and
electronic engineering, she undertook
The company is well recognised for
providing its customers with quality
News retiring chairman Mr Steven Rika. work placements with British
Aerospace and Ford Motor Company.
products that meet and/or exceed
various specifications, at competitive
Customer service priority
Wire & Cable News is published twice a year by the market pricing. All of the company’s It is not just the technology that XX Diameter measuring head of
IWMA. All the text and illustrations in this publication She has accumulated more than products are delivered according to
are copyright protected. Copying of the contents by is aimed at complete customer the well known ODAC series
24 years’ experience in the cable the customer’s required schedule. during calibration
photographic or electronic means is forbidden without satisfaction for Zumbach’s clients, but
manufacturing industry, following her
the publisher’s written consent. The publisher, agents, also its customer service.
printers and contributors cannot be held responsible for employment with BICC Cables as a
Usually, the calibration of a
the accuracy of claims printed or inferred in the editorial or manufacturing systems engineer, and A Karpat Ltd – Canada
advertisements published in this, previous or subsequent In addition to classical service, device is required once per
later with General Cable and Pirelli. Email: [email protected]
editions. The publication in this newsletter of Brand Names, Zumbach offers customer training, year. This can be realised
Trade Names and Trade Marks and similar does not imply Website: www.akarpat.com calibration and maintenance services by use of Zumbach’s own
that these may be used elsewhere. WCN reserves the Mrs Shehab has been a director
if required. With its worldwide service supplied certified calibration
right to edit, reword and subedit all editorial submissions in of Cimteq Ltd since 2007. The
accordance with editorial policy. All matters relating to this support, customers can choose from standards, or if they do
SS Amanda Shehab, new chairman of the IWMA Wrexham, Wales-based company
disclaimer are governed by the laws of England.

IWMA Mrs Shehab, who started working

provides software products and
services to the cable manufacturing
LinkedIn to us! a variety of possibilities – no matter
in which part of the world the devices
not wish to buy and maintain the
calibration equipment themselves, it
Wellington House, Starley Way are operating. can offer an on-site or return-to-base
life as an engineering apprentice in industry that increase manufacturing Remember to follow the IWMA
Birmingham International Park service from any of the company’s
her father’s electrical engineering efficiency, improve quality, decrease LinkedIn page to ensure you are
Solihull, B37 7HB, UK For customers requiring monitoring of branches worldwide.
Tel: +44 121 781 7367 company in Sheffield, UK, where she lead times and reduce costs. kept up to date with all activities, measurement equipment to ISO 9001
Fax: +44 121 781 7404 learned how to rewind motors and whether it is announcements and other standards, Zumbach offers
Email: [email protected] repair all kinds of industrial machinery. A tutor in software engineering for about exhibitions, conferences
Website: www.iwma.org a calibration service. This allows the Zumbach Electronic AG –
the Open University, she is also a and events or the education trust, accuracy verification of the measuring Switzerland
Following her graduation from the chartered engineer (CEng) and a as well as members’ news.
Spring 2015 device and provides its corresponding Email: [email protected]
University of Bradford in 1991 with member of the IET.
www.iwma.org certification and documentation. Website: www.zumbach.com

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IWMA Chairman’s Report 2014-15 by Steven Rika Autumn 2015 issue Light in weight, tough in working
Members: Please send us your size. The dies are made with multi-layer is unique, with individual diamond
editorials for free publication in the coatings of nanocrystalline diamond particles aligned unidirectionally.
next WCN (or on the IWMA website at composites on PCD/hard metal. The
any time between editions of WCN). VNT die can be used in compacting The layer of diamond is 100 per cent
copper, aluminium, aluminium alloy, diamond. Dies coated with VNT do not
One of the strictly members-only high/low carbon and stainless steel develop wear rings throughout their
benefits of belonging to the IWMA is wire. working life, hence cost-saving on
the facility to publish your company’s SS The range of dies from Ajex and Turner re-polishing which means tolerance
editorials in WCN, both the hard copy The VNT dies can give production will remain same. The cost of VNT
and electronic versions, completely Ajex & Turner has a revolutionary way of 20,000 to 30,000km of aluminium coating does not increase price but
free of charge, and reach thousands of wire drawing/compacting, stranding and copper. The thickness of the increases the life and quality of the
of readers worldwide. copper, aluminium, aluminium alloy, vitrified nanocrystalline diamond layer wire. VNT dies can be re-cut like PCD
high/low carbon-CO2-stainless steel and is remarkably thin at about 25 to 35 dies from 1.15mm to 29mm in microns
In addition to worldwide distribution brass, named vitrified nanocrystalline microns. Depending on the process and with special equipment. The company
WCN is freely distributed at all technology. care of the dies, customers can save is in the process of re-cutting above
major industry trade fairs and IWMA up to 2.4 per cent of the total aluminium 29mm.
technical events. The next important These VNT dies and extrusion tools are required to manufacture fully compliant
upcoming exhibitions are wire for multi-wire, bunching, compacting cables.
Southeast Asia in Bangkok, Thailand, copper and aluminium, multi-wire Ajex & Turner Wire Dies Co – India
and wire South America in São Paulo, strands for electric cables and high/low The structure of the vitrified Email: [email protected]
Brazil. carbon and stainless steel wire for any nanocrystalline’s diamond surface Website: www.ajexturner.com

SS Chairman, Steven Rika

Members should also bear in mind
that the IWMA website can accept Advanced AEI
editorials at any time during the year.
AEI Machines manufactures various The company’s recent development is
2014 has once again been a very decades in building the IWMA into Providing editorial for WCN and the types of rotating cable machines for a new generation rigid strander ASRB/E
eventful year for the IWMA. what it is today. website can help members in many the stranding, screening, armouring designed for complete flexibility, which
ways: and laying-up of power cables and has the following features:
The year began with our AGM in The new premises at Wellington overhead conductors.
February which, as usual, preceded House, Solihull, Birmingham, provides • Communicating important Strand tension is maintained constant
the ‘Meet the Industry’ luncheon held at the required facilities and is ideally messages worldwide The company offers suitable products from full to empty bobbin through SS One the of the rigid stranders from AEI Machines

The Mere Resort & Spa, Knutsford, UK. situated in the vicinity of Birmingham ranging from the largest stranders in diameter detection and break-force
International Airport, has a rail link • Attracting interest from the high the world (128 bobbins rigid stranding compensation of pneumatic bobbin logic automatically optimises the line
From there we were straight into our and is on the junction of the motorway number of national visitors to this machine for 500kV cables) to the braking mechanism; electronic wire based on lay required to offer maximum
flagship wire event in Düsseldorf, networks. year’s exhibitions highest productivity stranders (up to break detection system (EWBDS) on speeds; recipe storage and configuration;
which again proved to be another very 46km of 600mm2 conductor per day). each bobbin with broken wire display production reports and data feed to
successful event. A lot of hard work ensued culminating • Creating a high profile at all events on operator touch panel; motorised client SCADA/MIS over Ethernet; and
in a move date at the end of November These machines are suitable opening/closing of pintles requiring remote assist, a tele-service problem
Early June saw the annual golf day 2014. • Advising customers of personnel for the production of up to minimal maintenance; fully automatic fast resolution over the Internet.
competition staged at our traditional changes 127 wires stranded conductor bobbin row loading system dedicated
venue, Fairhaven Golf Club in Lytham During this period of change, two (70mm2-2,000mm2 in single pass for each cage; independent drive to
St Anne’s, followed by an evening further exhibitions took place, wire • Announcing major new and up to 3,000mm2 in Milliken each machine element with electronic Associated Engineers and
function at the nearby Glendower China in September and wire India in developments construction) for low, medium and shaft synchronisation; speed of cages Industrials Ltd – India
Hotel. This is a very enjoyable event October, along with the annual dinner extra high voltage (EHV) power increase automatically to optimum level Email: [email protected]
for golfers of all abilities and we would and dance in London. • Celebrating winning of new cables. as the bobbins empty; intelligent control Website: www.aeimachines.com
like to encourage more members to contracts/orders
take part. It is a great way to network
with wire industry colleagues whilst
We are now well settled in our
new home enabling us to host the • Staying one step ahead of the
CSM’s range of products
enjoying a relaxed social atmosphere. November board meeting in-house. competition Founded in 2002 in Istanbul, Turkey, Take-ups and pay-offs: Zinc wiping
These conference and meeting CSM Metalurji Malat Sanayi Ve systems, nitrogen wiping systems
The executive board meeting in June facilities are available for use by IWMA Please send us your editorials (not Muhendislik is an engineering and (automatic and manual control), and
proved to be a landmark meeting. It member companies. If this is of interest advertisements) with supporting photos manufacturing company building pad wiping.
was decided that we now had a team to you then please contact the IWMA to [email protected] for the Autumn 2015 complete wire galvanising plants, and
of board members and staff with office for further details. edition. Photographs should be a offers consultancy services for process Surface treatment systems: In-line
the appetite to drive the association minimum of 300 dpi and in .jpg format. and operation of the plants. phosphatisation, pickling lines, quench and
forward. This decision resulted in As this is my final report as Chairman, waxing systems, fluxing systems, air knife
a move from the Intras office in I would like to thank all the board If marketing and public relations The main products include: wipes, acid and flux filtering systems,
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, members, together with Andy Lewis is not your area of responsibility Heat treatment equipment: Open fired acid pumps, and phosphatisation lines.
which had been our home since the and Debi Coleman in the office, for SS The CSM Metalurji plant in Istanbul, Turkey
please make sure that the relevant furnaces, fluid bed furnaces, oil tempering
inception of the association in 1970. their support over the last three years. department/person is aware of this lines, muffle tube furnaces, lead furnaces, burner ceramic zinc furnaces, top
information. batch process and dryer ovens. heated zinc furnaces, flat wire CSM Metalurji Malat Sanayi Ve
I would like to take this opportunity I would also like to welcome our new galvanising processes, steel kettles, Muhendislik Ltd – Turkey
of thanking Intras for the help and Chairman, Amanda Shehab and wish Please submit editorials by 5th June Zinc and Zn-Al alloy coating furnaces: zinc pump, dross grab, ceramic sinker Email: [email protected]
assistance we have had over four her every success. 2015. Steel kettle galvaniser, immersion and mechanisms. Website: www.csmmetal.com.tr

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Technical Sub-Committee Chairman’s Report 2014-15 by Peter Large Helping production go smoothly
In 2014, we all attended the wire 2014 This year the TSC is focused on the topics, and after the hard work is Speaking of the initial installation,
exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany, up-coming CabWire World Conference done we will meet in the Altstadt for a Advaris managing director Dr Manfred
and through the association’s IWMA 2015, which will again be a joint relaxed evening. Moser said: “We are proud that another
Educational Trust Fund, again venture between the IWMA, IWCEA, enterprise in the world’s ‘top ten’ cable
awarded the ‘John C Hogg Travel ACIMAF and the WAI – a major On the following day there are plant manufacturers has decided in favour
Award’, this year to 15 individuals from collaboration by these associations tours for those interested in both the of our system. Southwire is getting a
as far afield as China and India, which which represent the activities of the ferrous and non-ferrous sides of our state-of-the-art MES which integrates
enabled them to attend the exhibition. wire and cable industry worldwide. industry. In the meantime anyone seamlessly into the new SAP system.”
interested in either attending the
This time, Geoff Church, a member conference or presenting a paper The range of functions covered by
of the Technical Sub-Committee, should contact Andy Lewis at the Advaris Cable MES at Southwire
kindly arranged a tour of the show IWMA office. includes detailed production scheduling,
for the travel awardees in order to with the target criteria of meeting
demonstrate the technologies involved The TSC, together with the IWMA deadlines and minimising setup
in making a finished product from the Educational Trust, are also exploring times. The production assignments
feedstock. We would like to express closer links with universities involved to be carried out are displayed on the
our thanks to Mario Frigerio SpA, in our industry and we would welcome touch-screen terminals in production.
Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co any input on this from our members. Recorded production data includes
KG, SAMP SpA, Tata UK, Condat, barcode scanning of every individual
Queins Machines GmbH and QED I would like to personally thank Geoff drum with actual length, machine setup
Wire Lines Inc, who were all kind SS Technical Sub-Committee chairman, Peter Large Church and the rest of the TSC for times and material consumption.
SS The Southwire plant in Mineral Wells, Texas, USA, where the cable manufacturer is making a start on its
enough to spare their time at this busy their effort and continued commitment project for more productivity throughout all its locations, based on Advaris Cable MES
show to explain their equipment and The conference returns to Düsseldorf during the last 12 months. The Process data such as production
technology. I know that this was very and will be hosted at the Congress TSC would also like to thank Andy As a part of its cross-group switchover “We needed more transparency on speeds, lengths produced and
well received and gave the awardees Centre which is an ideal venue for this Lewis, executive manager, and Debi to SAP’s ERP system, US cable production processes across all our quality data measurements is directly
a real overview of the industry. We will type of event. The conference will be Coleman, marketing and events manufacturer Southwire has decided sites, and we wanted to be able to trace recorded via interfaces from the PLC
try to repeat this at the next wire show a one-day event with simultaneous co-ordinator, whose skills and hard to install Advaris Cable MES. In August back every product through the whole machine controls. If divergences from
in 2016. sessions for ferrous and non-ferrous work make these events possible. the manufacturing execution system production process. planning are recognised, such as
by Advaris Informationssysteme went delays in completing an order, machine
live in the first Southwire cable factory “Two other aspects that mattered a stoppages, consumption of materials
in Mineral Wells, Texas, USA, where lot to us were keeping a close watch in excess of planning, occurrence
Endless innovation at AESA Southwire produces industrial cables
for a wide range of applications.
on the stocks in our factories, and
possibilities for quality monitoring and
of defective goods, etc, an alarm is
automatically activated and immediately
flexible, sector-shaped and insulated control.” transmitted to the relevant group of
conductors, among others. Measuring Advaris MES is a core component employees by SMS, email or pop-up
them requires additional skills and of ‘Advaris Cable’, the integrated One decisive factor in favour of the screen.
constraints, otherwise results are operations management system for system developer from Bruchsal,
not repetitive, or even incorrect. length-based manufacturers. The Germany, was its specific orientation Guy Brassard praised the flexibility of
Using integrated equipment allows installation of Advaris Cable MES to the cable and wire industry over the software specialists from Bruchsal,
mastering the uncertainties related to is a pilot project for the subsequent more than 15 years. As a result, who have adapted their system
the connecting device, and ensuring installation in all the North American Southwire’s IT specialists found that optimally to the existing structures at
the overall measurement, on the line market leader’s cable plants. Advaris features a state-of-the-art, Southwire.
or in the laboratory. The ResTest family sector-specific MES solution for cable
(linear resistance bridges) now consists Installation was preceded by an manufacturers – including the planning
of four integrated parts developed in exhaustive evaluation of relevant MES and control of complex multistage Advaris Informationssysteme
SS The ResTest systems. Guy Brassard, company stranding operations, tracing of
family of linear this perspective. GmbH – Germany
resistance CIO in Carollton, Georgia, outlined the individual lengths and the management Email: [email protected]
bridges AESA has reinforced its development objectives of the system changeover: of manufacturing variants. Website: www.advaris.de
team with the appointment of Peter
Fischer. He brings significant experience
Cobalt is AESA’s high precision removed in few seconds from the as development and test engineer at
‘balunless’ automatic test equipment
for LAN cables. Its unique single-ended
Cobalt cable interface. Single-ended
and mixed mode parameters are
Reichle & De-Massari, and a degree from
Zurich’s university. He is also a member
Cable-wrapping tapes
way of measuring makes the full accessible. of the standardisation committee, and effectiveness and Sneham also manufactures electrical
dynamic range available and works works in innovation for high frequency quality. insulation tapes for B class, F class,
over the full frequency range (>4 The measurement can be done measurements. H class and C class applications and
GHz), avoiding additional losses due to automatically from both sides according It has expertise masking tapes for the powder coating
baluns. customer specification or standard Take advantage of the spring events in manufacturing industry.
values. Utilising de-embedding allows at wire Russia and Interwire in Atlanta, a complete range
This technology allows also removal of the adapters mathematically USA, to discover AESA’s latest offerings. of water blocking
measurement of shorter cables and and provides the opportunity to use tapes, and its Sneham International – India
SS A range of the tapes from Sneham
reduces scrap. AESA has now added a other connectors if required. comprehensive Email: [email protected]
recently developed adapter that allows AESA Cortaillod – Switzerland Sneham International manufactures range of product portfolio includes Website: www.snehamtapes.com
use of the equipment to measure Cable manufacturers produce Email: [email protected] and exports cable-wrapping tapes, tapes for optic fibre cables, power
patchcords. It can be mounted or not only wires, but also stranded, Website: www.aesa-cortaillod.com which focus on offering cost- cables and submarine cables.

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IWMA at record-breaking wire China Plasma cleans and anneals conductors in-line with a
More than 13,500 industry a new record on the first day with a 30 for the Promotion of International Trade) taping machine
professionals flooded the exhibition per cent increase in visitors from the and SECRI (Shanghai Electric Cable about improved accuracy of conductor
halls on the first day alone at the 2012 edition. Research Institute). mechanical properties and an above-
New International Exhibition Center, all better surface finish, resulting in
Shanghai, for the 10th anniversary wire The exhibition, which ran from 24th to superior tape adhesion.
China in September. 27th September 2014, featured 1,400
international exhibitors and various The new annealer comes in three
national pavilions including Austria, alternative sizes depending on
France, Germany, Italy, North America required output and can cover a wide
and South Korea. cross-section range up to 0.18”2
(120mm2).
Mr Steven Rika, IWMA chairman, said:
“The International Wire Machinery Rapid heating and reduced time of
Association was honoured to be an recrystallisation results in fine grain
international supporter of the wire China SS The stand personnel on the IWMA booth at size and accurate yield strength
2014 exhibition. wire China 2014 values that can go all the way down
SS The new to super-soft levels if necessary.
PlasmaAnnealer
SS The IWMA booth at wire China 2014 “The event, enjoying its 10th anniversary, “The IWMA stand again proved to be from Plasmait The PlasmaAnnealer can cold start
was again expertly organised by a hit with both our existing members production in a few minutes and can
The International Wire & Machinery Messe Düsseldorf, Messe Düsseldorf that were visiting the show, as well as be stopped immediately allowing for
Association played its part in being an China and local partners MC-CCPIT those exhibiting and those interested in high utilisation of the taping line. The
industry partner at the show, which hit (Metallurgical Council of China Council membership.” To address shortcomings of the batch new annealer has been designed in a
Conductors used for taping lines have annealing process Plasmait has horizontal configuration, which allows
traditionally been annealed in bell introduced a new PlasmaAnnealer easy handling. Vertically configured
furnaces. Batch annealing can result that was designed to anneal and lines can also be offered to save
in uneven recrystallisation and surface clean round or rectangular conductors
IWMA spices up Wire & Cable India 2014 quality issues like sticking of flat in-line with a conventional taping line.
space in production.

products. Batch annealing is followed So far three such annealers have

by wet and/or mechanical surface been deployed in the USA. The new Plasmait GmbH – Austria
cleaning before the conductor is fed plasma annealing approach has been Email: [email protected]
into the taping line. favoured in a taping line as it brings Website: www.plasmait.com

Innovation and design

QED specialises in equipment for technology Mark 4 immersion burner.
heat-treating, cleaning and coating of This burner offers dramatically higher
steel wire. Custom designed and built, combustion efficiency from a double
its high-speed lines are for galvanising, pass pre-heat design with extended
Galfan®, patenting, annealing, and heat-transfer area. Constructed of
oil tempering processes. Combining stainless and high nickel alloy steels,
innovative design concepts with 30 the modularly constructed burner offers
years’ practical experience, QED has an extended operating lifespan and
developed a range of products and reduced maintenance.
equipment that is both technologically
advanced and ruggedly dependable. In addition to the fuel savings, the
new burner runs with a cooler skin
SS The IWMA booth at Wire & Cable India 2014 With a view to improved efficiency and temperature, providing a more pleasant
to minimise environmental impact, working and maintenance environment.
Over 380 exhibitors from 25 countries, Manufacturers Association (ACIMAF), QED developed the dual loop pressure
including many members of the Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers control combustion system. This system The company also supplies the
International Wire and Machinery Association (WCISA), Steel Wire maintains a steady output with precise latest development in HighTurbulence®
Association, took part in Wire & Cable Manufacturers Association of India air-gas ratio. This patented combustion pickling and galvanising technology.
India and the concurrent fairs Tube (SWMAI) and the ITA joined with control system is now used on all its The multiple stage cleaning systems
India International and Metallurgy India representatives from organisers Messe multiple burner furnaces. have high turbulence acid that greatly
in Mumbai at the end of October. Düsseldorf India and Messe Düsseldorf accelerates the pickling process.
GmbH at the opening of the show. QED has recently upgraded its proven Computer control, nitrogen wiping in
Industry partners IWMA, International fluidbed technology with proportional, SS Mark 4 immersion burners on a high carbon galvanising and Galfan offer significant
line
Wire and Cable Exhibitors Association Exhibitors took up 18,000m of space 2
closed-loop feedback and mass flow savings and accurate coating weights.
(IWCEA), Italian Wire Machinery during the three-day show. controls. The Siemens PLC-based 1.5t/h to 8t/h production with satisfied
system provides much higher thermal customers on six continents.
SS Pictured at the opening are, from left, Dr Gerhard Bartz, VDKM; Dr Kurt Eder, VÖDKM/AWCMA; Peter Byroslawsky, ITA; Rahul Sachdev, WCISA; Erhard Wienkamp,
Messe Düsseldorf; Steve Rika, chairman IWMA; Jörg Dübelt, Messe Düsseldorf; Krishnendu Sanyal, TATA Steel Ltd, wire division; Udo Schürtzmann, Messe Düsseldorf efficiency and lower fuel costs than QED Wire Lines Inc – Canada
India; Prashant Ursekar, TATA Steel Ltd, wire division; Stephen Loynes, ITA; Sachin Warang, TATA Steel Ltd, wire division; Lunia SWMAI; and Tirthankar Banerjee, previous systems. Its fluidbeds operate The latest development in galvanising Email: [email protected]
SWMAI. from DV=120 to DV=240 and from furnaces is the advanced recuperative Website: www.qedwire.com

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wire Russia 2015 Simple and Powered and manual cold welders at Interwire
The Expocentre in Krasnaya Presnya, offering support and services to its effective GER British company PWM will present
its best-selling EP500 rod welder,
Ideal for joining fine wire in confined
spaces, PWM’s M10, M25 and M30
Moscow, Russia, will throw open its exhibiting and visiting members alike,
doors to wire Russia – the leading as well as promoting the association plus a range of powerful portable hand-held machines are suitable
international wire and cable trade fair to the wire and cable industry. cold welders and manual machines for wire and strip 0.1mm to 1.8mm
in the CIS region – from 12th to 15th at Interwire 2015 in Atlanta, USA. (0.0039" to 0.071"). The BM10 and
May 2015 In 2013, some 250 exhibitors from The products will be featured on BM30 models, for similar wire sizes,
27 countries exhibited at the fair, booth 1355 by Joe Snee Associates, can be used on a workbench or
Organised by Messe Düsseldorf attracting more than 10,800 visitors exclusive distributor of PWM cold trolley.
GmbH, OOO Messe Düsseldorf from Russia and other countries. welding equipment, spares and dies in
SS The EP500 rod welder that will be on display at
Moscow and Joint-Stock Company, the USA and Canada. Interwire
PWM machines and dies, standard or
VNIIKP, the trade fair proves an Companies interested in exhibiting custom made to suit round or profile
excellent opportunity for exhibitors can obtain full details from the PWM’s electro/pneumatic EP500 to 5mm (0.039" to 0.197") is mounted wire and rod, are designed and made
to present their latest products to a Messe Düsseldorf web site at www. cold welder provides a cost-effective on a trolley, so it can be wheeled in the company’s own UK workshops.
broad Russian audience, to deepen wire-russia.com. method of welding large non-ferrous quickly to the work area.
customer relations and to develop new rod sections. The machine is designed Video demonstrations of PWM’s cold
contacts and business. Visitors can register and access the for wire sizes 5mm to 12.5mm (0.197" Manual cold welders on show include welding machines can be viewed at
trade fair free of charge and ordering to 0.492") copper and 5mm to 15mm the manually operated M101 cold the company’s website.
The IWMA will again be supporting the your ticket is easy and comfortable (0.590") aluminium, and is quiet, clean welder, for copper wire and strip
fair and will be present with a stand from the ‘Online registration shop’. and energy efficient to operate. 1mm to 3.6mm (.040" to 0.141") and
aluminium 1mm to 5mm (0.197"). The Pressure Welding Machines Ltd – UK
The smaller air/hydraulic HP100 cold M101 can be used on a workbench or Email: [email protected]
welder, for welding wire and strip 1mm supplied with a trolley. Website: www.pwmltd.co.uk
Finely dosed powder coating
The Rolf Schlicht powder coating In the machine there is a fluidised
machine model RSC was designed to powder hopper out of which the The easy option for your trade show stand
powder hoses, profiles, strips, bands powder is sucked by pneumatic venturi
and cables evenly, finely dosed and pumps and blown through the guns or According to an industry survey, 86 of the event – and beyond, taking in For the upcoming GIFA, METEC,
absolutely dust free with any powders nozzles onto the product. per cent of business directors agree floorspace allocation, stand design, Thermprocess and Newcast exhibitions
for product diameters up to 200mm that exhibitions are the second most construction, graphics creation and (16th to 20th June 2015) catering to
and bands up to 500mm width. There is a fully automatic and SS Annealers are offered for a wide variety of wire effective means of generating sales production, stand services specification, the precision castings, foundry and
maintenance-free filter system diameter sizes leads after a company’s own website project management and handover to metalworking sectors, ITSL will be
consisting of compact filter elements (Association of Event Organisers). the company stand staff. The attention supporting and advising more than 60
of large dimensions, which are cleaned GER SA, Belgium, has its own That is why exhibitions play a key role continues during and after the event UK companies on their stand space
by a special process. No blowing-in of manufacturing programme of new in the marketing strategies of so many to ensure the customer has the best and construction.
compressed air is necessary. Thanks continuous resistance annealers for successful companies. opportunity to achieve their objectives.
to this filter system, a strong and inline use with copper wire drawing Any company wishing to exhibit at
constant vacuum is generated in the machines. The idea is to offer simple International Trade Shows Link has wire & Tube – the world’s most the next wire & Tube, GIFA, METEC,
machine, so that no powder escapes and effective machines to complete been transforming marketing strategy influential trade shows for the wire, Thermprocess and Newcast or
into the atmosphere. existing drawing machines at very into action for commercial companies cable, tube and pipes sectors – staged Valve World Expo (December 2016)
attractive prices. and trade organisations of all sizes and by Messe Düsseldorf every two years, should contact Brigitte Shepherd on
If there is not enough space in the line in all industry sectors for more than 25 has over 80 UK exhibitors, of which [email protected] for information and
to fit the machine, Schlicht can deliver This manufacturing programme years. many have, over the years, used the advice.
a freestanding dusting chamber that is basically comprises three wire skills and experience of the ITSL team
connected to the machine by hoses. diameter ranges: Annealers are The ‘360° service’ offered by ITSL puts to organise their presence at the show.
For an extremely fine powdering of being offered for fine wire diameters the exhibitor at the centre of operations The next wire & Tube will be 4th to 8th ITSL – UK
slowly running products it also offers ranging from 0.15 up to 0.5mm, for from before the decision to exhibit is April 2016 and exhibitors will start Email: [email protected]
a fine dosing device to make sure that intermediate wire from 0.4 up to taken right through to the conclusion booking space in January 2015. Website: www.itsluk.com
only a breath of powder is adhering on 1.2mm and for bigger wire diameters
the strand. from 1 up to 3.6mm.

Accessories include an automatic Machines for bespoke wire diameter

ranges are also possible. All the
Two new appointments at Gauder Group
90l powder-refilling hopper, a powder
flow indicator giving an alarm in annealers are offered as stand-alone Mr Barinov is the exclusive He is charged with focusing on
case no powder flows through the models with own drive motor or representative for Pourtier, Setic and business development in Italy.
guns, an automatic adjustment of without motor, driven by transmission Daloo rotating machines, as well as
SS The powder coating machine RSC
the electrostatic and the pneumatic belt from the wire drawing machine. C2S services and Bow Technology
in compliance with the extrusion All major parts (pulleys, steam spare parts, in Russia and CIS Gauder Group – France
By electrostatic charging of the speed, and an interface to connect the generator, carbon brushes, countries. Email: [email protected]
powder, a strong adhesive power and machine to the line. transformer, etc) are of German origin. Website: www.gaudergroup.com
a very even layer on the surface are SS Igor Barinov (left) and Massimo Gori (right) Pourtier and Setic have also appointed
reached, and no powder falls from the Massimo Gori as area sales manager Pourtier and Setic of America – USA
product outside the dusting chamber. Rolf Schlicht GmbH – Germany GER SA – Belgium Gauder Group has appointed Igor in cooperation with Roger L Brown, Email: pourtier.setic.america@
Machines can be delivered with or Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Barinov as its new Russian sales manager of Pourtier and Setic of gaudergroup.com
without electrostatic. Website: www.schlicht-gmbh.de Website: www.ger.be representative. America. Website: www.gaudergroup.com

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Tee up time Thin the way forward for Wolco Wire’s sleeve protection
WW Protecting the wire while in demanding world. ALF sleeve is the counterweights attached to the end of
Budding Ian Poulters can test their Wolco Sp is a Polish producer of thin the furnace solution. the pipes.
golfing skills at the IWMA’s annual wires made of steel, as well as copper
golf day at Fairhaven Golf Club, and copper alloys within the range of To produce high quality
wire, you need to prevent fouling When ALF sleeve is installed in the pipe The weights will capture the expansion
Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, UK, on 0.1 to 1mm diameter.
or damaging of the wire during the through which the metal wire runs, it will of the pipe during the annealing
Wednesday, 3rd June, 2015.
annealing process. This is a problem prevent the wire touching the metal of process in the furnace.
In order to ensure the highest quality
The annual golf day, open to members of its products and services, Wolco for annealing companies today. The the pipe and becoming distorted.
and guests, will see around 50 players is the holder of ISO 9001 and ISO solution is to avoid metal-to-metal
take to the Fairhaven course, followed 14001 quality assurance certificates. contact. One important aspect when using ALF Hiltex Technische Weefsels BV –
by an evening dinner and overnight is the straight alignment of the pipes Netherlands
stay in the nearby Glendower Hotel. According to the needs of customers, A new way of thinking is all you need to running through the furnace. This can Email: [email protected]
wires are electroplated or chemically produce the quality needed in today’s be obtained by using, for instance, Website: www.hiltex.com
Further details are available at coated with other metals: nickel,
[email protected] copper, tin, zinc or silver.
Expansion on the horizon
Products include:
Heading Stateside • Low-carbon steel wires (annealed), SS Examples of wire available from Wolco Doubling turnover in the last five a greater range of profiles to closer quality products. And its worldwide
copper plated in diameters below years has led to significant job tolerances. network of agents continues to
Member companies will be able to 0.8mm, intended mainly for combining • Copper and brass wires, diameter creation at Wintwire’s Sheffield, UK, grow with exports to more than 50
benefit from the IWMA’s help and nails into tapes (collated nails) 0.15 to 1mm (intended for, eg pins, manufacturing site. The company These and many other positive countries.
assistance if they are attending • Low-carbon steel wires, diameter plaited meshes, brushes) has developed a three-year plan that developments have led to the
Interwire this year in Atlantia, Georgia, 0.45 to 0.8mm, annealed, nickel • Zinc coated low carbon steel wire will see turnover grow by a further company assessing its branding with Wintwire specialises in round wires
USA. plated with a layer of different diameter 0.3 to 0.8mm used to produce 30 per cent. This will be supported a fresh new look that will complement from 0.25 to 12mm in diameter –
thickness within 2 to 5 µm, mainly for wicker or reed mats by a production system, which has the on-going expansions. available in most malleable metals
The association will be offering its the lighting industry been co-developed by the company including brass, copper, phosphor
regular services for all member • Bare steel wires or plated with The company also offers services to ensure operating efficiencies are Wintwire is a manufacturer and bronze, nickel alloys, titanium,
companies when it takes up residence nickel, copper, tin, zinc, diameter 0.15 connected with straightening steel, maximised. supplier of round, profile, free- stainless steels and carbon steels.
on booth 602 at the Georgia World to 0.7mm, mainly for staples, meshes, copper and brass wires, and connected machining wire and more, made to
Congress Center from 27th to 30th April. brushes or bookbinding with galvanic or chemical covering. This, along with the addition of a the customer’s expectations.
• Brass wires for metal electrical purpose-built power rolling line Wintwire Ltd – UK
Any company needing assistance discharge machining (EDM) with the incorporating a brand new Fenn turks It combines both traditional and Email: [email protected]
before heading to the exposition trade name Wolcut 460, 500, 900, Wolco Sp zoo – Poland head, will allow Wintwire to produce modern technology to provide high Website: www.wintwire.co.uk
should contact [email protected] diameter 0.15 to 0.3mm, standard or Email: [email protected]
coated with zinc Website: www.wolco.pl
Catering for the industry
Niehoff’s D 1251 double twist buncher works at 1200 tpm
Assomac absorbs new technologies plant. For the first time, Assomac will
the manufacture of conductors with a transmission. The result: Lower energy rapidly to meet the growing market supply a high-speed galvanising line
7 x 3.05mm design and a compaction consumption, lower noise emissions, in India, as well as evolving global with a combination of nitrogen and
of 10 per cent, the machine works at a lower maintenance costs than with standards for efficiency and pad wiping to facilitate both heavy
speed of 1,200 twists/min (tpm). This double-bow machines. sustainability. and medium commercial wires with
is approximately three times as fast complete wire drawing set up.
as the industry standard production All the new D type machines are It has recently supplied an export
speed. operated using a network-compatible project in a Middle East country for Assomac group is engaged in
human machine interface (HMI) the advanced high-speed cold ribbed the design and development of
The D 1251 is foreseen for the colour touchscreen monitor called economical and highly efficient
manufacture of copper wire strands NMI (Niehoff machine interface) which TT The MG 7535 from Assomac Machines
machinery to the wire industry.
with a cross-section of up to 95mm² clearly displays any information,
SS Close cooperation between Niehoff and and aluminium wire strands with a instructions and system status With a history of providing many
renowned cable manufacturers cross-section of up to 120mm² with a messages in the language of the stainless steel wire plants and MIG
steplessly variable lay length of 40 to operator. wire plants in the past, the company
In a permanent and close cooperation 500mm. has been helped to make further
with renowned cable manufacturers, The winding tension is infinitely inroads into the industry with the trend
Maschinenfabrik Niehoff has been The strands can be compressed or adjustable and is precisely regulated changing toward investing in new and
designing and building bunching formed into sector-shaped conductors. by an integrated load cell throughout more modern technology.
machines and stranders since 1966. The D 1251 is designed for spools with the entire winding operation. The
The result of this development was a flange diameter of 1,250mm and a result: Compliance with closest India-based Assomac Machines bar line for manufacturing 4-14mm The company can also be found
the D series of double twist bunching maximum weight of four tons. Another production tolerances and reduction of manufactures plants and machines finish range with a speed up to 12m/ exhibiting at the forthcoming Interwire
machines whose biggest model, the D advantage of the machine is that no material use. for making wire, cables and other sec which can produce 4,000 to exhibition in Atlanta, USA, from 28th to
1251 type version, works with a pulling special foundation is required for its related machinery. It develops and 5,000mt/month of finished ribbed wire 30th April.
force of 12,000 N. installation. manufactures machines according in different diameters.
Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH – to the customer’s requirement, and
Its production speed is also Like all machines of the D series, Germany successfully caters to the needs of the The company has also won a large Assomac Machines Ltd – India
impressive: In one industrial the D 1251 features a single-bow Email: [email protected] small, medium and large-scale sectors export order for a turnkey project Email: [email protected]
application, for instance, when used for design and contactless machine data Website: www.niehoff-gmbh.info of the industry worldwide. for wire drawing and galvanising Website: www.assomacmachines.com

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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION & PAPERS

In order for the conference organisers to assess the scope and content of a proposed technical article please
CabW ir e Wor ld submit a 75-word abstract.
Conference 2015 Accepted speakers will receive an Author’s Guide with details about manuscript and presentation
Congress Center Düsseldorf, Germany preparation. Only original papers not previously published will be eligible for paper awards presented by the
3 November 2015 IWMA or possible publication in the association’s newsletters and magazines.
7 th b i e n n i a l c a b l e a n d w i r e t e c h n i c a l c o n f e r e n c e Accepted authors receive:
• Complimentary meeting registration
• A copy of the conference proceedings materials
• Access to the conference sessions, table top exhibits and reception
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Check your category:

CabWire 2015 world technical conference – a date for your
Ferrous Non-ferrous Electrical Fibre Optic General
diary!
Author(s)
The IWMA is delighted to announce that the There will also be an event at a downtown Title of paper
7th biennial CabWire world cable and wire Düsseldorf location on the Tuesday evening
Company
technical conference will take place on where delegates will get the chance to
Tuesday, 3rd November 2015 in Düsseldorf, network and socialise. Address
Germany, home of the wire industry.
If you would like to be involved by presenting
Tel Email Web
The conference will be held at the Congress a paper at this exciting event, then please
Center, and is already attracting interest forward by email a short abstract of no
following the successful CabWire conference more than 75 words to the IWMA office at Abstract (75 word maximum)
which was held at the Palazzo Turati, Milan, [email protected] as a matter of urgency.
in November last year, and attracted 200
wire and cable professionals from all over the There are also a variety of promotional
world. opportunities available, such as sponsorship
and table top displays. Similarly, if you
Preparations are well under way with Dr are interested in attending as a delegate
Probst, retiring CEO of Leoni AG, committed and would like to be kept up to date with
as a keynote speaker, and Arcelor/Mittal conference developments then please get
preparing to host a visit for delegates in touch.
Please send me further information when available on:
to its rod mill in Duisburg on Wednesday,
4th November. Attending the conference as a delegate Please forward
Booking a table top exhibit your submission to
www.cabwire.com IWMA
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IWMA new members New launch from NDC Technologies
NDC Technologies has launched and delivers 100 per cent ovality
Lamifil nv, Belgium reality. Its number one goal is for its IFEMA, Spain, organisers of many the highly anticipated Beta accuracy when the product is
customers’ success. of the market-leading events for the LaserMike AccuScan 6012 aligned with the measurement axes.
Lamifil nv, Belgium, develops, machinery, medical, fashion and leisure four-axis diameter and ovality
casts and manufactures aluminium, Trafco Srl, Italy industries. gauge. Built on the proven and • Highest flaw detection accuracy
aluminium alloy, copper and copper widely deployed AccuScan series – the AccuScan 6012 provides the
alloy wires and conductors. Lamifil was Trafco is located in the industrial itsl provides routes to market in platform, the new AccuScan 6012 highest flaw detection accuracy
one of the first in Europe to produce area of Rivara Canavese, a few Germany, central and eastern Europe, is claimed to be the industry’s first with 25 per cent improvement over
GAP conductors and developed AAAC kilometres from Torino and close to Spain, South East Asia, the Middle four-axis gauge for measuring three-axis gauges. The ultra-fast
UHC conductors providing superior Torino’s Caselle airport. With more East, India, China and South America. products up to 12mm. scan rate and higher accuracy
conductivity. Other productions are than 40 years in the field of copper coupled with the high-speed
catenary wires for railway and semi and aluminium rolling mill processes, itsl provides an all-inclusive service Over the years, manufacturers of tolerance checking option permits
finished wires in aluminium alloys and in non-ferrous materials drawing as package for international organisers, high-performance communication the early, accurate and dependable
copper alloys. well as in all cables manufacturing exhibitors, visitors and trade media cables have relied on two detection of product flaws such
procedures, allows it to be from market research, to show and three-axis diameter and as lumps and neckdowns. This
Fenn LLC, USA technologically advanced in the repair, promotion, sales and marketing, ovality gauges for their on-line enables manufacturers to better
refurbishment and modernisation of exhibitor and visitor recruitment and and off-line measurement SS The new AccuScan 6012 control product quality, reduce
Fenn has been providing high quality all kind of machinery and plants for project management. Together with a applications. But increasing scrap, and realise manufacturing
metal forming machinery to its global producing all type of wire and cables. small number of carefully selected and production line speeds and savings.
clientele for over a century. Its mission accredited specialist partners it provides uncontrollable rotation and vibration The new Beta LaserMike AccuScan
is to form a partnership with its ITSL, UK a one-stop service offer from exhibitor of products still pose measurement 6012 four-axis gauge solves this problem • High-accuracy off-line part/sample
customers, allowing it to provide years training, stand design and construction, challenges. by providing a more comprehensive inspection – using the Beta LaserMike
of technical process and engineering International Trade Shows Link Ltd stand catering and personnel, seminar, measurement coverage than two PC-based AccuNet display system,
experience, helping to transform (itsl) is the UK representative of conferences and event venues, logistics This advancement enables and three-axis gauges and an the AccuScan 6012 can be easily
production goals into a profitable Messe Düsseldorf, Germany, and to hotel accommodation. communication cable manufacturers ultra-fast scan rate. This combination and quickly set up as an off-line
to measure product diameter and of advantages now makes it part measurement system to check
ovality with higher accuracy than possible to achieve a more accurate samples, and track, manage and
Company Country Website two and three axis gauges for added average outer diameter and ovality analyse critical product data. This
Fenn LLC USA www.fenn-torin.com quality assurance and bottom-line measurement at higher line speeds eliminates the need to set up two
savings. and for off-line applications. dual-axis gauges to perform four-axis
Wolco Sp zoo Poland www.wolco.pl measurements.
The need to precisely measure the Highlights include: • The AccuScan 6012 gauge offers
CSM Metalurji Imalat Sanayi ve Muhendislik Turkey www.csmmetal.com.tr
diameter and ovality of cylindrical • More accurate average diameter – flexible communications capabilities,
Trafco Srl Italy www.trafcomachinery.com round products to ensure they meet the AccuScan 6012 performs ultra-fast allowing for easy connection to PCs,
tight design and quality specifications measurements at 2,400 scans per PLCs, or processes with leading
Cortinovis Sictra Italy www.cortinovismachinery.com
is of paramount importance to second per axis (totalling 9,600 protocols. This gauge can also be
Sictra Cortinovis Italy www.sictra.it cable manufacturers. Any error in measurements per second) and has equipped with an optional ultra-bright
the diameter or roundness of the single-scan repeatability to one micron. display and human interface to easily
ITSL Ltd UK www.itsluk.com conductor or insulation in coaxial and This means with each and every scan configure and view measurement data.
LCP TPOE Russia www.bakerhughes.com twisted-pair LAN products directly you get a true and more accurate The AccuScan 6012 allows for top or
impacts the cable’s performance average diameter measurement. side mounting of the display.
Lamifil n.v. Belgium www.lamifil.be characteristics – rendering it useless
Acuity Products Ltd UK www.acuityproducts.co.uk for the designed application. This • Significant improvement in ovality
unusable product winds up being accuracy – the AccuScan 6012 offers NDC Technologies – USA
scrapped, increasing manufacturing a 42 per cent improvement in detecting Email: [email protected]
Radio-based wire control systems costs. true ovality over three-axis gauges Website: www.ndc.com

with the use of radio-based wire and obtains wire tension data (as
control systems. For these reasons the obtained through the use of FMS force
RTM solutions from Force Measuring measuring rollers).
Systems (FMS) are becoming Backing up at Vinston
increasingly popular. All of this relevant control data is
securely transmitted from the rotating Vinston US Corp has been busy on in increments of one minute, up to one The company has two new hybrid benders
The RTM product family has evolved to the static portion of the machine the software and hardware fronts. hour. scheduled for rollout this summer that will
from a pure tension monitoring device via a radio link, without the use Along with regular maintenance and incorporate the best features of a CNC
to a multi-purpose control and analysis of troublesome and expensive improvements in its current software This feature is crucial during the design former and CNC bender. The sliding
system. The RTM X2.MP system slip rings. The RTM components and hardware infrastructure, it has phase should any power issues cause arms of a former will allow this hybrid
has now been expanded to enable can quickly be integrated into the control made progress on backup features and outages. Also, before each manual bender to open up vast possibilities
the processing of encoder signal, eg infrastructure of existing machines. hybrid models. save of a program, the system makes on parts that would require secondary
SS A range of systems from FMS
for closed loop control of drives and a backup of the current design prior operations on a traditional bender.
the control of the traverse guide in Two new features on current software to saving the changes. This feature
individual bobbins. Force Measuring Systems AG – models address issues with power provides the ability to revert back to
Producers in the highly competitive Switzerland fluctuations and backup systems. the original program should unforeseen Vinston US Corp – USA
cable market will realise significant It provides for control of spindle locks Email: [email protected] The software system designates circumstances result in the current Email: [email protected]
increases in quality and throughput and proximity switches on traverses, Website: www.fms-technology.com automatic saves to the current program program not saving properly. Website: www.vinstonus.com

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Membership benefits Linear dives – a different approach Meeting demands
review The rolling ring drive has been replacements as the body and internal With Maillefer, you do not need to be
around for decades. It is an efficient components operate as a mutually fixed within the limits of your current
As a not-for-profit association, the mechanism which imparts linear dependent set. business, whether considering different
IWMA considers its primary function motion to a carrier from a plain rotating product types, production capacities,
is to promote new technology, shaft. The beauty of the system lies in The solution came in the form of or application areas. Instead, you can
education and growth within the wire the ability to vary pitch with ease and the Marldon RT range of traversing stay ahead of competition and meet
and cable industry. for it to synchronise with line speed units, which separate the functions of new demands of your market.
when winding cable onto reels. carrying the carriage on the shaft (the
It also realises the importance of not box body) and the function of applying As an industry innovator, Maiffefer
resting on its laurels and keeping one Originally designed in Germany, pressure to the shaft (the spring constantly seeks new ways to improve
eye very firmly on the future. there are now countless versions of loading). In this system the carriage existing practices. The company is not
SS Maillefer neutral zone post heater for high
the mechanism produced around is supported on bushes making it satisfied with status quo and we strive voltage catenary CV lines EPL 50//Extend and
With this in mind, an “IWMA the world. Each version has simply completely stable, and the spring to question today’s habits in order EPL 50///Explore
Membership Benefits Sub-Group” adopted the same basic structure pressure is applied using a separate to discover the hidden potential of
has been established comprising as the original invention to apply the spring loaded clamping plate. modern manufacturing.
a number of key members of spring pressure and to support the If so, one solution is the perfect production for smaller wire and cable
the executive board with a task unit on the shaft. Marldon took a look The connection between the two New in cable production solutions roundness concept. Not only does it sizes without compromising cable
of assessing the current level of at this mechanism to see if it could be components allows for some float is the neutral zone post heater, a improve high and extra high voltage quality, and is part of MXC extruder
membership and exploring ideas for improved to design out two side effects in the non-critical vertical plane, but method to increase the line speed in cable roundness but it also brings technology.
improvements. of the mechanism. not in the critical horizontal plane, medium, high and extra high voltage remarkable savings in insulation
maintaining positioning accuracy cable production, part of EPL 50// material. This provides better production
The Educational Trust Fund will also The unit clamps around the shaft along the shaft. This unique and Extend and EPL 50///Explore. optimisation at low outputs, enhanced
be included in this project. using springs positioned between simple design offers not only Production of 500kV cables using surface in XLPE insulated wires and
the carriage body and the shaft along functional advantages, but also More than 25 per cent higher line the perfect roundness concept PVC sheathed cables, and improved
If you have any comments which it is travelling. The carriage, permits easy maintenance as it can speeds have been achieved in resulted in Dmin/Dmax values extrusion process control preserving
regarding your membership, the therefore, effectively floats along the be disassembled into its two major customer pilot cases with excellent ≥0.998. These extraordinary results full capacity in all product types.
IWMA would love to hear from you. shaft on these springs giving rise to sections, facilitating easy parts MV, HV and EHV cable quality are achievable with the value
Please forward any comments or unwanted movement varying with the replacement. and higher crosslinking capacity in package for high voltage vertical Maillefer will be exhibiting at both
suggestions to [email protected] load applied. Some manufacturers catenary CV lines, and post-heating CV line EPL 51///Explore. This line Interwire, Atlanta, (Booth 932)
have overcome this by adding an extra in the neutral zone minimising the is also equipped with the NCC, and wire Russia (Booth FOB31) in
The group will report its finding in the internal bearing, with the added cost Marldon Ltd – UK insulation drooping risk. Maillefer’s curing calculation and Moscow.
next quarter. implications. The system must also be Email: [email protected] simulation program.
entirely dismantled to effect repairs and Website: www.marldon.com Perfect roundness value package:
Are reliable and easily made joints New in low voltage cable solutions is Maillefer SA – Switzerland
and terminations combined with the low output screw. This is an easy Email: [email protected]
Increased membership More than half a century of experience lower material costs relevant to you? option to increase the flexibility of Website: www.maillefer.net
coverage Serving industry for more than 55 The company also undertook another
years, UK-based Braude is primarily a contract in Asia to supply heat
The association process heating specialist manufacturer exchangers for the pre-treatment
is delighted
announce that up
to of non-corrodible heating and cooling
equipment for the highly corrosive liquids
line for one of the largest galvanising
plants in the world. All its products New sales manager
to a maximum of found typically in pickling and similar are manufactured from high integrity
ten subsidiaries of processes in the wire and metal-based chemically inert fluoropolymers (eg GEO-Reinigungstechnik, Germany, Almost all of today’s demands on
an IWMA member industries. Teflon™) and have been designed has appointed Richard Fichtner cleaning processes can be realised with
company can also now enjoy the to ensure long life in aggressive as sales manager and project proven GEO components, such as high
benefits of membership. “We are focused on the liquids and solutions. development engineer. performance ultrasonic tube reactors and
conditions other suppliers would avoid; high pressure or steam jets. Its in-line
This is a great way of extending the our expertise is in aggressive and The product range includes: Mr Fichtner has more than 20 years cleaning systems can be complemented
promotion of the various brands within corrosive solutions that conventional Tank and vessel heaters/coolers for of sales and account management by systems for continuous bath
your company structure, as each will equipment cannot withstand,” said David use with steam, hot water or thermal experience in surface treatment and monitoring and much more according
be included on the IWMA website and Snoxhill, managing director. fluids; chemical service pumps; electric welding wire material technology, most to individual requirements. For less
publicised on the IWMA stand at the heaters and controllers; and external recently working as technical sales demanding cleaning tasks, mechanical
leading wire and cable trade fairs. Braude has been exporting for many heating systems which are mounted representative for an internationally methods are suitable.
years and over the last few years outside the process tank to avoid active company with emphasis on the
The association will also include has increased its efforts to the Asian clutter and to prevent damage by production of wire surface treatment
editorials for these additional markets. It was recently approached heavy workloads. systems, in whose development and Mr Fichtner will join the GEO team in
subsidiaries in newsletters. by a stainless steel mill manufacturer marketing he played a key role. the German pavilion at wire Russia
in India who required high output Braude is an ISO 9001 registered 2015, and looks forward to meeting
The IWMA office will shortly be 400,000 kcal/hr heaters for the offline company. He brings a wealth of knowledge and many business partners on this
contacting all member companies pickling tanks used in its plant design. experience to GEO, and will focus occasion.
asking for the details of any such on the development of new systems,
companies, but in the meantime if you Braude designed and built steam heat Braude Ltd – UK cultivating existing customer relations GEO-Reinigungstechnik GmbH –
wish to contact the office the email exchangers specifically to suit the tanks Email: [email protected] and to convince new customers of Germany
address is [email protected] whilst meeting the challenges of the Website: www.braude.co.uk GEO’s ability to perform with multiple Email: [email protected]
cost profile. SS New sales manager Richard Fichtner solutions in the field of wire cleaning. Website: www.geo-reinigungstechnik.de

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Scaling new heights Material world for SHWX
was involved in the stipulation of
China’s new telecommunication
industry standards, YD/T723-2007
laminated metal plastic strip for
telecommunication cable and fibre
optic cable.

SHWX has a significant market share

in China, with many orders from
telecom operators specifying that
SHWX’s products be used. These
SS The company’s workshop in Shanghai include China Mobile, China Telecom,
China Netcom, China Unicom and
Shanghai Wangxun New Material Co power cable, submarine cable, OPGW, China Tietong.
Ltd (SHWX) supplies material for fibre control cable, signal cable and track
SS Sket’s tandem cage type stranding machine was delivered to a Scandinavian company optic and power cables. cable, etc. Its products are also used The company also has extensive
for magnetic apparatus, cold/hot water customers from 30 countries from
Sket Verseilmaschinenbau has recently diameter steel wire. The stranding jute applicators for up to 72 copses, Its products include copolymer coated pipe and flexible packing. across the USA, Europe and Asia.
scaled new heights related to the cages can be operated either with 100 special die boxes and pre-form heads AL tape, copolymer coated steel
output of the company and the size per cent or with zero per cent back and a number of band haul-offs. tape, AL PET Mylar tape, copper PET With extensive research and
of the machines it has designed and twist in single or in tandem mode. Semi-automatic portal cranes are Mylar tape, copper tape and PET development, the company owns the Shanghai Wangxun New Material
delivered. provided for the loading and unloading tape etc, which are widely applied in intellectual property rights outright, Co Ltd – China
The machine is suitable for the of the machine bobbins. various kinds of cables such as fibre and has obtained six invention Email: [email protected]
The company has supplied the largest stranding of galvanised or plastic optic cable, telecommunication cable, patents. Additionally, the company Website: www.shwangxun.com
tandem cage type stranding machine insulated round or flat steel wire and With the fulfilment of major contracts
in the world to a Scandinavian cable copper and aluminium alloy wire. for leading wire rope and cable
producer for the armouring of offshore A particular technical feature of the producers worldwide, including among
power cable, having a diameter of up machine is that each of the cages is others General Cable, NKT, Bridon,
to 350mm. The machine, a type MKVD
96x800+112x800, is 150m long, not
fitted with a single cradle, which can
accommodate bobbins having a flange
Kiswire and Brunton Shaw, Sket
has demonstrated its ability and its
Driving efficiency, minimising waste Quality counts
including the turntables at the input diameter of 1,000mm suitable for reliability as a supplier time and time The latest product offering from ensures traceability of materials used
and the take-up ends. fibre optic conductors. These bobbins again. Cimteq, a producer of cable in every batch.
are arranged to operate with a single manufacturing software, has taken
It consists in the main of two stranding reverse twist. the industry by storm. Since its launch CableMES can be fully integrated
cages arranged to accommodate 96 Sket Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH – last year CableMES has changed the to run simultaneously with Cimteq’s
and 112 bobbins, respectively. The The stranding system is completed Germany landscape of the arena in which its cable design software CableBuilder,
bobbins have a flange diameter of by tape wrapping heads suitable Email: [email protected] early adopters operate. as well as numerous ERP systems,
800mm and are suitable for up to 7mm for the application of four tapes, Website: www.sketvmb.de ensuring optimal streamlining for
Whilst the concept of a manufacturing the business. To put the impact of
execution system is nothing new in the the system in context, if a cable
Smallest version of automatic double take up world of production, research showed
that within the cable manufacturing
manufacturing company spending
$50m per annum on materials were to
SS The measuring and control units from Conoptica

It is suitable for reels with a diameter electrical axis with the spooling head industry it is a mechanism that, until reduce the amount of scrap, give-away Nota Precision Engineering has taken
from 400 to 630mm and has been • One scrapping device: This divides, now, has been severely under-utilised. and over-length they produce by only a decisive step in improving the quality
designed to run in tandem with left/ automatically, the initial scrap cable, 0.5 per cent as a result of utilising of its products and services.
right extrusion lines. produced as the extruder starts Ali Shehab, CEO of Cimteq, identified CableMES they could produce a
working and before starting the the potential such a system, tailored saving in one year of $250,000. The Polish company has purchased
Maximum cable diameter is 4mm, winding up process onto reels. The specifically to the manufacturing of measuring and control units from
and cable size range is 26 AWG operator can check the initial scrap cables, would bring to the industry. CableMES has an innovative pricing Conoptica, and has implemented
(0.15mm2) to 10 AWG (3.3mm2). cable coming from the extruder at Dedicated to enabling manufacturers structure with the cost of implementing the quality management system ISO
The production speed can vary pre-set speed, before starting the to achieve higher yields at lower costs, the system paid for by the savings 9001:2008.
according to the extruder speed and it winding onto reels. The ‘good’ cable more efficiently in terms of both time generated in only the first few months.
depends also on the reels dimensions is then automatically hooked to the and material waste, CableMES has The Lublin-based company provides
SS The new automatic double take up from PS the ability to truly transform production. The company has also expanded
Costruzioni and max weight. reels. tools of super hard materials, such
Based on one of the leading MES its global presence and provided as diamond dies (production and
PS Costruzioni has recently designed, This machine consists of: Reels dimensions: Flange diameter platforms from Wonderware, its CableBuilder program to Greek regeneration), diamond and CBN
manufactured and sold the new • Two doors, controlled by electrical locks 400 to 630mm, barrel diameter 200 CableMES controls the process of company Hellenic Cables SA. The grinding wheels, diamond pastes and
automatic double take up, model • Reels rotation: by means of a to 315mm, flange outer width 210 to cable production by electronically company, renowned for specialising in powders, diamond and CBN plates,
PS 630 DS with motorised shaft and motorised (AC motor) shaft or 470mm, maximum reel weight 300kg. relaying manufacturing instructions to submarine cables, holds a 45 per cent and diamond dressers.
scrapping device. pintles, according to the customer’s the operators on the shop floor and of its home market.
requirements collecting order progress, as well as
This new machine is the smallest • Reels loading/unloading by means PS Costruzioni Meccaniche Srl – process information from machine Nota Precision Engineering
version of other two already designed of a steel plate (motorised platform) Italy sensors, process controllers and Cimteq Ltd – UK Company – Poland
automatic double take ups – the PS • One wire guide motorised with a Email: [email protected] manual operator input. It also collects Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
1250 DS and PS 800 DS. brushless servo motor, in digital Website: www.pscostruzioni.com quality data from test equipment and Website: www.cimteq.com Website: www.nota.pl

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Going strong after 70 years New company in the group
Since its beginnings in 1945, Techna and development, comprehensive rolling ring linear drives, and supplier Inductotherm Group has opened a Inductotherm Group strategy of being offers, including Inductoheat Europe’s
has been involved with wire, cable spares and servicing, extensive sales of rolling ring and timing belt linear new group company in Turin, Italy – a truly global yet local company,” induction heating process technology
and electrical products. Over those support and a wealth of applications drive systems, drive nuts, non-contact Inductotherm Group Italy Srl. said Gary Doyon, chief executive of and pace-setting new equipment
years, wire and cable manufacturers knowledge and ‘know-how’. flange detection winding, automatic Inductotherm Group. Inductotherm such as Inductoheat’s latest line of
and end users have been talking winding width control, and wireless Italian customers will benefit Group Italy Srl sales manager crankshaft hardening machines.
to Techna and the company, All of this is reflected in Techna’s transmission for double-twist bunchers, from timely and direct access to Vincenzo Tosetto brings over 25
representing several of the world’s new machinery catalogue packed shaft/spool clamping systems and Inductotherm Group product brands, years of induction heating experience
leading wire and cable equipment full of in-depth technical information, retaining collars. covering the many active market to the local team. He is responsible Inductotherm Group – USA
manufacturers, has become a major drawings, applications and ordering segments in Italy. “Inductotherm for delivering to Italian customers Email: [email protected]
supplier to the industry. information and, for the first time, Witels Albert GmbH (since 1976): Group Italy Srl will further fulfil the the latest technologies the group Website: www.inductothermgroup.com
bringing together the product ranges of Wire and cable straightening and
Relationships, some going back over some of the world’s manufacturers in a guiding with manual, semi and fully
more than 40 years, provide the
market with an unrivalled combination
single reference catalogue. automated wire and strip straighteners,
roller guides, straightening and guide
Continuous improvement
of product ranges, high quality These include: Joachim Uhing KG rolls, cable stripping and length InnoVites continuously improves its reduce working capital and material
engineering, continuous research GmbH (since 1974): The inventor of measurement, transportation/drive rolls CableERP software to add value for losses by optimising for length in
and pre-form heads. its customers in the wire and cable logistics and production.
industry. The company finds inspiration
Mobac GmbH (since 2004): Providing in discussions with customers and The costs of the conducting materials,
flyers for bobbin holes and frames,

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builds solutions for their business such as copper and aluminium, often

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problems every day, based on the represent over 80 per cent of the

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Microsoft Dynamics AX software. of these non-ferrous metals are highly

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tangential payoffs, spoolers and SS Constant improvements to software volatile.
winders, wind-around hysteresis InnoVites CableERP allows customers
brakes and dancer accumulators. to easily search for available Companies in the wire and cable The precious materials module in
cable designs and capture customer industry use expensive conducting InnoVites for Cable helps cable
Naber & Wissmann GmbH (since requirements completely. The customers- raw materials in their production manufacturers to protect themselves
1996): Manufacturer of wire drawing required length breakdown with processes. It is very important to against risks of these raw material
components, capstans, rings and tolerances can be specified, including ensure that these materials are price changes and reducing the risk of
cones for most drawing machines, in the drum requirements and the converted into finished cables in the price volatility.
ceramic (zirconium oxide/aluminium copper or aluminium pricing conditions shortest possible time and with the
oxide), various thermally coated (and other precious materials). It helps least possible material losses.
vacuum alloyed materials, oxide customers to improve customer satisfaction InnoVites BV – Netherlands
ceramic coated for fine wire machines, by meeting cable requirements better The planning and scheduling module Email: [email protected]
high alloyed hardened special steels, and faster. in CableERP allows customers to Website: www.innovites.com
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search our site every day for: (since 2004); and Meccanica Nicoletti
Srl (since 2009).
India and Brazil, received its second
Queen’s Award for Enterprise in
company won in the International Trade
category in 2013.
December at its Manchester, UK,
headquarters from Mrs Edith Conn, Robert Brown, managing director, said:
• Manufacturers of wire & cable machinery Her Majesty’s Vice Lord-Lieutenant of “It is a tremendously proud day for
Greater Manchester. Metalube and I am particularly delighted
for the company’s many innovators, who
• Manufacturers of wire & cable products & materials The innovation award was made to work in our laboratory. It is their skills
Metalube for inventing OCG 6000, a that set us apart, and for one of our
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line electrical conductors. The corrosion- recognised is a great compliment.”
preventing grease can operate at over
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Effects of niobium additions to a applied to the polished surfaces and
optical metallography was conducted.
Pearlite interlamellar spacing was
vanadium microalloyed high carbon measured using Field Emission Scanning
Electron Microscopy (FESEM) images

wire steel taken at a magnification of 10,000x,

employing a circular intercept method
according to ASTM E-112[9]. Error bars
reported for all plots represent the
By Emmanuel De Moor and Stephanie L Miller, Advanced Steel Processing and Products Research Center, Colorado
School of Mines, USA standard error of the data sets.
a) b)
Results and Discussion
SS Figure 2 – Low magnification FESEM taken from samples continuously cooled from 1,093°C at 12.5°C/s for
Abstract strengthening, L colony size in μm, and material. Niobium alloying levels of 100
Hardness values are shown in Figure
a) 1080V and b) 1080V+Nb steels. Samples etched with 4 pct Picral
λ the ILS in μm[4,5]. Experimental data for ppm were used in the second alloy.
1 as a function of cooling rate for The obtained hardness values construction steels [7]. FESEM
The need for weight reduction in carbon contents ranging from 0.75-1.8 The steels are identified as 1080V and
both alloys. It is apparent that the corresponding to fully pearlitic micrographs are shown in Figure 3 for
a number of wire applications is wt pct have shown good correlations 1080V+Nb in the present paper. Nitrogen
1080V+Nb alloy exhibits greater microstructures are also presented in the alloys investigated in the present
stimulating the development of alloys with this equation[5]. Yield strength levels of approximately 60 ppm were
hardness values than the 1080V Table 2 and greater hardness values study for constant cooling rates of
with increased strength. Vanadium follows a Hall-Petch type relationship employed to mimic nitrogen levels of
alloy. Hardness data is only shown for are obtained in the Nb alloyed steel. 2.5 and 5°C/s. A refinement of ILS
alloying is successfully used to increase with colony size and ILS and since ILS industrial as-cast electric arc furnace
cooling rates of 2.5 and 5°C/s for the The hardness values are also observed and pearlite colony size for the 5°C/s
strength levels of pearlitic high carbon is generally several orders of magnitude material.
1080V+Nb steel since non-pearlitic to increase with cooling rate for both cooling rate is qualitatively observed for
wire steels predominantly through less than colony size, it is the dominant
microstructural constituents including alloys. the 1080V+Nb alloy. Results from ILS
precipitation strengthening. strength contributor. Alloying and The castings were sectioned and hot
martensite and occasionally bainite
processing strategies for increased rolled. Reheating was conducted using
were observed via FESEM at higher
The current paper investigates strength are hence effective when ILS a reheating ramp to 1,200°C over
cooling rates in the Nb containing alloy.
additions of niobium to a vanadium refinement is obtained. approximately two hours and a 20-minute
In addition, more martensitic/bainitic
microalloyed 0.80 wt pct carbon soak. A six-pass deformation schedule
constituents were observed at these
steel. Obtained strength increases In addition to microstructural refinement, was employed with an approximate
cooling rates in the Nb alloyed steel
are believed to predominantly relate precipitation strengthening can also 20 pct reduction per pass resulting in
versus the 1080V steel as qualitatively
to interlamellar pearlite spacing be employed to improve strength. For an overall reduction ratio of 3 to 1. A
shown in Figure 2 for a cooling rate of
refinement. instance, the addition of vanadium to 15-minute reheating was performed
12.5°C/s. Both samples were etched
a eutectoid steel is reported to result in following the third reduction pass.
using a 4 pct Picral etchant and the
Introduction 9.6-11.0 MPa strengthening per 0.01 regions that appear light correspond
wt pct vanadium in the presence of Samples were machined from the hot
to pearlite whereas the darker regions
An increased demand for higher nitrogen through vanadium carbonitride rolled plates with a cylindrical geometry
not attacked by the etchant correspond
strength wire steels exists in a number precipitation strengthening without of 5.5mm in diameter and 72mm in
to martensitic regions. Although no
of applications, driving further alloy drawability impairment [6]. length. Continuous cooling experiments
quantitative analysis was conducted,
development. Hypereutectoid carbon were conducted using a Gleeble® 3500
it is apparent that more martensite
levels for increased strength are used Niobium microalloying is frequently used thermomechanical simulator in high
formed in the 1080V+Nb alloy, which
in combination with silicon additions to in low carbon steels where significant vacuum conditions (< 10-3 torr). The
suggests increased hardenability or
prevent grain boundary proeuteuctoid strengthening is obtained through grain thermal profile for continuous cooling
slower pearlite transformation kinetics.
cementite formation which can size refinement when thermomechanical experiments consisted of heating at
detrimentally affect drawability[1,2]. processing is conducted. Effects of 20°C/s to 1,093°C, holding for five
800
TT Table 1 – Compositions of experimental test alloys in wt pct

C Mn Si Cr Nb V A1 N S P 700
1080V 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.2 - 0.079 0.005 0.006 0.004 0.004
1080V + Nb 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.010 0.079 0.004 0.006 0.004 0.004
HV, 1kgf

600
Chromium additions are used to alter niobium additions to eutectoid alloys minutes, and controlled cooling to room SS Figure 3 – FESEM micrographs of 1080V (a and c) and 1080V+Nb (b and d) alloys cooled from 1,093°C at
constant cooling rates of 2.5°C/s (a and b) and 5°C/s (c and d)
pearlite reaction kinetics, yielding have received only limited attention [7]. temperature at constant rates of 2.5, 5,
optimised microstructures for strength 7.5, 10 and 12.5, 50°C/s.
500 As evident from Equation (1), pearlite and pearlite colony size measurements
through interlamellar spacing (ILS)
refinement[3]. ILS refinement can be a Experimental Procedure Microstructural analysis was performed colony size and ILS contribute to are presented in Table 2 and plotted in
major strength contributor according to: on all samples and Vickers hardness strengthening in pearlitic steels. In Figure 4 as a function of cooling rate.
400 addition, microalloying may contribute Increased ILS refinement is observed
Laboratory materials were prepared testing was conducted according
σys = σss + 460L-½ + 145(√2λ) -½ (1) using a vacuum induction furnace, and to ASTM E-92 using a grid of nine to increased strength through with cooling rate whereas pearlite
0 4 8 12
chemical compositions of the studied measurements per sample centred along precipitation strengthening. Effects of colony size seems less dependent
with σys the yield strength in MPa, σss materials are shown in Table 1. A a bisecting line at one quarter of the Cooling Rate, °C/s niobium additions to eutectoid alloys on cooling rate for the 1080V steel.
a term representing the combination vanadium and chromium alloyed 0.80 wt sample diameter [8]. Following hardness have received only limited attention; ILS refinement is observed for both
of solid solution and cementite volume pct carbon steel was used as a reference testing, a 6 sec etch of 4 pct Picral was SS Figure 1 – Vickers hardness as a function of Jansto reports ILS refinement through cooling rates in the niobium alloyed
cooling rate niobium additions in high carbon steel. A different trend with cooling

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rate is observed for pearlite colony correlated to Vickers hardness, HV at ILS refinement and a reasonable Conclusions martensite were more prevalent in gratefully acknowledged for financial
size namely, similar colony sizes are 1kgf, according to: agreement between observed the Nb modified alloy which may support as well as ArcelorMittal for
obtained for a cooling rate of 5°C/s and hardness difference and calculated The effects of an addition of 0.01 result from improved hardenability supplying the laboratory prepared
greater pearlite colonies were observed σys = –90.7 + 2.876 (HV) (2) difference is obtained. The calculated wt pct niobium to a vanadium or reduced pearlite transformation steels. The support of the sponsors
in the 1080V+Nb steel at 2.5°C/s. The strengthening for the 2.5°C/s cooling alloyed, 0.80 wt pct C steel were kinetics. of the Advanced Steel Processing
dependence of colony size on cooling The expression given in Equation (2) rate does not correlate with the investigated. Hardness increases and Products Research Center,
rate is also different for both alloys. is the result of a regression analysis measured hardness difference. The were observed likely predominantly Acknowledgements an industry/university cooperative
The 1080V exhibits no measureable conducted by Pavlina for over 150 increased pearlite colony size with resulting from pearlite interlamellar research centre at the Colorado
dependence, whereas a refinement was hypoeutectoid steels ranging from niobium alloying was not expected spacing refinement. Non-pearlitic The International Wire & Machinery School of Mines, is gratefully
observed with increasing cooling rate in yield strengths of 300-1,700 MPa [10]. and further work is required to confirm microstructural features including Association Educational Trust Fund is acknowledged.
the 1080V+Nb steel for the two cooling The reported differences in Table 3 this observation, in particular of
rates investigated here. are the data obtained for the 1080V Stelmor® deck cooling profiles. It is
subtracted by the 1080V+Nb data. reasonable to expect that niobium
Using Equation (1), strengthening It should be noted that precipitation would refine austenitic grain size, in
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Maruyama, S Nishida, “Microstructure Steels,” International Symposium on Nb
5.0 377±10 168.0±4.0 4.0±0.2 406±3 138.1±5.7 3.8±0.3 Control and Strengthening of High-carbon 8. ASTM Standard E92, Standard Test Microalloyed Sheet Steel
Steel Wires,” Nippon Steel Technical Report Method for Vickers Hardness of Metallic for Automotive Application,
No 91, (2005) pp.56-61. Materials, 2nd ed, ASTM International, TMS (2006) pp. 499-549.
6 Pearlite ILS refinement was obtained West Conshohocken, PA, 2003.
for both cooling rates with niobium 4. E Taleff, C Syn, D Lesuer, and O Sherby, 13. T D Mottishaw and G D W Smith,
180
Average Interlamellar Spacing, nm

alloying and is calculated to result “Pearlite in ultrahigh carbon steels: Heat 9. ASTM E112, Standard Test Methods for “Microalloyed Pearlitic Steels for the Wire
5 in a 17-31 HV increase in hardness,
Average Colony Size, µm

treatments and mechanical properties,” Determining Average Grain Size, ASTM Industry – Mechanisms of Alloy Element
or a 89-49 MPa increase in yield Metall and Mater Trans A, International, West Conshohocken, PA, Redistribution and Strengthening Processes
160 strength according to Equation (2). vol 27A, pp. 111–118, 1996. 2010. in Cr-V Eutectoid Steels,”
4 More research is needed to elucidate HSLA Steels, Technology and Applications;
5. E M Taleff, J J Lewandowski, and 10. E Pavlina and C J Van Tyne, Philadelphia, Pa, USA,
140 the mechanism by which Nb affects B Pourladian, “Microstructure-property “Correlation of Yield Strength and Tensile 3-6 Oct 1983,
3 the pearlite transformation and ILS. relationships in pearlitic eutectoid and Strength with Hardness for Steels,” Journal pp.163-175.
Precipitation reactions and solute
drag may influence pearlitic boundary
120 2 movement and these mechanisms
0 4 8 12 0 4 8 12 are likely dependent on transformation
temperature and alloying levels. In
Suitable for multi-head drawing machines
Cooling Rate, °C/s Cooling Rate, °C/s

SS Figure 4 – a) Average ILS and b) average pearlite colony size for the 1080V (filled circles) and 1080V+Nb steel addition, solute partitioning through
(open squares) (in)solubility in cementite may affect
Shanghai Kingway Diamond Dies has been increasing for stainless steel
pearlite growth and ILS. For instance, company has developed wire dies wire, high carbon steel wire and low
hardness difference between the two for the 5°C/s condition the strength vanadium has been reported to enrich suitable for multi-head wire drawing carbon steel wire, etc.
alloys. Yield strength, σys in MPa, was difference seems to correlate with in cementite [13]. machines, which can help customers
save on cost, energy and get highly The company exports to countries
TT Table 3 – Calculated strengthening contributions from the ILS and pearlite colony size differences (data for 1080V+Nb subtracted by 1080V data) efficient wire drawing. including Germany, Russia, Korea,
between the 1080V and 1080V+Nb alloys Turkey, Brazil, Peru, Malaysia, Egypt,
The company has also been devoting Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the UAE.
Cooling rate, Measured Vickers ILS Pearlite Colony Measured Vickers ILS Pearlite Colony its technical personnel and funds to
°C/s Hardness, difference Difference Size difference Hardness, difference Difference Size difference the research and development of
(HV, 1kg) (HV, 1kg) case inserting and has used innovated Shanghai Kingway Technology
(nm) (µm) (nm) (µm) SS Range of dies from Shanghai Kingway Technology
methods for casing technology to Group Limited – China
348±6 177.3±4.8 4.0±0.2 393±2 158.2±4.7 5.4±0.4 overcome the breakage of wire dies In the hard wire drawing field, Email: [email protected]
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5.0 377±10 168.0±4.0 4.0±0.2 406±3 138.1±5.7 3.8±0.3

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