Lubricants based on polymers make the process of wire drawing significantly more environmentally friendly and economical. Kristin Stein © Fraunhofer IAP © Fraunhofer IAP
“µDRAL” plant – first direct reduction plant flexibly operated with hydrogen and natural gas in an integrated mill. © Salzgitter
Fig. 1: The Fraunhofer IWM material model predicts the microstructure evolution during wire manufacturing. The computational variation of the process conditions allows to predict their effects on the product properties. © Fraunhofer IWM
Automated production of wire based stent implants. © ITA
The organizer is a consortium of five partners – Aurubis, Balloffet, Bechem, Niehoff and the Kupferverband. © NF Wire Forum
Sealed the cooperation at Finkernagel's headquarters in Altena, from left to right: Uwe Braun (CEO Arcelor Mittal Hamburg), Markus Rathmann (Chief Supply Chain Officer Ejot), Timo Finkernagel (Managing Director Finkernagel). © ArcelorMittal
(from left to right): Thorsten Arm, Head of Financial Accounting and responsible for steel purchasing at Knipex, Michael Zinn, Sales Director Engineering Steel at the Swiss Steel Group, Barbara Meimeth, Sustainability Officer at Knipex. © Knipex