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More than five decades of service

Bill Graham retires from Alloy Wire International

Bill Graham will retire this month after what has been a roller-coaster career with the manufacturer of round, flat and profile wire, a career that saw ... By Jörg Dambock

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 47/2022 in retrospect

Here, we present you the top articles from our four categories. This week, the most read one comes from the category „Reports“. By Daniel Keienburg

New “FC8 Automatic Coiler”

Fully automatic coiler with many special features

New “FC8” model – the range of coiling machines is expanding to meet all the needs of the cable industry. By Jörg Dambock

Cable manufacture / Handling

Automation up to the ready-to-ship product

Kurre Systems is launching a “Maxi line” with a new optimized interface technology. The “Maxi line” includes all elements of an extrusion line with an ... By Jörg Dambock

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30/11/2022

Digital service products

Qualified knowledge transfer, sustainable support and the guarantee of low-maintenance production are the focus of IDEAL customer service. Professional ... By Jörg Dambock

Electric arc furnace operated by Gerdau Special Steel North America at the company’s electric steel plant in Monroe, Michigan, USA. © Gerdau Special Steel North America

30/11/2022 – Final acceptance certificate for electric steel plant

Final acceptance certificate for electric steel plant

Primetals receives FAC from Gerdau Special Steel

Primetals Technologies has received the final acceptance certificate (FAC) from Gerdau Special Steel North America for the modernization of its electric ... By Jörg Dambock

The MOU was signed by Burkhard Dahmen, CEO and Chairman of the Managing Board, SMS group, and by T. V. Narendran, CEO and Managing Director of Tata Steel. © SMS Group

30/11/2022 – Plants with significantly lower CO2 emissions

Plants with significantly lower CO2 emissions

SMS group and Tata Steel sign MoU to decarbonize integrated steel plants

Tata Steel has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SMS group to reduce carbon emissions at Tata’s integrated steel plants across India. SMS ... By Jörg Dambock

The “RSB 370++/4(5)” will be located as finishing unit in a SBQ and wire rod combined mill. © Friedrich Kocks

29/11/2022 – Kock supplies “RSB 370++/4(5)” in 5.0 design for new mill complex in India

Kock supplies “RSB 370++/4(5)” in 5.0 design for new mill complex in India

Tata Steel Long Products orders Kocks 3-roll “RSB”

Tata Steel Long Products Ltd., has placed an order with Friedrich Kocks GmbH+Co. KG for the supply of a “RSB 370++/4(5)” in 5.0 design. The Reducing and ... By Jörg Dambock

Representatives from Primetals Technologies and Tata Steel during the signing ceremony. From left to right: Biswadeep Bhattacharjee, Vice President Sales and Head of Green Steel India, Norbert Petermaier, Executive Vice President, Sales, both with Primetals Technologies, Avneesh Gupta, Vice President, TQM and Engineering & Projects, Tata Steel Limited, Ashish Anupam, Managing Director, Tata Steel Long Products Limited, and Prabhat Kumar, PEO, Tata Steel Limited. © Primetals

28/11/2022 – Close collaboration on green projects, technology, and research and development

Close collaboration on green projects, technology, and research and development

Primetals and Tata Steel to partner on “Green Steel Transition“

Primetals Technologies and Indian steel producer Tata Steel signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to intensify their collaboration on projects and ... By Jörg Dambock

25/11/2022 – Advance Wire and Cable Design and Manufacturing Digitisation

Advance Wire and Cable Design and Manufacturing Digitisation

Cimteq by UL Solutions announces new webinar

Cimteq by UL Solutions today announced its latest webinar, “Achieve a 25% Increase in Productivity by Digitalising Design and Manufacturing Processes.” ... By Jörg Dambock

New in-line surface inspection system for all kinds of products: “Simac 40/70” from Zumbach. © Zumbach

22/11/2022 – On our own behalf - Wire

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 46/2022 in retrospect

Here, we present you the top articles from our four categories. This week, the most read one comes from the category „Reports“. By Daniel Keienburg

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Digital Issue 04/2022

The current issue 4/2022 contains a report on the ‘NE Drahtforum’ in Nuremberg, a non-ferrous wire conference. Further WIRE introduced a new development in hairpin production. Several articles are devoted to exhibitors at the ‘K’ plastics fair in Düsseldorf. An extruder manufacturer reports on digital servicing and maintenance, while several other articles highlight innovations in quality assurance and marks. Researchers from Karlsruhe are working on automating the production of cable harnesses. Quality assurance in stranding is the subject of an article by Swiss company FMS. And a contribution from Spain looks at how to identify faults in wire production using artificial intelligence.