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Key technologies wire, cable and tube and pipe remain system-critical

Record trade fairs face economic challenges

What a great trade fair season! With 1,500 exhibitors from 60 countries on 67,400 square metres the biggest wire in its almost 40-year Düsseldorf success story; and Tube with around 52,200 square metres and 1,200 exhibitors from 54 countries that now increasingly looks to ... By Jörg Dambock

On our own account - WIRE

Review of the industry - week 16/2024

At this point, we present the five most read articles of the past week. The ranking is based on your click behavior on the website. By Daniel Keienburg

“wire 2024”

What a great trade fair season!

The desire for personal exchange in these – economically and geopolitically – difficult times was clearly noticeable and the DRAHT/WIRE team was there to catch the best impressions for you. By Antje Schmidtpeter

Casting / Copper

New “RIC 400” model, break-ring, continuous casting technology

At “wire 2024”, Rautomead introduced their new “RIC 400” model, break-ring, continuous casting technology which has been developed to process cobalt alloy, nickel alloy and iron alloy wire rods from 2.5mm to 50mm diameter. By Jörg Dambock

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Windak Premium has the floating pintles and a second tire drive as options. © Windak

02/06/2021 – Windak’s complete Payoff, Take-up and Rewind lines

Windak’s complete Payoff, Take-up and Rewind lines

Reel changing procedure quick, safe and easy

Windak pay-off, take-up and winding lines are specially designed for fast reel changes, very precise tension control, high line speed and excellent winding ... By Jörg Dambock

Less faults and a longer machine life cycle by using vibration sensors in the Kurre Drum-Twister. © Kurre Systems

01/06/2021 – Preventive Maintenance on cable production machines

Preventive Maintenance on cable production machines

Detect and stop oscillations and vibrations

By using a vibration sensor in the Kurre Drum Twister, it is now possible to detect and stop oscillations and vibrations in the system. By Jörg Dambock

Troester “CCV Line Extrudergroup”. © Troester

01/06/2021 – wire Russia 2021

wire Russia 2021

Complete extrusion systems for the cable industry

Troester GmbH+Co. KG is a worldwide leading manufacturer of complete extrusion systems for the cable industry. The excellent results produced by its extrusion ... By Jörg Dambock

Dalian Konform’ s SSLB500 in operation at Shenyang Furukawa Cable © Dalian

31/05/2021 – On our own behalf - Wire

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 21/2021 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

A typical conductor preheater in a production line, placed directly in front of the extrusion head. © GH Induction

31/05/2021 – Cable production

Cable production

Inductive conductor preheater with automatic inductor change

GH Induction has developed a fully automated cable/conductor preheating system that avoids the risk of production losses due to human errors and greatly ... By Jörg Dambock

High speed Dual single twist lines with one single twist used as pay-off and one as take-up for different sizes of bobbins . © Setic

31/05/2021 – wire Russia 2021

wire Russia 2021

New machines, services and bows

Setic and Pourtier specialised in designing and manufacturing high speed rotating machines for the cable industry will present during “wire Russia” 2021 ... By Jörg Dambock

Smart Monitoring brings a new and intuitive approach into the wire and cable manufacturing world. © Maillefer

28/05/2021 – wire Russia 2021

wire Russia 2021

Smart Monitoring brings a new and intuitive approach

Under its “House of Experts” theme, Maillefer showcases the latest innovations and know-how for wire and cable manufacturing. Production technology, piloting ... By Jörg Dambock

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Digital Issue 02/2024

WIRE 2/2024 - the main-fair issue “wire 2024”
From 15 to 19 April the industry will be presenting new machines, technologies and trends expected for the coming years. WIRE shows the highlights in advance.
According to Messe Düsseldorf, the organisers, 1,464 exhibitors from 62 countries have registered for “wire 2024”. Over 67,400 square metres net have been sold in exhibition halls 9 to 17. Together with the “Tube” fair taking place in parallel, around 2,600 exhibitors will be displaying industry news and trends in an area of over 119,000 square metres. On the subject of the fastener area, the current edition of WIRE includes a special section in English of our German-language magazine “Umformtechnik Massiv+Leichtbau”, under the title “Forming Technology solid forming+lightweight construction”. WIRE magazine will be on show at “wire” with its own stand in hall 9, booth C 03. Come and see us at the end of your day at the fair – we look forward to an exchange of views with exhibitors and trade visitors. Your WIRE team