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Day 1 Duesseldorf Impressions

The wire fair just started yesterday. The Meisenbach Metallteam collected some impressions for you.The exhibition space alone covers an area of some 60 football pitches. Visitors can discover a vast range of new machinery, production processes, types of metal, qualities ... By Antje Schmidtpeter

On our own account - WIRE

Review of the industry - week 15/2024

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

Wafios presents machines with new assistants that facilitate the set-up of parts

New machinery concepts and sustainable solutions for machine retrofits

At “wire/Tube 2024” show, Wafios exhibits machines that feature semiassisted or fully assisted operator support, especially for setting up new parts. As a matter of course, also newly developed machines for the wire and tube processing industry will be showcased. By Jörg Dambock

Enhancing simplicity to deal with complexity

Micro springs

Coiling extra fine wire is a challenging task in the wire industry, as precision is paramount when dealing with diameters below a tenth of a millimeter. Imperfections are magnified when working with such thin wires. By Jörg Dambock

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The turnkey upgrade for the Storfinnforsen 400/130kV electrical substation has now been fully commissioned. © Linxon

17/03/2021 – Linxon has successfully put into operation

Linxon has successfully put into operation

400kV Storfinnforsen substation in Sweden

The turnkey upgrade for the Storfinnforsen 400/130kV electrical substation has now been fully commissioned. This extension of the existing substation ... By Jörg Dambock

The focus of the presentation by Gerard Pera, Product Manager Fibre Optic Data Cables of BU MMS, is the topic “Fibre optic cable miniaturisation in high-speed networks”. © Prysmian Group

15/03/2021 – On our own behalf - Wire

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 10/2021 in retrospect

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

Aldo Kamper joined Leoni as CEO in September 2018. © Leoni

15/03/2021 – CEO of Leoni AG

CEO of Leoni AG

Aldo Kamper extends as CEO ahead of schedule

The Supervisory Board of Leoni AG has renewed Aldo Kamper’s contract as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for an additional five years. His current contract ... By Jörg Dambock

A team of physicists at the Technical University of Munich has developed a coil made of superconducting wires that can transmit power of more than five kilowatts contactless without major losses. © Christoph Utschick/Würth Elektronik eiSos

15/03/2021 – Coil with superconducting wires

Coil with superconducting wires

Contactless power transmission in the kilowatt range

A team led by Technical University of Munich (TUM) physicists Christoph Utschick and Prof. Rudolf Gross has succeeded in making a coil with superconducting ... By Jörg Dambock

15/03/2021 – Draka “UC400 Cat.6 U/UTP B2ca”

Draka “UC400 Cat.6 U/UTP B2ca”

Fire protection cable now available in a “Reelex Box”

BU Multimedia Solutions (MMS) of Prysmian Group has optimised the design of its Draka “UC400 23 Cat.6 U/UTP LSHF D65 B2ca”. The copper cable in the demanding ... By Jörg Dambock

Wire weaving machine type “BD600” for medium heavy fabrics. © Schlatter

12/03/2021 – Wire processing / weaving

Wire processing / weaving

Weaving machines for high-quality mesh and fabrics

The “Jäger” metal wire weaving machines of Schlatter are designed for highly efficient production of the highest-quality fabrics. The machines are characterised ... By Jörg Dambock

By coupling innovative AI technology with performant surface laser sensing, Maillefer brings enhanced quality control into the production environment. © Maillefer

11/03/2021 – 3D view of the cable's surface

3D view of the cable's surface

AI enhances detection of surface anomalies

Maillefer Extrusion Oy is very excited to be at the cutting edge of smart manufacturing technologies, especially when they take the shape of working solutions. ... 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