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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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Kinemax in operation (interaction with Uhing Moveable Endstops). © Uhing

09/03/2021 – Suited for winding thin wires

Suited for winding thin wires

Little brother in great shape

The biggest drive for 80mm shafts features a maximum thrust force of 3,600N. But often strength alone is not what constitutes true strength. By Jörg Dambock

08/03/2021 – Efficient, precise and easy to use

Efficient, precise and easy to use

Multiwire drawing line

Based on Niehoff's close cooperation with wire and cable manufacturers as development partners, the company has continuously refined and enhanced MMH ... By Jörg Dambock

Changing requirements of the capital market from a plain financial orientation to a holistic view of sustainability, demand that German companies rethink the concept of productivity. © WZL/IPT

08/03/2021 – Securing future competitiveness by sustainable and resilient production

Securing future competitiveness by sustainable and resilient production

30th Aachen Machine Tool Colloquium

The WZL of RWTH Aachen University and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT will discuss the question of how the Internet of Production ... By Jörg Dambock

The plant consists of two continuous shot blasting modules with independent abrasive circulation systems. © Pangborn

08/03/2021 – On our own behalf - Wire

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 09/2021 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

“Cable Builder Go” is a cloud-hosted software aimed at smaller and single-factory wire and cable manufacturers. © Cimteq

08/03/2021 – C-technologies

C-technologies

Software for single-factory wire and cable manufacturers

UK software provider, Cimteq, is delighted to announce the launch of “Cable Builder Go”, a cloud-hosted software aimed at smaller and single-factory wire ... By Jörg Dambock

Pioneer “SmartBox” is suitable for different brands of different processes in wire and cable factory. © Pioneer Machinery

05/03/2021 – “Smart Factory Platform” for wire and cable

“Smart Factory Platform” for wire and cable

Pioneer now providing “Smart Factory” solutions

Pioneer Machinery, based in Taiwan with more than 48 years of experience of designing and manufacturing wire and cable machinery, specializing in Power ... By Jörg Dambock

The X2000NC with finger bending stations and linear transfer. © Schmale Maschinenbau

04/03/2021 – Combination of finger benders, rotary positioning grippers and a servo transfer

Combination of finger benders, rotary positioning grippers and a servo transfer

Faster wire processing

Schmale Maschinenbau GmbH presented its first, purely servo-electric wire bending machine of the type “X2000NC” back in 2012. The current generation of ... 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