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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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14/08/2019

Sharp decline in machine tool orders, but ...

... metal forming technology still is selling well in the Eurozone. Orders for German forming machine tools builders in the second quarter 2019 were 1% ... By Editorial staff

08/08/2019

More than only to support the human colleague ...

You can definitely rely on robots. The sales figures year by year increase, and the versatility and application range, too. Soon enough, robots will use ... By Editorial staff

08/08/2019

Psychology meets production

How does networked manufacturing deal with malfunctions? That’s the subject of the three-year project “Spaicer”, which has won the German Federal Ministry ... By Editorial staff

05/08/2019

Condumex relies on Smart Factory software

Mexican enterprise Condumex had to replace the existing ERP system. Since none of the standard systems on the market would cover the cable production’s ... By Editorial staff

03/08/2019

Forming without changing mechanical properties

A new process makes it possible to process round rods based on tungsten with a 63% degree of deformation. The result is lengths up to 720mm instead of ... By Editorial staff

Das Karlsruher Institut für Technologie verarbeitet dünne Bänder aus Rare-Earth Barium-Copper-Oxid zu Supraleiterkabeln. © KIT

03/08/2019

Energy-efficient superconducting cable

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has developed a superconducting cable which - when cooled with nitrogen instead of helium - transports large quantities ... By Editorial staff

03/08/2019

Thermomechanically treated bars with increased performance

With the High Deformation Quenching and Tempering-technology existing ranges of materials can be used for a combination of strength and ductility. The ... By Editorial staff

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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