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Cold pressure welding

Welding trapezoidal wire

Cold pressure welding, well-established as a method of bonding round wire and rod, can also be used to bond other forms of nonferrous material, such as strip and profile. British company PWM Ltd has developed specialist machines to help manufacturers improve productivity, ... by Steve Mepsted

Cold forging

Tool strength has never been more compact

High tool loads are a challenge in cold forging processes of all sizes. While previously limited to a minimum outer diameter of 80mm, compact Strecon stripwound containers now offer optimized prestressing in installation spaces as small as 36mm in outer diameter. by Martin Killmann

Spring manufacture

Investment doubles hot coiling manufacturing capacity

The Lesjöfors Group, world-leaders in spring and pressing manufacture, has seen an increase in demand for its large diameter spring product range and consequently has invested over one million euros in the purchase of an additional hot coiling line. By Jörg Dambock

On our own account - WIRE

Review of the industry - week 40/2024

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

Current contents

08/02/2020

Upgrade on cage stranding machine

Increasing cost pressure and higher quality demands are forcing cable manufacturers to operate existing production systems more efficiently. Leoni Elocab ... By Jörg Dambock

07/02/2020

Historic steel company seeks new strategies

Suzuki Garphyttan is the industrial company that focuses the energy on its leaders and employees. With an open dialogue and participation, the international ... By Jörg Dambock

07/02/2020

Flexible coil-fed mesh welding line

The new “PL AKK” welding line has set new standards in mesh production. This new, innovative design eliminates all idle times and increases significantly ... By Jörg Dambock

07/02/2020

High-performance “ND 91TL” tandem double-blow cold former

Wafios Umformtechnik& will be demonstrating at “wire” under manufacturing conditions their high-performance “ND 91TL” tandem double-blow cold former, for ... By Jörg Dambock

06/02/2020

Wire bending parts fully digitized

At the “wire” 2020, Bihler will present the efficient production of a wire bending part on the GRM-NC servo stamping and forming machine with a radial ... By Jörg Dambock

06/02/2020

New England Wire announces “Cable Suite” rollout

New England Wire Technologies (NEWT) is the first global wire and cable manufacturer to go live with the complete cable business application, “Cable Suite”. By Jörg Dambock

06/02/2020

Coil winder and static decoiler

Collari will be presenting at “wire” Coil Winder mod. “BAU180E” and the Static Decoiler mod. “SV2”. The coil winder is a simple to use machine for turn ... By Jörg Dambock

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Digital Issue 03/2024

The new issue of WIRE focuses in particular on spring production. We report on the requirements of e-mobility with wire diameters from 22mm to 30mm through to the production of micro springs in the 0.05mm range. Companies also explain new spring wire materials and spring coiling machines. WIRE will also be presenting the new CNC transfer bending machine ‘BQ 10’, which Wafios presented for the first time at ‘wire 2024’. We also report on a new lubricant for cold forming in the section ‘From the world of research’ .
News from the industry and trade fair highlights from ‘wire China’ and ‘Spring World’ round off the magazine’ s content. Your WIRE team wishes you an interesting and inspiring read!