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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

Cable markets

Construction of electricity highways picks up pace

The energy transition is increasingly being viewed in European terms. This is because it must guarantee secure, cross-border generation of electricity from renewable energies. One successful example is the “NordLink” connection between Germany and Norway. And more will ... By Jörg Dambock

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

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

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Reducing manganese and iron in arc furnaces with hydrogen is one of Dr. Yan Ma’s research topics at MPIE. He will contribute with his expertise in the HalMan project. © MPIE

01/09/2023

Sustainability and competitiveness for Europe’s metallurgical industry

The European Union is now funding a collaborative research project with 7 million euros that is aiming to develop and demonstrate an integrated sustainable ... By Jörg Dambock

Meritxell Puigdemunt, Area Manager for China. © Delta Tecnic

01/09/2023

Masterbatch solutions for the industry

Delta Tecnic will be present at “wire China 2023” fair with their own booth E1 D17. By Jörg Dambock

The process for cable planning is incredibly simple. The electrical engineer plans the necessary cables in the schematics using Eplan “Electric P8”. © Eplan

31/08/2023 – Electrical and mechanical engineering working hand in hand

Electrical and mechanical engineering working hand in hand

Machine cabling made easy with digital twin

One cost driver in machine engineering is field cabling, where cabling often ends up being either too short or too long. Why is that? Because working by ... By Jörg Dambock

31/08/2023 – Premiere for “wire and Tube Middle East Africa”

Premiere for “wire and Tube Middle East Africa”

Future market Middle East and North Africa

The four newcomers “wire Middle East Africa”, “Tube Middle East Africa”, “Gifa Middle East Africa” and “Metec Middle East Africa” will celebrate their ... By Jörg Dambock

A range of water-based lubricants are available for hot rolling of wire rod, and cold drawing operations from rod breakdown to fine wire. © Condat

31/08/2023

Lubricant solutions with responsible performance

Well-known for its products dedicated to steel wires and cables, Condat will highlight at “wire China 2023” premium lubricants for electrical wire applications. By Jörg Dambock

High voltage cable extrusion group and rotating caterpillar. © Troester

31/08/2023 – Troester at “wire Southeast Asia 2023”

Troester at “wire Southeast Asia 2023”

Complete extrusion systems for the cable industry

Troester GmbH+Co. KG is one of the worldwide leading manufacturer of complete extrusion systems for the cable industry, comprising CV lines for XLPE and ... By Jörg Dambock

Model “PLR-C A AKK 8-8” installation plan. © Eurobend

30/08/2023 – Joining / Welding

Joining / Welding

Welding machines for non-stop production

The welding lines of the “PL AKK” series are for the production of any kind of mesh, such as gabion mesh, welded wire fence panels, double wire mesh and ... 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