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Surface treatment / cleaning

Economical and sustainable cleaning of fasteners

Screws, nuts, washers, springs, clamps – fasteners are essential for safe and reliable assembly. In the course of increasing demands on technical cleanliness in industrial production, fasteners also have to meet increasingly higher particulate and filmic cleanliness specifications. By Jörg Dambock

On our own account - WIRE

Review of the industry - week 10/2025

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 drawing / lubrication

Why zinc’s unique properties require a distinct approach in terms of lubrication

Zinc’s physical and chemical properties differ significantly from other non-ferrous metals such as copper and aluminum. By Jörg Dambock

First heat scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2026

New 190t electric arc furnace

SSAB, one of the world’s most carbon-efficient steel companies, has chosen SMS Group for the construction of a new 190t EAF, which is set to be one of the largest installations in the world with an upper shell diameter of 9.3m. By Jörg Dambock

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Leibinger offers coding and marking solutions for the cable, wire and tube industry. © Leibinger

04/04/2024 – Why printing on cables, wires and tubes requires a specialist

Why printing on cables, wires and tubes requires a specialist

Don’t forget the small print

Between 15 and 19 April, Düsseldorf is going to be full of wire and tube specialists who know the challenges facing the industries, who understand the ... By Jörg Dambock

On 120m² of exhibition space, 20 welders for different applications will be on display. © August Strecker

04/04/2024 – Joining / welding

Joining / welding

High-quality, reliable, durable welding machines

On 120m² of exhibition space, 20 welders for different applications will be on display: electric buttwelding machines for steel, copper, aluminum or brass, ... By Jörg Dambock

04/04/2024 – Videx

Videx

Cold-headed weld-studs

Videx is offering an open-die/2-blow/cold-header, which can be connected online to a straighten and cutting machine or a weld-stud line. By Antje Schmidtpeter

Rolled trapezoidal threaded spindles. © Kammerer

04/04/2024 – Now with shorter delivery times

Now with shorter delivery times

Wear-resistant trapezoidal screw drives from Kammerer

Kammerer Gewindetechnik GmbH presents rolled trapezoidal screw drives. The spindles, which are produced in a thread rolling process, are characterised ... von Redaktion

AP&T’s press-hardening concept is a good match for producing body parts from large, integrated blanks. Since the fall of 2023, AP&T has a production line for manufacturing double door rings in commercial operation out at a customer site. © AP&T

04/04/2024

Foundation for production with lower climate impact

AP&T’s press-hardening concept lives up to car makers’ growing interest in large body components. von Redaktion

Interior of the “BMV 16” type braiding machine. © Niehoff

04/04/2024 – Live demonstrations of a braiding machine type “BMV 16”

Live demonstrations of a braiding machine type “BMV 16”

Next-generation rod breakdown (RBD) line

Maschinenfabrik Niehoff will present their new rod breakdown (RBD) line type “MSM 88 – R 502.H” for copper and aluminum wires. By Jörg Dambock

04/04/2024 – Quality management

Quality management

Pioneering solutions by Isend

Pioneering solutions for the rolling mill: non-destructive testing with eddy current, machine vision and artificial intelligence and mass flow control. ... By Jörg Dambock

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Digital Issue 04/2024

As part of the ‘Metalflow Alliance’ of Messe Düsseldorf, the 9th ‘wire India’ is to be held in Mumbai, India from 27 to 29 November. Some 400 exhibitors from 21 countries exhibited at the last ‘wire, Tube and Metec India 2022’, occupying about 20,000m² of exhibition space.
WIRE issue 4/2024 shows some exhibition highlights in advance. Roughly 17,350 visitors attended the trade show during the three exhibition days. As in 2022, the 2024 trade fair will again take place at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (NESCO). The Metal trade fair quartet, comprising ‘wire India’, ‘Tube India’, ‘Metec India’ and ‘India Essen Welding+Cutting’, features 600 exhibitors from 21 countries across more than 38,000m2 of exhibition space.
We wish you an enjoyable read! Your WIRE team